Sharjeel inaugurates 'bachat bazar' in Hyderabad HYDERABAD: MPA Sharjeel Inaam Memon has said on the directives of Sindh chief minister it was decided to provide... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:07am
Kashmore tragedy: Governor inquires after health of minor girl in NICH KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail inquired the health of the victim of the Kashmore tragedy at the National... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:12am
Covid-19 claims 9 more lives, infects 942 others in Sindh KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that nine more patients died lifting the death toll to... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Africa Democratic Republic of Congo resumes making passports after hiatus KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of Congo is resuming passport production, a government decree showed on Sunday, after ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Europe Pigeon sells for record 1.6 million euros to Chinese fancier BRUSSELS: An unidentified Chinese buyer on Sunday paid a world record 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for a female... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Tech groups' services could face bans if they breach rules: EU industry chief FRANKFURT: Technology companies' services could be banned from the European market if they do not heed EU ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Harris leads record wave of elected women changing face of US politics WASHINGTON: With Kamala Harris poised to become the first female vice president of the United States, and with a... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Germany warns months more virus curbs as Mexico tops 1 million cases BERLIN: Germany warned Sunday that its anti-coronavirus measures were likely to last four or five more months, as... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Vaccine scientist hopes for return to 'normal' by next winter LONDON: If coronavirus vaccinations are rolled out widely, life could return to "normal" by next winter, one of the... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Member of IMF team in Argentina tests positive BUENOS AIRES: A member of the International Monetary Fund mission in Argentina has tested positive for Covid-19,... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Asia Seven dead in Hong Kong apartment fire HONG KONG: Seven people were killed and several others were injured when a blaze tore through an apartment in Hong... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Asia Vamco hits Vietnam as Philippines death toll rises to 67 HANOI: Storm Vamco barrelled into Vietnam on Sunday, damaging buildings and injuring at least five people, as the... Updated 17 Nov, 2020 03:16am
Europe Hundreds detained as Belarusians chant dead protester's last words MOSCOW: Belarusian police detained hundreds of people who took to the streets in mass demonstrations on Sunday... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Europe Macron tempers Ouattara congratulations with dialogue call ABIDJAN: French President Emmanuel Macron tempered Ivory Coast presidential poll congratulations to Alassane ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Europe Coronavirus emerged in Italy earlier than thought: study shows ROME: The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy since September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
South Asia India to fly in medical staff, ramp up testing amid rising cases CHENNAI: India will fly doctors in from other regions, double the quantity of tests carried out and ensure people... Updated 17 Nov, 2020 03:16am
South Asia Huge India oil well fire extinguished after five months NEW DELHI: A massive oil well fire that raged for more than five months in northeast India has finally been... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Hurricane Iota bears down on storm-battered Central America TEGUCIGALPA: Less than two weeks after powerful storm Eta killed more than 200 people across Central America,... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
PHD reopens Corona Management Centre at Rawalpindi Institute of Urology LAHORE: Due to rapidly increasing number of cases, Punjab Health Department (PHD) has reopened the Corona Management... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:14am
Blasphemous caricatures: TLP activists scuffle with police ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of activists of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), pushing down all the security blockades, ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
WHO, NIH's training course concludes LAHORE: World Health Organization (WHO) and National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad jointly arranged 3-day... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
A power-packed relationship refreshed KARACHI: KFC Pakistan renewed its exclusive cold beverage partnership with Pepsico Pakistan for the next 5 years as... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 04:34am
Misbehave with assistant commissioner: Buzdar directs legal action against MPA, others LAHROE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has taken the notice of misbehaves of Punjab MPA Main Naveed Ali... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Workshops highlight seminary students' role in peace building LAHORE: Seminary students, especially women, have a greater role in influencing public opinion and spreading peace... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:09am
'Illegally' occupying house: ACE Punjab arrests PML-N ex-minister LAHORE: Ahead of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) rally in Multan, the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE)... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:06am
'PDM rally will be held at every cost in Peshawar' PESHAWAR: The Media Committee of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Sunday warned the government for creating... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:16am
