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Media

News outlets reject Trump accusations of USAID media ‘payoff’

NEW YORK: Several major news outlets including Politico and the Associated Press have rejected unsubstantiated...

Published 08 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Pakistan

Zero tolerance for injustice against media workers: Azma

LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari has reiterated that any injustice towards media workers will not be...

Published 29 Jan, 2025 07:56am

PECA Amendment Bill: Media body writes letter to Senate panel

KARACHI: The Joint Action Committee of media bodies consisting of PBA, APNS, CPNE, AEMEND and PFUJ has addressed the...

Updated 27 Jan, 2025 10:18am

Opinion

Print making a comeback

Don’t have the exact date but print media first appearing in the form of newspaper dates back to the 17th ...

Updated 07 Dec, 2024 08:53am

Editorials

Media under siege globally

EDITORIAL: The global media environment, over the last decade, has experienced a significant shrinking of space for...

Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:32am

Pakistan

Indictment of Asif Merchant: Miller advises media to consult Dept of Justice for details

WASHINGTON: US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has advised media to consult the Department of Justice...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 07:42am

Pakistan

Ahsan clarifies govt’s approach to media

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday that the...

Published 27 May, 2024 05:52am

MoF, FBR direct officials not to engage with media

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) have directed their officials not to engage...

Updated 09 Apr, 2024 01:31pm

Pakistan

General elections: PEMRA advises media to abide by ECP code of conduct

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority on Thursday advised national electronic media to abide by...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am

Pakistan

Nilofer for proactive role of media to mitigate GBV issue

ISLAMABAD: Chairperson National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) Nilofer Bakhtiar said media can...

Published 11 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Pakistan

First Lady urges media to promote positivity in society

ISLAMABAD: First Lady Samina Alvi on Saturday called upon the media to broadcast programs which promote positivity ...

Published 27 Aug, 2023 03:05am

Pakistan

Four-point resolution passed: Urgent steps urged to counter violence against journalists in Sindh

KARACHI: Media and its stakeholders in Sindh have demanded a set of urgent initiatives to fast track the countering...

Published 08 May, 2023 06:40am

Editorials

Unforgivable crimes

EDITORIAL: Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi informed the Senate the other day that as many as...

Published 27 Jan, 2023 06:31am

Pakistan

RTI law: CPDI, SIC hold conference on challenges, way forward

KARACHI: The Centre for Peace and Development Initiative (CPDI), in collaboration with Sindh Information Commission...

Published 31 Dec, 2022 07:28am

Pakistan

Democracy, free media reinforce each other: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that democracy and media freedom reinforce each other and go hand...

Published 07 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Pakistan

Punjab by-polls: Umar shares PTI strategy with media

ISLAMABAD: Asad Umar, central secretary general Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) visited Central Secretariat and ...

Published 17 Jul, 2022 06:03am

Pakistan

CPEC: Media urged to tell true stories, spread positive energy

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Charge d’Affaires Pang Chunxue said that there is a need to encourage the strengthening of...

Published 03 Jun, 2022 07:49am

Pakistan

e-passport launched: PM decides to share letter with ‘allies’, media

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to share/show threat letter to/with a group of senior journalists...

Published 31 Mar, 2022 05:11am

Perspectives

PECA Ordinance: a weapon against freedom of expression?

Various stakeholders have raised concerns over the potential of abuse of the law against criticism of government policies and individuals

Published 26 Feb, 2022 08:01pm

Pakistan

Fawad thanks media for demonstrating responsibility in recent crisis

Minister says if the media does not show responsibility in such crises, the problems of governments can aggravate

Updated 02 Nov, 2021 11:42am

World

DR Congo watchdog reports 110 attacks on media

KINSHASA: DR Congo's press freedom group Journaliste en Danger (JED) said Monday it had registered 110 attacks, with...

Published 02 Nov, 2021 05:20am

World

'Sleepless nights': Top Afghan TV network stays on-air despite fear of Taliban

KABUL: As Taliban fighters entered Kabul on the evening of August 15, executives at Afghanistan's biggest ...

Published 08 Sep, 2021 02:29pm

Editorials

Government and media

EDITORIAL: Surely, there's no way that the government didn't know that nobody, the press or civil society, would ...

