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Dr Fouzia Siddiqui’s passport: IHC directs Foreign Affairs secy to ensure return

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the Foreign Affairs secretary to ensure the return of Dr Fouzia...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 08:43am

Defence, trade, health and energy: Trump Admin engagement plan in final stages

Representatives from all ministries requested to give their feedback/updates on the status of pending issues as well as any new proposals for the new US government in writing

Updated 29 Nov, 2024 03:59pm

Bangladesh, Pakistan to take major steps aimed at improving relations

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bangladesh are set to improve their bilateral relations in all fields including trade,...

Updated 11 Nov, 2024 02:56pm

Pakistan

Situation in Islamabad: Pakistan rejects Afghanistan’s stance

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday rejected the “frivolous statement” from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 07:08am

Various Divisions: NA approves 9 demands for grants worth Rs145.32bn

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly approved nine demands for grants worth Rs145.32 billion to meet expenditures of the...

Updated 28 Jun, 2024 08:22am

Pakistan

FO terms US Congress’ resolution ‘unconstructive’

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Affairs Ministry states US House of Representatives’ Resolution 901 on the political...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:52am

Pakistan

Airports’ outsourcing: Bid submission timeline extended till May 15th

ISLAMABAD: The meeting of the Steering Committee on Outsourcing of Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore Airports decided...

Updated 16 Mar, 2024 09:43am

Pakistan

Pakistan calls on world to hold Israel accountable for attacks on Gaza hospitals

Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch says Pakistan is appalled by Israeli incursion at Al-Shifa hospital

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 11:04pm

Pakistan

Speakers for fine-tuning foreign policy

ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Strategic Perspectives (CSP) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)...

Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am

Afghanistan urges Pakistan to release ‘thousands of containers’ from port

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan urged Pakistan on Tuesday to release thousands of containers of imports it said were stuck at...

Updated 15 Nov, 2023 08:45am

Chinese power cos: MoFA asks MoF and PD to resolve payment issue

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has asked Ministry of Finance and Power Division to resolve payment...

Updated 09 Nov, 2023 04:08pm

Pakistan

Sealed copy of ‘cipher’ returned to MoFA

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Division has reportedly returned, sealed, the most talked about Cipher number 89 to the...

Published 01 Nov, 2023 05:57am

Azad Pattan, Kohala HP projects: Chances of achieving FC slim

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has stated that probability of achieving...

Updated 17 Oct, 2023 08:33am

Pakistan

US-led NATO forces: Pakistan concerned at weapons left behind in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: A day after deadly cross-border attacks in Chitral and Torkham, Pakistan expressed serious concerns over...

Published 09 Sep, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

Reciprocity of extradition requests: Cabinet directs ministry to collect data

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has directed the Ministry of Interior to collect data on reciprocity of extradition...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

SIFC initiative: 4 key areas: diplomatic missions briefed about opportunities

ISLAMABAD: A briefing session for the resident diplomatic missions in Islamabad on the Special Investment...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

Pakistan, China deliberate on developments in South Asia

ISLAMABAD: Senior officials of Pakistan and China have held deliberations on the developments in South Asia and the...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

Opinion

A commentary about AML Act

AML Authority law, The Parliament legislated on July 3, 2023, the National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter...

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 07:13am

Pakistan

Minister discusses human resource export to EU

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar chaired a meeting of Pakistan’s envoys in the ...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

Press conference: Moscow seeks explanation from Pakistan over denial of participation

ISLAMABAD: Russia, on Thursday, sought an explanation from Pakistan over the alleged denial of covering a joint...

Updated 21 Jul, 2023 10:45am

Pakistan

Bilawal to visit UK

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is to visit United Kingdom (UK) in the last week of the current...

Published 14 Jul, 2023 06:23am

Third-party participation in CPEC: draft modalities finalised

Minister for Planning, Ahsan Iqbal directs CPEC Secretariat to get approval before sharing input draft modalities with MoFA

Updated 10 Jul, 2023 08:29pm

US-India joint statement: US deputy chief of mission summoned

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday summoned the United States Deputy Chief of Mission and demarche was made to him...

Updated 27 Jun, 2023 08:58am

Pakistan

2nd round of BPC with Kazakhstan begins today

ISLAMABAD: The second round of Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) between Pakistan and Kazakhstan will be held...

Published 26 Jun, 2023 07:19am

Chancery building in Washington: Cabinet approves $7.1m sale price

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has approved $ 7.1 million or higher negotiated sale price of Chancery Building in...

Updated 17 May, 2023 09:07am

Meeting shortfall: MoFA to get additional funds of Rs8.4bn

ISLAMABAD: The government is to allocate additional funds of Rs 8.4 billion for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)...

Updated 09 May, 2023 09:14am

Pakistan

‘Butcher of Gujarat’: Khar defends Bilawal’s anti-Modi remarks

ISLAMABAD: Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday defended Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 06:43am

Editorials

‘Interference’, ‘catharsis’, and way forward

EDITORIAL: Surely outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa knew that his farewell speech –...

Published 25 Nov, 2022 05:48am

Business & Finance

NA panel calls for expanding trade to CA markets

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Monday stressed the significance of the Central Asian market for Pakistan and...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am

Pakistan

Hina concerned over attacks on security forces from Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar on Wednesday expressed concerns over the...

Published 21 Apr, 2022 05:26am

Forex
World
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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