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CO2 pollution returns, climate goals at risk: IEA

PARIS: Global CO2 emissions have returned to pre-pandemic levels and then some, threatening to put climate treaty...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

Iraq starts vaccinations with jabs gifted from China

BAGHDAD: Iraq began coronavirus vaccinations on Tuesday, inoculating medical staff hours after a military plane...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

Nigeria takes delivery of millions of free Covax jabs

ABUJA: Nearly four million coronavirus jabs arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday, making Africa’s most populous nation ...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

UK nations plot path out of virus lockdown

LONDON: Northern Ireland on Tuesday became the final UK nation to agree an unwinding of its coronavirus ...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

EU vaccine approval ‘too slow’: Austrian chancellor

VIENNA: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Monday criticised the EU’s medicine regulator for being “too...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

Ilma varsity signs MoU with PIA

KARACHI: The Ilma University has signed MoU with PIA to promote education as well as training programmes to expand...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Many shops, restaurants sealed for ‘violating’ corona SOPs

LAHORE: The Lahore district administration has sealed 24 shops and restaurants and imposed fines of Rs 10,000 for...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

FF Steel, UOL sign MoU

PESHAWAR: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between FF Steel and University of Lahore (UOL) at the...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

EU-LJCP online workshop: European, Pakistani judicial experts share experiences

ISLAMABAD: The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) and the European Union launched a two-day online...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

PTCL introduces Balochi language in customer support services

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has introduced Balochi language in its customer...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Two NHMP officers promoted

ISLAMABAD: Police officers, Jan Muhammad and Sajjad Afzal Afridi, served in the National Highways and Motorways...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Belarusian envoy keen to promote bilateral ties

LAHORE: Belarusian Ambassador Andrei Metelitsa has expressed the resolve to promote bilateral relations with ...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

BankIslami rises to the skies with PIA

KARACHI: BankIslami has partnered with Pakistan International Airline (PIA) to co-brand their aircrafts, taking...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:39am

Fata/Pata residents: Consignments stuck at KPT to be released against PDCs: FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to release the consignments of Fata/Pata residents ...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

COVID-19 claims 42 lives, infects 1,163 more people

ISLAMABAD: The national tally on Tuesday of total active COVID-19 cases recorded 22,184 with 1,163 more people ...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Companies

SPL posts loss after tax of Rs4,821m for FY2020

KARACHI: The Board of Directors of Shell Pakistan Limited (SPL) announced financial results for the year ended...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

PTI striving for ensuring transparency in electoral process: CM

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said on Tuesday that strengthening of democratic norms lies in...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Taxpayers can be included in ATL on paying surcharge

ISLAMABAD: The taxpayers can get themselves automatically included in the Active Taxpayer List (ATL) provided...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:39am

IHS launches SHS at Mirza Qaleech Baig School

HYDERABAD: Integrated Health Services (IHS) organized the launching ceremony of the School Health Service (SHS) at...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

India woos Tesla with offer of cheaper production costs than China

India is ready to offer incentives to ensure Tesla Inc’s cost of production would be less than in China if the...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

FDI: under-developed, developing economies

A report in press based on facts that during the current period the amount of dividend remitted out of Pakistan on...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

‘Time to dust off’ Keynesian theory

The world economy seems to be coming out of the pandemic largely unscathed. According the latest OECD trade report,...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

US imposes sanctions on two Yemen Huthi commanders

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two commanders of Yemen’s Huthi rebels, blaming them...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

Charity calls for urgent action over virus school closures

LONDON: Children worldwide have lost more than a third of the standard global 190-day school year because of the...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

Erdogan unveils Turkish human rights ‘action plan’

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday unveiled a human rights “action plan” designed to...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

US civil rights lawyer Vernon Jordan dies

WASHINGTON: Vernon Jordan, a civil rights lawyer who worked on landmark cases desegregating schools for...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

China’s billionaires club swells

BEIJING: More than 200 billionaires were created in China last year as booming stock markets and a flood of new...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

All kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls released: governor

GUSAU, (Nigeria): Hundreds of girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week have...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

US slaps sanctions on Russia security chief over Navalny

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on the director of Russia’s FSB security agency after...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

