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Aurat March

The fight for gender equality

EDITORIAL: March 8, the International Women’s Day is observed all over the world to celebrate women’s struggle...

Published 12 Mar, 2024 04:27am

Pakistan

LHC dismisses plea against Aurat March

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed a petition of a citizen against the upcoming Aurat March in the...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am

Pakistan

Organisers of Aurat March highlight seven demands

KARACHI: The sixth edition of ‘Aurat March Karachi’ on Sunday stressed the need for the implementation of laws...

Published 13 Mar, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

Media persons attacked: Violent clashes erupt at ‘Aurat March’; scores hurt

ISLAMABAD: The Aurat March, Wednesday, turned ugly when the marchers started chanting slogans against the government...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:43am

Pakistan

IHC turns down plea against Aurat March

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) turned down Amun Taraqqi Party’s (ATP) petition challenging the...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Pakistan

Aurat March held to mark Int’l Women’s Day in Lahore

LAHORE: Women, men and civil society organisations on Wednesday participated in Aurat March in Lahore to mark...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Pakistan

Three policemen suspended for Aurat March mistreatment

Islamabad police says more people involved in violence are being identified

Updated 08 Mar, 2023 10:44pm

Pakistan

Aurat March organisers, Lahore DC agree on rally route

LAHORE: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Lahore and the organizing committee of Aurat March on Tuesday came to an...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

Editorials

Pointless contradictions and controversies

EDITORIAL: Today is the International Women’s Day which is an occasion for girls and women around the world to...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

Editorials

An unacceptable and unreasonable missive

EDITORIAL: As March 8, International Women’s Day (today is the International Mother’s Day), draws near Religious...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 07:25am

Pakistan

Faisalabad Aurat March cancelled, Amnesty International calls for granting permission

Amnesty International called for authorities to grant permission after the Faisalabad Aurat March was canceled...

Published 02 Aug, 2021 09:06pm

Pakistan

Aurat March: LHC dismisses petition against participants

LAHORE: A sessions court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking an order for registration a FIR against social...

Updated 16 Apr, 2021 09:57am

Pakistan

IHC forms bench to hear ‘Aurat March’ case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday formed another bench to hear a petition seeking legal actions...

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 09:08am

Opinion

‘PDM, Aurat March, Myanmar and all that’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “PDM, Aurat March, Myanmar and all that” carried by the newspaper...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am

Opinion

PDM, Aurat March, Myanmar and all that

The long title of today’s column does not reflect the lack of an important subject that can stand alone, but the...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Pakistan

IHC Moved Against 'Aurat March'

The petition prayed the court to issue directives for banning said society foundation and take action against the organizers of ‘Aurat March’.

Published 18 Mar, 2021 09:04pm

Opinion

Aurat March and its ‘critics’

As every year, this year too Pakistan’s women joined their sisters round the globe in rallying for their rights on...

Published 16 Mar, 2021 04:43am

Pakistan

Aurat March: PPP concerned over social media drive against organizers

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has expressed deep concern over the social media campaign by some elements...

Published 14 Mar, 2021 04:13am

Pakistan

Pakistani Taliban threaten organisers of Women's Day March

The Pakistani Taliban on Friday threatened women’s rights activists who organised demonstrations to mark International Women’s Day in the country, accusing them of blasphemy and obscenity.
The Taliban statement followed a flurry of falsified images and video clips on social media that suggested participants in the March 8 protests had insulted Islam, which they strongly denied.

Updated 13 Mar, 2021 04:11pm

Editorials

Celebrating global women’s day

EDITORIAL: For over a century women around the world have been marking March 8 as a special day, challenging social...

Published 10 Mar, 2021 04:59am

Pakistan

Aurat March held in Lahore

LAHORE: In Lahore, the Aurat March started from the Lahore Press Club and culminated outside the Punjab Assembly...

Updated 09 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Perspectives

Why more Pakistani men need to talk about rape

The sad reality is that Pakistani men have not stepped up and assumed their responsibility to become proactive allies for women — but that can change.

Updated 08 Mar, 2021 09:14am

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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