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6.4-magnitude earthquake hits several cities; no casualties

KARACHI: The northern areas, including the federal capital and several cities in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were...

Published 13 Feb, 2021 04:11am

Pakistan

Altaf in ICU

KARACHI: MQM founder Altaf Hussain has been in intensive care for nearly three weeks, according to Dawn. Muttahida...

Updated 02 Feb, 2021 09:47am

Pakistan

Bakhtawar gets married

KARACHI: The eldest daughter of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former president Asif Ali Zardari, ...

Published 30 Jan, 2021 03:55am

Pakistan

Govt trying to steal NFC Award: Bilawal

KARACHI: PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday said the federal government was trying to "steal" the...

Published 12 Jan, 2021 03:01am

Mourners agree to conduct burials

KARACHI: After successful negotiations between the Balochistan government and the Quetta sit-in organisers, the...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:14am

Pakistan

SC berates Sindh CM: Karachi has been 'turned into a village': CJP

KARACHI: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, on Tuesday berated Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah...

Published 30 Dec, 2020 03:19am

Pakistan

Journalist Mazhar Abbas’s wife dies

KARACHI: Iram Abbas wife of senior journalist Mazhar Abbas, passed away here on Thursday. Namaz-e-Janaza will be...

Updated 25 Dec, 2020 04:43am

Technology

Google AI team demands ousted black researcher be rehired and promoted

WASHINGTON: Members of a prestigious research unit at Google have sent a letter to the company's chief executive...

Published 19 Dec, 2020 03:02am

'Anger in army' over Nawaz's tirades but Bajwa tolerating them for democracy: PM

KARACHI: While there is "a lot of anger" within the army over the verbal attacks of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and...

Published 19 Dec, 2020 03:02am

'Illegal' payment: NAB issues second notice to Hafeez

KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi chapter on Thursday issued second notice to Advisor to Prime...

Published 04 Dec, 2020 03:04am

Pakistan

Royal Military College Australia: Pak Army cadet declared best foreign national Military Cadet

KARACHI: Cadet Muhammad Haris Mairaj of Pak Army declared overall best foreign national Military Cadet at passing ...

Published 03 Dec, 2020 03:04am

Ex-PM Zafarullah Jamali passes away

KARACHI: Former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has passed away at a hospital in Rawalpindi at the age of...

Published 03 Dec, 2020 03:04am

India ranks No 1 in corruption in Asia: TI

KARACHI: India has emerged as having the highest bribery rate of 39 percent in the Asian region and the highest rate...

Published 26 Nov, 2020 02:54am

Building, 4 vehicles torched in G-B

KARACHI: At least four vehicles, one of which belonged to an interim minister, and a building of Gilgit-Baltistan's...

Updated 24 Nov, 2020 03:46am

Pakistan

Indian shelling injures 11 civilians at wedding

KARACHI: At least 11 people, including four children, were injured in Azad Jammu and Kashmir's Kotli district on...

Published 23 Nov, 2020 02:52am

Pakistan

Chohan’s advice to Nawaz

KARACHI: Punjab Minister for Prisons Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan advised Nawaz Sharif to come back with his mother’s...

Updated 23 Nov, 2020 04:14am

Pakistan

Country’s progress linked with Balochistan: Army chief

KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday visited Quetta where he interacted with...

Updated 18 Nov, 2020 04:39am

Pakistan

Indian plane makes emergency landing at Karachi airport

KARACHI: An Indian plane has made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport after a passenger’s...

Updated 18 Nov, 2020 04:40am

Kashmir becomes part of Pakistan in Trump Jr.'s US electoral map prediction

KARACHI: It looks like other countries have started to recognise Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) ...

Updated 04 Nov, 2020 03:10am

Markets

Six Pakistani companies to export meat to KSA

KARACHI: The government is trying to boost exports of halal meat and other perishable and non-perishable items to...

Updated 02 Nov, 2020 03:28am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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