Published 23 Aug, 2021 06:20am

World

Seeking peace: Taliban say do not want enemies, women's rights to be respected

Hold their first official news conference in Kabul since the shock seizure of the city
Say new government would be formalised as soon as the unstable conditions in Kabul permit

Updated 17 Aug, 2021 10:25pm

Opinion

Ideology of oppression

Bullying is a habit. Threat is a tool. Force is a conduct. Oppression is an ideology. Nobody is beyond the scope of...

Published 09 Aug, 2021 05:05am

Pakistan

Awaz Foundation Pakistan holds pre-budgetary discussion

LAHORE: Awaz Foundation Pakistan organised a seminar on pre-budgetary discussion for the Girls Right to Quality...

Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am

Pakistan

Maryam raps PTI for awarding party tickets to billionaires

LAHORE: Criticising the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for awarding tickets to billionaires in the upcoming Senate...

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 09:37am

World

Media blackout in Poland

WARSAW: Poland’s commercial TV and radio networks went off air on Wednesday and newspapers blacked out their front...

Updated 11 Feb, 2021 09:36am

World

It might be time to ‘rein in’ media after DC riots: says AOC

The Squad members had a lengthy discussion on the aftermath of Capitol riot on Instagram live stream.
“We’re going to have to figure out how we rein in our media environment so you can’t just spew disinformation and misinformation,” she said.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 07:54pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 21	280.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 21	280.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 21	140.83
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 21	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 21	1.34
Euro to USD / Apr 21	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Apr 18	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	8,275.66
Dow Jones / Apr 17	39,142.23
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	21,205.86
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7,285.86
India Sensex / Apr 21	21,395.14
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 21	34,356.93
Hang Seng / Apr 21	79,442.98

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	299,811
Petrol/Litre / Apr 21	254.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 21	63.76
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 21	3,389.31
Diesel/Litre / Apr 21	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 21	67.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Quice Food / Apr 21 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	7.53 ▲ 1 (15.31%)
Beco Steel Ltd / Apr 21 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	10.16 ▲ 0.94 (10.2%)
Saritow Spinning / Apr 21 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	16.79 ▲ 1.53 (10.03%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Apr 21 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Crescent Steel / Apr 21 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	128.69 ▲ 11.7 (10%)
Diamond Ind. / Apr 21 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	27.73 ▲ 2.52 (10%)
EMCO Industries / Apr 21 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	36.29 ▲ 3.3 (10%)
K.S.B.Pumps / Apr 21 KSB Pumps Company Limited(KSBP)	184.40 ▲ 16.76 (10%)
Nagina Cot. / Apr 21 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	54.98 ▲ 5 (10%)
National Silk / Apr 21 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	35.20 ▲ 3.2 (10%)

Stock	Price
Pak Reinsurance / Apr 21 Pakistan Reinsurance Company Limited(PAKRI)	13.45 ▼ -2.45 (-15.41%)
Arpak Int. / Apr 21 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	61.41 ▼ -6.54 (-9.62%)
Samba Bank / Apr 21 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	9.07 ▼ -0.9 (-9.03%)
NBP PGETF / Apr 21 NBP Pakistan Growth Exchange Traded Fund(NBPGETF)	21.51 ▼ -1.76 (-7.56%)
Dewan Automotive Eng. / Apr 21 Dewan Automotive Engineering Limited(DWAE)	32.93 ▼ -2.64 (-7.42%)
Bela Auto / Apr 21 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	151.60 ▼ -12.05 (-7.36%)
UDL International / Apr 21 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.80 ▼ -0.62 (-7.36%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Apr 21 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	112.52 ▼ -8.89 (-7.32%)
Kohinoor Mills / Apr 21 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	30.93 ▼ -2.44 (-7.31%)
Next Capital / Apr 21 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	7.36 ▼ -0.58 (-7.3%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Apr 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	103,028,410 ▲ 0.01
Power Cement / Apr 21 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	62,587,267 ▲ 1.23
B.O.Punjab / Apr 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	42,587,808 ▲ 0.25
Sui South Gas / Apr 21 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	29,216,804 ▲ 0.9
Sui North Gas / Apr 21 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	28,845,690 ▲ 10.7
Fauji Foods Ltd / Apr 21 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	27,776,861 ▲ 0.64
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 21 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	25,090,099 ▲ 3.93
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 21 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	23,630,998 ▼ -0.03
Pak Elektron / Apr 21 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	21,655,133 ▲ 1.29
Fauji Cement / Apr 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	16,149,277 ▲ 0.34

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