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Media

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 / 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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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