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SAPM Gill steps up criticism of opposition leaders

FAISALABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Political Communication, Dr Shahbaz Gill said on Saturday that...

Published 20 Feb, 2022 05:55am

Pakistan

Nation on 'ration card', says Shehbaz as opposition lashes out at govt

Reaction comes after latest hike in prices of petroleum products that was notified late on Thursday night

Updated 05 Nov, 2021 07:54pm

Pakistan

Shehbaz rejects PM's relief package, terms it 'bundle of lies'

Opposition leader says inflation cannot be controlled when the prices of gas, electricity and petrol are increased

Updated 04 Nov, 2021 02:57pm

Pakistan

Shehbaz steps up criticism of govt's economic policies

ISLAMABAD: President Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...

Published 27 Sep, 2021 05:51am

Pakistan

'Govt robbing people': Bilawal criticises hike in fuel prices

Fawad Chaudhry, however, says prices in Pakistan are still lowest in the region

Updated 16 Sep, 2021 09:04pm

Pakistan

PTI's three-year rule has destroyed the country: Maryam Nawaz

Says PML-N will not go for reconciliation and hold talks with the government on any issue
Media Regulatory Authority bill aims to suppress voice of media: PML-N vice president

Updated 01 Sep, 2021 05:36pm

Pakistan

PML-N, PPP lack knowledge on electoral reforms, says Fawad

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that the PML-N and the PPP do not have...

Updated 31 Aug, 2021 05:07pm

PPP steps up criticism

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People's Party has strongly rejected the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)and said that...

Published 22 Aug, 2021 02:33am

Pakistan

Fazlur Rehman announces new round of anti-govt rallies from July 4

Says PDM has decided to start another phase of a mass contact campaign
The army should be kept away from the election: Fazl

Published 20 Jun, 2021 04:10pm

Pakistan

Bilawal stresses on NFC Award, calls federal budget 'illegal'

If the economy has improved, then the government should immediately opt out of the IMF's deal: PPP chairman
Reacting to Bilawal's speech, energy minister Hammad Azhar challenges opposition to stay in the House and listen to the truth

Updated 18 Jun, 2021 07:10pm

Pakistan

Govt has deprived Sindh of its due share of water, funds: CM Murad

Says the centre allocated Rs742 billion under the budgetary allocation last year, but later the amount was revised to Rs680 billion
Sindh is supposed to get 8.292 million acre-feet of water, but only received 5.385 million acre-feet of it, adds CM

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 04:29pm

Pakistan

Sindh govt has failed to create competent police force in Karachi, says Fawad

Says the provincial government seeks help from the Rangers every time as it has deputed the police on VIP duties and for providing protocols
Minister expressed displeasure about the dismal security situation in Sindh

Updated 13 Jun, 2021 02:35pm

Pakistan

Lodhran-Multan Highway will increase economic activity, reduce travel time: PM

The 62-kilometer long section of N-5 Highway will cost Rs6.88 billion and will be completed in two years
The N-5 section of the highway will connect Karachi, Lahore, and Peshawar

Updated 04 Jun, 2021 01:21pm

Pakistan

Fawad defends PM Imran's criticism of envoys

Minister says if we can't raise our voices for overseas Pakistanis, we don't have any right to remain in government
A few embassies are not facilitating overseas Pakistani laborers and action should be taken against those found guilty: Fawad

Published 07 May, 2021 01:47pm

World

COVID crisis pushed 75 million Indians into poverty in 2020

The number of Indians living below the poverty line is expected to reach 134 million, which is more than double the 59 million projected prior to the recession
The poverty rate in India rose to 9.7 percent in 2020, a sharp increase from the January 2020 forecast of 4.3 percent

Updated 05 May, 2021 11:01am

World

India asks Twitter to take down some tweets critical of its COVID-19 handling

The Indian government made an emergency order to censor the tweets
Twitter had notified account holders directly about withholding their content and let them know that it received a legal order pertaining to their tweets

Published 25 Apr, 2021 12:44pm

Technology

Facebook addresses political polarization, exploitation allegations

Clegg was of the view that at the center of such concerns is an assumption that in the relationship between human beings and complex automated systems, ‘we are not the ones in control.’

