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Donations for Gaza, Lebanon: SBP opens ‘PM’s Relief Fund’ account

KARACHI: Following the directives of the federal government, the State Bank of Pakistan has opened “Prime Minister’s...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 08:46am

Humanitarian aid sent to Gaza

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday dispatched seventh tranche of humanitarian assistance for Gaza, consisting of ...

Updated 26 Feb, 2024 09:50am

Pakistan

Governor admires humanitarian assistance for Palestinians

LAHORE: Country Head of Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) Ann Masterson said here Friday that her organization is working ...

Published 18 Nov, 2023 06:03am

Govt plans to dispatch humanitarian assistance to Gaza

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan decided on Monday to immediately dispatch humanitarian relief assistance to Gaza to alleviate...

Updated 17 Oct, 2023 08:35am

FM discusses Gaza crisis with Iranian, Egyptian counterparts

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Monday discussed Gaza crisis with his Iranian and...

Updated 17 Oct, 2023 09:31am

Pakistan

Flood-hit areas: 1.4m children in dire need of life-saving nutrition: UNICEF

ISLAMABAD: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that 1.5 million children in flood-affected areas of...

Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am

Pakistan

One year on from floods, millions of Pakistani children still need urgent support, warns UNICEF

Agency says its appeal of $173.5mn to provide life-saving support remains only 57% funded

Updated 25 Aug, 2023 07:50pm

Pakistan

China floods: Pakistan expresses deep grief

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, on Friday, expressed Pakistan’s deep grief over the...

Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am

Pakistan

Resilience of communities: US announces $16.4m additional assistance

ISLAMABAD: The United States announced $16.4 million in additional development and humanitarian assistance to ...

Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

NUST prepares aid worth Rs4m for quake victims in Turkiye

ISLAMABAD: Following a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkiye and Syria, NUST Islamabad has joined the...

Published 09 Feb, 2023 07:17am

Pakistan

US expresses gratitude to Pakistan for hosting Afghan refugees

ISLAMABAD: The United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome, has said that his country is grateful to Pakistan...

Published 06 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Plight of flood-hit people: alarm bells start to ring

UN warns that by mid-January 2023 there will be no funds available to cater needs of the affected people

Updated 16 Dec, 2022 09:44am

Pakistan

Flood victims: UNICEF calls for scaling up of humanitarian assistance

ISLAMABAD: United Nations International Fund for Children in Emergency (UNICEF) Regional Director for South Asia...

Published 31 Oct, 2022 07:32am

Pakistan

US pledges further $30m in aid to flood victims

KARACHI/SHIKARPUR: US Ambassador Donald Blome announced on Thursday an additional $30 million in humanitarian...

Published 28 Oct, 2022 05:58am

Pakistan

Australia announces $3m additional aid

ISLAMABAD: Australia will provide a further $3 million in immediate humanitarian assistance in response to the...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 05:45am

30 planeloads of humanitarian aid arrive so far: FO

ISLAMABAD: The friendly countries continued to provide humanitarian assistance to Pakistan following the ...

Updated 04 Sep, 2022 09:08am

US announces $30m aid

ISLAMABAD: The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Tuesday, announced an...

Updated 31 Aug, 2022 09:42am

Pakistan

Daunting challenges posed by floods: Foreign secy urges missions abroad to play proactive role

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood has urged Pakistan’s Missions abroad to play a proactive role in...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:56am

Editorials

Afghanistan earthquake

EDITORIAL: Whilst the people struggle to survive in Afghanistan, war-devastated and under punitive sanctions, a 6.1...

Published 29 Jun, 2022 05:44am

World

South Korea to provide $1mn in humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit Afghanistan

SEOUL: South Korea plans to provide $1 million in humanitarian assistance to victims of an earthquake in Afghanistan...

Published 23 Jun, 2022 12:19pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 24	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 24	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
India Sensex / Dec 24	78,472.87
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 24	38,986.40
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 24	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Petrol/Litre / Dec 25	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 24 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.99 ▲ 1.00 (20.04%)
Next Capital / Dec 24 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	8.90 ▲ 1.00 (12.66%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 24 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	9 ▲ 1.00 (12.50%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 24 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.13 ▲ 1.47 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 24 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 24 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.58 ▲ 1.42 (10.03%)
Mandviwala / Dec 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	16.59 ▲ 1.51 (10.01%)
Blessed Tex. / Dec 24 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.77 ▲ 27.43 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Dec 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	55 ▲ 5.00 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
S.G.Power / Dec 24 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.58 ▼ -1.18 (-10.03%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 24 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -4.00 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 24 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	33.95 ▼ -3.77 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 24 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	26.16 ▼ -2.90 (-9.98%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Dec 24 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	9.85 ▼ -1.07 (-9.80%)
National Silk / Dec 24 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50.01 ▼ -5.43 (-9.79%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 24 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.10 ▼ -0.40 (-8.89%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 24 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	40.16 ▼ -3.81 (-8.66%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 24 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	11.55 ▼ -1.05 (-8.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	126,573,463 ▲ 0.05
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	66,984,381 ▲ 0.49
Cnergyico PK / Dec 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,471,663 ▼ -0.27
Pak Elektron / Dec 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,651,653 ▼ -1.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,108,956 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Dec 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,467,532 ▼ -0.50
P.T.C.L. / Dec 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,030,118 ▼ -1.31
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 24 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,441,264 ▲ 3.35
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 24 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	28,106,970 ▼ -0.18

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