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South Asia

Sri Lanka: timeline of a crisis

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is mired in a deep political and economic crisis and on Saturday the country’s president was...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Middle East

Iran sentences to death man who sparked #MeToo movement

TEHRAN: An Iranian court handed a preliminary death sentence to a man convicted over serial rape, local media...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Thousands ‘stone the devil’ as packed Hajj winds down

MINA: Thousands of Muslim pilgrims cast pebbles in the “stoning of the devil” ritual marking the start of the ...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

IHC directs govt to recover six missing persons

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the federal government to recover six missing persons, including...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

T&T system: Tobacco cos file another case against FBR in PHC

ISAMABAD: Some local tobacco companies have filed another case against the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) with the...

Updated 13 Jul, 2022 08:09pm

Wheat transportation to Afghanistan: India launches anti-Pakistan propaganda on social media

ISLAMABAD: India under Hindutva government led by Narendra Modi can go to any extent to malign Pakistan, and for...

Updated 10 Jul, 2022 10:00am

Senator Bugti escapes unhurt in bomb attack

DERA BUGTI: The convoy of Senator Sarfraz Bugti was targeted in a remote-controlled bomb blast in the Dera Bugti...

Updated 10 Jul, 2022 09:27am

Imran to address PTI rally in Lodhran tomorrow

LODHRAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will stage a power show at Lodhran on July 11, which will be addressed by ...

Updated 10 Jul, 2022 09:52am

No load-shedding during three Eid holidays: Dastgir

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Division Khurram Dastgir on Saturday shared good news with the people claiming...

Updated 10 Jul, 2022 09:53am

Federal minister Ayaz Sadiq quits

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader and former Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz...

Updated 10 Jul, 2022 09:28am

India fines Amnesty nearly $8m after funding probe

NEW DELHI: India has fined the local arm of Amnesty International nearly $8 million after a probe into its finances...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

PCB, Punjab govt to promote cricket at grassroots level

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Punjab government reached an agreement to promote grassroots level...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Commonwealth Games, Tri-series: Women cricket team’s skipper confident of good show

LAHORE: While the Pakistan women’s cricket team’s training camp for the tri-series in Ireland and the...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

LHC dismisses plea against payment of maintenance allowance

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has observed that under section 17(A) of the West Pakistan Family Courts Act,...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

More rain during Eid holidays likely

LAHORE: The Met Office has informed that monsoon currents are continuously penetrating the country and are likely to...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

55th death anniversary of Fatima Jinnah observed with reverence

ISLAMABAD: The 55th death anniversary of Madar-e-Millat (mother of the nation) Fatima Jinnah, the younger sister of...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Eid cleanliness drive begins today: LWMC distributing special bags among people for animal waste disposal

LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) is set to launch its Eid-ul Azha Cleanliness Programme on Sunday...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Growing cases of lumpy skin disease: Agriculture Republic proposes ‘carpet vaccination’ of animals

LAHORE: Expressing concern over rising incident of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in the animals, the Agriculture Republic...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Europe

Zelenskiy sacks several envoys

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday dismissed several of Kyiv’s senior envoys abroad...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Eid-ul-Azha: OIC Secretary-General felicitates Ummah

ISLAMABAD: Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha has extended his...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Covid positivity ratio declines

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday reported as many as 732 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the National...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

DC underscores need for maintaining cleanliness

FAISALABAD: Deputy Commissioner Lt. Sohail Ashraf (Retd) has appealed to the members of District Peace Committee to...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

PM for deepening Pakistan-Bahrain ties

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday while reaffirming longstanding fraternal relations between...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Shehbaz greets Erdogan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday held a telephone call with President Recep Tayyip...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Islamabad flooded as heavy rains lash Capital

ISLAMABAD: Four hours of continuous rain overnight in Islamabad left the city largely submerged early Saturday...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Musk ditches Twitter deal, triggering defiant response

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk on Friday pulled the plug on his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, accusing the social media...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Born in Russia, made in Kazakhstan: Rybakina wins Wimbledon title

LONDON: Born in Moscow but representing Kazakhstan, Elena Rybakina was crowned Wimbledon champion on Saturday at a...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Europe

MPs jockey for UK leadership race, defence secretary won’t stand

LONDON: Britain’s defence secretary, among the favourites in polls to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson,...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Europe

Russian missiles pound east Ukraine, hit Kharkiv

DRUZHKIVKA, (Ukraine): Russian troops shelled Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on Saturday as Ukrainian officials...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Saturday (July 9, 2022) and the forecast for Sunday (July 10, 2022)....

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:30am

Chinese energy company threatens to discontinue import of Afghan coal

Gives NEPRA one week to approve pricing mechanism

Updated 11 Jul, 2022 12:58pm

FBR projects 9.5pc tax-to-GDP ratio

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has projected the tax-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio at 9.5...

Updated 10 Jul, 2022 10:15am

Power producer demands payments on daily basis

ISLAMABAD: M/s Saif Power Limited has advised the federal government to align input cost of power generation as per...

Updated 10 Jul, 2022 10:12am

US, China top diplomats hold ‘constructive’ first talks in months

BALI, (Indonesia): The United States and China held constructive talks Saturday, the two sides said, after an...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Sri Lanka crisis: protesters storm president’s house

Speaker says president to step down on July 13
Prime minister’s private home set on fire

Updated 10 Jul, 2022 04:51am

IIOJK: 16 die in Amarnath cloudburst

BALTAL, (India): Sixteen people were killed in Indian-Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), with rescuers...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Eid-ul-Azha today

LAHORE: Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated across the country today, to commemorate the great sacrifice of Hazrat ...

