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The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Thursday (July 30, 2020) and the forecast for Friday (July 31, 2020)....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Pakistan alarms int'l community about Indian arms buildup

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday alarmed the world community about massive Indian arms buildup and modernization of...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Illegal use of Senate logo on cigarette packs: Privilege motion moved in Senate

ISLAMABAD: A privilege motion has been moved in the Senate for illegal use of Senate logo on cigarette packs and ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

KP CM orders complete ban on polythene bags

PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan Thursday directed to impose complete ban on the use of polythene bags ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Property dispute claims 10 lives in Upper Dir

UPPER DIR: At least 10 people were shot dead over property dispute in Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

54 new Covid-19 cases reported in Balochistan

QUETTA: At least 54 persons were tested positive for coronavirus in Balochistan on Wednesday, bringing the total...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Reels for Rights: Ministry to launch Human Rights Film Festival

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Human Rights, as part of the collaborative project (Huqooq-e-Pakistan) with the European...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Government trying to get dictatorial powers in name of FATF: Bilawal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday said the government was trying...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

24 out of 2,113 tested positive in Capital

ISLAMABAD: The Covid-19 positive cases' rate on Thursday remained at 1.1 percent as only 24 people were tested...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Half of Pakistan's population predicted to be living in cities by 2025: FPCCI

KARACHI: Convener of Central Standing Committee on Urban Development of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

SHC seeks report on status of inquiry against Wassan

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday sought a report from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Exchange

Telephonic contact with Hasina: Iftikhar lauds PM's initiative

KARACHI: Pak US Business Council Founder Chairman Iftikhar Ali Malik has lauded the bold initiative of Prime ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Habib University leads the way in educational innovation

KARACHI: Habib University becomes the first institute of higher learning in Pakistan to introduce Canvas, an ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Fishermen protest at death of colleague in Indian prison

KARACHI: A large number of fishermen on Thursday staged a protest rally with the body of fisherman slain in Indian...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Covid-19 claims 20 lives, infects 498 others: Murad

KARACHI: As many as 20 patients of coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 2,209 and 498 others...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

PNSC changes crew onboard MV Sibi at Dakar

KARACHI: PNSC remains committed to the wellbeing of its seafarers despite the challenges posed by Covid-19. While...

Updated 31 Jul, 2020 03:05am

Urban forestation: Sindh govt invites corporate sector, multinationals

KARACHI: Sindh Government has invited corporate sector including multinationals to join its drive to grow and...

Updated 31 Jul, 2020 03:04am

iTecknologi Group posts Rs1bn annual revenue

KARACHI: iTecknologi Group of Companies has posted an annual revenue of Rs 100 crores during the FY 2019-20. The...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

IHC imposes Rs10,000 fine on 'frivolous litigator'

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday imposed fine of 10,000 rupees on a petitioner for filing a...

Updated 31 Jul, 2020 03:03am

Manufacturers of vegetable ghee: LHC issues stay order, suspends PFA order

ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued a stay order to the manufacturers of vegetable ghee (Banaspati),...

Updated 31 Jul, 2020 03:03am

Managing finances properly: ACCA urges govt to use public sector balance sheets

LAHORE: Calling upon the government to use public sector balance sheets for properly managing its finances, the...

Updated 31 Jul, 2020 03:03am

Justice Isa's wife levels allegations against FBR

ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa's wife Sarina Isa levelled serious allegations against the Federal Board of Revenue...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Europe

EU sanctions on Russian, Chinese 'cyber attackers'

BRUSSELS: The European Union imposed its first ever sanctions against alleged cyber attackers on Thursday, targeting...

Updated 31 Jul, 2020 04:06am

Exchange

Russia jails US ex-marine for 9 years

MOSCOW: A Russian court on Thursday sentenced former US marine Trevor Reed to nine years in prison for assaulting...

Updated 31 Jul, 2020 04:07am

South Asia

India's fugitive 'Dr Death', arrested

NEW DELHI: An Indian traditional-medicine doctor jailed for life for murdering truck drivers and feeding their...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

China

China conducts military drills in South China Sea

BEIJING: Beijing recently conducted "high-intensity" naval exercises in the South China Sea, China's defence ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

South Asia

Car bomb kills at least 17 in Afghanistan

PULI ALAM: At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in an Afghan city south of Kabul on Thursday,...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Asia

Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui dies

TAIPEI: Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui, who earned the nickname "Mr Democracy" for the part he played in the...

Updated 31 Jul, 2020 04:08am

Middle East

Car bomb kills 6 in northeast Syria

BEIRUT: A car bomb in northeast Syria targeting a checkpoint manned by Turkish-backed forces killed six people,...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Careless young people driving some Covid-19 spikes: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Thursday warned that spikes in coronavirus transmission in a number of...

