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Poor performance

EDITORIAL: Although reports on the dismal state of education in this country appear from time to time, a new one...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:48am

Perspectives

Despite deepening polarisation, Pakistani students still flocking to the west

Hamza Khan moved to the US from Lahore three years ago to pursue higher education at Arizona State University, a...

Published 21 Aug, 2024 08:30am

PM reappoints Dr Mukhtar as HEC chairman after held responsible for ‘malaise’ by planning minister

ISLAMABAD: Less than a week after Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal held Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr...

Updated 20 Aug, 2024 08:52am

Pakistan

‘Steps taken to bring educational sector at par with global standards’

ISLAMABAD: “The government of Pakistan is committed to revolutionising the education sector for which steps are...

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Pakistan

‘Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024’ Ziauddin University ranked among top three varsities in Sindh

KARACHI: Ziauddin University has proudly secured a spot among the top three universities in Sindh and the top 20 in...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am

Pakistan

Health, education: KP CM for improving service delivery

PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Sardar Ali Amin Gandapur has directed the authorities of health and education ...

Published 08 Jul, 2024 08:25am

Pakistan

CPEC offers opportunity to strengthen educational sector as well: PCJCCI chief

LAHORE: Moazzam Ghurki, President Pakistan China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) highlighted that...

Published 04 Jul, 2024 05:47am

Editorials

A very welcome initiative

EDITORIAL: Education, the building block of socio-economic progress, primarily is a government responsibility. But ...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 06:23am

Health and education services: Sindh Finance Bill 2024 does not immediately impose 15pc SST: SRB

ISLAMABAD: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has clarified that the Sindh Finance Bill, 2024 does not immediately impose a...

Updated 17 Jun, 2024 02:47pm

Pakistan

‘Uplift of education sector is top priority’

KARACHI: Provincial Minister of Universities and Boards Muhammad Ali Malkani said that the first priority of the...

Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am

Pakistan

$400m higher education project ‘moderately satisfactory’: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has rated the implementation progress of the “Higher Education Development in Pakistan...

Published 10 Apr, 2024 02:16am

Business & Finance

Focus urged on responsible AI-driven digital economy

LAHORE: A two-day policy dialogue on “digitisation and artificial intelligence: opportunities and challenges in...

Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am

Opinion

Tech solves Pakistan’s three-fold education problem

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as the International Day of Education, “in celebration of...

Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am

Pakistan

General Election: Sindh announces holidays for education sector

KARACHI: Following Punjab, Sindh government Thursday also announced long holidays for the education sector from...

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

Pakistan

Alvi for increasing technology use in AJK’s education sector

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi stressed the need to increase the use of technology in the education sector of ...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am

Pakistan

Successive govts deprived students of their rights: JI chief

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq has said that previous governments failed to fulfill their promises of...

Published 23 Nov, 2023 03:19am

Pakistan

VCs for public sector varsities: KP CM for early completion of hiring process

PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Former Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah has directed the...

Published 20 Nov, 2023 06:28am

Pakistan

NUMS conducts admission test in Pakistan and abroad

LAHORE: National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) has once again achieved a remarkable milestone by...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

Minister reviews progress in education sector, health projects, sustainable development

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Muhammad Sami Saeed held a meeting to review the progress...

Published 30 Aug, 2023 03:33am

Business & Finance

Paper-print problems aggravate, as rupee continues to weaken

LAHORE: The paper merchants and importers are hesitant to quote the rates of paper and paper products due to...

Published 17 Mar, 2023 06:15am

Technology

Pakistan's edtech startup Maqsad says it has raised $2.8mn in seed funding

Funding takes its total capital raised to $4.9mn

Published 16 Mar, 2023 01:33pm

Perspectives

Research, learning and development for higher learning institutions

In the current era of knowledge expansion, globalisation, high technology and rapid social transformation, life-long...

Published 05 Mar, 2023 03:09pm

Business & Finance

City School, Google’s Tech Valley sign MoU

KARACHI: To innovate in the education sector, Google has tied up with City School. Google’s Tech Valley signed a...

Published 26 Nov, 2022 04:13am

Business & Finance

German envoy visits LCCI: ‘Pakistan, Germany should explore more sectors to enhance trade’

LAHORE: Ambassador of Germany Alfred Grannas has said that there is a lot of potential for trade between Germany and...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 05:48am

Pakistan

Governor says govt striving to bring education sector into line with global standards

LAHORE: Terming the improvement in global ranking of the Pakistani universities as a matter of pride, Punjab ...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 06:50am

Pakistan

MoFEPT and PTCL sign agreement

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (MoFEPT) and Pakistan Telecommunication Company...

Published 15 Aug, 2022 05:41am

Pakistan

IIUI president calls on HEC chairman

ISLAMABAD: Dr Hathal Homoud Alotaibi, President, International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) called on Dr...

Published 03 Aug, 2022 04:55am

Pakistan

Award conferred on Beaconhouse founder

KARACHI: Mrs Nasreen Mahmud Kasuri, the founder and chairperson of the Beaconhouse Group, has been presented with ...

Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:06am

Pakistan

KP govt chalks out Rs5bn ‘Digital Skills Training Programme’ for youth

PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that Rs5 billion “Digital Skills Training Programme” has been...

Published 27 Feb, 2022 06:39am

Pakistan

JI urges govt to increase education sector’s budget

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq on Wednesday demanded of the government to increase the education...

Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am

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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