Panama diplomat, husband die as river sweeps away car in Colombia

BOGOTA: Panama’s consul to Bogota, her husband and another family member died when their car was swept away by a...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

Indonesia volcano belches huge ash column

MEDAN: An Indonesian volcano erupted on Tuesday morning spewing a spectacular column of ash thousands of metres...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:37am

PDWP okays 3 uplift schemes

LAHORE: The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) has approved three development schemes of urban...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Feb POL sales up 26pc YoY

KARACHI: Total petroleum and lubricant sales clocked-in at 1.40 million tons in February 2021, depicting a...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Indian plane makes emergency landing in Karachi

KARACHI: An Indian airplane on Tuesday made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport Karachi after, ...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Brawl disrupts Sindh Assembly session

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly session on Tuesday was disrupted when scuffles broke out amongst the treasury and...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

PTI staged a drama in Sindh PA: minister

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, while rejecting the allegations of kidnapping and sale...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Punjab reports 629 fresh corona cases, 28 deaths

LAHORE: Out of 13,616 tests conducted across the province during the last 24 hours, as many as 629 fresh Covid-19...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:39am

AC permits Shehbaz to cast vote in Senate polls

LAHORE: An accountability court on Tuesday allowed Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif to cast...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

5G services to open new investment avenues: Amin

ISLAMABAD: The government has set a target of launching 5G services in the country by December 2022, which will open...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Govt may extend contract of Member Nepra Punjab

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is likely to extend contract of Saifullah Chattha, Member Nepra Punjab for one...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Kh Asif allowed to vote in Senate election

LAHORE: An accountability court here Tuesday extended judicial remand of former minister for defence Khwaja Muhammad...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Senate election 2018: JI senator demands judicial probe

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, while rejecting the government’s formed...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:39am

Cement sector posts nominal growth; export declines

LAHORE: The cement sector posted nominal growth in February 2021 as compared to February 2020 while export side...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Hamza says soaring inflation makes life miserable

LAHORE: Hamza Shehbaz said on Tuesday the incumbent government has been totally exposed and soaring inflation made...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Sector F-8, Islamabad: SC orders demolition of lawyers’ chambers, all illegal structures on football ground

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court, upholding the Islamabad High Court (IHC)’s verdict, ordered to demolish lawyers’...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:39am

Balochistan security situation reviewed

QUETTA: Mir Ziaullah Langove, Minister for Home, Tribal Affairs and PDMA has said that no enemy would be permitted ...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

PARTLY FACETIOUS: What are Dr Hafeez Sheikh’s chances?

“I now take full ownership of Bushra Bibi.”

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.SBP

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

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

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.Banks

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 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Forex

Exchange rates: buying and selling

KARACHI: Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday (March 2,...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Forex

Currency notes: exchange rates

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

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.LIBOR

LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar

KARACHI: London Interbank Offer Rates on for calculating interest on special US dollar on Tuesday (March 2, 2021)....

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.SBP

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 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.LIBOR

LIBOR interbank offered rates

LONDON: London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR) on Tuesday (March 2, 2021)....

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.KIBOR

Kibor interbank offered rates

KARACHI: Kibor interbank offered rates on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ========================== ...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.EFU

EFU Managed Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: EFU Managed Growth Fund Rates on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ======================== Offer Price ...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.EFU

EFU Pension Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: EFU Pension Growth Fund Rates on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ======================== Offer Price ...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.EFU

EFU Capital Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: EFU Capital Growth Fund Rates on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ======================== Offer Price ...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.EFU

EFU Aitemad Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: EFU Aitemad Growth Fund Rates on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ======================== Offer Price ...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.EFU

EFU GUARANTEED GROWTH FUND RATES

KARACHI: EFU Guaranteed Growth Fund Rates on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.EFU

EFU AGGRESSIVE FUND RATES

KARACHI: EFU Aggressive Fund Rates on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ======================== Offer Price 1,578.6147 ...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.EFU

EFU TAKAFUL GROWTH FUND RATES

KARACHI: EFU Takaful Growth Fund Rates on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ======================== Offer Price ...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.EFU

EFU TAKAFUL AGGRESSIVE FUND RATES

KARACHI: EFU Takaful Aggressive Fund Rates on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.EFU

EFU TAKAFUL CONSERVATIVE FUND RATES

KARACHI: EFU Takaful Conservative Fund Rates on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

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 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.PSX

Clearing Schedule for T+2 System

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

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.PSX

Proposed right issues

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

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Stocks

Last date of renunciation/payment

KARACHI: Last dates of renunciation/payment....

