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Myanmar junta 'increasingly desperate': UN expert

GENEVA: Myanmar's ruling military junta has "doubled down" on civilian attacks while showing signs of becoming...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 10:01pm

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ASEAN ministers meet as Myanmar crisis tests bloc’s unity

JAKARTA: ASEAN foreign ministers on Wednesday held a retreat expected to address an intensifying conflict in...

Published 12 Jul, 2023 09:23am

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Blinken to seek ASEAN pushback on China, pressure on Myanmar

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek in talks with Southeast Asian nations next week to push...

Published 07 Jul, 2023 11:06pm

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Myanmar junta, rebels dispute deaths in village rocket attack

BANGKOK: Myanmar’s junta accused anti-coup fighters of killing 15 civilians in a rocket attack, a claim disputed by...

Published 06 Jul, 2023 04:41pm

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Aid groups seek green light from Myanmar junta to access cyclone-hit state

Relief organisations were awaiting clearance from Myanmar’s military rulers on Wednesday to access areas of Rakhine...

Published 18 May, 2023 10:25am

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Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi party

YANGON: Myanmar's junta-stacked election commission on Tuesday announced Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for...

Published 28 Mar, 2023 10:41pm

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Afghan Taliban administration, Myanmar junta not allowed into United Nations for now

UNITED NATIONS: A decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the Myanmar junta can send a United...

Published 15 Dec, 2022 11:44am

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China’s Xi to hold talks with Indonesia’s Jokowi in rare visit

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to hold in-person talks in Beijing with his Indonesian counterpart...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 10:26am

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Myanmar junta executes two leading pro-democracy figures

YANGON: Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party ...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am

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UN court to say if Myanmar genocide case can proceed

THE HAGUE: The UN’s highest court will decide on Friday whether to throw out a case lodged by The Gambia against...

Published 22 Jul, 2022 10:35am

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Myanmar military landmine use amounts to war crimes: Amnesty

BANGKOK: Myanmar junta troops are committing war crimes by laying landmines on a “massive scale” around villages...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 09:52am

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Wang urges Myanmar ‘junta’ to hold talks with opponents

BEIJING: China’s foreign minister called for Myanmar’s ‘’junta’’ to hold talks with its opponents Sunday...

Published 04 Jul, 2022 06:17am

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‘No chance’ Myanmar polls will be free and fair: US official

SINGAPORE: A top US government official said Saturday there was “no chance” the Myanmar junta’s planned elections...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:37pm

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Myanmar to reopen to international tourists

YANGON: Myanmar will resume international passenger flights from April 17, the military said Saturday, lifting a...

Published 19 Mar, 2022 11:40am

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Myanmar military jet crashes after 'technical failure'

YANGON: A Myanmar military jet crashed Wednesday morning after a "technical failure" while flying in the country's...

Published 16 Feb, 2022 12:51pm

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Myanmar sentences lawmaker from Suu Kyi's party to death: statement

YANGON: Myanmar's junta sentenced a member of Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted party to death for terror offences on ...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 08:50pm

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No one above the law, Myanmar junta says of Suu Kyi verdict

The imprisonment of former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi showed that no one was above the law, a senior junta...

Published 07 Dec, 2021 07:14pm

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Myanmar condemns UN move to deny its envoy a seat

YANGON: Myanmar's junta on Thursday slammed a UN decision to deny its chosen representative a seat at the world body...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 11:54am

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No consensus at the UN over envoys for Afghanistan, Myanmar

UNITED NATIONS: The committee responsible for approving nominations of ambassadors to the UN met Wednesday without...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 09:54am

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Protests, accusations against Myanmar junta six months on from coup

BANGKOK: Small groups of students protested against Myanmar’s military junta on Saturday in Mandalay and a human...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

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Myanmar junta releases thousands of jailed anti-coup protesters

Myanmar has been rocked by massive protests and a brutal military crackdown since the February coup that ousted Suu Kyi and her government.

Published 30 Jun, 2021 08:09pm

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EU slaps fresh sanctions on Myanmar junta

The US and Britain have also targeted key officials and enterprises in the country, but so far the junta has shrugged off Western pressure.

Updated 21 Jun, 2021 08:25pm

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Junta trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets underway

A mass uprising has been met with a brutal military crackdown that has killed more than 850 civilians, according to a local monitoring group.

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 05:38pm

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Myanmar authorities open new corruption cases against Suu Kyi

The cases are the latest of a series brought against elected leader Suu Kyi, 75, who was overthrown by the army on Feb. 1 in a coup that has plunged the Southeast Asian country into chaos.
She might have defects but personal greed and corruption are not her traits. Those who accuse her of greed and corruption are spitting towards the sky.

Updated 10 Jun, 2021 05:36pm

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Myanmar junta hits Suu Kyi with graft charges

After weeks of legal wrangling, two of Suu Kyi's trials are due to start in earnest next week, hearing evidence from witnesses.

Published 10 Jun, 2021 09:45am

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UN envoy still hopes to get to Myanmar

"I think a resolution must be very strong to be effective. But what is also very important is to show unity in the General Assembly," she said.

Published 25 May, 2021 10:46am

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Aung San Suu Kyi to appear in court May 24, lawyer says

She was subsequently hit with a series of charges, and her legal team has faced an uphill battle to get a private audience with their client.

Published 10 May, 2021 04:16pm

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Thousands rally against Myanmar junta

YANGON: Thousands of anti-coup protesters marched in Myanmar Sunday, calling for a “spring revolution” with the...

Published 03 May, 2021 04:39am

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Singapore PM says Myanmar junta chief not opposed ASEAN role, delegation visit

He said he heard us, he would take the points in which he considered helpful, that he was not opposed to ASEAN playing a constructive role, or an ASEAN delegation visit, or humanitarian assistance, and that they would move forward and engage with ASEAN in a constructive way.

Published 24 Apr, 2021 05:27pm

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Myanmar junta leader set to join ASEAN summit

Since the February 1 coup, Myanmar has been in turmoil -- with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets to demand a return to democracy.

Published 17 Apr, 2021 03:59pm

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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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