Updated 10 Jul, 2022 09:50am

Conference on Belt and Road project concludes

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Investment Chaudhry Salik Hussain has said that the Belt and Road project is a new ...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Industry

Severe energy crisis, rising markup rates badly hit textile industry: CGF chief

LAHORE: Severe energy crisis and rising markup rates have hit the textile industry, with reports of closure or...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Economy now out of the woods: Ahsan

LAHORE: Blaming the Imran-led government for badly damaging the national economy, Federal Minister for Planning and...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Lesco CEO for uninterrupted power supply during Eid days

LAHORE: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) Ch Muhammad Amin has issued directions...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

PTI urged to promote culture of civilised language among youths

ISLAMABAD: Political leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-N and Awami National Party on Saturday urged the leadership ...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

KE requests citizens to maintain safe distance from poles, street lights

KARACHI: Spokesperson, K-Electric while expressing sympathies over the three unfortunate incidents across Karachi on...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

IK’s ‘accountability narrative’ has lost steam, says Sherry

ISLAMABAD: Reacting to the revelations made by Tayyaba Gul, the woman who accused former NAB chairman Justice Javed...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Charges of drug trafficking: Sana claims Imran, Shehzad Akbar were behind bogus case

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah alleged that the mastermind of the bogus case of drugs...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

SU to award 26 PhD, 108 MPhil degrees in different disciplines

HYDERABAD: The Advanced Studies and Research Board (ASRB) of the University of Sindh Jamshoro has approved award of...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Corps commander of Quetta expresses grief over loss of precious lives: ISPR

QUETTA: Commander Quetta Corps Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali on Saturday visited provincial disaster management...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Punjab CM orders ‘excellent cleanliness arrangements’

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shehbaz Sharif has issued necessary directions for making excellent cleanliness...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Commodities

Gold prices unchanged

KARACHI: Gold prices on Saturday remained unchanged on the local market, traders said. The precious metal was traded...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

PN continues relief operations in flood-hit areas of Balochistan

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations continue in different coastal...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

JI decries lack of govt efforts to tackle rains properly

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chief Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that the rains in Karachi have...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Airblue launches regular flights to Skardu

KARACHI: Airblue has expanded its operations and launched its regular flights to Skardu, after successful training...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Leadership crisis

Pakistan, my (our) beloved country is older than me. It is only with great reluctance that I placed ‘our’ within...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Twitter has legal edge in deal dispute with Musk

Twitter Inc has a strong legal case against Elon Musk walking away from his $44 billion deal to acquire the US ...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Indonesian farmers pay price of foot and mouth outbreak before Eid sacrifice

Indonesian farmer Okky Pratama usually sells dozens of cattle for Eid al-Adha, making his biggest earnings around ...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Letters

The ‘bulldozer justice’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “India’s ‘bulldozer justice’ fails to flatten Muslim dissent”...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Sarsabz highlights significance of cotton through the stories of ‘Khaki Desan’

Gone are the days when our mothers would open the rustic family trunk and take out the hand-knitted khaees and...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

KP’s annual carbon sequestration potential stands at 11.2m tons

PESHAWAR: Secretary to Forestry Environment & Wildlife Department KP Muhammad Abid Majeed has said that 45% of...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

PM’s relief package: Rs70bn needed to subsidise five basic goods

Ministry of Industries and Production seeks approval of operational cost of over Rs 150 million for distribution of subsidy under Prime Minister’s Sasta Atta initiative

Updated 10 Jul, 2022 10:18am

US envoy calls for strengthening bilateral economic ties

KARACHI: US Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Dilawar Syed visited Karachi on July 6-9 as...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Hike in interest rates adds to problems of businessmen: Zahid

Industry

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
India Sensex / Jan 21	75,838.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,604.71
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Hang Seng / Jan 21	19,872.36
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,548.29
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	21,042

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	75.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,749.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	67.43
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jan 22 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.95 ▲ 0.85 (10.49%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 22 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	34.84 ▲ 3.04 (9.56%)
Popular Islamic / Jan 22 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.59 ▲ 1.06 (9.19%)
Paramount Mod / Jan 22 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	8.70 ▲ 0.70 (8.75%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 22 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24.90 ▲ 1.85 (8.03%)
Elahi Cot. / Jan 22 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	110.60 ▲ 7.60 (7.38%)
Shezan Inter. / Jan 22 Shezan International Limited(SHEZ)	142.98 ▲ 8.89 (6.63%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.11 ▼ -0.89 (-14.83%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 22 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.15 ▼ -0.39 (-11.02%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 22 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.28 ▼ -0.78 (-9.68%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 22 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37.11 ▼ -3.89 (-9.49%)
Supernet Tech. / Jan 22 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	840.50 ▼ -86.41 (-9.32%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.03 ▼ -29.87 (-8.08%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 22 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	105 ▼ -8.47 (-7.46%)
Mandviwala / Jan 22 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.25 ▼ -1.70 (-7.41%)
Sitara Chemical / Jan 22 Sitara Chemical Industries Limited(SITC)	307.01 ▼ -22.99 (-6.97%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▼ -0.04
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.01
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,227,770 ▼ -0.03
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	53,698,225 ▲ 0.65
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 2.70
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▲ 0.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 0.33
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▼ -0.06
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.07

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