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Print - 2016-10-01
CJP refuses to attend global conference in India

CJP refuses to attend global conference in India

The prevalent circumstance between India and Pakistan has left the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali with no option but to decline the request form his Indian counterpart to attend the global conference 'National Initiative towards Str
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
CJP refuses to attend global conference in India

CJP refuses to attend global conference in India

The prevalent circumstance between India and Pakistan has left the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali with no option but to decline the request form his Indian counterpart to attend the global conference 'National Initiative towards Str
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
'Surgical strikes': Cabinet rejects India's claim

'Surgical strikes': Cabinet rejects India's claim

The Federal Cabinet on Friday completely rejected Indian claims of carrying out "surgical strikes" in Azad Kashmir and stated that people and leadership are united to counter any aggressive Indian designs. A meeting of the federal Cabinet chaired by Prime
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
'Surgical strikes': Cabinet rejects India's claim

'Surgical strikes': Cabinet rejects India's claim

The Federal Cabinet on Friday completely rejected Indian claims of carrying out "surgical strikes" in Azad Kashmir and stated that people and leadership are united to counter any aggressive Indian designs. A meeting of the federal Cabinet chaired by Prime
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Date for tax returns extended till October 31

Date for tax returns extended till October 31

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended date for filing of income tax returns/statements by individuals, Associations of Persons, companies and returns of total income/statement of final taxation for Tax Year 2016 till October 31, 2016. According
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Date for tax returns extended till October 31

Date for tax returns extended till October 31

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended date for filing of income tax returns/statements by individuals, Associations of Persons, companies and returns of total income/statement of final taxation for Tax Year 2016 till October 31, 2016. According
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Date for tax returns extended till October 31

Date for tax returns extended till October 31

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended date for filing of income tax returns/statements by individuals, Associations of Persons, companies and returns of total income/statement of final taxation for Tax Year 2016 till October 31, 2016. According
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Cinemas ban Indian films

Cinemas ban Indian films

Pakistani cinemas have stopped screening Indian films in solidarity with the country's armed forces. "We have stopped screening Indian movies at our cinemas from Friday till the situation improves and normalcy returns," said Nadeem Mandviwalla, whose Mand
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Cinemas ban Indian films

Cinemas ban Indian films

Pakistani cinemas have stopped screening Indian films in solidarity with the country's armed forces. "We have stopped screening Indian movies at our cinemas from Friday till the situation improves and normalcy returns," said Nadeem Mandviwalla, whose Mand
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
'Highest state of vigil is being maintained'

'Highest state of vigil is being maintained'

Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Raheel Sharif on Friday warned India against any misadventure, saying Pakistan cannot be coerced by any amount of malicious propaganda. According to ISPR, the CoAS visited a newly-developed Combat Reaction Training facil
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
'Highest state of vigil is being maintained'

'Highest state of vigil is being maintained'

Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Raheel Sharif on Friday warned India against any misadventure, saying Pakistan cannot be coerced by any amount of malicious propaganda. According to ISPR, the CoAS visited a newly-developed Combat Reaction Training facil
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
BRIndex30 up 176.81 points

BRIndex30 up 176.81 points

On Friday, BRIndex30 opened at 23,266.39 points. It touched an intraday high of 23,506.55 points and an intraday low of 23,253.06 points and closed at 23,443.20 points which was 176.81 points or 0.76 percent higher than previous close. Total volume was 22
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
BRIndex30 up 176.81 points

BRIndex30 up 176.81 points

On Friday, BRIndex30 opened at 23,266.39 points. It touched an intraday high of 23,506.55 points and an intraday low of 23,253.06 points and closed at 23,443.20 points which was 176.81 points or 0.76 percent higher than previous close. Total volume was 22
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Stocks hit all-time high

Stocks hit all-time high

Bulls returned to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Friday and the benchmark KSE-100 index closed at the highest-ever level of 40,542 points, making a healthy gain of 246.29 points. However, trading activity remained low due to absence of retail investors on
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Stocks hit all-time high

Stocks hit all-time high

Bulls returned to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Friday and the benchmark KSE-100 index closed at the highest-ever level of 40,542 points, making a healthy gain of 246.29 points. However, trading activity remained low due to absence of retail investors on
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
JLI MANAGED TAKAFUL FUND

JLI MANAGED TAKAFUL FUND

JLI Managed Takaful Fund Rates on Friday (September 30, 2016).