Published 06 Apr, 2021 04:12pm

Pakistan

COVID travel curbs: British MP says move to add Pakistan in 'red list' is 'discriminatory'

Naz Shah says the new South African COVID variant is not a concern in Pakistan so why hasn’t the UK government extended the red list to France, Germany, and India
The government isn’t serious about protecting the British public as its applying decisions led by politics, not data: MP

Updated 04 Apr, 2021 10:23am

Azhar to become new finance minister: PM removes Hafeez over ‘price hike’

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to remove Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as Finance...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Pakistan

Gilani claims he has already won Senate chairman slot

Gilani says parliamentarians do not have confidence in the prime minister which was a benefit for him in winning the Senate seat
PTI's Sadiq Sanjrani and Mirza Muhammad Afridi and the joint opposition’s Yousaf Raza Gillani and Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri will be contesting for the slots of Senate chairman and deputy chairman

Published 12 Mar, 2021 11:45am

Pakistan

Balochistan govt halts fencing of Gwadar city after criticism from locals

Lango says government would address the reservations of the locals and move forward in consultation with the people of Gwadar
Under the project, barbed wires were to be installed in first phase around 15,000 acres land

Published 30 Dec, 2020 11:27am

Pakistan

Expelled JUI-F leaders likely to announce new bloc against Fazl

Expelled leaders will meet in Islamabad on December 29 where they would announce future line of action
Maulana Shuja says that the expulsion of JUI-F leaders is illegal as the party did not adopted a proper process
JUI-F Nazaryati Naib Emir Maulana Abdul Qadir Luni says Fazlur Rehman is a “paid politician” who is striving to come into power to get a NRO for himself

Published 27 Dec, 2020 04:02pm

Pakistan

PDM failed to bring 'political revolution', opposition divided on resignations and long march: Qureshi

FM says If the opposition is serious, their resignations should reach the speaker by December 31
Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed an upward trend after opposition alliance's public gathering in Lahore: Qureshi

Published 15 Dec, 2020 04:00pm

Pakistan

PDM leaders adamant to hold rally in Lahore despite govt's warning

Kaira says government is devising tactics to stop the opposition alliance from holding the rally in Lahore
Sanaullah says hundreds of thousands of workers will participate in the rally and this requires complete arrangement

Published 07 Dec, 2020 05:32pm

US Embassy in Islamabad tenders apology for sharing a controversial tweet against PM Khan

The US Embassy shared the comments made by PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal on its twitter handle but later deleted it

Updated 11 Nov, 2020 09:14pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 17	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 17	278.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 17	156.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 17	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 17	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 17	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
India Sensex / Jan 17	76,619.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 17	38,451.46
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Hang Seng / Jan 17	19,584.06
FTSE 100 / Jan 17	8,505.22
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 17	20,903.39

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 17	78.88
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 17	2,703.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 17	67.60
Petrol/Litre / Jan 18	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 17 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.60 ▲ 1.00 (15.15%)
S.G.Power / Jan 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 17 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	10.50 ▲ 1.00 (10.53%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 17 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	12.82 ▲ 1.17 (10.04%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 17 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.62 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jan 17 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	24.20 ▲ 2.20 (10.00%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 17 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.21 ▲ 6.02 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 17 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	15.95 ▲ 1.45 (10.00%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	77.09 ▲ 7.01 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Global Banking / Jan 17 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	19.77 ▼ -2.75 (-12.21%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.35 ▼ -0.72 (-11.86%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 17 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.88 (-11.17%)
Service Textile / Jan 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.98 ▼ -1.66 (-9.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.01 ▼ -0.43 (-9.68%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 17 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.51 ▼ -2.70 (-8.94%)
Mandviwala / Jan 17 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.50 ▼ -2.00 (-8.51%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 17 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.23 ▼ -0.65 (-6.58%)
Tata Textile / Jan 17 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	47.10 ▼ -2.80 (-5.61%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	103,704,415 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,108,232 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,743,585 ▲ 5.79
Hascol Petrol / Jan 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,265,861 ▲ 0.83
Dewan Motors / Jan 17 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,402,498 ▲ 2.84
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,195,904 ▲ 7.01
Pak Refinery / Jan 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,625,081 ▲ 0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16,675,539 ▲ 0.30
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,024,776 ▲ 0.09

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