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New Zealand PM Hipkins says current caretaker government arrangements to continue

SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Friday he has reached an agreement with incoming prime...

Published 10 Nov, 2023 10:23am

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China ready to work with New Zealand on comprehensive strategic partnership: Xi

BEIJING: China is ready to work with the New Zealand to promote a stable comprehensive strategic partnership,...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 05:49pm

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New Zealand PM disagrees with Biden, says Xi Jinping not a ‘dictator’

SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, ahead of his official trip to China at end of this month, said on...

Published 22 Jun, 2023 09:09am

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New Zealand PM Hipkins to visit China, meet President Xi Jinping

SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday he would visit China from June 25 to 30, leading a...

Published 19 Jun, 2023 09:54am

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New Zealand PM Hipkins to visit China at end of June

SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday he will visit China at the end of this month at the...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 10:21am

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Ukraine conflict shows need for defence pact with US: Papua New Guinea

SYDNEY: Papua New Guinea said it will sign a defence agreement with the United States, ahead of a deal with...

Published 21 May, 2023 10:25am

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New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

Chris Hipkins is New Zealand’s 41st prime minister, following the surprise resignation of the charismatic Jacinda...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 10:10am

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New Zealand’s new PM known for his candour and poor dress sense

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s new prime minister does not draw adoring crowds like his predecessor Jacinda Ardern, but...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 10:06am

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New Zealand’s Ardern bids emotional farewell on last day as prime minister

WELLINGTON: Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday bid an emotional farewell on her last day as prime minister, speaking of the...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 10:27am

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New Zealand chooses ‘Chippy’ Hipkins to replace charismatic Ardern

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s ruling Labour Party chose former COVID minister Chris Hipkins on Sunday to replace the...

Published 22 Jan, 2023 10:58am

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Chris Hipkins set to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand prime minister

WELLINGTON: Chris Hipkins, who played a significant role in New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is set...

Published 21 Jan, 2023 10:22am

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When is the New Zealand prime minister election and how will it work?

SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will step down no later than Feb. 7 after a shock resignation on...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 11:26am

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New Zealand to stay closed to foreigners for another five months

WELLINGTON: New Zealand said Wednesday it will not reopen to foreign travellers for at least another five months, as...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 10:47am

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'Fortress New Zealand' outlines plans to reopen border

WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Thursday unveiled plans to tentatively reopen its borders amid growing pressure from ...

Published 28 Oct, 2021 09:42am

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New Zealand health workers, teachers told 'no jab, no job'

WELLINGTON: New Zealand announced Monday a sweeping "no jab, no job" policy for most healthcare workers and teachers...

Published 11 Oct, 2021 12:05pm

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New Zealand queries virus approach as Delta outbreak grows

Hipkins said Delta's highly transmissible nature was making this outbreak more difficult to contain than others, raising "big questions" about the elimination strategy

Published 22 Aug, 2021 10:32am

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New Zealand brings back curbs in Wellington after COVID scare from Sydney visitor

New Zealand agreed to quarantine-free travel with neighbouring Australia earlier this year.

Published 23 Jun, 2021 10:04am

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New Zealand confirms fresh community virus outbreak

Ardern has been widely praised for her management of the pandemic, with New Zealand recording just 25 deaths and less than 2,000 cases in a population of five million.

Updated 14 Feb, 2021 05:14pm

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NZ to inoculate high-risk people first as COVID-19 vaccine gets full approval

Ardern's critics have said New Zealand has fallen behind the rest of the world after promising in November that it would be first in the queue for COVID-19 vaccines.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 12:18pm

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New Zealand's new Covid-19 case is South African variant

The 56-year-old woman, who recently returned from Europe, tested positive on Saturday, 10 days after she completed her compulsory two weeks in isolation.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 11:45am

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New Zealand looks to secure small batch of vaccines early as pressure mounts

"But that argument doesn't wash when Singapore, who last recorded a Covid-19 death in November, has already begun vaccinating border workers," she added.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 11:40am

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New Zealand plans vaccine roll-out in second half of 2021

COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said the health ministry has purchased nine large minus 80 degree Celsius freezers that can store more than 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 10:50am

Forex
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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 23	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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