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Five must-read books in 2025

As we adjust to the warming weather and count down to the beginning of Ramadan, there is a fresh new selection of...

Published 25 Feb, 2025 03:35pm

2025-02-24-02-00

LLF concludes with literary brilliance, cultural grandeur

LAHORE: The 13th edition of the Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) reached its magnificent culmination at the Alhamra ...

Published 24 Feb, 2025 08:20am

2025-02-20-01-04

Lahore Literary Festival from tomorrow

LAHORE: The 13th edition of the Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) is set to unfold as a magnificent celebration of...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 08:19am

Literature

‘None of us voted for you’: KLF audience challenge Karachi mayor Murtaza Wahab

Citizens demand answers over city's 'abysmal state' during heated discussion on final day of event

Updated 10 Feb, 2025 04:57pm

Literature

‘Water is the new gold’: Senator Sherry Rehman warns of dire climate consequences at KLF

Senator and climate advocate Sherry Rehman sounded the alarm on the climate crisis as well as the water emergency...

Updated 08 Feb, 2025 11:57pm

Literature

16th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) contemplates national identity on opening day

The three-day festival will conclude on Sunday

Published 07 Feb, 2025 11:31pm

Literature

16th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) set to begin on Friday

3-day festival will conclude on Sunday

Published 04 Feb, 2025 09:51pm

MENA

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature brings together Nobel laureates, global audience

6-day festival comes to a close on Monday in Dubai

Published 03 Feb, 2025 04:00pm

Literature

US newspaper popularized by ‘The Sopranos’ to cease printing

JERSEY CITY, United States: Two longstanding US city newspapers, including one immortalized in ‘The Sopranos,’ will...

Published 31 Jan, 2025 03:44pm

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‘Jinnah’s vision not for theocracy but for a progressive Pakistan’

ISLAMABAD: The 9th “Adab Festival Pakistan”, hosted by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) in...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 09:04am

2024-12-14-03-14

Thousands attend second day of 19th KIBF

KARACHI: The second day of the five-day Karachi International Book Fair (KIBF) at the city’s Expo Center drew ...

Updated 14 Dec, 2024 07:41am

Literature

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker joins Booker Prize 2025 jury

LONDON: Hollywood actress Sarah Jessica Parker, known for her lead role in ‘Sex and the City’, will be a judge on...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 05:36pm

2024-12-11-01-51

Karachi Int’l Book Fair to begin tomorrow

KARACHI: The 19th Karachi International Book Fair (KIBF) is all set to commence at the Karachi Expo Center Thursday...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 07:49am

2024-12-07-02-26

Urdu Conference discusses religious poetry and literature

KARACHI: The ongoing 17th Aalmi Urdu Conference, Jashan-e-Karachi, entered its second day with a thought-provoking...

Published 07 Dec, 2024 06:51am

Literature

Indian author Ghosh wins top Dutch prize

AMSTERDAM: Acclaimed Indian author Amitav Ghosh has won the coveted Dutch Erasmus Prize for his writings on climate...

Updated 26 Nov, 2024 06:29am

2024-11-25-01-24

Parveen Shakir remembered on her birth anniversary

ISLAMABAD: Legendary poetess Parveen Shakir was remembered on her 72nd birth anniversary being observed across the...

Published 25 Nov, 2024 06:52am

Literature

British writer Harvey wins Booker Prize for space story ‘Orbital’

LONDON: Britain’s Samantha Harvey won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel ‘Orbital’, a story about a single day...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 02:48pm

Arts

Margaret Atwood, unworried by AI, continues prolific writing career

COPENHAGEN: Renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood, who is currently writing her memoir, said in an interview that...

Published 29 Oct, 2024 02:10pm

Arts

Original ‘Little Prince’ typescript to go under hammer in UAE

LONDON: A specialist London bookstore is selling an original typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s children’s...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 02:29pm

Literature

Han Kang of South Korea wins Nobel literature prize 2024

STOCKHOLM: South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for “her intense poetic prose that...

Published 10 Oct, 2024 05:01pm

Literature

Melania Trump tight-lipped as ever in new memoir

NEW YORK: As first lady, Melania Trump was a cipher to Americans. Now, with her husband weeks from possibly securing...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 07:07pm

Arts

Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri declines award over New York museum’s keffiyeh ban

WASHINGTON: Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York City’s Noguchi...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 02:23pm

Literature

Designer duo Sana Safinaz, writer Muneeza Shamsie conferred with Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Pakistani designers Sana Hashwani and Safinaz Muneer as well as writer Muneeza Shamsie were conferred the...

Published 15 Aug, 2024 04:08pm

Literature

US Library of Congress spotlights its American ‘treasures’

WASHINGTON: The US Library of Congress houses more than just books, with a new exhibit opening this week...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 04:26pm

Literature

Harry Potter offers magical boost to UK tourism

EDINBURGH: Sam Thorne guides Harry Potter fans through the gothic streets of Edinburgh, where controversial author...

Updated 06 Jun, 2024 06:18pm

Arts

Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dead at 92

OTTAWA: Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and...

Published 15 May, 2024 02:27pm

Literature

Daniel Radcliffe ‘really sad’ over Rowling’s transgender stance

LOS ANGELES: Daniel Radcliffe has said he is saddened by author J.K. Rowling’s stance on transgender rights, telling...

Published 02 May, 2024 03:04pm

Arts

Palestinian prisoner in Israel wins top fiction prize

ABU DHABI: Palestinian writer Basim Khandaqji, jailed 20 years ago in Israel, won a prestigious prize for Arabic...

Published 29 Apr, 2024 07:30pm

Literature

Salman Rushdie releases memoir ‘Knife’, recalls stabbing incident

NEW YORK: British-American author Salman Rushdie recounted the near-fatal stabbing at a public event in 2022 that...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 04:23pm

Literature

One of the oldest books in existence expected to fetch over $2.6mn at auction

NEW YORK: A book from Egypt that was written at the dawn of Christianity and is considered one of the oldest books...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 02:06pm

Literature

Back to Life: model Kloss bringing back beloved US magazine

NEW YORK: The legendary American magazine Life, a 20th-century mainstay famous for its photography, will be revived...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 12:59pm

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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
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Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 7	66.07
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Premier Insurance / Mar 7 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	5.49 ▲ 0.61 (12.5%)
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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%)

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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%)

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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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