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Fahad Zulfikar

"Dexamethasone" could save lives of critical Covid-19 patients, reveal UK researchers

The drug is helpful in reducing death rates by a third for coronavirus patients on ventilators and by a fifth for patients needing oxygen

Updated 16 Jun, 2020 05:50pm

Coronavirus crisis: PM approves commencement of int'l flight operation in phases

In the first phase, the flight operation will start for Arab countries which will bring back stranded Pakistanis

Updated 16 Jun, 2020 05:04pm

Pakistan

5.1 magnitude earthquake hits parts of Pakistan

The epicentre of the quake is stated to be in Afghanistan with a depth of 223 km

Published 16 Jun, 2020 02:47pm

India's Hindutva policy threat to regional peace, stability, says Qureshi

FM says India is using negative propaganda to divert world's attention from its internal issues

Published 16 Jun, 2020 02:37pm

Pakistan

Key suspect who shot journalist Wali Khan Babar arrested

Memon says Kamran alias Zeeshan Shani was arrested by a Special Investigation Unit Monday morning on a tip-off from a federal intelligence agency

Published 15 Jun, 2020 08:42pm

Pakistan

French authorities appreciate timely provision of face masks by Pakistani manufacturers

More than 0.28 million masks were manufactured that were distributed among the locals in Saint Nazaire city

Published 15 Jun, 2020 08:24pm

Pakistan

EFP president demands forensic audit of IPPs, says no room for negotiations

Sattar says aggressive escalation in energy tariffs is a direct result of the excessive capacity payment to IPPs in US dollars

Published 15 Jun, 2020 07:29pm

Pakistan

PML-N, PTI lawmakers lock horns over budget, coronavirus crisis in NA session

Khwaja Asif blamed Imran-led government for spread of coronavirus in the country

Updated 15 Jun, 2020 06:45pm

Pakistan

Coronavirus crisis: Provinces should enforce "smart lockdown" in affected areas: PM

The government has identified sites in 20 cities of the country where the number of corona affected persons is on the rise

Published 15 Jun, 2020 05:31pm

Islamabad police nabs two Indian High Commission officials

Police say both officials are involved in a road accident and injuring a person

Updated 15 Jun, 2020 09:11pm

Qureshi asks India to stop human rights violations in IoK, review its behaviour

FM says people of Kashmir do not accept the unlawful move of revoking the status of held valley by Indian government

Published 15 Jun, 2020 03:22pm

Coronavirus situation: K-P govt could seek help from armed forces if needed: Wazir

Ajmal says provincial government introduced relaxations in order to assist businesses but people have failed to follow SOPs

Published 15 Jun, 2020 02:52pm

Coronavirus could infect one million people by July end if cases continue to rise: Umar

Asad says government is imposing smart lockdown in Lahore from today and then it will be enforced in the rest of the province

Published 14 Jun, 2020 04:08pm

Sindh's coronavirus tally reaches 53,000 with 15 more fatalities: Murad

CM says the number of critical patients has risen to 573 while 80 are on ventilators

Published 14 Jun, 2020 03:05pm

Need to devise future strategy to deal with negative impacts of Covid-19: Qureshi

FM says Pakistan needs to prepare for the challenges after coronavirus pandemic settles

Updated 14 Jun, 2020 03:43pm

Foreign Office condemns attacks on mosques in Afghanistan

FO says attacks resulted in martyrdom of renowned religious scholars Dr Ayaz Niazi and Maulavi Azizullah Mofleh

Published 14 Jun, 2020 01:11pm

NAB decides to approach Interpol to extradite Salman Shahbaz

The anti-graft watchdog will provide all the evidences against Salman Shahbaz to the national crime agency

Published 14 Jun, 2020 12:30pm

Pakistan

Legandary actress Sabiha Khanum passes away

She was ill for a long time and was suffering from renal disease

Published 14 Jun, 2020 10:46am

Coronavirus pandemic: 81 new deaths recorded across country in 24 hours

The highest number of cases have been reported in Punjab with 52,601 cases followed by Sindh with 51,518 corona patients

Published 14 Jun, 2020 10:38am

PM Imran signs budget 2020-21 document

The estimated outlay of the upcoming budget is around Rs7.5 trillion which will be presented in NA session later today

Published 12 Jun, 2020 02:54pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 10	278.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 10	278.58
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 10	157.84
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 10	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 10	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 10	1.02

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 10	5,824.15
India Sensex / Jan 10	77,378.91
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 10	39,100.40
Nasdaq / Jan 10	19,146.19
Hang Seng / Jan 10	19,064.29
FTSE 100 / Jan 10	8,248.49
Dow Jones / Jan 10	41,910.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 10	20,214.79

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 9	237,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 10	76.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 10	18,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 10	2,716.80
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 10	67.01
Petrol/Litre / Jan 11	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd / Jan 10 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	8.34 ▲ 1.00 (13.62%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 10 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.67 ▲ 0.89 (11.44%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 10 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	8.76 ▲ 0.88 (11.17%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jan 10 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.22 ▲ 0.22 (11.00%)
Sakrand Sugar / Jan 10 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.27 ▲ 1.12 (10.04%)
Dadex Eternit / Jan 10 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	70.40 ▲ 6.40 (10.00%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 10 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	70.54 ▲ 6.41 (10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 10 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	137.50 ▲ 12.50 (10.00%)
Mehmood Tex / Jan 10 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	658.91 ▲ 59.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 10 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.52 ▼ -0.67 (-10.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 10 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	8.47 ▼ -1.00 (-10.56%)
JS Mom. Factor ETF / Jan 10 JS Momentum Factor ETF(JSMFETF)	13.42 ▼ -1.58 (-10.53%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 10 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	144.61 ▼ -16.07 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 10 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	32.40 ▼ -3.60 (-10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 10 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	126.67 ▼ -14.07 (-10.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.85 ▼ -7.09 (-9.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 10 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	55.40 ▼ -6.15 (-9.99%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jan 10 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	11 ▼ -1.20 (-9.84%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	195,296,323 ▼ -0.06
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 10 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	48,682,503 ▼ -0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 10 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,460,848 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 10 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	31,825,296 ▲ 0.77
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 10 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	23,629,459 ▲ 0.34
Pak Elektron / Jan 10 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	23,144,464 ▲ 1.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 10 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	19,944,268 ▼ -0.24
Air Link Com. / Jan 10 Air Link Communication Limited(AIRLINK)	15,918,682 ▼ -5.65
B.O.Punjab / Jan 10 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	15,645,082 ▲ 0.01

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