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.PSX

Dividend/Bonus Announcements

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

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.PSX

BOARD MEETINGS

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

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Stocks

Electronic/credit of dividend warrants/bonus/right share certificates

KARACHI: Electronic/credit of dividend warrants/bonus/right share certificates....

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.BR Index

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ==================================== BR...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Stocks

NATIONAL CLEARING COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED (NCCPL)

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

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates

Member to Member

KARACHI: The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Tuesday (March 2, 2021)....

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

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 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates

Revised Rates of Debt Securities

KARACHI: The following were the revised rates of debt securities on Tuesday (March 2, 2021)....

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.The Rupee

THE RUPEE: Appreciation persists

KARACHI: After market close on Tuesday, Pakistan Rupee continued on its upward trend against USD in both inter-bank...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.Ports

Shipping Intelligence

KARACHI: Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Tuesday (March 2, 2021)....

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Paper

Lahore Paper Market Rates

LAHORE: Paper market rates in rupees on Tuesday (March 2, 2021). ======================================= Offset...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Grains

Lahore Grain Market Rates

LAHORE: Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Tuesday (March 2, 2021)...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.LME

LME official prices

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

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Tuesday (March 2, 2021) and the forecast for Wednesday (March 3, 2021)....

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:39am

SECP holds webinar for startups

ISLAMABAD: SECP’s Innovation Office and National Incubation Centre (NIC) Islamabad, jointly held a webinar on the...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

WWF-Pakistan inaugurates water plant in Thatta

KARACHI: To provide safe drinking water to the communities of Abdullah Gandhro village, Thatta district, ...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Number of 3G, 4G users reaches 92.99m by end-Jan: PTA

ISLAMABAD: The number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan reached 92.99 million by end January 2021 compared to 90.5...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Stocks

Energy stocks drag FTSE 100

LONDON: London’s FTSE 100 inched lower on Tuesday, dragged down by energy stocks as oil prices slipped over fears...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Stocks

Australian shares dip, NZ up

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON: Australian shares ended lower on Tuesday, as the market appeared to show muted response towards...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Stocks

S&P surges in strongest one-day rise since June

• US bond market rout eases • Cyclical energy, banks, materials stocks jump NEW YORK: The S&P 500 surged ...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Stocks

Tuesday’s early trade: Wall Street dips after solid start to March

NEW YORK: Wall Street’s major averages dipped on Tuesday after a strong start to March as investors closely...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Stocks

China shares reverse gains on inflow risks

SHANGHAI: China’s benchmark stock indexes fell on Tuesday after the banking and insurance regulator said it was...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Stocks

European stocks fall

LONDON/MILAN: European stocks benchmark fell on Tuesday after recording its strongest session in four months a day...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Stocks

Major Gulf markets gain; ex-dividend stocks drag down Qatar

DUBAI: Most Gulf stockmarkets ended higher on Tuesday, led by gains in financial and property stocks, but the Qatari...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

A youth committed suicide after killing a girl

KARACHI: A youth committed suicide by shooting him after killing a girl over unknown reasons in the metropolis on...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:39am

Letters

‘Unsavoury truths about power tariffs’ – II

Higher tariff simply because of inefficiency is ensuring corruption all the way and we are doomed! We have ensured...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Rates.Ports

Activities of Karachi Port and Port Qasim

KARACHI: The Karachi Port handled 179,318 tonnes of cargo comprising 118,212 tonnes of import cargo and 61,106 ...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Grains

Ukraine has used season’s wheat export quota so far

KYIV: Ukraine has used 78.3% of its 17.5 million tonnes wheat exports quota for the 2020/21 season, the economy...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

PSX, NIFT sign agreement to launch E-IPO system

Rates.PSX

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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