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Human trafficking

Sold into slavery

EDITORIAL: Trafficking in human beings, a modern form of slavery, is on the rise across the world as poverty,...

Published 22 Dec, 2024 02:57am

Pakistan

Human trafficking, cyber crime and drug usage: UN shows interest in mutual cooperation

LAHORE: The United Nation (UN) has showed great interest in mutual cooperation in preventing human trafficking, ...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am

Pakistan

Human trafficking earns bad name for country: PM Shehbaz

Premier calls for strict action against officers responsible for slow anti-human trafficking efforts

Published 20 Dec, 2024 11:06pm

World

Bosnia arrests 8 human-trafficking suspects

SARAJEVO: Bosnian police arrested eight people suspected of being part of a human trafficking ring that smuggled at...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

Pakistan

UK experts give training on ‘modern slavery, trafficking’

ISLAMABAD: The UK Border Force’s “Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Teams” visited Pakistan to deliver...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

World

US blacklists Brunei, Sudan on human trafficking

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday added Brunei and violence-torn Sudan to a human trafficking blacklist while...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 12:56am

World

Southeast Asia human trafficking now a global crisis, Interpol says

SINGAPORE: Organised crime rings who fuelled an “explosion” of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the...

Published 27 Mar, 2024 04:45pm

World

Plane with Indian passengers leaves France after police release

VATRY, (France): A plane with close to 300 Indian passengers detained near Paris over suspicions of human ...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Indians held in France over trafficking could leave today

VATRY, (France): Most of the roughly 300 Indians travelling on a plane detained near Paris over suspicions of human...

Published 25 Dec, 2023 05:42am

World

Suspected ‘human trafficking’: France grounds plane carrying 300 Indians

VATRY, (France): A Nicaragua-bound plane carrying more than 300 Indian passengers has been grounded in France over...

Published 23 Dec, 2023 06:16am

Pakistan

SHARP-Pakistan, Australian HC organise policy dialogue

ISLAMABAD: After the launch of Pakistan’s first-ever 24x7 helpline to report Trafficking In Person (TIP crimes)...

Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am

Opinion

Combatting rising human trafficking

Migrant smuggling is a deadly business operated by groups that seek to profit from thousands of people, without any...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

Editorials

Combating human trafficking

EDITORIAL: It’s been a while since the Parliament passed “Prevention of Smuggling of Migrants Act, 2018.” Yet...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Editorials

Human trafficking in 21st century

As if the problem of human trafficking and people smuggling was already not bad enough, authorities must now also...

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am

Editorials

The bane of people smuggling

EDITORIAL: Last month saw one of the worst tragedies at sea when an overcrowded boat carrying illegal migrants sank...

Published 10 Jul, 2023 06:52am

Pakistan

Human trafficking: Punjab police, FIA arrest main accused

LAHORE: Punjab Police and FIA, in a joint operation, have arrested a human trafficker who looted innocent citizens ...

Published 06 Jul, 2023 05:42am

Opinion

Greece boat tragedy: human traffickers deserve no mercy

The nation yesterday observed a day of mourning for the victims of last week’s Greece boat tragedy. According to...

Published 20 Jun, 2023 03:16am

PM orders probe into tragedy

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday ordered an inquiry into the tragic incident of the boat that...

Updated 19 Jun, 2023 09:13am

World

ASEAN vows action on human traffickers operating online

LABUAN BAJO (Indonesia): Southeast Asian nations vowed Wednesday tougher action on human trafficking as criminals...

Published 11 May, 2023 05:54am

Pakistan

Govt taking concrete measures to stop human trafficking: Rana Sanaullah

Minister of Interior says coordination among federal and provincial governments imperative to resolve the issue

Published 21 Sep, 2022 07:08pm

Pakistan

Country committed to fighting human trafficking, says president

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday said that Pakistan was committed to combating the menace of human...

Published 31 Jul, 2022 05:39am

Pakistan

US removes Pakistan from Tier 2 human trafficking ‘watchlist’

WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Wednesday released its 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report that calls ...

Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am

World

Human trafficking raises alarm in divided Cyprus

NICOSIA: Cyprus’s frozen conflict is providing fertile ground for human traffickers with cases at “alarming”...

Published 18 Apr, 2022 06:51am

World

Human trafficking raises alarm in divided Cyprus

NICOSIA: Cyprus’s frozen conflict is providing fertile ground for human traffickers with cases at “alarming” levels...

Published 17 Apr, 2022 10:11am

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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