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Viola Davis makes younger self proud as US president in ‘G20’

LOS ANGELES: For Viola Davis, seeing her first images of a “badass Black woman on television” when she was growing...

Published 09 Apr, 2025 04:53pm

Opinion

Asia on the rise

By all accounts Asia is on rise in world politics, economy and technology. It has equated itself with the key...

Published 22 Mar, 2025 02:47am

Likely to become part of G20 by 2030: Country will soon stand among developed nations: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has expressed satisfaction over the pace of...

Updated 05 Mar, 2025 09:20am

Pakistan

Pakistan will be part of G20 by 2030, claims Ishaq Dar

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the pace of Pakistan’s...

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 06:49pm

World

Global stability threatened by backslide in cooperation: S Africa

CAPE TOWN: The erosion of multilateralism threatens global growth and stability, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned...

Published 27 Feb, 2025 07:59am

World

G20 leaders warn declining cooperation threat to global stability

CAPE TOWN: The erosion of multilateralism threatens global growth and stability, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned...

Published 27 Feb, 2025 12:38am

World

G20 finance ministers, central bankers to meet amid fractious geopolitics

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 top economies gather in South...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 08:17am

World

China backs Trump’s Ukraine peace bid at G20 as US allies rally behind Zelenskiy

BEIJING: China came out in support of U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to strike a deal with Russia to end the war...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 08:17am

World

China FM to visit Europe, US before G20 talks in South Africa

BEIJING: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit Europe and the United States this month before attending a...

Published 10 Feb, 2025 01:47pm

World

US skipping G20 talks

SANTO DOMINGO: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday he would skip Group of 20 talks this month in South...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 06:32am

World

Trump to meet widow of former Japan PM Abe on Sunday, source says

US President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with Akie Abe, the widow of the late Japanese Prime Minister...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 10:39am

Opinion

Carbon emitters, climate finance, and climate justice

In the just concluded COP29 meetings in Baku, Azerbaijan, there was serious deadlock over the climate finance...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 06:21am

World

G20 leaders turn focus to climate change

RIO DE JANEIRO: Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies meet on Tuesday to discuss sustainable development and ...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

World

Negotiators seek to break COP29 impasse after G20 ‘marching orders’

BAKU: Negotiators sought Tuesday to break a deadlock at UN climate talks after G20 leaders backed the need for...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 04:58pm

World

Battle against hunger, poverty: G20 summit kicks off with global pact

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the summit of the Group of 20 major economies...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am

World

All eyes on G20 for breakthrough as COP29 climate talks stall

BAKU: Negotiations were deadlocked Saturday at the midway point of the UN climate summit, with hopes pinned on G20...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

World

China says Xi to travel to Peru, Brazil next week for APEC, G20 meetings

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Peru and Brazil next week for meetings of APEC and the G20,...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 01:33pm

Opinion

Climate risk – is the climate action enough?

50 years from now, what would the world look like if climate risk is not managed? That could be a world with more...

Updated 07 Nov, 2024 07:15am

World

As poor nations’ default wave peaks, cash shortage could take its place

LONDON: The punishing post-COVID wave of sovereign defaults has finally crested, with the likes of Ghana, Sri Lanka...

Updated 22 Oct, 2024 04:31pm

Business & Finance

G20 financial chiefs to flag global economic ‘soft landing’

RIO DE JANEIRO: G20 financial leaders will say on Friday there is a rising likelihood of a global economic “soft...

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am

World

G20 seeks common ground on taxing super-rich

RIO DE JANEIRO: G20 finance ministers are expected to take a first step towards international cooperation on taxing...

Published 26 Jul, 2024 11:07pm

World

In Rio, G20 finance ministers to mull taxing the super-rich

RIO DE JANEIRO: Faced with growing global inequality, G20 finance ministers meeting Thursday in Rio de Janeiro will...

Published 26 Jul, 2024 07:29am

World

US sees no need for global deal to tax super-rich: Yellen

RIO DE JANEIRO: The United States sees no need to negotiate an international agreement on taxing the super-wealthy,...

