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Meta to host ‘Ramazan Bazaar’

ISLAMABAD: Meta announced to host the Ramazan Bazaar, a vibrant celebration of the holy month of Ramazan. This ...

Published 02 Mar, 2025 02:44am

World

Australian children able to bypass age limit set by social media platforms, report shows

Children in Australia are able to easily bypass the minimum age limit imposed by social media platforms, a report by...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 12:15pm

World

WhatsApp faces EU tech rules after reaching very large platform status

BRUSSELS: WhatsApp has hit a user criterion set out in landmark EU tech rules, the unit owned by Meta Platforms...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 08:49pm

Technology

Meta plans undersea cable to link five continents

PARIS: Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five...

Published 18 Feb, 2025 04:28pm

Technology

Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world

Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the U.S. technology...

Published 30 Jan, 2025 08:17am

Technology

Meta plans to invest $60bn or more in AI this year

SAN FRANCISCO: Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said the tech giant plans to invest at least $60...

Published 25 Jan, 2025 01:32am

Markets

Meta, WhatsApp win relief as India tribunal suspends data sharing ban

NEW DELHI: An Indian tribunal temporarily suspended a five-year data sharing ban between WhatsApp and owner Meta...

Published 23 Jan, 2025 04:54pm

Life & Style

TikTok, 5 other Chinese firms hit by EU privacy complaints

STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS: TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed...

Published 16 Jan, 2025 12:33pm

Technology

EU reassesses tech probes into Apple, Google and Meta, FT reports

The European Commission is reassessing its probes into tech giants including Apple, Meta and Alphabet’s Google, as...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 12:28pm

World

Donald Trump, Zuckerberg meet at Mar-a-Lago, Semafor reports

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with US President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, Semafor news website...

Published 11 Jan, 2025 11:44am

Technology

‘Real-world harm’ if Meta ends fact-checks, global network warns

WASHINGTON: There will be “real-world harm” if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 05:36pm

Technology

Meta abruptly ends US fact-checks ahead of Trump term

WASHINGTON: Social media giant Meta on Tuesday slashed its content moderation policies, including ending its US...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 06:26am

Technology

Meta announces ending fact-checking program in the US

WASHINGTON: Social media giant Meta announced Tuesday a significant rollback of its content moderation policies,...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 06:55pm

World

Meta elects UFC CEO Dana White, two others to board

Meta Platforms, said on Monday it had elected three new directors to its board, including Dana White, CEO of...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 08:43am

Technology

Ireland fines Meta 251mn euros over Facebook hacks

DUBLIN: An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 06:22pm

World

Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund

Meta Platforms has donated $1 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, a company spokesperson...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 06:05pm

Technology

Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows

WhatsApp, Meta's messaging application, also down for users in many countries

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 03:51am

Markets

Meta shares hit record high after US appeals court upholds TikTok ban

NEW YORK: Shares of Facebook-owner Meta Platforms hit a record high on Friday after a U.S. appeals court upheld a...

Published 07 Dec, 2024 01:34am

World

Meta says no sign of AI bedevilling elections in 2024

SAN FRANCISCO: Meta on Tuesday said fears that artificial intelligence would unleash a torrent of misinformation to...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

World

EU fines Meta $840m for ‘abusive’ Facebook ad practices

BRUSSELS: The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by ...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:32am

Pakistan

Meta supports creators in Karachi to inspire new wave of content

KARACHI: Meta connected with content creators in Karachi through various engagements starting with an event that...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 06:33am

Life & Style

Pharrell Williams to bring star power to Web Summit tech event

PARIS: Singer Pharrell Williams is due to kick off one of Europe’s biggest tech events on Monday, the Web Summit in...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 07:15pm

Markets

Wall St slides as Meta, Microsoft warnings trigger fears over AI trade

NEW YORK: Wall Street tumbled on Thursday, after warnings from Microsoft and Meta Platforms about escalating AI ...