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Stocks hit all-time high

Stocks hit all-time high

Bulls returned to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Friday and the benchmark KSE-100 index closed at the highest-ever level of 40,542 points, making a healthy gain of 246.29 points. However, trading activity remained low due to absence of retail investors on
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
JLI MANAGED TAKAFUL FUND

JLI MANAGED TAKAFUL FUND

JLI Managed Takaful Fund Rates on Friday (September 30, 2016).

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Saudi Arabia warns of 'disastrous consequences' over US 9/11 law

Saudi Arabia warns of 'disastrous consequences' over US 9/11 law

Saudi Arabia has warned of "disastrous consequences" from a United States law allowing 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom, in a major spike in tension between the longstanding allies. The warning came after the US Congress voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday t
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
JLI MANAGED TAKAFUL FUND

JLI MANAGED TAKAFUL FUND

JLI Managed Takaful Fund Rates on Friday (September 30, 2016).

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Saudi Arabia warns of 'disastrous consequences' over US 9/11 law

Saudi Arabia warns of 'disastrous consequences' over US 9/11 law

Saudi Arabia has warned of "disastrous consequences" from a United States law allowing 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom, in a major spike in tension between the longstanding allies. The warning came after the US Congress voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday t
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Six projects worth Rs 281 billion approved by Ecnec

Six projects worth Rs 281 billion approved by Ecnec

A Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) Friday approved six projects of over Rs 281 billion for power, communication as well as water and social sectors. The meeting of the Ecnec presided over by Finance Minister Isha
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Six projects worth Rs 281 billion approved by Ecnec

Six projects worth Rs 281 billion approved by Ecnec

A Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) Friday approved six projects of over Rs 281 billion for power, communication as well as water and social sectors. The meeting of the Ecnec presided over by Finance Minister Isha
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Six projects worth Rs 281 billion approved by Ecnec

Six projects worth Rs 281 billion approved by Ecnec

A Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) Friday approved six projects of over Rs 281 billion for power, communication as well as water and social sectors. The meeting of the Ecnec presided over by Finance Minister Isha
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
JLI MEESEQ Fund Rates

JLI MEESEQ Fund Rates

JLI Meeseq Fund Rates on Friday (September 30, 2016).

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Pakistan urges UN chief to act to defuse tensions

Pakistan urges UN chief to act to defuse tensions

Pakistan urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday to personally intervene to help defuse rising tensions with India over Kashmir. "This is a dangerous moment for the region," Pakistan's Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi told AFP after meeting with Ban at U
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
JLI MEESEQ Fund Rates

JLI MEESEQ Fund Rates

JLI Meeseq Fund Rates on Friday (September 30, 2016).

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Pakistan urges UN chief to act to defuse tensions

Pakistan urges UN chief to act to defuse tensions

Pakistan urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday to personally intervene to help defuse rising tensions with India over Kashmir. "This is a dangerous moment for the region," Pakistan's Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi told AFP after meeting with Ban at U
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
JLI MEESEQ Fund Rates

JLI MEESEQ Fund Rates

JLI Meeseq Fund Rates on Friday (September 30, 2016).

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Spot dollar rates

Spot dollar rates

Spot Dollar rates from Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co Ltd on Friday (September 30, 2016).

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Money Market Report
Currency

Money Market Report

Money market report by Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co on Friday (September 30, 2016).
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Currency notes: exchange rates
Currency

Currency notes: exchange rates

Exchange rates for Currency Notes issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) here on Friday (September 30, 2016).

