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US pledges $117m in aid to Lebanon military

WASHINGTON: The United States announced Saturday it would donate more than $117 million in security assistance for...

Updated 19 Jan, 2025 09:59am

World

Over 30m in need of aid in war-torn Sudan: UN

PORT SUDAN: More than 30 million people, over half of them children, are in need of aid in Sudan after twenty months...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 05:55am

World

Hungary blocks aid for Ukraine

BRUSSELS: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vetoed a big European Union aid package for Kyiv on Friday, and said...

Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am

Pakistan

PM says Rs10bn relief fund established for quake-hit Turkiye

Says NDMA will purchase relief items from the fund and dispatch them to Turkiye

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 02:04pm

Pakistan

US congresswoman seeks $600m aid for Pak flood victims

WASHINGTON: US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson has written a letter to the House Foreign Affairs Committee to increase...

Published 04 Dec, 2022 03:37am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz expresses gratitude to US for $30m aid

Says we need friends around the globe to help the suffering humanity

Published 31 Aug, 2022 12:42pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz sensitizes ambassadors, high commissioners about rain, flood situation

Says he is grateful to the international community for their sympathies, condolences and pledges of support

Published 26 Aug, 2022 11:06am

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India open to additional $2bn aid for Sri Lanka with eye on China

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India is willing to commit up to another $2 billion in financial assistance to Sri Lanka while ...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

World

Germany plans more than 100bn euros of aid for companies

BERLIN: Germany plans to offer more than 100 billion euros ($108.8 billion) worth of aid to companies hit by fallout...

Published 11 Apr, 2022 07:20am

Cabinet okays repurposing of Rs5bn aid to Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved remodeled or repurposed use of Rs5 billion assistance to Afghanistan....

Updated 07 Apr, 2022 10:52am

Markets

US mulls shaking up stock trading rules to aid small investors

NEW YORK: Wall Street’s regulator is considering changes to stock market rules to increase competition for orders...

Published 31 Mar, 2022 07:41am

World

UAE sends plane carrying aid to Afghanistan

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates sent a plane carrying “urgent medical and food aid” to Afghanistan on ...

Published 04 Sep, 2021 06:04am

Pakistan

Faisal Edhi applies for visa to travel to Palestine for relief work

Chairman of the Edhi Foundation Faisal Edhi said that he plans to cross over into Gaza from Egypt.
He further said that the foundation had set up an initial fund of Rs30 million to purchase medicines, tents and other items

Updated 18 May, 2021 01:01pm

World

UK defends Yemen aid cuts and arms sales to Saudi

An international aid conference on Yemen this week yielded less than half the funds needed to prevent what the UN warns is a looming famine.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 07:52pm

World

Ukraine leader 'confident' IMF will unblock aid in 2021

Zelensky said he was "confident" Ukraine will receive the funds by the end of 2021, but did not specify the amount of money he expected to get.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 07:35pm

World

Sudan signs Abraham Accord, paving the way for normalization of ties with Israel

Sudan has signed the Abraham Accords with the United States, paving the way for the African nation to normalize ties with Israel.
The signing came just two months after President Trump announced that Sudan will begin normalizing ties with Tel Aviv.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 08:38pm

World

Israel, UAE working together to eliminate UN aid agency for Palestine refugees: Report

The move will allow Abu Dhabi to promote Israel's long-standing demand that UNRWA is obstructing peace
US President Donald Trump cut off US funding to UNRWA in 2018 which severely impacted the agency’s ability to provide aid and health services to Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip

Published 28 Dec, 2020 12:46pm

World

Trump refuses to budge over aid bill, imperiling jobless benefits for millions

Trump says he wants to get people $2000, rather than the measly $600 that is now in the bill
Without Trump’s signature, about 14 million people could lose those extra benefits

Published 27 Dec, 2020 01:52pm

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 1	281.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 1	280.97
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	143.67
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.33
Euro to USD / Jan 1	1.14

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	5,525.21
India Sensex / Jan 1	79,212.53
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	35,705.74
Nasdaq / Jan 1	17,382.94
Hang Seng / Jan 1	21,980.74
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	8,415.25
Dow Jones / Jan 1	40,113.50
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 1	22,242.45
France CAC40 / Jan 1	7,536.26

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	254.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	63.17
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	298,950
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	3,327.60
Diesel/Litre / Jan 1	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 1	68.80

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Gulistan Sp. / Apr 30 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	7.75 ▲ 0.87 (12.65%)
First IBL Mod. / Apr 30 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	3.09 ▲ 0.33 (11.96%)
J.A.Textile / Apr 30 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	20.90 ▲ 1.9 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 30 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	4,366.33 ▲ 396.94 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 30 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	208.14 ▲ 18.92 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 30 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	475.24 ▲ 43.2 (10%)
Punjab Oil / Apr 30 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	178.67 ▲ 16.24 (10%)
Shakarganj / Apr 30 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	52.73 ▲ 4.79 (9.99%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Apr 30 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	12.68 ▲ 1.15 (9.97%)
Olympia Mills / Apr 30 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	32.98 ▲ 2.98 (9.93%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Apr 30 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	6.88 ▼ -1 (-12.69%)
Dewan Textile / Apr 30 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	5 ▼ -0.71 (-12.43%)
Sally Textile / Apr 30 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	8 ▼ -1 (-11.11%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 30 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	63.88 ▼ -7.1 (-10%)
AGP Limited / Apr 30 AGP Limited(AGP)	186.05 ▼ -20.67 (-10%)
Jubilee Spinning / Apr 30 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.40 ▼ -1.15 (-9.96%)
Bela Auto / Apr 30 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	127 ▼ -14 (-9.93%)
Popular Islamic / Apr 30 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.50 ▼ -1.48 (-9.88%)
United Brands / Apr 30 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	20.99 ▼ -2.27 (-9.76%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Apr 30 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	15 ▼ -1.62 (-9.75%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	21,128,914 ▼ -0.02
Cnergyico PK / Apr 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	18,985,546 ▼ -0.31
Power Cement / Apr 30 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	11,619,829 ▼ -0.28
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 30 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	9,453,212 ▼ -7.1
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 30 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	9,355,654 ▼ -1.61
Sui South Gas / Apr 30 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	9,039,443 ▼ -1.99
B.O.Punjab / Apr 30 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	8,908,972 ▼ -0.29
Sui North Gas / Apr 30 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	8,305,476 ▼ -2.47
Fauji Cement / Apr 30 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	8,138,802 ▼ -0.88
Fauji Foods Ltd / Apr 30 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	7,736,701 ▼ -0.71

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