Published 25 Jul, 2024 10:58pm

World

Lula rallies G20 nations against world hunger ahead of meeting

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday urged world leaders to work together and...

Published 24 Jul, 2024 10:15pm

World

Tax the super-rich, ex-leaders tell G20

BRASILIA: Former presidents and prime ministers have sent an open letter to current leaders of the world’s 20...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 05:48am

Business & Finance

Failure to tax world’s richest means global tax needed

PARIS: The failure of rich countries to tax the world’s billionaires has made it necessary to introduce a global...

Updated 27 Jun, 2024 08:50am

World

Global warming will ‘decimate’ G20 economies without unity: UN climate head

LONDON: UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Wednesday warned G20 nations their economies face decimation and they must...

Published 10 Apr, 2024 07:46pm

Business & Finance

Shocks in G20 emerging economies hit rich-world growth: IMF

LONDON: Domestic shocks in emerging economies in the G20 are increasingly impacting growth in the rich world,...

Published 10 Apr, 2024 02:16am

Business & Finance

Zambia’s debt-rework battle scars mar its Common Framework success

LONDON: Zambia’s deal with bondholders this week suggests it will finally emerge from more than three years in...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 04:58am

World

G20 finance leaders still at odds over language on Gaza, Ukraine

SAO PAULO: Finance leaders of the G20 major countries are still discussing how to describe the wars in Ukraine and...

Published 01 Mar, 2024 02:59am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	280.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	280.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 17	142.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 17	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 17	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 17	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 17	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
India Sensex / Apr 17	78,553.20
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
Hang Seng / Apr 17	21,395.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	8,275.66
Dow Jones / Apr 17	39,142.23
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	21,205.86
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7,285.86
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	34,730.28

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 17	64.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 17	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	300,068
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 17	3,326.85
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 17	67.13
Petrol/Litre / Apr 18	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 18	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 18 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.45 ▲ 1 (40.82%)
Universal Ins. / Apr 18 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	10.37 ▲ 1 (10.67%)
Oilboy Energy / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.91 ▲ 1 (10.09%)
Popular Islamic / Apr 18 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.70 ▲ 1.25 (10.04%)
Bunnys Limited / Apr 18 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	26.91 ▲ 2.45 (10.02%)
Safe Mix Con.Lt / Apr 18 Safe Mix Concrete Limited(SMCPL)	18.11 ▲ 1.65 (10.02%)
Nimir Resins / Apr 18 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	46.70 ▲ 4.25 (10.01%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 18 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	269.05 ▲ 24.46 (10%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Apr 18 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	24.08 ▲ 2.19 (10%)
Indus Dyeing / Apr 18 Indus Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Limited(IDYM)	129.98 ▲ 11.82 (10%)

Stock	Price
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	0.58 ▼ -0.49 (-45.79%)
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 18 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.80 ▼ -1.37 (-19.11%)
Century Ins. / Apr 18 Century Insurance Company Limited(CENI)	41.20 ▼ -8.62 (-17.3%)
Escorts Bank / Apr 18 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	5.90 ▼ -0.94 (-13.74%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Apr 18 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.40 ▼ -0.89 (-10.74%)
Crescent Fib. / Apr 18 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.25 ▼ -5 (-9.95%)
Zephyr Textile / Apr 18 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.26 ▼ -1.22 (-9.78%)
Idrees Tex. / Apr 18 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	17.20 ▼ -1.85 (-9.71%)
Suraj Cotton / Apr 18 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	119.01 ▼ -12.62 (-9.59%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Apr 18 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	12.65 ▼ -1.32 (-9.45%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Apr 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	38,207,702 ▲ 1.49
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 18 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	30,924,422 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	22,825,989 ▲ 0.07
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,207,672 ▼ -0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 18 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	12,780,505 ▲ 0.93
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,578,802 ▲ 0
Pak Elektron / Apr 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	10,988,493 ▼ -0.53
Habib Bank / Apr 18 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	9,338,304 ▼ -5.73
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	9,054,335 ▼ -0.49
B.O.Punjab / Apr 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	8,925,360 ▼ -0.09

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