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At least 9 dead, 29 injured in Mastung blast

MASTUNG: At least nine people, including five children, were killed in Mastung district on Friday while 29 were...

Published 02 Nov, 2024 06:15am

Pakistan

CJP appoints Justice Mansoor as SC ADR body head

KARACHI: Supreme Court senior puisne judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah was nominated as the chairman of the Alternate...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

Pakistan

Major, 2 soldiers martyred

KARACHI: A Pakistan Army major and two soldiers were martyred during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

Pakistan

Justice Shah to skip new CJP’s oath-taking ceremony

KARACHI: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah will depart for Makkah on Thursday to perform Umrah. He is expected to return...

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 09:10am

Pakistan

CJP’s appointment: Special Parliamentary body constituted

KARACHI: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Monday night notified the Special Parliamentary Committee that is...

Updated 22 Oct, 2024 08:45am

One killed as police clash with marchers from civil society, TLP

KARACHI: Police on Sunday clashed with protesters outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) for violating Section 144...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 08:35am

Pakistan

Veteran politician Elahi Bux Soomro passes away

KARACHI: Elahi Bux Soomro, a former Spea-ker of the National Assembly and one of Pakistan’s most senior...

Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:03am

Two dead, 9 injured in explosion near Karachi Airport

KARACHI: A powerful explosion ‘targeting foreign nationals’ just outside the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi...

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 08:43am

Panetta terms Israel’s pager explosion operation ‘terrorism’

NEW YORK: Former CIA director Leon Panetta labeled Israel’s pager operation as “terrorism” in an interview with CBS...

Updated 25 Sep, 2024 09:01am

Pakistan

Child killed, 95 injured due to firing in air in Karachi

KARACHI: At least 95 people were injured and a child was killed as a result of celebratory firing in air in Karachi...

Updated 15 Aug, 2024 08:38am

Pakistan

Five killed in Karachi firing

KARACHI: Following an exchange of fire between two groups in Karachi’s Defence area, a total of five individuals...

Published 26 Jul, 2024 05:49am

Pakistan

DSP CTD Ali Raza killed

KKARACHI: Senior Counter-Terrorism Department officer DSP Ali Raza – a close colleague of late Chaudhry Aslam –...

Published 08 Jul, 2024 08:25am

Pakistan

Bilawal confirms PPP’s decision to participate

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has assured the federal government of his...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 05:18am

Petrol price slashed by Rs10.20 per litre

KARACHI: The government announced on Friday a significant reduction in petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) prices for...

Updated 15 Jun, 2024 02:25pm

Pakistan

Opposition denounces Punjab budget

KARACHI: In a turbulent session, the Punjab Assembly witnessed a dramatic rejection of the proposed budget for the...

Published 14 Jun, 2024 06:31am

Pakistan

Eidul Azha on 17th

KARACHI: The Zil Hajj moon has been sighted in Peshawar, as confirmed by the Zonal Sighting of the Crescent ...

Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:00am

World

Eid-ul-Azha in Saudi Arabia on 16th

KARACHI: The Saudi authorities announced Thursday that crescent moon has been sighted in the kingdom and first day ...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Pakistan

50 injured in Hyderabad LPG shop blast

KARACHI: At least 50 people, mostly children, received burn injuries in a major blast at a liquid petroleum gas...

Published 31 May, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

PTI’s central office sealed

KARACHI: Islamabad’s administration raided the central office of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf late on Thursday night...

Updated 24 May, 2024 09:18am

Pakistan

Ex-govt officials, bankers, bureaucrats own properties in Dubai: report

KARACHI: More than a dozen retired military officials and their families, as well as bankers and bureaucrats, own...

Updated 15 May, 2024 10:37am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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