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Pakistan

PM Khan launches low-cost housing project in Sargodha

Under this scheme, a total of 1,175 houses of three marlas will be constructed at six locations in the Sargodha district
The construction work will be carried out by Frontier Works Organization while the mortgage facility will be provided by Punjab Bank

Published 14 Apr, 2021 02:35pm

Pakistan

PM wishes Sikh community on Baisakhi festival

Imran says Sikh Diaspora and Indian Yatrees have been granted special permission to visit their holy Gurdwaras in Pakistan and attend their rituals
Sikh people will be provided with free food, transport, and accommodation under coronavirus protocols: PM

Published 14 Apr, 2021 02:12pm

Pakistan

IHC issues notices to govt, others over Gillani's intra-court appeal against Senate Chairman election

Farooq Naek told the court that a presiding officer could not vote in the election but here he opted to vote
The court adjourned the hearing of the case until April 27

Published 14 Apr, 2021 01:16pm

World

Egypt seizes Ever Given ship over $900 million Suez Canal compensation bill

An Egyptian court ordered the vessel's Japanese owner to pay $916 million in compensation as a result of losses inflicted when the Panamanian-flagged vessel blocked the Suez Canal
UK Club says it is the insurer of the Ever Given for certain third-party liabilities including obstruction claims or infrastructure issues but is not the insurer for the vessel itself or the cargo

Updated 14 Apr, 2021 10:53am

Pakistan

PPP leaders submit resignations to PDM as rifts widen between opposition parties

The PPP's decision to part ways with the Pakistan Democratic Movement was taken by PPP’s Central Executive Committee
Nayyar Hussain Bukhari says PPP laid the foundation of the PDM and no political party in the opposition alliance has the jurisdiction to remove them

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 03:21pm

Pakistan

Supreme Court rejects Justice Faiz's plea seeking live telecast of hearing on review petitions

Six out of ten judges of the top court ruled in favor of rejecting the petition while four judges opposed it
Justice Issa pleaded that the apex court should order PEMRA to issue written instructions to all private channels that they could not be restrained from broadcasting live streaming of the proceedings

Published 13 Apr, 2021 01:01pm

Pakistan

Mufti Kifayatullah arrested for issuing anti-state remarks

A heavy contingent of police personnel conducted a raid at his house and took him into custody
The JUI-F leader had been evading arrest for the past two months

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 11:56am

World

India approves Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine for emergency use

India has become the 60th country to register Sputnik V after positive results of local Phase 3 clinical study
RDIF CEO says over 850 million doses of Sputnik V are going to be produced in India annually

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 11:05am

Pakistan

TTP militant killed in intelligence-based operation in South Waziristan

Peer alias Asad was an active member of TTP since 2006
Asad remained involved in terrorist activities against the security forces

Published 13 Apr, 2021 10:19am

Pakistan

PM Khan announces expansion of Ehsas food charity program to three more cities

Imran says the aim of the scheme is to facilitate the daily wage earners and poor people and ensure they do not sleep on empty stomachs
The program has been expanded to Lahore, Faisalabad, and Peshawar

Updated 11 Apr, 2021 03:31pm

World

Convicted Pakistani-American businessman worked for US intelligence agency: Report

Zuberi was sentenced to 12 years in prison for tax evasion, foreign-influence peddling, and campaign finance violations
The Pakistani-American businessman was also involved in a major political fundraiser for American leaders like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris

Updated 11 Apr, 2021 02:42pm

Pakistan

Swiss cases against Zardari being reopened, says Sheikh Rasheed

Minister says the previous government gave away $60 million in the Swiss cases
The number of votes gained by PTI’s candidate in Daska re-election shows that the narrative of PM Imran Khan is still popular among the masses: Rasheed

Published 11 Apr, 2021 02:02pm

Pakistan

Robbers break into bank with gas cutter, loot around three dozen lockers in Karachi

The robbers remained in the bank branch for almost eight hours and broke open 34 lockers
Investigation officials say that the way the robbers committed the heist shows that they had prior inside information

Published 11 Apr, 2021 01:24pm

Pakistan

Government fixes Nisab for Zakat at Rs80,933

People having a minimum of Rs 80,933 balance in savings, profit and loss sharing, or similar bank accounts on the first day of Ramazan will be liable to pay 2.5 percent Zakat on the total balance
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry predicted that the Ramazan moon will be sighted on April 13

Published 11 Apr, 2021 12:12pm

Pakistan

FM Qureshi leaves on two-day official visit to Germany

The foreign minister is visiting Germany on the invitation of his German counterpart Heiko Maas to hold delegation-level talks with the German leadership
Qureshi will meet the President of the German Parliament Wolfgang Schauble and have interactions with other dignitaries

Updated 11 Apr, 2021 11:44am

World

China exploring ways to mix different COVID vaccines to improve efficacy

Gao says one option is to adjust the dosage, the interval between doses, or increase the number of doses while the second route is to mix vaccines that use different technologies
More attention should be given to developing mRNA vaccines as the technology provided an opportunity for breakthroughs in treating all kinds of illnesses: health expert

Updated 11 Apr, 2021 10:51am

Pakistan

PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar wins Daska re-election

Nosheen won the contest by securing 110,075 votes against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Ali Asjad Malhi who bagged 93,433 votes
ECP states that voter turnout remained a disappointing 43.33 percent as turnout among men was 45.1percent, while turnout among women was 41.2 percent

Updated 11 Apr, 2021 10:31am

Pakistan

COVID-19 outbreak: Pakistan records 114 deaths with 5,050 new infections in 24 hours

The total number of infections in the country now currently stands at 721,018
At least 46,066 tests were conducted while 631,700 people recovered from the deadly disease

Updated 11 Apr, 2021 10:31am

World

Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip has died aged 99

The Royal family issued a statement saying his Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle
Philip spent most of his final years out of the spotlight, staying primarily at Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk

Published 09 Apr, 2021 04:11pm

Pakistan

More than 35 bank accounts of Jahangir Tareen, family frozen

Of the seized accounts, 21 of them are owned by Jahangir Tareen’s son Ali Tareen, 14 accounts are owned by Jahangir Tareen whereas one account is held by his wife
The accounts have been frozen at the request of the Federal Investigation Agency

Published 09 Apr, 2021 03:31pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 4	277.99
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 4	277.79
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 4	152.16
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 4	0.86
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 4	1.30
Euro to USD / Nov 4	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 4	5,712.69
Nasdaq / Nov 4	18,179.98
FTSE 100 / Nov 4	8,184.24
Dow Jones / Nov 4	41,794.60
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 4	19,147.85
France CAC40 / Nov 4	7,371.71
India Sensex / Nov 5	78,731.05
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 5	38,537.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 4	71.65
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 4	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 4	244,227
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 4	2,745.40
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 4	69.93
Petrol/Litre / Nov 5	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Nov 5 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Nov 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Nov 5 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Nov 5 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 5 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 5 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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