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Karachi businesses to remain shut on Fridays, Sundays

KARACHI: The Sindh government has once again decided to change the “safe days” or days for operating businesses...

Published 23 Apr, 2021 05:12am

Mufti Muneeb calls for shutter down strike today

KARACHI: Tanzimat Ahl-e-Sunnat leader Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman has called for a nationwide shutter down strike ...

Published 19 Apr, 2021 03:21am

First Ramazan in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday

KARACHI: The moon sighting committee of Saudi Arabia said that the crescent had not been sighted in the Kingdom....

Published 12 Apr, 2021 03:59am

PML-N candidate leads Daska re-election

KARACHI: PML-N’s Nosheen Iftikhar was leading the high stakes Daska NA-75 by-poll

Published 11 Apr, 2021 05:27am

IMF board approves loan tranche?

KARACHI: The Executive Board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) is said to have approved four pending reviews of...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

Modi says India desires cordial relations with ‘people of Pakistan’

KARACHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told Prime Minister Imran Khan in a Pakistan Day message that his...

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:10am

'We all know PDM has won': Bilawal

KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday stated: "I know, we all know that...

Published 14 Mar, 2021 04:13am

PDM to boycott NA session today: Fazl

KARACHI: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) president Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman on Friday announced boycott of...

Published 06 Mar, 2021 05:01am

Five labourers killed in Sibi blast

KARACHI: At least five labourers were killed and five others wounded in a bomb blast in Balochistan’s Sibi...

Published 06 Mar, 2021 05:01am

ECP takes notice of PM’s remarks

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has called a meeting on Friday (today) in Islamabad over Prime...

Updated 05 Mar, 2021 09:44am

Pakistan

Bye-elections: PPP wins Malir, Sanghar seats

KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has secured a landslide victory in by-poll held in district Sanghar’s...

Updated 17 Feb, 2021 09:39am

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 7	280.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 7	279.97
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 7	148.06
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 7	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 7	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 7	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 6	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 7	5,746.85
India Sensex / Mar 7	74,332.58
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 7	36,887.17
Nasdaq / Mar 7	18,211.25
Hang Seng / Mar 7	24,231.30
FTSE 100 / Mar 7	8,679.88
Dow Jones / Mar 7	42,829.44
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 7	23,008.94
France CAC40 / Mar 7	8,120.80

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 7	67.03
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 7	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 7	263,203
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 7	2,916.80
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 7	66.07
Petrol/Litre / Mar 8	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 8	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance / Mar 7 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	5.49 ▲ 0.61 (12.5%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Mar 7 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	8.42 ▲ 0.92 (12.27%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Mar 7 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	29.23 ▲ 2.66 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Mar 7 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	59.40 ▲ 5.4 (10%)
Pak Datacom / Mar 7 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	99.54 ▲ 9.05 (10%)
Apna Microfin. / Mar 7 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	11.25 ▲ 1.02 (9.97%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 7 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	827 ▲ 74.61 (9.92%)
Engro Poly(Pref / Mar 7 Engro Poly(Pref)(EPCLPS)	12.21 ▲ 1.1 (9.9%)
Masood Textile / Mar 7 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	61 ▲ 5.45 (9.81%)
Pak Paper Prod / Mar 7 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	183 ▲ 15.42 (9.2%)

Stock	Price
Int. Knit. / Mar 7 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	17.89 ▼ -1.99 (-10.01%)
Ellcot Spinning / Mar 7 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	106.78 ▼ -11.86 (-10%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 7 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.01 ▼ -1 (-9.99%)
Unicap Modaraba / Mar 7 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.05 ▼ -0.3 (-8.96%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Mar 7 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	13.15 ▼ -1.29 (-8.93%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Mar 7 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	8.28 ▼ -0.72 (-8%)
Agritech Limited / Mar 7 Agritech Limited(AGL)	54 ▼ -4.59 (-7.83%)
Invest Bank / Mar 7 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	1.40 ▼ -0.1 (-6.67%)
Hafiz Ltd. / Mar 7 Hafiz Limited(HAFL)	265.06 ▼ -16.62 (-5.9%)
Reliance Cotton / Mar 7 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	480.36 ▼ -29.01 (-5.7%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Cement / Mar 7 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	57,186,347 ▲ 3.47
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 7 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	48,305,211 ▼ -0.16
Sui South Gas / Mar 7 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	23,565,729 ▲ 1.42
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 7 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,575,994 ▼ -0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 7 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	22,361,248 ▲ 2.07
Oil & Gas Dev. / Mar 7 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	18,047,822 ▲ 0.84
Pak Petroleum / Mar 7 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	16,644,912 ▲ 2.4
At-Tahur Ltd. / Mar 7 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	14,546,590 ▲ 2.66
B.O.Punjab / Mar 7 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	13,546,949 ▲ 0.1
P.S.O. / Mar 7 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	12,439,221 ▲ 24.96

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