Published 01 Nov, 2024 08:33am

Technology

Meta, Microsoft lift AI spending, worrying Wall Street ahead of Amazon results

Big tech including Microsoft and Meta are stepping up spending to build out AI data centers in a rush to meet vast...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 11:08am

Technology

Meta builds AI search engine to cut Google, Bing reliance, the Information reports

Meta Platforms is working on an artificial intelligence-based search engine as it looks to reduce dependence on...

Published 28 Oct, 2024 09:01pm

Technology

Meta says it will expand production of mixed reality headsets in Vietnam

HANOI: Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it will expand investment in artificial intelligence innovation in Vietnam,...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 11:13am

Technology

Meta bets big on celebrity AI voices and augmented reality glasses

MENLO PARK, United States: Meta launched AI chatbots voiced by Hollywood celebrities including Judi Dench and John...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 09:05pm

World

Meta bans Russian state media for ‘foreign interference’

NEW YORK: Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media...

Published 17 Sep, 2024 09:04pm

Pakistan

Meta to support youth’s digital citizenship

ISLAMABAD: Simon Milner, Meta’s Vice President of Public Policy for the Asia Pacific region, joined Talha Ahad ...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 02:42am

Perspectives

Zuckerberg was ‘pressured’ to censor Covid content: is the same happening with Palestine?

Earlier this week, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the Biden administration had pressured the company to...

Updated 28 Aug, 2024 11:35pm

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 28	280.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 28	280
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 28	150.83
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 28	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 28	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 28	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 27	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 27	5,693.31
Nasdaq / Mar 27	17,804.03
Dow Jones / Mar 27	42,299.70
India Sensex / Mar 28	23,448.24
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 28	36,977.70
Hang Seng / Mar 28	77,559.63
FTSE 100 / Mar 28	8,672.68
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 28	22,600.10
France CAC40 / Mar 28	7,969.56

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 27	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 27	275,205
Petrol/Litre / Mar 28	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 28	69.76
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 28	3,079.82
Diesel/Litre / Mar 28	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 28	66.73

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 27 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	4.01 ▲ 1 (33.22%)
Parmount Sp. / Mar 27 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.10 ▲ 0.59 (16.81%)
Shaheen Ins. / Mar 27 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	7.50 ▲ 0.97 (14.85%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 27 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.02 ▲ 1.37 (10.04%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 27 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	33.83 ▲ 3.08 (10.02%)
Sardar Chemical / Mar 27 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.95 ▲ 3.27 (10.01%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 27 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	69.58 ▲ 6.33 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Mar 27 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	106.28 ▲ 9.66 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	121.88 ▲ 11.08 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Mar 27 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,429.95 ▲ 130 (10%)

Stock	Price
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	11.60 ▼ -98.09 (-89.42%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 27 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 27 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.03 ▼ -0.87 (-9.78%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 27 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	874.01 ▼ -93.68 (-9.68%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 27 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	18.90 ▼ -1.75 (-8.47%)
Cordoba Logistics / Mar 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	12.61 ▼ -1.15 (-8.36%)
Sally Textile / Mar 27 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11.01 ▼ -0.99 (-8.25%)
Masood Textile / Mar 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.06 ▼ -4.27 (-8.01%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 27 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.57 ▼ -0.73 (-7.09%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	42 ▼ -3.1 (-6.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	45,325,056 ▲ 0.31
Pak Elektron / Mar 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,179,304 ▲ 0.67
P.S.O. / Mar 27 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,879,128 ▲ 1.58
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	20,499,919 ▼ -98.09
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,191,931 ▼ -0.03
B.O.Punjab / Mar 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,148,304 ▼ -0.2
Pak Petroleum / Mar 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,934,134 ▼ -1.85
Engro Fert. / Mar 27 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,419,464 ▲ 0.5
Fauji Cement / Mar 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,194,696 ▲ 0.53
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,282,647 ▲ 0.09

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