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Inexcusable and unforgiveable

EDITORIAL: Mere allegation of blasphemy in this country can lead to murder by vigilantes, even at the hands of law...

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 08:04am

Pakistan

Inquiry finds doctor accused of blasphemy was killed in fake police shootout

ISLAMABAD: An inquiry found that a doctor accused of blasphemy was killed in a fake police shootout last week after...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 07:36am

Pakistan

Blasphemy accused: PPP’s HR Cell concerned over rise in extra-judicial killings

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)’s Human Rights Cell expressed deep concern over the horrific rise in...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 09:28am

Pakistan

Blasphemy accused: Civil society assails extrajudicial killing

KARACHI: Joint Action Committee (JAC), a group of human rights defenders and civil society organisations have...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Pakistan

Blasphemy suspect's family forgives police officer accused of killing him

QUETTA: The family of a blasphemy suspect killed in custody in Quetta has forgiven the police officer accused of...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 07:39am

Pakistan

Blasphemy accusations, subsequent mob lynching: CERD highlights escalated incidents in Punjab, KP

ISLAMABAD: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), on Friday, issued its findings on...

Published 24 Aug, 2024 07:20am

Pakistan

‘Bail to a blasphemy accused’: NA panel discusses apex court ruling

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Wednesday discussed the apex court’s ruling to release a blasphemy accused on...

Published 01 Aug, 2024 06:06am

Pakistan

Blasphemy-related case: Lawmakers demand CJP revisit his ruling

ISLAMABAD: The lawmakers in National Assembly, on Tuesday, strongly protested against the Chief Justice of Pakistan...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 07:42am

Editorials

Same story, same result

EDITORIAL: Once again, the same old story plays out in the same old way. Someone is accused of blasphemy – proof yet...

Published 30 Jun, 2024 02:58am

Pakistan

Police hunt mob that lynched local tourist accused of blasphemy

PESHAWAR: Authorities have begun an investigation to identify and arrest members of a mob that killed a local ...

Published 22 Jun, 2024 06:47am

Editorials

Mob violence in Sargodha

EDITORIAL: Incidents of enraged mobs attacking alleged blasphemers are happening with increasing frequency. Last...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

Pakistan

Blasphemy accused bail case: SC reserves verdict on review plea

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court reserved judgment in the Punjab provincial government’s petition to review its order...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

Pakistan

Blasphemy-related cases: CCI urges govt to set up special courts

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Wednesday, while condemning Sargodha violence has recommended the...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

Pakistan

Christian community attacked after blasphemy accusation

LAHORE: At least five members of a minority Christian community were rescued on Saturday after a Muslim crowd...

Published 26 May, 2024 02:56am

Pakistan

Policewoman praised for rescuing woman from blasphemy mob

LAHORE: A police officer who saved a woman accused of blasphemy from a mob of 200 men in Lahore has described how ...

Published 28 Feb, 2024 06:10am

Pakistan

Bail to blasphemy accused: JI Senator terms SC’s decision a ‘grave mistake’

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has termed Supreme Court’s recent decision to grant ...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 06:42am

Editorials

No ifs or buts

EDITORIAL: The shameful incident from Chakwal – where teachers at a seminary were found sexually abusing and...

Published 23 Nov, 2023 03:19am

Pakistan

Desecration of Holy Quran unacceptable: Aneeq

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Aneeq Ahmed, reiterated the...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Pakistan

Mosques probed over protest call

More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalised when hundreds rampaged through a Christian neighbourhood in Jaranwala in Punjab province

Updated 20 Aug, 2023 09:41am

Pakistan

Mosques probed over protest call in Pakistan riots

LAHORE: A Muslim cleric is among a dozen people being investigated for using mosque loudspeakers to order protests...

Published 19 Aug, 2023 01:15pm

Editorials

Obscurantism on the march

EDITORIAL: What happened in Jaranwala town in Faisalabad district on Wednesday is beyond shame. A violent mob...

Published 19 Aug, 2023 06:51am

Pakistan

Two Christian brothers arrested

LAHORE: Police have arrested two Christian brothers accused of blasphemy, a spokesperson and a source said on ...

Published 19 Aug, 2023 06:36am

Pakistan

Police forms ‘Minority Protection Unit’

ISLAMABAD: The city police on Thursday constituted a Minority Protection Unit (MPU) comprising 70 policemen for the...

Published 18 Aug, 2023 05:42am

Pakistan

Both main accused in Jaranwala riot now in CTD custody: Naqvi

Over 100 people suspected of being involved in the rioting have been arrested, the government statement says, adding that an inquiry has also been ordered into the incident

Updated 17 Aug, 2023 10:55pm

Pakistan

Vandalising churches: caretaker prime minister vows stern action over Jaranwala incident

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Wednesday that he was “gutted by the visuals coming out of...

Published 16 Aug, 2023 06:03pm

Pakistan

Desecration of Quran: Ashrafi demands global legislation against blasphemy

LAHORE: Special Representative to the Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Maulana Hafiz Muhammad...

Published 10 Jul, 2023 06:52am

Pakistan

Chinese man accused of blasphemy released on bail

PESHAWAR: A Chinese national arrested in Pakistan on blasphemy charges was released on bail on Friday, police said,...

Published 28 Apr, 2023 05:05pm

Pakistan

Chinese man denies blasphemy, sent to jail

PESHAWAR: A Chinese national has denied an accusation of blasphemy levelled by fellow workers on a hydropower...

Published 19 Apr, 2023 06:36am

Pakistan

Court sentences man to death for blasphemy

PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court in northwest Pakistan has convicted and sentenced a Muslim man to death after he...

Published 26 Mar, 2023 03:19am

Editorials

Not in the fair name of Islam

EDITORIAL: In a predominantly Muslim country like Pakistan, no one can even think of showing disrespect to the last...

Published 15 Feb, 2023 06:27am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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