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Friday (September 30, 2016).

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

Barclays bid rates, maximum rates for payment of interest by authorised dealers on deposits (other than those brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) and on deposits (brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) - issued by the Foreign Exchange Rates Commi
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates
Currency

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates, Foreign Currency Bearer Certificates, Special US Dollar bonds and profits thereon by all banks and also for providing forward cover on foreign currency d
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Key moments in Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie's relationship

Key moments in Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie's relationship

Actress Angelina Jolie has filed for a divorce from actor Brad Pitt after 12 years together including two years of marriage, the end for one of Hollywood's most glamorous and powerful couples.
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
BRIDGE NOTES: Assumption + Timing = Success

BRIDGE NOTES: Assumption + Timing = Success

Dummy play in Bridge often brands a player's ranking. If he is more successful than others he is rated as a skilful competent dummy player of repute. Although Bridge has the other vital characteristics like good bidding and defence, it is the dummy play t
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Tom Hanks explores the drama and trauma of being a hero in 'Sully'

Tom Hanks explores the drama and trauma of being a hero in 'Sully'

When a US Airways pilot landed a damaged plane in the Hudson River in the middle of winter, saving all 155 people on board, he was immediately hailed a hero - but even heroes can be crumbling on the inside. "Sully," directed by Clint Eastwood follows the
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Bollywood should make more 'socially conscious films', says Om Puri

Bollywood should make more 'socially conscious films', says Om Puri

The Indian film industry needs to break out of its mould and produce more hard-hitting films that challenge its audience, veteran actor Om Puri said. Puri, who has acted in both Hollywood and Bollywood and was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire),
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
DiCaprio's 'Before The Flood' a wake-up call on climate change: director

DiCaprio's 'Before The Flood' a wake-up call on climate change: director

Turning a blind eye to climate change will come at a price the world can no longer afford to pay, the director of a documentary produced by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio said last Monday. "We can no longer turn a blind eye to the issue of climate chang
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Cowboys, heat and rain: 'Magnificent Seven' talk challenging shoot

Cowboys, heat and rain: 'Magnificent Seven' talk challenging shoot

Bringing the American Wild West to life was no easy task, just ask the cast of "The Magnificent Seven," who endured scorching heat and torrential rain in wool costumes in the Louisiana summer. "We had a lot of lightning, thunder issues where we had to shu
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Belgium gets world's biggest pickled brain collection

Belgium gets world's biggest pickled brain collection

A new collection in the psychiatric hospital of Duffel in the north of Belgium makes for a ghoulish sight: around 3,000 preserved brains that were originally saved by a British doctor. The collection of frontal lobes, hippocampi and other key parts of the
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Riches of Suleiman the Magnificent

Riches of Suleiman the Magnificent

The recent discovery of the tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent, considered the greatest Ottoman ruler, has raised hopes of a tourism boom in one of Hungary's most impoverished areas. From hammam baths and crumbling minarets to battle site memorials and ruin
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Life sans flowers and petals

Life sans flowers and petals

Earth laughs in flowers - said Ralph Waldo Emerson. Sigmund Freud said that "flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts." The flower is the most important part of plants as it produces seeds and fruits to reproduce itself for
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Abdullah Shah Ghazi: 'The saint that keeps cyclones at bay'

Abdullah Shah Ghazi: 'The saint that keeps cyclones at bay'

The city of Karachi is known as the city of lights and a city that never goes to sleeps. Another prominent feature of Karachi is the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi. This year the city celebrated the 1,286th three days 'Urs', at the birth anniversary of sai
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
BOOK REVIEWS: Compendium of literature

