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Latest technology being used to provide services to citizens: CCPO

LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer Lahore Ghulam Mahmood Dogar has said that providing facilities to the citizens ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 07:05am

Pakistan’s 62m hectares vulnerable to desertification: experts

ISLAMABAD: Out of total of 79.6 million hectares land of Pakistan, 62 million hectares are vulnerable to...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 07:04am

PR chief, PAAPAM delegates agree to promote localisation

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways Chief Executive Officer Farrukh Taimur Ghilzai has expressed keen interest to switch over...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 07:00am

Daunting challenges posed by floods: Foreign secy urges missions abroad to play proactive role

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood has urged Pakistan’s Missions abroad to play a proactive role in...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:56am

COAS visits flood-affected areas in Balochistan

QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday visited flood-affected areas of Balochistan...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:53am

Donations for flood victims: MoFA asked to motivate expats

ISLAMABAB: Chairman Federal Flood Relief Committee Ahsan Iqbal has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to guide...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:50am

Wapda chief reviews situation at site of Mohmand Dam project

Project management makes a detailed presentation about the pre and post-flood situations

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:30am

Larger IHC bench to take up contempt petition against Imran Khan on 31st

The larger bench will be headed by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:29am

Bilawal apprises Turkish counterpart of situation arising out of floods

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday apprised his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu of...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:41am

Gill’s custody: PTI moves SC against IHC’s order

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Staff of the Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Shahbaz Gill moved the Supreme Court ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:37am

Money & Banking

Banks (Special Courts) Ordinance 1984: A high court can grant bail on ground of delay in conclusion of trial: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court held that the High Courts can grant post-arrest bail to an accused apprehended under ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:36am

UK to provide £1.5m support

Funding will go to the relief efforts in the areas worst hit by the flooding

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:24am

IK says will hold fund-raising telethon

Our movement for Haqeeqi Azadi will continue alongside our flood relief work, says former premier

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:25am

Hesco, Sepco asked to carry out repair works: Dastgir

Last date for bill submission has also been forwarded to September 6, 2022

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:31am

ICC T20 Asia Cup: Pakistan-India encounter today

LAHORE: Pakistan will face India in a thrilling ‘Group A’ encounter of the ICC T20 Asia Cup 2022 match at the...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Court summons police in plea for case against Maryam

LAHORE: A session’s court on Saturday issued notice to police for September 3 on a petition seeking registration ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Ongoing calamity more dangerous than floods of 2010, says Ahsan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development and Chairman of the Federal Flood Relief Committee Ahsan Iqbal has...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Cricketer Rizwan, Abwaab announce scholarship for 100,000 students

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket team’s charismatic wicketkeeper-batsman and one of the nation’s most loved cricketers,...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Minister asks Radio Pakistan to set up flood relief cells at its stations

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday directed that cells be...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

LHC allows annual hike in maintenance amount from date of suit’s institution

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) allowed a petition of a woman, Mahnoor Azhar, and held that a decree issued by a...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Saturday (August 27, 2022) and the forecast for Sunday (August 28, 2022)....

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

China’s financial sector: reform and development

Tenth part of the “China in the past decade” series

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Energy crisis pushes nuclear comeback worldwide

As the costs of importing energy soars worldwide and climate crises wreak havoc, interest in nuclear power is on the...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Exxon to sell Arkansas shale gas assets to Flywheel Energy

Exxon Mobil Corp has reached an agreement with Flywheel Energy to sell to the closely held US oil and gas producer...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Dust to downpour: US weather whiplash shows climate change

A series of “once-in-a-millennium” rainstorms have lashed the United States in recent weeks, flooding areas ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Sheikh Rashid, CM Elahi discuss flood situation, relief activities

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi met with the former Federal Minister Sheikh Rasheid, here on...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Strategy to help rain-hit people: PPP ready to cooperate with all parties: Sharjeel

HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit and focal person for rain emergency in...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Rural areas of Sindh: PN continues flood relief operations

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy continued flood relief operations in far-flung rural areas of Sindh including Gharo, Jati,...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Monsoon system has subsided: Met Office

KARACHI: The prevailing monsoon weather system, which produced torrential rains in Sindh and Balochistan, has...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Sindh govt wants universities to set up flood relief camps

KARACHI: Sindh Universities Minister Ismail Rahu has issued a letter to the Vice Chancellors of 27 universities ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Malaysian diplomat opens education fair

KARACHI: The Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) launched “Study in Malaysia Education Fair” here ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Naunehal assembly links country’s uplift to promotion of children’s education, health

KARACHI: Speakers at the Hamdard Naunehal Assembly on Saturday stressed the need to promote education and health of...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Senate chairman urges nation to help flood victims

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Saturday urged the entire nation to come forward to help the...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

At district & tehsil levels: PPP to set up flood relief camps across Central Punjab

LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party Central Punjab will set up flood relief camps at district and tehsil levels across...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Calamity-hit areas in Punjab exempted from payment of Abiana

LAHORE: Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister on Information Omar Sarfaraz Cheema said that the Punjab government has...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Street crimes on the rise in capital

ISLAMABAD: The capital city is continuously witnessing an upward trend in the cases of auto theft and mobile phone...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Ufone provides free calls in flood-hit areas

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani telecom company, Ufone 4G is providing free calls in the flood affected areas to establish...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Over 2m got free treatment in Punjab: Yasmin Rashid

