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Arab, EU diplomats in Saudi for talks on support for Syria

RIYADH: Top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe were arriving in the Saudi capital on Sunday to discuss Syria,...

Updated 12 Jan, 2025 09:58pm

World

Qatar in talks to fund Syria public wage hikes: diplomatic source

DOHA: Qatar is weighing a plan to provide Syria’s new rulers with funds to increase public sector salaries, a...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 05:57pm

World

Antony Blinken in Paris to discuss Mideast, receive honour

PARIS: Outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday began a visit to Paris in which he will receive...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 01:45pm

World

US to ease aid restrictions for Syria in limited show of support for new government, WSJ reports

The Biden administration plans to announce Monday that it will ease restrictions on humanitarian aid for Syria,...

Published 06 Jan, 2025 08:53am

World

Syria monitor reports blasts at arms depots near Damascus

Syria: A Syria war monitor said explosions on Sunday rocked an area near Damascus housing weapons depots used by the...

Published 05 Jan, 2025 10:18pm

World

Syria’s new information minister promises free press

DAMASCUS: Syria’s minister of information in the country’s transitional government told AFP he is working towards a...

Published 01 Jan, 2025 05:21pm

World

Syria rescuers, activist say site outside Damascus believed to be mass grave

DAMASCUS: A key Syrian rescue group and an activist told AFP on Wednesday a burial site outside Damascus was likely...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 09:12pm

World

Syrian ex-rebel factions agree to merge under defence ministry

DAMASCUS: Syria’s leader Ahmed al-Sharaa reached an agreement on Tuesday with former rebel faction chiefs to...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:04pm

World

Turkiye says over 25,0000 Syrians returned home since Assad’s fall

ISTANBUL: More than 25,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkiye since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 05:57pm

World

Jordan foreign minister holds talks with Syria’s new leader

AMMAN: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi expressed his country’s support for Syria’s reconstruction in a...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 05:28pm

World

Saudi delegation meets Syria’s new leader: source close to government

RIYADH: A Saudi delegation has met Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, a source close to the government...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 05:17pm

World

Jordan foreign minister to hold talks with Syria’s new leader

AMMAN: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi was due in Damascus on Monday to meet with Syria’s new leader Ahmed...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 01:05pm

World

Turkiye’s top diplomat meets Syria’s new leader in Damascus

ANKARA: Turkiye’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan met with Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Sunday,...

Published 22 Dec, 2024 08:33pm

World

Qatar embassy reopens in Damascus with flag raising: AFP

DAMASCUS: Qatar reopened its embassy in Damascus on Saturday, 13 years after it was closed early in Syria’s civil...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 07:41pm

Opinion

Cui bono?

It didn’t take long for headlines out of Syria to turn, did it? Locals that set fire to Hafez al Assad’s grave...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 06:30am

World

UN calls for ‘free and fair’ elections in Syria

DAMASCUS: The UN envoy to Syria called on Wednesday for “free and fair” elections after the ouster of president...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 05:50pm

World

EU to reopen embassy in Damascus after Assad ouster

STRASBOURG: The EU is to reopen its mission in Damascus following “constructive” talks with Syria’s new leadership...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 04:52pm

World

Syria’s new rulers step up engagement with the world

DAMASCUS: Syria’s new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday with countries that deemed ousted president Bashar...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 04:46pm

World

German diplomats to hold talks with HTS representatives in Damascus

BERLIN: German diplomats will hold their first talks with representatives of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Damascus...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 01:25pm

World

At least 100,000 bodies in Syrian mass grave, US advocacy group head says

WASHINGTON: The head of a US-based Syrian advocacy organization on Monday said that a mass grave outside of Damascus...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 12:34pm

World

Kremlin says no final decisions yet on fate of Russian military bases in Syria

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Monday that no final decisions had yet been taken on the fate of Russia’s military bases...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 04:39pm

World

UN envoy urges justice, not revenge in Syria

DAMASCUS: The United Nations special envoy to Syria on Sunday called for “justice and accountability” in the...

Published 15 Dec, 2024 08:35pm

World

‘Friday of victory’: Mass rallies across Syria celebrate end of Assad

DAMASCUS: Thousands of jubilant people rallied in cities across Syria, including at a landmark mosque in the capital...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 07:26am

World

Tomb of Assad’s father set on fire in Syria hometown: AFP

QARDAHA: The tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s father Hafez was torched in his hometown of Qardaha,...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 07:05pm

World

Two US lawmakers push for some Syria sanctions relief after Assad’s fall

DAMASCUS: Two US congressmen have urged senior American officials to suspend some sanctions on Syria to ease...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 05:42pm

World

Qatar says to reopen embassy in Syria ‘soon’

DOHA: Qatar said on Wednesday that it would soon reopen its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus after president...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 05:09pm

Life & Style

Syrians taste freedom at famous Damascus ice cream parlour

DAMASCUS: After racing from Lebanon to Syria to celebrate the fall of the Assad regime and making arrangements for...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 03:12pm

World

UN says Israel bombardment of Syria ‘must stop’

DAMASCUS: The UN special envoy for Syria called Tuesday on Israel to halt its military movements and bombardments in...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 05:30pm

World

Israel denies its forces have gone past Syria buffer zone

DAMASCUS: Israel denied on Tuesday that its forces had penetrated into Syrian territory beyond the buffer zone with...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 05:11pm

World

Israeli troops near Damascus, say Syrian security, after Israeli airtsikes hit Syrian bases

DAMASCUS/NEW YORK: An Israeli military incursion into Syria has reached about 25 km (16 miles) southwest of...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 03:40pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 20	278.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 20	278.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 20	154.99
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 20	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 20	77,073.44
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 20	38,951.77
Hang Seng / Jan 20	20,075.11
FTSE 100 / Jan 20	8,520.54
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 20	20,990.31

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 20	76.74
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 20	2,724.84
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 20	67.80
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	3.61 ▲ 0.91 (33.70%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.60 ▲ 1.00 (13.16%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 20 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.50 ▲ 0.97 (10.18%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 20 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	11.61 ▲ 1.06 (10.05%)
Loads Limited / Jan 20 Loads Limited(LOADS)	17 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
AKD Securities / Jan 20 AKD Securities Limited(AKDSL)	24.93 ▲ 2.27 (10.02%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 20 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	18.24 ▲ 1.66 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Jan 20 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	254.47 ▲ 23.13 (10.00%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jan 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.44 ▲ 4.86 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Hussain Industries / Jan 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	31.09 ▼ -3.45 (-9.99%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	334.01 ▼ -35.89 (-9.70%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 20 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.61 ▼ -0.44 (-8.71%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	38.04 ▼ -3.46 (-8.34%)
MithchellsFruit / Jan 20 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	279 ▼ -24.10 (-7.95%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	19.26 ▼ -1.62 (-7.76%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 20 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	11.80 ▼ -0.99 (-7.74%)
Service Textile / Jan 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	13.82 ▼ -1.16 (-7.74%)
Masood Textile / Jan 20 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	52.02 ▼ -4.22 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	101,934,297 ▼ -0.01
Lotte Chemical / Jan 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,408,954 ▲ 1.94
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	57,604,421 ▲ 0.91
Hub Power Co. / Jan 20 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,888,747 ▲ 0.70
Hascol Petrol / Jan 20 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,496,536 ▲ 0.17
Dewan Motors / Jan 20 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,438,701 ▲ 1.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 20 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,244,731 ▲ 7.71
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	19,741,577 ▲ 2.08
The Searle Co. / Jan 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	17,062,686 ▲ 4.29

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