BOOK REVIEWS: Compendium of literature

The literary selection in the book 'Mohabatoun Ka Safar' by Allaudin Hamdam Khanzada is multidimensional covering subjects from love to loneliness to Sufism to issues of society. One can drive pleasure and enjoyment from reading the poetry as the composit
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Beyond plastic: Design world goes green and 'meaningful'

Beyond plastic: Design world goes green and 'meaningful'

Plastic chairs are sold around the globe. But today, that "plastic" might actually be a vegetable compound as the design world increasingly embraces "green" and "meaningful" production, experts in the field say. "For both consumers and creators, interest
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
ART FACTS: Multiple identities

ART FACTS: Multiple identities

Irfan Hasan discovers multiple identities of people of Pakistan in a solo exhibition of paintings titled "The Children of Ambiguity" at Canvas Gallery, Karachi. Irfan became curious about the various tribes living in different areas of our country having
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Melting Greenland ice threatens to expose Cold War waste

Melting Greenland ice threatens to expose Cold War waste

A snow-covered former US army base in Greenland - dubbed "a city under ice" - could leak pollutants into the environment as the climate changes, raising difficult questions over who is responsible for a clean-up. In 1959, US army engineers began construct
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Trump and the adult in the room

Trump and the adult in the room

The first exchange of verbal blows between the two leading candidates in the US presidential race came in a debate on Monday. It turned into a field day for the Democrat. Will it prove to be a turning point in the campaign?
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
KARACHI CHRONICLE: Dead hockey could be brought back to life?

KARACHI CHRONICLE: Dead hockey could be brought back to life?

The Pakistan Hockey Federation plans to hold a National Club Championship to discover new blood for the national team. Clubs are where talent is scouted, and PHF plans to hold the championship annually so that by 2020 Pakistan once again becomes a hockey
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
'In near future Chinese origin vehicles will dominate Pakistani roads'

'In near future Chinese origin vehicles will dominate Pakistani roads'

Khalid Mushtaq Motors (Pvt) Limited, is establishing a state of art vehicle assembly plant in nooriabad on main super highway. Recently our correspondent had an informal meeting with Mr Dewan Muhammad Ayub Khalid - Chief Executive of Khalid Mushtaq Motors
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
CPEC and automotive sector of Pakistan

CPEC and automotive sector of Pakistan

Pakistan and China have been enjoying cordial and friendly relations since 1950. From 1970s onwards, the relations between Pakistan and China strengthened more in all sectors. China has generously supported Pakistan in military, missile and nuclear progra
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
CPEC: Augmenting a world of prosperity

CPEC: Augmenting a world of prosperity

On this auspicious day of October 1st, we extend heartfelt greetings to China to prosper and grow with all conceivable measures and in all possible directions. This article is written to celebrate the birth of a great Nation-China and the gift of great na
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
Daily trading report of PMEX
Cotton

Daily trading report of PMEX

At Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited (PMEX), on Thursday value traded was PKR 7.01 billion and the number of lots traded was 18,241. PMEX Commodity Index closed at 2,900. Major business was contributed by currencies through COTS amounting to PKR 3.13 b
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
HRW wheat bids steady

HRW wheat bids steady

Hard red winter wheat spot basis bids jumped 11 cents per bushel for trains bound of the US Gulf Coast on Wednesday and held steady at interior elevators as farmers continued to hold back supplies from the summer harvest, dealers said. K.C. wheat futures
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
US Midwest soya bids sharply lower

US Midwest soya bids sharply lower

Soyabean basis bids at US Midwest river terminals were steady to sharply lower on Wednesday as prices lost ground in the CIF barge export market and as farmers continued to harvest a record-large crop, dealers said. Soya river bids eased 8 to 10 cents per
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
US natural gas futures fall on lower demand

US natural gas futures fall on lower demand

US natural gas futures on Wednesday fell to the lowest level in more than a week as forecasts for lower demand over the next two weeks offset expectations for supplies to decline. On its last day as the front-month, gas futures for October delivery on the
Published 01 Oct, 2016 12:00am
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