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World

Modi gifted a precious stone to US First Lady

KARACHI: US First Lady Jill Biden received a diamond worth $20,000 as a gift from Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

Published 04 Jan, 2025 06:30am

Pakistan

Work underway to fix fault in undersea internet cable: PTA

KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said on Thursday that work was being done to repair a fault...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 05:54am

Pakistan

‘Imran is just an excuse, real target is N-programme’: says Bilawal

KARACHI: Apparently referring to the statements by President-elect Trump’s aide and other US lawmakers, Pakistan...

Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am

Business & Finance

Saudi Arabia’s flyadeal to serve Pakistan in major expansion drive

KARACHI: Saudi low-cost carrier flyadeal announced Tuesday plans to launch scheduled flights to Pakistan’s...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 06:25am

Vawda speaks of former ISI chief’s court martial

KARACHI: Independent Senator Faisal Vawda has claimed that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s December 14 protest is...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:36am

Societies Registration Bill: Fazl postpones ‘Islamabad march’

KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has postponed the party’s march to Islamabad to...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 02:51pm

Pakistan

Fire at Rimpa Plaza brought under control

KARACHI: Firefighters brought under control a blaze that engulfed two floors of a 13-story commercial building at...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

Pakistan

Balochistan PA demands federal govt ban PTI

KARACHI: In a session marked by stark division, the Balochistan Assembly on Thursday approved a resolution, tabled ...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 05:50am

Pakistan

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

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

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

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.60 ▲ 0.40 (12.50%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Jan 21 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	82.52 ▲ 7.50 (10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 21 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	31.82 ▲ 2.89 (9.99%)

Stock	Price
Premier Sugar / Jan 21 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	381 ▼ -38.81 (-9.24%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.02 ▼ -0.79 (-8.05%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	525.02 ▼ -44.94 (-7.88%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 21 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	72.51 ▼ -6.06 (-7.71%)
Faran Sugar / Jan 21 Faran Sugar Mills Limited(FRSM)	44.60 ▼ -3.50 (-7.28%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jan 21 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	7.02 ▼ -0.54 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,523,520 ▲ 0.49
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	64,069,190 ▲ 0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.48
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	56,891,848 ▼ -0.08
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	46,201,896 ▲ 1.13
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.20
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -2.42
Hub Power Co. / Jan 21 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	21,405,956 ▼ -3.29
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	20,366,427 ▼ -2.16

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