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Speakers at PDM rally raise issue of ‘missing persons’

KARACHI: The 11-party anti-government Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance on Sunday held its third power ...

Updated 26 Oct, 2020 04:02am

Imran says will talk to British PM to bring back Nawaz

KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government is already in talks with the authorities in the...

Updated 24 Oct, 2020 03:08am

Pakistan

Sindh Assembly passes resolution against Island Ordinance

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday condemning the Pakistan Islands Development Authority...

Updated 22 Oct, 2020 03:18am

Indian authorities seal Kashmir Times offices

KARACHI: The administration of occupied Kashmir has sealed the offices of prominent English daily, Kashmir Times, ...

Updated 21 Oct, 2020 03:25am

'$10trn could have been saved if US had handled Covid-19 like Pakistan'

KARACHI: Larry Summers, former chief economist of the World Bank has acknowledged that if the United States (US) had...

Updated 19 Oct, 2020 03:24am

Pakistan

Ex-ISI chief denies asking for Nawaz's resignation

KARACHI: Former director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), retired Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam, has said ...

Published 16 Oct, 2020 02:45am

Maulana Adil's murder: 'Countrywide strike' announced

KARACHI: The Karachi Ulema Committee announced Tuesday that it will observe a "peaceful" countrywide strike on ...

Published 14 Oct, 2020 03:33am

Pakistan

Zardari shifted to hospital

KARACHI: PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was shifted to the hospital after the former president felt ...

Published 12 Oct, 2020 02:58am

Usmani found dead; Akhtar passes away

KARACHI: Former Corp Commander Karachi and Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen Muzaffar Hussain Usmani (retd) on...

Published 02 Oct, 2020 02:30am

Jaswant Singh passes away

KARACHI: Former union minister Jaswant Singh, a close associate of ex-Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,...

Published 28 Sep, 2020 03:07am

Markets

Operation in N Waziristan: Two security personnel martyred: ISPR

KARACHI: Two security personnel embraced martyrdom on Saturday in an exchange of fire during an intelligence-based...

Published 20 Sep, 2020 02:45am

Pakistan

Farooqi arrested; high treason case registered against Absar

KARACHI: Bilal Farooqi, a senior journalist was allegedly taken into custody from his home in Karachi's DHA...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Pakistan

Journalist Bilal Farooqi arrested

KARACHI: Bilal Farooqi, a senior journalist was allegedly taken into custody from his home in Karachi's DHA...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Journalist Qaisar Mahmood passes away

KARACHI: Senior journalist Qaisar Mahmood passed away here on Thursday. Mahmood was a member of the Geo News...

Updated 11 Sep, 2020 03:32am

Markets

Missing SECP official returns home

KARACHI: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Joint Director Sajid Gondal, who went missing from...

Published 09 Sep, 2020 02:38am

Pakistan

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 23	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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