Updated 31 Jul, 2020 04:08am

USA

Coronavirus deaths top 150,000 in worst-hit US

WASHINGTON: Southern and western regions of the United States were grappling Thursday with a renewed surge of...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Huawei overtakes Samsung as top smartphone seller

BEIJING: China's Huawei has overtaken Samsung to become the number-one smartphone seller worldwide in the second...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Samsung Electronics profit rises

SEOUL: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics defied the coronavirus to report higher net profits in the second...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Currency

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

KARACHI: Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates,...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Exchange

Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

KARACHI: Barclays bid rates, maximum rates for payment of interest by authorised dealers on deposits (other than...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Forex

Exchange rates: buying and selling

KARACHI: Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Thursday (July ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Forex

Currency notes: exchange rates

KARACHI: Exchange rates for Currency Notes issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Libor

LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar

KARACHI: London Interbank Offer Rates on for calculating interest on special US dollar on Thursday (July 30, 2020)....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Currency

Bill buying rates per unit of currency

KARACHI: Bill Buying Rates per unit of currency -- issued by the Treasury Management Division of the National Bank ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Forex

Banks rates for currency notes (buying and selling)

KARACHI: The selling/buying rates for currency notes of major currencies issued by National Bank (NBP) here on...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Forex

Open market rates of foreign currencies

KARACHI: Open market rates of foreign currencies supplied by the Forex Association of Pakistan on Thursday (July 30,...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Forex

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Libor

LIBOR interbank offered rates

LONDON: London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR) on Thursday (July 30, 2020)....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.KIBOR

Kibor interbank offered rates

KARACHI: Kibor interbank offered rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ========================== KIBOR...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.JLI

JLI Managed Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: Jubilee Life Insurance Managed Growth Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ========================...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.JLI

JLI Capital Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: Jubilee Life Insurance Capital Growth Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ========================...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.JLI

JLI MEESEQ Fund Rates

KARACHI: JLI Meeseq Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer Price 1,161.9075 Bid...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.JLI

JLI YAQEEN GROWTH FUND RATES

KARACHI: JLI Yaqeen Growth Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.JLI

JLI MANAGED TAKAFUL FUND

KARACHI: JLI Managed Takaful Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.JLI

JLI CAPITAL GROWTH TAKAFUL FUND

KARACHI: JLI Capital Growth Takaful Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.EFU

EFU Managed Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: EFU Managed Growth Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.EFU

EFU Pension Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: EFU Pension Growth Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.EFU

EFU Capital Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: EFU Capital Growth Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.EFU

EFU Aitemad Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: EFU Aitemad Growth Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.EFU

EFU GUARANTEED GROWTH FUND RATES

KARACHI: EFU Guaranteed Growth Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.EFU

EFU AGGRESSIVE FUND RATES

KARACHI: EFU Aggressive Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer Price 1,374.1583...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.EFU

EFU TAKAFUL GROWTH FUND RATES

KARACHI: EFU Takaful Growth Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.EFU

EFU TAKAFUL AGGRESSIVE FUND RATES

KARACHI: EFU Takaful Aggressive Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.EFU

EFU TAKAFUL CONSERVATIVE FUND RATES

KARACHI: EFU Takaful Conservative Fund Rates on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Stocks

Dates of Closure of Books & Annual General Meetings

KARACHI: Dates of Closure of Books and holding of Ordinary and Extra-Ordinary General Meetings of companies listed ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Exchange

Clearing Schedule for T+2 System

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange's Clearing Schedule for T+2 System....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Exchange

Proposed right issues

KARACHI: Right issues proposed by companies listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Exchange

Dividend/Bonus Announcements

KARACHI: Dividend/Bonus announcements by the companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Exchange

BOARD MEETINGS

KARACHI: Board Meetings of Companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.BR Index

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ==================================== BR...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Stocks

NATIONAL CLEARING COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED (NCCPL)

KARACHI: National Clearing Company declares daily settlement information for local & foreign investors on...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan

KARACHI: Mutual Funds Association has issued open-end funds daily prices for Thursday (July 30, 2020)...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates

Member to Member

KARACHI: The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Thursday (July 30, 2020)....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates

Cross Transactions between Client to Client & Financial Institutions

KARACHI: The following were the cross transactions between client to client & financial institutions here on...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates

Revised Rates of Debt Securities

KARACHI: The following were the revised rates of debt securities on Thursday (July 30, 2020)....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Currency

THE RUPEE: Loss continues

KARACHI: On Thursday, Pakistan Rupee continued to lose value against USD in both interbank and open markets and...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Forex

Kerb buying and selling rate of US dollar

KARACHI: Dollar buying and selling rate in the kerb market in rupees on Thursday (July 30, 2020)....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Forex

Dollar's rate in interbank market

KARACHI: Interbank closing rates for dollar on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================== Bid Rate Rs...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.Ports

Shipping Intelligence

KARACHI: Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Thursday (July 30, 2020)....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Paper

Lahore Paper Market Rates

LAHORE: Paper market rates in rupees on Thursday (July 30, 2020). ======================================= Offset...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Exchange

LME official prices

LONDON: The following were Wednesday official prices....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Rates.Bullion

Bullion Rates

KARACHI: Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Thursday (July 30, 2020)....

