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Europe

Violence erupts in new Paris protest against security law

PARIS: Violence erupted in Paris on Saturday for the second consecutive weekend at a mass protest against a new...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 04:23am

Gulf states must be consulted in US nuclear deal with Iran: Saudi Arabia

MANAMA: The Gulf states must be consulted if a US nuclear agreement with Iran is revived, Saudi Arabia said ...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 04:23am

Middle East

Saudi FM says allies 'on board' for resolution of Gulf crisis

MANAMA: A resolution of the Gulf diplomatic crisis is in sight, with all nations involved "on board" and final...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

US ends China-funded exchange programmes

WASHINGTON: The US State Department said Friday it was terminating five Chinese-funded exchange programs with the...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Vessel attacked off Yemen coast: UK maritime trade authority

DUBAI: A vessel was attacked off the coast of war-torn Yemen, a UK-based maritime organisation said Saturday, days...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

World must not overlook Covid vaccines for poorer nations: sponsor

OSLO: Poorer countries risk being overlooked during the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines, a top official with the...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Investing in technology sector: A primer - Part VI - Investing (b)

Continuing from the previous article, we look at different segments of the Information and Technology (ICT) Sector...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

In Iraq's Mosul, wholesale market revives trade legacy

Mountains of kitchen supplies, back-to-back butchers: the historic wholesale market in Iraq's Mosul is battling the...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:18am

Opposition parties a group of hypocrites: Shibli

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Senator Shibli Faraz on Saturday said the opposition...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 04:19am

Court directs cricket team captain, his family not to harass petitioner

LAHORE: A sessions court here Saturday directed Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam and his family members not...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 04:20am

Sirajul Haq condemns role of political parties

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Sirajul Haq has regretted that the majority of the political parties in...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 04:19am

KP TEVTA launches employment drive

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (KP-TEVTA) initiated its...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Corona cases surged by at least 3,119 in 24 hours: NCOC data

ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus cases in the country surged by at least 3,119 in the past 24 hours, the third consecutive...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 04:20am

Transparency in contracts: E-Bidding System launched in NHA

ISLAMABAD: To ensure transparency in the process of awarding contracts of NHA Projects, Federal Minister for...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 04:22am

Asia

Thousands flock to support Thai royals at Bangkok drone show

BANGKOK: Some ten thousand royalists turned out in Bangkok on Saturday for a drone show honouring the Thai king's...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

US State Dept features Azfar Ahsan

KARACHI: US State Department has selected and featured Muhammad Azfar Ahsan (Founder, Nutshell Conferences &...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Minister urges healthcare professionals to exhibit true leadership qualities

LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid urged healthcare professionals and administrators to exhibit true...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 04:21am

CM Buzdar hints at strict measures to contain coronavirus

LAHORE: Terming the Covid-19 current situation dangerous, Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar told a press ...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 04:21am

Smog hits Lahore again

LAHORE: Smog has hit the city hard after a drop in temperature on Saturday morning. The air quality index was...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Seven killed, 12 hurt in trailer-coach collision

NOWSHERA: At least seven people were killed and 12 others injured in collision between trailer and a passenger coach...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

LHC approached to restrain PDM meeting

LAHORE: Judicial Activism Penal has approached the Lahore High Court seeking court direction for restraining ...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

540 cases, 22 deaths in 24 hours: Corona positivity rate remains 4.1 percent in Punjab

LAHORE: The positivity rate of coronavirus remained 4.1 percent in Punjab as out of 13,015 tests conducted during ...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Maryam wants maximum participation in PDM rally

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz is spearheading party activities aimed at...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Drive against land mafia: ACE registers four cases against sitting, former lawmakers

LAHORE: In a drive against land mafia, the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has registered four cases against a...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Yousaf Raza Gilani condoles death of Sirajul Haq's mother

LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani visited Mansoora to offer condolence with the Jamaat-e-Islami Chief...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Govt won't obstruct PDM rally in Lahore on 13th: Governor

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said the government has a clear policy and will not obstruct ...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Cricketer fined for breaching PCB Code of Conduct

LAHORE: Southern Punjab's Salman Ali Agha has been fined 40 percent of his match-fee for breaching the PCB Code of...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:32am

COVID-19 closure: Saeed Ghani sides with schools over fee collection

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Education Saeed Ghani on Saturday sided with the schools' administration over receiving...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Amputation prevention: Pakistan needs 3,000 foot clinics with telehealth facilities: experts

KARACHI: National and international experts said on Saturday that there is an urgent need to establish around 3000...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:25am

Drug case: ANF prosecutor directed to submit arguments on Rana's application

LAHORE: A special court for control of narcotics substance (CNS) on Saturday directed to the special prosecutor Anti...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Covid-19: 20 more die in Sindh

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 20 more patients of the coronavirus died lifting the...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

CMs turned into 'dictators' after 18th Amendment: PSP

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chief Mustafa Kamal said on Saturday that chief ministers became dictators after...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Saturday (December 5, 2020) and the forecast for Sunday (December 6, 2020)....