LAHORE: Provincial Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said on Saturday that over two million people in Punjab have...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

SPARC lauds govt for raising FED on cigarettes

ISLAMABAD: Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has appreciated the government for raising...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Free voice call service in flood-hit areas

ISLAMABAD: Due to ongoing flash floods, damage to optical fibre cable and power outage, connectivity services have...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Opposition leader in NA meets Punjab governor

LAHORE: Opposition leader in the National Assembly, Raja Riaz, called on Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

LHC seeks reply from Punjab govt: Grant of division’s status to Gujrat challenged

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has sought a reply from the Punjab government on a petition challenging a...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

SAU sets up free medical camp for animals

HYDERABAD: The Sindh Agriculture University (SAU), Tandojam, has set up a medical camp for free treatment of cattle...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Energy

FKPCL wants uninterrupted, firm supply of gas

ISLAMABAD: Describing the Tripartite Agreement (TPA), an interim arrangement for the supply of RLNG, as a breach of...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Energy

Oil prices rise on signals Opec might cut output

NEW YORK: Oil prices ended higher on Friday, boosted by signals from Saudi Arabia that OPEC could cut output, but...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Energy

US natgas futures higher

NEW YORK: US natural gas futures rose on Friday en route to a third weekly gain on higher European prices as ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Energy

Gasoil margins slip

NEW DELHI: Asia’s refining margins for 10 ppm grade gasoil declined on Friday after European inventories rose by...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Grains

CBOT corn firmer on US crop worries

CHICAGO: Chicago Board of Trade corn futures closed higher on Friday on expectations the US harvest will fall below...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Commodities

Gold slides after Powell doubles down on tight monetary policy

NEW YORK: Gold fell over 1% on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in his speech at Jackson Hole said...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Energy

0.5pc VLSFO premium dips

SINGAPORE: Asia’s cash premium for very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) fell to the lowest in nine months on Friday ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Commodities

Malaysian palm oil futures up

JAKARTA: Malaysian benchmark palm oil futures dropped for a second straight session on Friday as traders booked ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Commodities

Copper retreats from 8-week high

LONDON: Copper prices pulled back on Friday after touching their highest in nearly two months after the head of the...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Commodities

China’s iron ore rises

MANILA: Chinese iron ore prices rose on Friday and were headed for their biggest weekly gain in four, as steel mills...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Commodities

Japanese rubber down

TOKYO: Japanese rubber futures fell for a fourth straight session on Friday, tracking a slump in Shanghai market ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Cotton & Textile

Cotton Spot Rates

KARACHI: Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Saturday (August 27, 2022)....

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Cotton & Textile

Spot rate gains Rs500 amid tight supply

LAHORE: The Spot Rate Committee of the Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) on Saturday increased the spot rate by Rs ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Rates

Automart: car prices in Karachi

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

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Paper

Lahore Paper Market Rates

LAHORE: Paper market rates in rupees on Saturday (August 27, 2022). ======================================= Offset...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Thousands told to evacuate as rivers in KP rise

Flooding has affected more than 33 million people — one in seven Pakistanis — destroying or badly damaging nearly a million homes

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 12:55pm

Distribution begins in Sindh: Rs38bn allocated for flood relief efforts: PM

SAJAWAL: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the federal government had allocated a grant...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 11:10am

Let’s rise above our differences, PM asks nation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called upon people to come together as one nation in order to support...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 11:08am

Rs4.78bn disbursed among 190,326 families

ISLAMABAD: Financial aid of 25000 rupees under Flood Relief Cash Assistance through Benazir Income Support Programme...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:19am

Imran Khan asks Miftah to seek relief from IMF

JHELUM: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday asked Finance...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:20am

KP flood situation ‘takes precedence over all else’: Jhagra

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra on Saturday said the province has a flood...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:20am

‘Most difficult part is behind us now’: SBP official defends quick hikes in key policy rate

KARACHI: Chief Economist and Research Advisor SBP, Dr Ali Chaudhry has said that the most difficult part is behind ...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 01:12pm

New SBP governor Jameel Ahmed assumes office

KARACHI: Jameel Ahmad has assumed the charge of Governor, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), after his appointment by the...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:22am

Optimal use of LNG capacity at terminal-II: Ogra policy opposed by SNGPL

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA)’s promotion of gas liberalisation by engaging the private...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:22am

Cos, AoPs and individuals: FTO warns FBR against ‘illegal’ collections in tribal areas

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has warned the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to refrain from illegal...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:23am

Website stealing SECP data blocked

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Saturday, managed to shut down the illegal...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:23am

Shootouts and blasts shake Libyan capital

TRIPOLI: Intense fighting erupted in the Libyan capital overnight and lasted into Saturday, with rival factions...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

India appoints new SC chief justice due to retire in Nov

NEW DELHI: Uday Umesh Lalit was sworn in on Saturday as India’s Chief Justice for the Supreme Court, though he is...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

The pension burden

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed the need for exploring the possibilities of retaining...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

What a web we weave

EDITORIAL: The United Nation’s (UN’s) concern for Imran Khan comes from the terrorism charges slapped on him,...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Industry

FPCCI chief supports joint initiatives under PMYP

KARACHI: President FPCCI Irfan Iqbal Sheikh has extended his full support from the platform of FPCCI for joint...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Commodities

Market survey: Prices of kitchen items witness upward trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed an upward trend during this week past against the...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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