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UN General Assembly to vote on ‘unconditional’ ceasefire in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly will vote Wednesday on a draft resolution that seeks an immediate ceasefire...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 01:13pm

World

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 31 Palestinians in Gaza

CAIRO: Israeli strikes in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed at least 31 Palestinians, most of...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 12:48pm

World

Israel ‘more optimistic’ on prospects of Gaza hostage deal

JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Israel is now more optimistic about a possible hostage deal in Gaza, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar...

Published 09 Dec, 2024 05:29pm

World

Syrian rebels say they have toppled Assad in state television announcement

Syria's army command informs officers that Assad's regime has ended

Updated 08 Dec, 2024 11:08pm

World

Hamas armed wing releases video of Gaza hostage

JERUSALEM: The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Saturday of an Israeli...

Published 07 Dec, 2024 10:41pm

World

Hamas says it’s waiting for Israeli response on Gaza ceasefire proposal

CAIRO: Hamas is waiting for a response from Israel on its ceasefire proposal, two officials from the Palestinian...

Published 07 Jul, 2024 07:07pm

World

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll 38,098

GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in Gaza said on Saturday that at least 38,098 people have been killed in nine months...

Updated 06 Jul, 2024 05:24pm

World

Hamas agrees to proposal on talks to free Israeli hostages 16 days after first phase, Hamas source says

DUBAI/CAIRO: Hamas has accepted a US proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and...

Updated 06 Jul, 2024 05:32pm

World

Five killed in Israeli raid in West Bank: Palestinian health ministry

JENIN: An Israeli military raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Friday left five people dead, the Palestinian...

Published 05 Jul, 2024 01:36pm

World

Hezbollah, Hamas discuss latest developments in Gaza ceasefire talks, Hezbollah says

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and top Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya discussed the...

Published 05 Jul, 2024 12:21pm

World

Iranians vote in run-off presidential election amid widespread apathy

DUBAI: Iranians will vote in a run-off presidential election on Friday amid voter apathy and heightened regional...

Published 05 Jul, 2024 11:09am

World

Israel to send delegation for Gaza hostage negotiations: PM

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday he has agreed to send a delegation for talks...

Published 04 Jul, 2024 11:17pm

Pakistan

Pakistan welcomes World Court’s ruling, reiterates call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Provisional measures ordered by International Court of Justice are timely and significant milestone in pursuit of justice for Palestinian people and international accountability of Israel, Islamabad says

Updated 26 Jan, 2024 11:34pm

World

Deadly attacks on Gaza, cold weather making it ‘uninhabitable’: UN

GENEVA: Relentless attacks against infrastructure and cold weather in Gaza are making the Palestinian enclave...

Updated 26 Jan, 2024 10:40pm

World

Civilians trapped in Gaza’s south, Hague decision looms

GAZA STRIP: Concern grew on Friday for civilians trapped by fighting around Khan Yunis in Gaza’s south, with the top...

Updated 26 Jan, 2024 02:28pm

World

US CIA chief to help broker Gaza hostage deal

WASHINGTON: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns plans to meet with Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am

World

Qatar urges rapid international action to stop Gaza violence

DOHA: Qatar on Friday urged swift international action to stop violence in the Gaza Strip after renewed Israeli...

Published 01 Dec, 2023 03:18pm

World

Hamas and Israel prepare to extend Gaza truce

GAZA STRIP: Israel and Hamas will agree to prolong a truce in Gaza that had been due to expire on Tuesday, mediator...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:05pm

World

Iran’s Raisi in Turkiye to forge joint response to Gaza war

ANKARA: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi makes his first official visit to Turkiye on Tuesday, hoping to paper over...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 01:40pm

World

Deal reached to extend Gaza truce by two days, Qatar and Hamas say

Agreement has been reached to extend the humanitarian truce for an additional two days in the Gaza Strip

Updated 27 Nov, 2023 10:49pm

World

Negotiators close to agreeing extension of Gaza truce, say Egyptian security sources

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Egyptian, Qatari and U.S. negotiators closed in on an extension of a four-day truce in Gaza that...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 08:04pm

World

EU diplomacy chief urges ‘long lasting’ Gaza truce

BARCELONA: EU’s top foreign policy official Josep Borrell called for an extension of the truce in the Gaza Strip,...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 05:29pm

World

Palestinians demand Israel give news of detained Gazans

RAMALLAH: Palestinian authorities have demanded the Israeli military release information about more than 100 people...

Updated 27 Nov, 2023 05:57pm

World

Qatar, Egypt, US, EU, Spain trying to extend Israel-Hamas truce: Palestinian Authority

BARCELONA: Qatar, Egypt, the United States, the European Union and Spain are working to extend the temporary...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 05:03pm

World

Israel reviews list of hostages set to be freed by Hamas on Saturday

24 hostages were released on Friday

Updated 25 Nov, 2023 05:33pm

World

Thailand says Hamas still holds 20 of its nationals after freeing 10

BANGKOK: Hamas is still holding 20 Thai nationals after having freed 10 from Gaza, Thailand’s foreign ministry said...

Published 25 Nov, 2023 10:29am

World

Happy but uncertain, displaced Palestinians try to head home to north Gaza

KHAN YOUNIS: Many joyful but wary Palestinians emerged from makeshift shelters at the start of the four-day Gaza...

Published 24 Nov, 2023 07:46pm

World

Dolls, doctors and helicopters await Israeli hostages at Gaza’s gate

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The first Israeli women and children to go free from Gaza on Friday under a truce with their...

Published 24 Nov, 2023 06:11pm

Pakistan

Caretaker FM says Pakistan ready to airlift injured Palestinians

Says Pakistan is also in contact with Jordan and Egypt on this matter

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 10:41pm

World

Aid trucks enter Gaza from Egypt after truce begins

RAFAH: Aid trucks were entering the Gaza Strip from Egypt on Friday, around 1-1/2 hours after a truce began between...

Published 24 Nov, 2023 02:30pm

Forex
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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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