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Australian parliament staff report workplace offences as it seeks to address sexual harassment

SYDNEY: Staff at Australia’s parliament made 30 complaints of serious workplace offences such as sexual assault over...

Published 10 Nov, 2024 10:39am

World

India foreign minister says vandalism of Hindu temples deeply concerning

SYDNEY: India foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday the vandalism of a Hindu temple in Canada on...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 12:40pm

World

King Charles greets happy crowds, an angry MP and an alpaca on visit to Canberra

CANBERRA: Among the thousand plus well-wishers gathered to greet King Charles and Queen Camilla at the Australian...

Published 21 Oct, 2024 10:56am

World

Iran summons Australian envoy over stance on its Israel attack, Tasnim says

DUBAI: Iran’s foreign ministry has summoned the Australian ambassador in Tehran over what it called his country’s...

Published 07 Oct, 2024 11:48am

World

Bangladesh recalls five envoys in major diplomatic reshuffle

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government has recalled five envoys, including the ambassador to neighbouring India, in...

Published 03 Oct, 2024 12:05pm

Sports

Australia take just 6.5 overs to destroy woeful West Indies in 3rd ODI

CANBERRA: Australia needed just 6.5 overs to thrash a woeful West Indies by eight wickets in an embarrassing end to...

Updated 06 Feb, 2024 02:09pm

World

China’s premier says ready to resume exchanges with Australia: state media

BEIJING: China’s Premier Li Qiang told Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday that Beijing was ready...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 12:42pm

World

USS Canberra: US commissions first Navy warship in foreign port

SYDNEY: The United States commissioned a warship in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, the first time a U.S. Navy...

Published 22 Jul, 2023 10:17am

Sports

Australia win toss, bowl against England in 3rd T20

CANBERRA: Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to bowl in the third T20 against England in Canberra...

Published 14 Oct, 2022 01:30pm

Sports

Sri Lanka's Hasaranga yet to recover from COVID-19, set to miss India T20s

MUMBAI: Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga, diagnosed with COVID-19 in Australia last week, is set to miss the...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 02:41pm

Sports

Maxwell magic sees Australia beat Sri Lanka and seal T20 series

CANBERRA: Glenn Maxwell slammed 39 off 25 balls as a dominant Australia thumped Sri Lanka by six wickets to win ...

Updated 15 Feb, 2022 05:19pm

Sports

Australia's Warner, coach Langer to sit out Sri Lanka T20 series

MELBOURNE: Opening batsman David Warner and coach Justin Langer will skip Australia's Twenty20 series against Sri...

Published 25 Jan, 2022 10:30am

Markets

Rio Tinto shares plunge as Serbia pulls plug on its $2.4bn lithium project

MELBOURNE: Shares in Rio Tinto tumbled on Friday after Serbia revoked its lithium exploration licences over...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 11:49am

World

Tonga cut off by volcanic blast

SYDNEY: Tonga was virtually cut off from the rest of the world Monday after a massive volcanic blast that crippled...

Published 17 Jan, 2022 01:05pm

World

Australia promises more aid to ASEAN, seeks stronger relations

CANBERRA: Australia said on Wednesday it will donate at least 10 million more COVID-19 vaccines and offer A$124...

Published 27 Oct, 2021 11:38am

Technology

Amid Facebook fracas, Australia moves to update defamation laws

SYDNEY: Australia is moving with new urgency to redraft its defamation laws after a court ruling that publishers can...

Published 07 Oct, 2021 11:08am

Sports

Ashes will go ahead 'with or without Joe Root': Paine

SYDNEY: Australia Test captain Tim Paine said Friday that the Ashes will go ahead with or without Joe Root after the...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 12:15pm

World

Australia hits vaccine milestone as Melbourne cases hover near record levels

Australia is grappling with a third wave of infections from the highly infectious Delta variant that has led to lockdowns in its two largest cities

Published 24 Sep, 2021 10:34am

World

Australia defends scrapping of French submarine deal

SYDNEY: Australia on Sunday defended its decision to ditch a multi-billion-dollar order for French submarines and ...

Published 20 Sep, 2021 05:23am

World

In escalation over submarine deal, France recalls envoys from US and Australia

The rare decision taken by French President Emmanuel Macron was made due to the "exceptional gravity" of the matter, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement

Published 18 Sep, 2021 11:51am

World

Australia reports 1,882 COVID-19 cases as police quell protests

Several hundred people managed to gather in downtown Melbourne and local media reported some early arrests and clashes with the police

Published 18 Sep, 2021 10:11am

World

Australia says 3,500 people have arrived from Afghanistan

An international airlift began on Aug. 14 as the Islamist militants arrived at the gates of Kabul, having already captured most of the country

Published 09 Sep, 2021 01:30pm

Sports

New Zealand cricket great Cairns paralysed after stroke

Cairns, 51, one of the world's top all-rounders in the early 2000s, suffered a life-threatening heart condition this month when a tear developed in the lining of a major artery

Published 27 Aug, 2021 11:54am

World

Australia lowers long-term population, economic growth forecasts

CANBERRA: Australia lowered its projections on Sunday for population and economic growth over the next 40 years due...

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:38am

World

Australian PM says trade volumes show China values bilateral relationship

The government in April used the 2020 legislation to cancel an agreement between Victoria state and China on the Belt and Road Initiative.

Published 19 May, 2021 12:44pm

World

Australian PM promotes women in cabinet reshuffle amid poll slump

Police said on March 2 there was insufficient evidence to investigate the alleged rape as the accuser was no longer alive.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 11:22am

Technology

News Corp strikes content deal with Facebook in Australia

Google negotiated multi-million dollar content licensing deals for its "Showcase" product with a host of Australian companies, and notably the country's two biggest news organisations: News Corp and Nine Entertainment.

Published 16 Mar, 2021 10:33am

World

Australia PM to talk to NZ's Ardern about woman detained in Turkey

Ardern earlier in the day accused Australia of abdicating its responsibilities by "unilaterally" cancelling the citizenship of the detained woman, who had held both New Zealand and Australian citizenships.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 12:45pm

World

Australia falls back to zero COVID-19 cases after hotel infection

The city of more than 2 million was ordered into a five-day lockdown after the guard at a hotel used to house people returning from overseas was found to have the UK strain of the virus.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 12:18pm

World

Two million Australians in lockdown after one coronavirus case found

Classifying the inoculation programme as his "first priority", Morrison said the economy must now begin to wean itself off government spending.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 10:32am

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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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