Hazara division receives first snowfall of season ABBOTTABAD: Kaghan, Naran, Galyat and Thandyani on Sunday received the first snowfall of the season which was ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Currency QWP asks ECP to decide foreign funding case against PTI PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) provincial chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao has asked the Election Commission... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Bilawal lauds G-B people's active participation in polls ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari Sunday said enthusiasm of people of... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:14am
Mother of Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Siraj-ul-Haq laid to rest PESHAWAR: The mother of Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Siraj-ul-Haq laid to rest in Samar Bagh district Dir Lower on Sunday.... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Folk artists, craftsmen: President for commercial appreciation ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday said that while promoting the country's cultural heritage, it was also a... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
The Weather KARACHI: The weather report on Sunday (November 15, 2020) and the forecast for Monday (November 16, 2020).... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
World's largest free trade deal signed HANOI: Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries on Sunday signed the world's biggest free trade deal, seen as a huge coup for... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
G-B Legislative Assembly elections: PTI leads ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) is leading in 10 out of 23 constituencies as Gilgit-Baltistan... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Nawaz Sharif's return: Government writes letter to British govt: Qureshi MULTAN: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday said that India was hatching conspiracies to damage... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Sugar crisis probe: FIA lodges FIRs against Tareen, Shehbaz LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday registered two separate FIRs against industrialist and... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Prices of petrol and diesel slashed ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Sunday has announced to reduce the prices of motor spirit (petrol) and high speed... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Dawood leaves for Kabul today to discuss APTTA ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Advisor on Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood is undertaking three-day visit from... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Exchange PSX remains under pressure: BRIndex100 loses 34.84 points KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange remained under pressure during the outgoing week ended on Nov 13, due to selling by... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Rates.BR Index Futures spread declined by 242bps KARACHI: The futures spread declined by 242bps to 3.30 percent on the last day of outgoing week. Trading activities... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Pakistan gets $370 million syndicated loan DUBAI: The government of Pakistan has closed a $370 million syndicated loan comprising a conventional and Islamic... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
KE's issues: Centre seeks time for submitting 'viable' solution to SC ISLAMABAD: The federal government has sought two weeks' time from Supreme Court of Pakistan to present a viable... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Trump concedes 'nothing' on election WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON: President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to acknowledge losing the US election but then... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
UAE widens 10-year residency 'golden' visa eligibility DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates will extend its "golden" visa system - which grants 10-year residency in the Gulf... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:07am
Exchange Comparison with last PML-N govt: PTI govt incurs 48pc less external liabilities: Finance ISLAMABAD: Finance Ministry has claimed that present government led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) incurred 48... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Afghanistan, India deny allegations KABUL: Kabul and New Delhi on Sunday denied Pakistan's accusations that India was funding "terror" groups and... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:08am
Doctor hailed as hero as Romania hospital fire kills 10 BUCHAREST: A doctor left badly burned in a Romanian hospital fire that left 10 dead was hailed as a hero on Sunday... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:07am
Erdogan visits N Cyprus, calls for two-state solution for island ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called for an equal "two-state" solution in Cyprus during a visit on... Updated 16 Nov, 2020 03:07am
Israel promotes settlement plan for East Jerusalem area OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel moved ahead on Sunday with a settler housing plan in a sensitive area near East ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
SpaceX, NASA set for first operational astronaut mission to space NEW YORK: SpaceX, the rocket company of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, was due on Sunday to launch four ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Letters Mega development package for Balochistan's nine southern districts That the PTI government has reached out to the residents of Balochistan in a meaningful manner is a fact. A mega... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
As president-elect, Biden makes diplomacy dull again After Donald Trump in his first week as president spoke to Australia's prime minister, leaks of the call left many... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
