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Hatim Salman Nusrat

World

UAE significantly slashed funding for Palestinian refugee agency in 2020

The United Arab Emirates drastically reduced funding to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in 2020, as it signed a U.S-brokered normalisation accord with Israel.
The Gulf state contributed $51.8 million to the refugee agency in 2018 and 2019, but it reduced that contribution by an unprecedented margin in 2020, down to a mere $1 million.

Updated 08 Feb, 2021 10:25am

World

Indian government threatens Twitter with penalties, if it does not block accounts

In the aftermath of the online backlash against the Indian government's callous treatment of protestors, India has threatened to 'punish' Twitter if it does not comply with the government's request to restore a block on accounts connected to allegedly inflammatory tweets about farmers’ protests.
On Monday, Twitter blocked over 250 accounts, following a request by the Indian government, under the presupposition that the tweets could potentially 'incite' violence.

Updated 04 Feb, 2021 08:37pm

World

Russia can make the internet autonomous, but wants to avoid the "double-edged sword"

Russia has the technological capabilities to ensure that the autonomous operation of the Russian segment of the Internet, but would remain hesitant to expand their reach to such extremes.
Medvedev conceded that the Russian equivalent to the isolated segment of the internet is only a backup plan, in the extreme case if Russia is disconnected from the globally interconnected system as a whole.

Updated 03 Feb, 2021 12:11pm

World

Senate Investigation reveals Obama Administration knowingly funnelled aid funds to terrorist affiliate

The Obama Administration sent public funds to a non-profit humanitarian agency, which improperly transacted with an organization that had previously been sanctioned over its ties to terrorist groups.
The probe revealed that World Vision funnelled rough $5 million to Maktab al-Khidamat, the predecessor to Al-Qaeda; adding that insufficient vetting practices led to such dangerous levels of ignorance.

Updated 02 Jan, 2021 03:52pm

World

Drug Dealers on the Dark Web are illegally selling 'Pfizer COVID Vaccines'

As the United Kingdom is slated to be the first country in the world to carry out a large-scale rollout of the Sars-CoV2 vaccine, the dark corners of the internet are inundated with the "Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine" for sale.
These unverified doses of the vaccine could cost as much as $1300 per dose; blatantly exploiting the unprecedented demand for vaccinations amidst the second wave of the pandemic.

Updated 04 Dec, 2020 04:40pm

World

Afghanistan could become a "game-changer" for global meth production, according to report

While Afghanistan's opium poppy fields are already a source of the majority of the world's heroin, a new report warns that the country is becoming a significant global producer of methamphetamine.

Updated 24 Nov, 2020 05:30pm

World

President-elect Biden expected to select Antony J. Blinken as Secretary of State

Antony J. Blinken, former Deputy Secretary of State during the Obama Administration, is expected to be nominated for the Secretary of State under President-elect Biden's new administration; with other key appointments including U.N. Ambassador and National Security Adviser.

Updated 23 Nov, 2020 12:17pm

World

U.S. Military extracts data targeting Muslims from over 65 million devices worldwide

The United States Military, through a network of innocuous-looking mobile applications and multiple covert data streams, has been extracting an enormous amount of data - notably from a Muslim prayer and Quran application with over 98 million downloads worldwide.

Updated 17 Nov, 2020 05:59pm

World

Electoral Misinformation has pushed American Democracy to its brink - again

In the aftermath of a divisive Presidential Election, an unprecedented torrent of misinformation has flooded the internet, specifically based on unfounded allegations of electoral fraud - pushing the American democratic system to the brink.

Published 13 Nov, 2020 08:46pm

World

Major Pentagon shuffling continues, as Trump Administration refuses to budge

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, amidst sweeping changes in the national security sphere by the Trump Administration, stated at an event on Wednesday that his allegiance does not lie with a President or a tyrant, but solely with the constitution.

Updated 13 Nov, 2020 02:49pm

World

State Department Blocking Access to Correspondence from Foreign Leaders for the President-elect

The U.S. State Department has been preventing President-elect Joe Biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders, highlighting the Trump Administration's blatant unwillingness to facilitate the transition process.

Updated 13 Nov, 2020 01:47pm

US Elections 2020

More Americans are satisfied with Biden's campaign than Trump's, according to Gallup poll

According to a recent Gallup poll, more Americans are satisfied with how Presidential nominee Joe Biden has conducted his campaign, as compared to that of President Trump.

Published 03 Nov, 2020 10:26pm

World

U.S. Presidential Election 2020: Trump and Biden go head-to-head as polls open

Nearly 100 million people have already cast their ballots through early voting (both in-person and absentee ballots), putting this election on course for having the highest turnout in a century.

Updated 03 Nov, 2020 08:47pm

World

Threat of "unfamiliar violence" looms ahead of divisive Presidential Election, warns report

As political polarisation in the electorate has reached a fever pitch and the stakes are beyond existential, the U.S. Presidential Election is primed to be a drawn-out and protracted affair, increasingly at the risk of being derailed due to “violent actors”.

Updated 03 Nov, 2020 03:54pm

Perspectives

U.S. Election 2020: Amidst historic levels of turnout, who will claim the Oval Office?

The U.S. Presidential Election is shaping up to be a divisive, rhetoric-driven affair, with two polarising figures (albeit not equally) vying for the Oval Office; yet, this could serve just as well as a summation of the contest in the previous election - raising the question, how do you predict the outcome of a thoroughly unpredictable affair?

Published 27 Oct, 2020 05:32pm

World

Key takeaways from the final U.S. Presidential Debate

After an outrageously heated first outing between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, both candidates were visibly restrained earlier today - as the mute button, or the threat of it, dictated the nature of a somewhat inconsequential debate.

Updated 23 Oct, 2020 05:29pm

World

Report exposes Facebook for spreading climate change misinformation

According to a report by InfluenceMap, a U.K. based think-tank, approximately 8 million people have viewed deliberately misinformed advertisements on Facebook, which peddled conspiracy theories like fossil fuels are not a threat to the environment, and that climate change is a “hoax”

Published 08 Oct, 2020 04:53pm

Markets

Key takeaways from the vice-presidential debate

After last week’s calamitous Presidential debate, the Vice Presidential debate was poised to provide a more policy-oriented counterweight, with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden attempting to clarify their starkly contrasting policies amongst a surge in political misinformation.

Updated 08 Oct, 2020 03:44pm

World

American troops to be out of Afghanistan by Christmas, claims President Trump

On Wednesday night, President Trump on Twitter, gestured towards the complete withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan by Christmas.

Published 08 Oct, 2020 11:05am

World

2020 U.S Presidential Election shatters spending records, with $11 billion haul

As the United States enters yet another enormously divisive and politically heated Presidential Election, in the midst of the (still-raging) COVID-19 pandemic, the total cost of the 2020 Election has obliterated any previous spending records in the past, amounting to nearly $11 billion.

Published 06 Oct, 2020 04:37pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 18	68.50
Petrol/Litre / Dec 19	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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