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General Election 2024

Women in elections

EDITORIAL: It’s heartening to note that the share of female voters in the total polled votes in 2024 saw a “marked...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Editorials

Low voter turnout

EDITORIAL: It is reasonable to assume that more and more people in this country are keen to exercise their right to...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 08:04am

Pakistan

Voters, candidates in electoral processes: FAFEN calls to enhance participation of women

ISLAMABAD: The Parliament, political parties, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and civil society must join...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 07:33am

Pakistan

42.3m individuals added to electoral rolls since GE-2013: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD: Over the past decade, Pakistan has experienced a substantial increase in the number of registered voters,...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:23am

Pakistan

ECP announces schedule for NA-262 Quetta by-election

RAWALPINDI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the election schedule for the vacant NA-262 ...

Published 30 Nov, 2024 07:27am

Pakistan

Election tribunal case’s verdict rescheduled to Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: The poll body has revised - from today (Friday) to the coming Tuesday - the date of verdict announcement...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 08:30am

SC rejects plea, arguing outcome of elections decided by the votes cast

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s constitutional bench dismissed a petition seeking an order that only candidates who...

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 09:26am

Pakistan

ET denotifies Balochistan Home Minister Zia Langove

QUETTA: The Election Tribunal has denotified Balochistan Home Minister Mir Zia Langove, declaring him ineligible to...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 08:36am

Pakistan

Vote recounting in NA-97: SC dismisses appeal of PML-N candidate

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate for recounting of...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

PTI says has submitted affidavits of 25 MNAs to ECP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has submitted the affidavits of 25 of 41 Members National Assembly (MNAs)...

Updated 15 Jul, 2024 09:02am

11 KP seats: SC decision paves way for Senate elections

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s landmark judgement in the reserved seats case has paved way for Senate elections on...

Updated 15 Jul, 2024 08:59am

Pakistan

ECP likely to meet next week

ISLAMABAD: The poll body is expected to hold a meeting next week to implement the decision of the Supreme Court in...

Published 13 Jul, 2024 06:13am

Pakistan

‘Alleged rigging’ ET imposes fine on two PML-N MNAs

ISLAMABAD: The election tribunal that hears the cases of alleged foul play in general polls on three National...

Published 09 Jul, 2024 06:36am

Pakistan

Maryam, Aleem Khan: ET seek polling record of constituencies till 25th

LAHORE: An election tribunal comprising a judge of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday allowed time to the Election...

Published 03 Jul, 2024 07:35am

There can’t be justice ‘without looking at whole elections’: Justice Mansoor

ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has observed that there cannot be complete justice without looking at the...

Updated 03 Jul, 2024 08:30am

Pakistan

Tit-for-tat: Pakistan adopts resolution against US call for election probe

Resolution condemns US representatives' move, terming that contrary to facts and interference in Pakistan’s internal affairs

Updated 28 Jun, 2024 11:56pm

Pakistan

Govt to counter Congress motion thru NA: Dar

ISLAMABAD: A day after the US House of Representatives demanded an independent probe into the February 8 Pakistan...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 05:41am

Pakistan

US Congress seeks probe into electoral fraud claims

WASHINGTON: The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted in favour of an impartial...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:52am

Pakistan

PTI legislators seem to have committed ‘political suicide’ by merging into SIC, observes CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa questioned why the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am

Pakistan

Election Tribunals: ECP reserves verdict on plea of 3 PML-N MNAs

ISLAMABAD: The electoral entity has reserved its verdict on a petition from three PML-N lawmakers for changing the...

Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:00am

Pakistan

ECP fixes June 5 for hearing of case against 40 political parties

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed for hearing a case involving failure, on part of some...

Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am

Election was ‘biggest robbery’, says Imran

ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan said on Thursday February’s national election was stolen from his...

Updated 31 May, 2024 09:19am

Pakistan

JI opposes idea of fresh polls

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Amir Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, on Thursday, dismissed demands for fresh...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Pakistan

‘Independents’ won more seats than any other group: IMF

ISLAMABAD: The ‘independents’ associated with former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ...

Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am

Pakistan

Marwat accuses Omar of ‘conspiring’ against him

ISLAMABAD: The firebrand Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat on Thursday accused party secretary...

Published 10 May, 2024 04:17am

Pakistan

ET issues notices to ECP on pleas challenging Ahsan’s victory

LAHORE: An election tribunal on Monday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on three separate...

Published 07 May, 2024 07:02am

Editorials

The Maulana wasn’t entirely wrong

EDITORIAL: Politics is a fickle business. JUI-F (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman headed...

Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am

PTI issues white paper on ‘vote rigging’

Pakistan

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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