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

PM won't bow down to opposition's pressure: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Thursday said that the...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

US envoy hands over another 100 ventilators to NDMA chief

ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal has said the...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

SI shot dead in Karachi

KARACHI: A Sub Inspector (SI) of Sindh Police Muhammad Yar was shot dead by unknown motorcyclists near Northern...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

LDA approves Rs 58.61 billion annual budget

LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Thursday approved Rs 58.61 billion annual budget for the Authority...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Energy

Shell dives to $18.1 billion Q2 loss

LONDON: Anglo-Dutch energy major Royal Dutch Shell posted Thursday a colossal net loss of $18.1 billion (15.4 ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Stocks

Lloyds, Stan Chart weigh on FTSE

LONDON: Gloomy quarterly results from banks and a clutch of other firms saw the FTSE 100 post its worst session in...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Stocks

Australian shares up

SYDNEY: Australian shares closed higher on Thursday as investors cheered the Federal Reserve's assertion it would ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Stocks

Japanese shares down

TOKYO: Japanese shares reversed course to end lower on Thursday, as renewed concerns about rising cases of the novel...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Stocks

US stocks up after Fed vows more support for economy

NEW YORK: US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, adding to gains after the Federal Reserve repeated a pledge to use...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Stocks

Thursday's early trade: Wall Street falls after grim data

NEW YORK: US stocks fell sharply on Thursday after a second straight rise in weekly jobless claims fuelled worries...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Stocks

China shares lower

SHANGHAI: China shares closed lower on Thursday, with tech and resources shares leading the declines, as some...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Stocks

Goldman expects new tech indexes to bring China $25bn passive inflows in 5 years

SHANGHAI: Mainland China and offshore hub Hong Kong's latest indexes representing technology companies are likely to...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Stocks

European shares sink

MILAN: European shares sank to a one-month low on Thursday, hit by underwhelming earnings reports, a dire reading of...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Grains

European wheat prices rise on strong US markets

PARIS: European wheat prices rose on Wednesday in the wake of strong US markets and cuts in the French wheat crop...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Activities of Karachi Port and Port Qasim

Rates.Ports

Letters

Bills related to FATF compliance

LETTER: To India's chagrin, Pakistan's National Assembly passed, amid uproar and protest from the opposition ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 31	279.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 31	278.88
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 31	155.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 31	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 31	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
Hang Seng / Jan 30	20,225.11
S&P 500 / Jan 31	6,040.53
India Sensex / Jan 31	77,500.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 31	39,572.49
Nasdaq / Jan 31	19,627.44
FTSE 100 / Jan 31	8,673.96
Dow Jones / Jan 31	44,544.66
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 31	21,732.05

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 31	72.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 31	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 31	250,171
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 31	2,798.41
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 31	65.88
Petrol/Litre / Feb 2	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 31 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	10.21 ▲ 1 (10.86%)
IGI Life Ins / Jan 31 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	15.13 ▲ 1.38 (10.04%)
Sana Ind / Jan 31 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.77 ▲ 2.62 (10.02%)
Tariq Corporation / Jan 31 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	16.91 ▲ 1.54 (10.02%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 31 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	15.72 ▲ 1.43 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Jan 31 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	24.17 ▲ 2.2 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 31 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	53.74 ▲ 4.89 (10.01%)
Pak Leather / Jan 31 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	32.63 ▲ 2.97 (10.01%)
Dandot Cement / Jan 31 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 31 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	54.86 ▼ -6.1 (-10.01%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 31 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -7 (-10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jan 31 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	189 ▼ -21 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 31 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	10.41 ▼ -1.15 (-9.95%)
National Silk / Jan 31 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	40.84 ▼ -4.51 (-9.94%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Jan 31 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.83 ▼ -0.76 (-8.85%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 31 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	109.56 ▼ -10.44 (-8.7%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jan 31 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	31.05 ▼ -2.9 (-8.54%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 31 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.28 ▼ -0.66 (-8.31%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,672,997 ▲ 0.14
Sui South Gas / Jan 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,364,956 ▼ -1.33
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	36,344,486 ▼ -0.06
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 31 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,226,540 ▼ -0.77
Bank Makramah / Jan 31 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,509,642 ▲ 0.04
B.O.Punjab / Jan 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	17,873,860 ▲ 0.2
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,969,744 ▼ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Jan 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,492,313 ▼ -0.57
Treet Battery / Jan 31 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	15,390,342 ▲ 1.07

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