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US Senate rejects bids to block military sales to Israel

WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to block three resolutions that would have halted the...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 11:03am

World

HRW accuses Israel of ‘war crime’ with ‘forcible transfer’ in Gaza

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday that Israel’s repeated evacuation orders...

Updated 14 Nov, 2024 05:33pm

World

Saudi crown prince in Brussels for first EU-Gulf summit

BRUSSELS: Gulf leaders including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gather with EU heads of state and government...

Published 16 Oct, 2024 02:59pm

World

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for two weeks

OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting for a...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 01:55pm

World

HRW urges Somalia to reject lowering age of majority

NAIROBI: Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Somalia’s parliament Friday to reject a constitutional amendment that aims...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:22am

World

In Gaza, starving children fill hospital wards as famine looms

GAZA/GENEVA: Six-year-old Fadi al-Zant is acutely malnourished, his ribs protruding under leathery skin, his eyes...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 11:04am

Business & Finance

EU to bolster Egypt ties with billions in funding

CAIRO: European leaders are expected to announce a multi-billion euro funding package and an upgraded relationship...

Updated 17 Mar, 2024 11:13am

Editorials

‘Worst economic crisis’

EDITORIAL: Human Rights Watch’s (HRW’s) World Report 2024 only confirms what most Pakistanis have been...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:08am

Pakistan

In 2023, Pakistan faced the ‘worst economic crisis’ in history: Human Rights Watch

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) in latest World Report 2024 has said that Pakistan faced the worst economic crisis last...

Published 20 Jan, 2024 07:58pm

World

Bangladesh arrest thousands in ‘violent’ crackdown: HRW

DHAKA: Bangladesh has launched a sweeping and violent crackdown on opposition parties to “eliminate competition”...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 12:29pm

World

Fear grows for patients inside Gaza hospital

GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Palestinian medics said on Thursday they are increasingly afraid for the lives of hundreds...

Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am

Opinion

IMF’s policy needs deeper political economic thinking

‘“Escalating protests in Pakistan against rising costs linked to IMF demands, which follow similar protests in...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 07:03am

World

Maldives President Solih facing uphill re-election battle

MALÉ: Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was a career politician unexpectedly propelled to the presidency...

Published 30 Sep, 2023 10:50am

World

Biden accused of sidelining India and Vietnam rights over strategic interests

WASHINGTON: The White House fact sheet issued during President Joe Biden’s visit to Vietnam weighed in at over...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

Opinion

Watch thy neighbours–I

Economic strength of a nation determines its political and global weightage. India is one example which is making ...

Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am

Markets

IMF should work with Pakistan to protect the deprived: Human Rights Watch

Says conditions the IMF places on its loan could either 'exacerbate social and economic hardship or provide desperately needed relief to Pakistanis while addressing crisis’s underlying causes'

Updated 07 Feb, 2023 11:12pm

Editorials

India’s worsening human rights violations

EDITORIAL: At the UN Human Rights Council’s periodic Review process held earlier this month, some 21 countries ...

Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am

World

Facebook-owner Meta releases first human rights report

Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that...

Published 14 Jul, 2022 07:01pm

World

Erdogan opponents allege Greek border pushbacks

ATHENS: For years Greece has been accused of illegally pushing asylum-seekers back to Turkey, a practice it...

Published 12 May, 2022 11:12am

World

HRW chief to step down after three decades

PARIS: The executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, said Tuesday he will step down after three ...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am

World

Ukraine says has ‘proof’ of use of banned weapons

KYIV: Ukraine has proof Russian forces have used banned cluster bombs in two southern regions of the country,...

Published 29 Mar, 2022 05:49am

World

Heartbreak as Afghan girls ordered home just hours after schools reopen

KABUL: The Taliban ordered girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan to shut Wednesday just hours after they reopened,...

Updated 23 Mar, 2022 03:56pm

World

Egypt executes seven over Islamist attacks

CAIRO: Egypt has executed seven people convicted of Islamist attacks in the past week, human rights activists said ...

Published 12 Mar, 2022 04:08am

World

Ethiopia detained, abused Tigrayans deported from Saudi: HRW

NAIROBI: Thousands of ethnic Tigrayans deported from Saudi Arabia have been detained, abused or forcibly disappeared...

Updated 05 Jan, 2022 11:36am

World

UN urged to press Mali junta over summary executions

BAMAKO: Human Rights Watch called on the United Nations to pressure Mali in talks on Saturday to investigate summary...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 05:14am

Pakistan

Pakistani embassy rejects HRW’s claim

WASHINGTON: A spokesperson of the Pakistani Embassy has brushed aside a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New...

Published 26 Aug, 2021 04:52am

Pakistan

Empowering reserved representation in LG system demanded

LAHORE: Speakers at a convention "empowering local minorities' representation' called for electing the local bodies...

Published 04 Jul, 2021 03:41am

World

Chinese censorship found at Australian universities

Half of academics interviewed by Human Rights Watch said they self-censored in the classroom, the report said.

Published 30 Jun, 2021 11:50am

World

Rights group urges UN pressure campaign against Nicaragua president

The Organization of American States' permanent council this month adopted a resolution to condemn the restrictions and arrests in Nicaragua

Published 22 Jun, 2021 09:30am

World

Suu Kyi's trial set to start in Myanmar, junta rejects UN rights chief's statement

The junta has branded a rival National Unity Government set up by supporters of Suu Kyi as a terrorist group and blamed it for bombings, arson and killings.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:07pm

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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