American democracy at its... Election was fixed. He is an establishment man. Fake votes have been cast. Election management system collapsed. ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Exchange State of economy On 3 November 2020 Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the industrial support package while the Advisor to the Prime... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Currency Equity borrowing EDITORIAL: Special Secretary Ministry of Finance Kamran Ali Afzal informed a select group of journalists that the... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Unraveling of the PDM? EDITORIAL: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has finally confirmed, in unequivocal terms, what has been suspected... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Currency Women's rally demands ending price hike, unemployment HYDERABAD: A large number of women staged a rally here on Sunday demanding to end brisk price hike, growing... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Cotton & Textile Weekly Cotton Review: Bearish trend continues in local market KARACHI: The bearish trend continues in the rate of cotton. Due to the fear of COVID19 textile mills are avoiding to... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Exchange As lab executives sell shares worth millions, questions arise NEW YORK: Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax: executives at several American laboratories developing Covid-19 vaccines have... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Industry Drugmakers offer Canada C$1 billion to scrap some pending pricing rules TORONTO: The pharmaceutical industry has made a last-ditch C$1 billion ($761 million) proposal to the Canadian... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Currency China aims for moderate export expansion, no longer focuses on surplus: think tank BEIJING: China will no longer aim at achieving trade surpluses and solely expanding exports, but will pivot to... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Xi calls for further development of Yangtze economic belt SHANGHAI: China's President Xi Jinping has called for further development of the Yangtze River economic belt as part... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Money & Banking AllianceBernstein applies to set up China mutual fund unit SHANGHAI: US-based asset manager AllianceBernstein's Hong Kong unit has applied to set up a mutual fund in China, ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Post-Brexit talks enter crunch week with failure looming BRUSSELS: British and EU negotiators launched a desperate final stretch of trade talks Sunday, with both sides... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Money & Banking Surprise defaults may slow global stampede into China bonds SYDNEY/HONG KONG: A smattering of high-profile Chinese debt defaults last week may give bullish foreign investors... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Currency Citi, SocGen turn positive on lira after 'dramatic' policy shift LONDON: Citi and Societe Generale both turned positive on Turkey's lira on Wednesday, after the country's President... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Stocks Most major stocks rise in Mideast; Egypt falls DUBAI: Most major stock markets in the Middle East ended higher on Sunday, with Saudi leading gains on a rise in... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Money & Banking HK plans new 'code of conduct' for equity and debt deals HONG KONG: Hong Kong's markets regulator plans to unveil new guidelines for investment banks working on equity and... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Currency Yen rebound resumes, dollar slips in NY NEW YORK: The safe-haven Japanese yen and Swiss franc strengthened on Friday, as the threat of a new Covid-19 wave ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Stocks Investors dive into emerging markets after US election, vaccine breakthrough LONDON: A swathe of top investment banks and funds are piling into emerging market assets on a double-lift in... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Currency Nearly $2 trillion traded on Covid-19 vaccine news LONDON: News of a breakthrough in the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine sparked one of the heaviest trading days since... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Money & Banking ECB's cautious optimism on vaccine supports euro debt markets LONDON: German bond yields continued to hold below this week's two-month highs on Friday, with sentiment in eurozone... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Stocks Wall Street week ahead: Stock investors cast wary eye on yield rally NEW YORK: As Treasury yields rally to multi-month highs, some investors are gauging how a more sustained rise could... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Grains Farmers advised to complete wheat sowing till 30th LAHORE: Most suitable time for wheat sowing is till November 30 and the wheat sown after the month of November its... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Industry PCMEA for maintaining PKR at 160 against USD LAHORE: Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMEA) Senior Vice Chairman Riaz Ahmed Sunday urged... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Commodities Prices of essential kitchen items increased sharply PESHAWAR: Prices of important kitchen items, like sugar, chicken meat, eggs, flour, vegetable, pulses have increased... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Aaj TV - Monday's schedule All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time). 06:00 NEWS HOUR 06:25 HEADLINE NEWS 06:30 NEWS HOUR 06:55 HEADLINE... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Rates.Banks Returns on Profit and Loss Sharing Investment Bank Accounts (JAN TO JUNE 2020) KARACHI: Comparative table of returns being given banks on their Profit and Loss Sharing Investment Accounts and ... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
Currency Your rupee last week KARACHI: Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last week. (November 9 to... Published 16 Nov, 2020 02:46am
PIA privatisation: Blue World City refuses to match PC’s ‘minimum expectation’ of Rs85.03bn, sticks to Rs10bn offer
PIA privatisation: Blue World City refuses to match PC’s ‘minimum expectation’ of Rs85.03bn, sticks to Rs10bn offer