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Govt to implement int’l HR conventions: SACM Sodha

KARACHI: Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Human Rights, Rajvir Singh Sodha has reaffirmed the Sindh...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 06:37am

Pakistan

Bilawal for efforts aimed at safeguarding human rights

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called for united efforts to ...

Updated 10 Dec, 2024 08:56am

Pakistan

President reiterates commitment to protecting human rights

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated the nation’s unwavering commitment to the protection and...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 06:13am

World

Army resistance toughens as rebels near Syria’s Hama

BEIRUT: Rebels advanced on Syria’s fourth-largest city Hama Tuesday, buoyed by their lightning capture of swathes...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

World

Syria: rebels control most of Aleppo

BEIRUT, Lebanon: A monitor of Syria’s war said on Saturday that rebels controlled most of Aleppo, reporting ...

Published 01 Dec, 2024 03:13am

Pakistan

85pc of women face workplace harassment: seminar told

KARACHI: The Home-Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) organised a seminar on “Women’s resistance knows no...

Published 25 Nov, 2024 07:01am

Pakistan

Women’s rights, end to violence: President reaffirms his commitment

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has reaffirmed on the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence...

Published 25 Nov, 2024 06:38am

Pakistan

‘No room for HR violations under pretext of political dissent’

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Wednesday said that the never-ending violation of human rights in the country...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 07:32am

Editorials

Our messy politics and foreign interventions

EDITORIAL: Diaspora Pakistanis disturbed by our increasingly intolerant politics have effectively been using their...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 06:31am

Pakistan

IK surrounded by ‘opportunists’: Vawda

ISLAMABAD: Former Federal Minister and Senator Faisal Vawda on Tuesday accused the United States of exploiting...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

Pakistan

HRCP calls for consensus on ‘civilian autonomy’

KARACHI: On concluding its 38th annual general meeting, the general body of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...

Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am

Pakistan

HRCP voices its concern over ‘Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2024’

ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday expressed concern over the recently introduced...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am

Pakistan

Rights groups slam govt for blocking activist’s US travel

ISLAMABAD: Human rights advocates including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai criticised Pakistan on...

Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:03am

World

Six migrants killed by Mexican soldiers during highway chase

TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ (Mexico): Soldiers chasing suspicious vehicles on a highway in Mexico opened fire and killed six...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Pakistan

Democracy, human rights: President, PM underline importance of newspapers

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has called on newspapers to champion democratic values, raise awareness of...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Pakistan

Blasphemy accused: Civil society assails extrajudicial killing

KARACHI: Joint Action Committee (JAC), a group of human rights defenders and civil society organisations have...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

World

UN rights chief warns world risks ‘dystopian future’

GENEVA: The UN rights chief warned Monday that the world needed to change paths to avoid a future filled with...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

Business & Finance

Need stressed for integrating respect of human rights into business practices

PESHAWAR: Representatives from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Federation of Pakistan...

Published 09 Sep, 2024 07:03am

Opinion

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Enforced Disappearances (EDs) have been frequently used as a strategy to spread fear and terror in a society,...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 06:27am

Pakistan

Women, children: Senate panel concerned at rising crimes

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights expressed serious concerns on the rising number of crimes...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am

Pakistan

Need stressed to resolve issues of women agri workers

KARACHI: Provincial Advocacy Forum for the Empowerment of Women Agriculture Workers of Sindh gathered a diverse ...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am

Editorials

Don’t abandon Afghanistan

EDITORIAL: The three years, since the Afghan Taliban seized Kabul, have seen Afghanistan’s descent into deep...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

US again urges Pakistan to ‘fulfil’ constitutional, global obligations

WASHINGTON: The United States has once again stressed Pakistan to fulfil its “constitutional and International...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 05:41am

Pakistan

HRCP issues 2023 report: Sindh’s law and order crisis, other violations pervasive

KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP) annual report on the state of human rights in 2023...

Published 14 Jun, 2024 07:19am

Pakistan

BYC struggling against violation of rights: Dr Mahrang

KARACHI: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee chief and a prominent human rights leader Dr Mahrang Baloch Thursday vowed to...

Published 14 Jun, 2024 06:31am

Opinion

Criticality of rule of law

Pakistan’s ranking on the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index was 129th out of 140 countries, placing it...

Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:00am

World

Tribute to late Iranian president at UN stirs anger

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly drew criticism Thursday for its tribute to the late Iranian president ...

Published 31 May, 2024 06:58am

World

N Ireland court blocks UK law to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda

BELFAST: A High Court judge in Belfast on Monday ruled that a UK law allowing asylum-seekers to be deported to ...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

World

North Korea accuses US of politicizing human rights issues

SEOUL: North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of politicizing human rights in the East Asian country,...

Published 27 Apr, 2024 10:38am

World

Israel’s Gaza war has negatively impacted human rights, says US report

WASHINGTON: The war between Israel and Hamas that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and resulted...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 11:22pm

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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