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Era of ‘dictators’ could return: UN

GENEVA: The international system is in upheaval with human rights being “suffocated”, the United Nations said...

Published 25 Feb, 2025 06:53am

Pakistan

Renewal of GSP plus status: Pakistan must show progress on rights and other issues: Dutch envoy

FAISALABAD: Pakistan has reapplied for the renewal of GSP plus status but it must show phenomenal progress on human...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 07:28am

Markets

GSP+ trade benefits linked to progress on human rights, EU reminds Pakistan

Encourages Pakistan to continue on reform path as country prepares for reapplication under upcoming new GSP+ regulation

Updated 31 Jan, 2025 08:29pm

Pakistan

Maryam, EU team discuss promotion of human rights, democracy

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif met a delegation led by the European Union Special Representative...

Published 31 Jan, 2025 02:31am

Pakistan

LHC directs govt to revamp manufacturing units in jails

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court directed the government to revamp the jail industries, equip the inmates with ...

Published 29 Dec, 2024 02:48am

Pakistan

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

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

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

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 28	281.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 28	279.71
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 28	149.88
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 28	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 28	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 28	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 27	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 28	5,580.94
India Sensex / Mar 28	77,414.92
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 28	37,120.33
Nasdaq / Mar 28	17,322.99
Hang Seng / Mar 28	23,426.60
FTSE 100 / Mar 28	8,658.85
Dow Jones / Mar 28	41,583.90
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 28	22,461.52
France CAC40 / Mar 28	7,916.08

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 27	275,205
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 28	69.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 28	17,085
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 28	3,117.20
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 28	66.90
Petrol/Litre / Mar 29	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 29	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 27 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	4.01 ▲ 1 (33.22%)
Parmount Sp. / Mar 27 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.10 ▲ 0.59 (16.81%)
Shaheen Ins. / Mar 27 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	7.50 ▲ 0.97 (14.85%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 27 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.02 ▲ 1.37 (10.04%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 27 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	33.83 ▲ 3.08 (10.02%)
Sardar Chemical / Mar 27 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.95 ▲ 3.27 (10.01%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 27 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	69.58 ▲ 6.33 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Mar 27 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	106.28 ▲ 9.66 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	121.88 ▲ 11.08 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Mar 27 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,429.95 ▲ 130 (10%)

Stock	Price
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	11.60 ▼ -98.09 (-89.42%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 27 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 27 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.03 ▼ -0.87 (-9.78%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 27 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	874.01 ▼ -93.68 (-9.68%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 27 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	18.90 ▼ -1.75 (-8.47%)
Cordoba Logistics / Mar 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	12.61 ▼ -1.15 (-8.36%)
Sally Textile / Mar 27 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11.01 ▼ -0.99 (-8.25%)
Masood Textile / Mar 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.06 ▼ -4.27 (-8.01%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 27 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.57 ▼ -0.73 (-7.09%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	42 ▼ -3.1 (-6.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	45,325,056 ▲ 0.31
Pak Elektron / Mar 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,179,304 ▲ 0.67
P.S.O. / Mar 27 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,879,128 ▲ 1.58
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	20,499,919 ▼ -98.09
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,191,931 ▼ -0.03
B.O.Punjab / Mar 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,148,304 ▼ -0.2
Pak Petroleum / Mar 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,934,134 ▼ -1.85
Engro Fert. / Mar 27 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,419,464 ▲ 0.5
Fauji Cement / Mar 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,194,696 ▲ 0.53
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,282,647 ▲ 0.09

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