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Govt hamstrung by inability to collect due taxes

• PM also says he will prefer quitting prime ministership over giving 'NRO' to opposition

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:38am

FD unveils strategy to apply budget check on payrolls

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has unveiled a strategy to apply budget check on payroll -expenditure within...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:52am

Pakistan rejects propaganda by India's media

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan completely rejected the 'fake news' appearing in a section of Indian media about alleged ...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:51am

Stocks

FTSE Russell to drop eight Chinese firms after US blacklisting

BOSTON/WASHINGTON: Index provider FTSE Russell will delete shares of video security firm Hikvision and seven other...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Taxes

Anti-money laundering efforts: FBR extends scope of DNFBPs to Quetta and G-B

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the scope of Directorate General of Designated...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

First notified SEZ: SNGPL seeks Rs839m for provision of gas

ISLAMABAD: Sui Northern Gas Company Limited (SNGPL) has sought Rs839 million for the provision of gas to first...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:51am

RLNG supply: Kapco, SNGPL lock horns over draft of tripartite agreement

ISLAMABAD: Kot Addu Power Company Limited (Kapco) and Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) are said to have...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:52am

Incidence of cyber harassment rises 189pc during pandemic: DRF

ISLAMABAD: Cyber harassment increased by a massive 189 percent during the Covid-19 pandemic, says Digital Rights...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:53am

JUI-F leader asks 'powers' to stop supporting 'fake' government

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Secretary General and Vice President of the Pakistan Democratic...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:36am

PDM mulls things over ahead of Lahore rally

ISLAMABAD: On 8th of December, five days before its scheduled rally at Minar-e-Pakistan, Pakistan Democratic ...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:54am

Kyrgyzstan reopens borders to all foreign visitors

MOSCOW: Kyrgyzstan on Saturday announced that citizens of all countries would be allowed to enter the Central Asian...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:37am

18 Chinese miners killed in underground gas leak

BEIJING: Eighteen miners were confirmed dead on Saturday after a carbon monoxide leak at a coal mine in southwestern...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:38am

Investment by dual national: SC says any slackness on the part of functionary also hit by principle of locus poenitentiae

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has noted that where the government-controlled functionaries make promise which ensues ...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:34am

PPP's Sherry criticises govt over EU's PIA decision

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in the Senate Senator Sherry Rehman said the...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:34am

Sherbaz Mazari passes away

QUETTA: Former leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, belonging to Balochistan's Mazari tribe, Sardar...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:38am

US calls for 'moratorium' on Nord Stream 2 pipeline: report

BERLIN: The United States is asking Germany and the EU to halt construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline ...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:38am

Letters

A 'culture' of debt

Energy sector circular debt has touched a whopping Rs2.3 trillion mark, according to the chairman National Electric...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:23am

The riddle of RLNG

RLNG is a hot topic. Enough has been discussed in the media. Some pertinent questions are raised; but some key ...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

China's market is by far the largest in world

EDITORIAL: China-US relations underwent a sea change during the Trump administration with the imbalance in trade in...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Progress in intra-Afghan talks

EDITORIAL: After months of toing and froing or constant travel back and forth the intra-Afghan peace dialogue has...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Industry

12.7 percent in other countries: Women hold 1.8 percent of CFOs positions in Pakistan: SECP

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan's analysis on the corporate sector revealed that women...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Commodities

Essential kitchen items' prices show mixed trends

ISLAMABAD: Egg and chicken have touched record high prices both in wholesale and retail markets as a carton of eggs...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Taxes

Tax evasion, money laundering: Limited cos, LLPs and trusts most vulnerable sectors: SECP

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) said the limited companies, limited liability...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Johnson, EU chief fail to break Brexit deadlock, more talks planned

LONDON: Britain and the European Union will reconvene post-Brexit trade negotiations in Brussels on Sunday after UK...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 03:55am

Grains

Ivory Coast cocoa producers end chocolate war with Hershey's

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast's cocoa producers have ended their row with Hershey's after the US chocolate giant committed to...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Cotton & Textile

Cotton Spot Rates

KARACHI: Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Saturday (December 5, 2020)....

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Cotton & Textile

Business activity seen steady on cotton market

KARACHI: The local cotton market remained stable on Saturday. Cotton Analyst Naseem Usman told that market volume...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Grains

Sugar price starts falling

LAHORE: The price of white refined sugar touched Rs7800-7900 per 100 kilograms in Akbari Mandi of Lahore on ...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Industry

First aircraft of AirSial lands at Sialkot Int'l Airport

SIALKOT: The first aircraft of AirSial landed at Sialkot International Airport on Saturday. A warm welcome was...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Taxes

July to Nov, 2020: Sindh E&T dept collects Rs35.015 billion

KARACHI: Sindh Excise and Taxation (E&T) department on Saturday claimed to have collected Rs 35.015 billion...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Money & Banking

Askari-PIA credit card launched

KARACHI: Askari Bank and PIA launched on Friday, one of the most promising and innovative Askari-PIA co brand credit...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Industry

LCCI, govt depts pledge to turn Lahore into showcase of world

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) in a partnership of top government functionaries have...

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Aaj TV - Sunday's schedule

All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time)

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Rates

Automart: car prices in Karachi

KARACHI: The prices of different makes and models of cars prevailing in Karachi in the week ended Saturday (December...

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 04:09am

Rates.Ports

World Shipping Schedule

KARACHI: Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning Saturday (December 5, 2020)....

Published 06 Dec, 2020 02:50am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 1	277.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 1	277.68
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 1	153.01
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 1	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 1	1.29
Euro to USD / Nov 1	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 1	5,728.80
India Sensex / Nov 1	79,724.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 1	38,053.67
Nasdaq / Nov 1	18,239.92
Hang Seng / Nov 1	20,506.43
FTSE 100 / Nov 1	8,177.15
Dow Jones / Nov 1	42,052.19
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 1	19,254.97

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 1	69.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 1	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 1	244,084
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 1	2,736.53
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 1	70.17
Petrol/Litre / Nov 2	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Nov 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Nov 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Nov 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Nov 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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