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Ministry informs Senate body: Over 67,000 Pakistanis may be deprived of Hajj 2025

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs officials on Thursday informed the Senate Standing Committee that over...

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Over four Pakistanis dead as another boat capsizes off Libyan Coast

ISLAMABAD: Over four Pakistanis have so far been confirmed dead as another ill-fated boat carrying illegal migrants...

Published 2 days ago

10,000 Pakistani pilgrims: Saudi Arabia approves additional Hajj quota

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has approved an additional Hajj quota of 10,000 pilgrims for Pakistan. The decision came...

Updated 12 Apr, 2025 09:22am

Editorials

Pakistanis and the happiness quotient

EDITORIAL: The World Happiness Report 2025, released the other day by Oxford University’s Wellbeing Research Centre,...

Published 30 Mar, 2025 07:27am

Umrah ‘crisis’ emerges: Saudi curbs hit Pakistanis hard

KARACHI: Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis are unable to perform Umrah during the last Ashrah of Ramazan, due to...

Updated 25 Mar, 2025 08:51am

Opinion

Light of hope

Regardless of how violently the wick of hope flickers due to changing dynamics and the burden of past misdeeds, it...

Published 19 Mar, 2025 06:24am

Pakistan

Libyan boat tragedy: 63 Pakistanis feared dead, Senate body told

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) revealed before the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs...

Published 12 Feb, 2025 06:17am

Pakistan

‘Türkiye hosts over 135,000 Pakistanis among 62.2m visitors in 2024’

KARACHI: Türkiye has hosted over 135,000 Pakistanis among 62.2 million visitors in 2024, generating over USD 61...

Published 11 Feb, 2025 06:36am

Pakistan

Burials for 13 migrants drowned off Africa begin

MIRZA VIRKAN: A Pakistani who drowned along with 12 compatriots when a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized off...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 08:36am

Pakistan

Tragic boat capsizing near Moroccan port: Remains of four Pakistanis to reach Islamabad today

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) announced that the mortal remains of four Pakistani nationals, who lost their lives ...

Published 05 Feb, 2025 07:24am

Opinion

Growing challenge of human smuggling

Sadly, the new year has begun with tragic deaths for dozens of Pakistanis attempting to migrate to Europe, bringing...

Published 05 Feb, 2025 06:48am

Editorials

Recurring loss of life at sea

EDITORIAL: It has happened yet again. At least 44 Pakistanis aboard a migrant boat have perished at sea while trying...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 06:43am

Human traffickers: Confiscate all their assets, PM orders FIA

Issues directives to the authorities concerned to develop an awareness campaign against illegal migration

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 09:26am

Resident Pakistanis in UAE, UK: Rental income, capital gain not taxable: ATIR DB

ISLAMABAD: A division bench of Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) has held that under the tax treaties of...

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 09:40am

Pakistan

MoFA issues travel advisory for Pakistanis in Syria

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has issued an urgent travel advisory for Pakistani nationals...

Published 07 Dec, 2024 07:32am

Editorials

Our messy politics and foreign interventions

EDITORIAL: Diaspora Pakistanis disturbed by our increasingly intolerant politics have effectively been using their...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 06:31am

Technology

UAE visa rejections, hosting GITEX in Pakistan: ambassador Faisal Tirmizi breaks it down

DUBAI: Ambassador to the UAE Faisal Niaz Tirmizi did not mince words as he acknowledged the recent ‘visa situation’...

Updated 21 Oct, 2024 01:26pm

Pakistan

11 dead, several injured in Kurram firing incident

At least 11 people were killed and several were injured on Saturday in a shooting incident in the Kunj Alizai area...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:43pm

Opinion

A book on your lap

Books that in days gone by had our undivided attention are now competing with many other competitors. There was a...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 08:36am

Perspectives

CTBCM’s impact: a promise of affordable and reliable electricity?

The potential transition of Pakistan’s power sector to a competitive wholesale electricity market under the...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 09:30pm

Pakistan

Dr Naik praises love and hospitality of Pakistanis

ISLAMABAD: Eminent religious scholar Dr Zakir Naik said that Islam is a religion of peace, love, and brotherhood, ...

Published 02 Oct, 2024 06:19am

Technology

Pakistanis cautioned: ‘25 top web tracking service providers collecting users’ online behaviour data’

ISLAMABAD: A global cybersecurity company Thursday cautioned Pakistanis that 25 top web tracking service providers...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 07:22am

Opinion

We, ‘those’ people

Now I’m told that this ugly executive-judiciary fight threatens to unravel the sacrosanct “balance between...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Pakistan

Dutch court convicts Saad Rizvi, Jalali

BADHOEVEDORP, Netherlands: A Dutch court on Monday convicted two Pakistani men on charges of incitement for urging...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

Pakistan

Dar meets British MPs of Pakistani origin

ISLAMABAD: The Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar had a detailed and comprehensive interaction with...

Published 09 Sep, 2024 07:03am

Over 3.27m Pakistanis sent abroad in 5 years

ISLAMABAD: More than 3.27 million Pakistanis, which roughly make 1.3 percent of the country’s total population, have...

Updated 07 Sep, 2024 03:14pm

Pakistan

Governor heaps praise on Kapadia’s book

KARACHI: Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori emphasized the crucial role of marketing and advertising in promoting a...

Published 26 Aug, 2024 07:01am

Pakistan

UK announces online account to access eVisa

ISLAMABAD: The British High Commission announced on Friday that the UK immigration system is going digital by...

Published 24 Aug, 2024 07:31am

Pakistan

At least 35 Pakistani pilgrims killed, several injured after bus overturns in Iran’s Yazd

At least 35 Pakistani pilgrims were killed and 15 injured in a bus accident in Iranian city of Yazd. The accident...

Updated 21 Aug, 2024 10:31pm

Nishan-i-Pakistan announced for Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday, on the occasion of Pakistan’s 78th Independence Day, approved...

Updated 15 Aug, 2024 07:17pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 17	280.67
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 17	280.47
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 17	142.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 17	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 17	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 17	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 17	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
India Sensex / Apr 17	78,553.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 17	34,583.29
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
Hang Seng / Apr 17	21,395.14
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

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 17	64.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 17	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	300,068
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 17	3,326.85
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 17	67.13
Petrol/Litre / Apr 18	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 18	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 18 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	63.90 ▲ 5.81 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 18 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	97.10 ▲ 8.83 (10%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Apr 18 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	24.08 ▲ 2.19 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 18 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	269.05 ▲ 24.46 (10%)
Gammon Pak / Apr 18 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	34.02 ▲ 3.09 (9.99%)
Shakarganj / Apr 18 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	43.69 ▲ 3.94 (9.91%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Apr 18 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	20.88 ▲ 1.86 (9.78%)
Parmount Sp. / Apr 18 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.29 ▲ 0.34 (8.61%)
EFU General / Apr 18 EFU General Insurance Limited(EFUG)	125.95 ▲ 9.6 (8.25%)
Unicap Modaraba / Apr 18 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.09 ▲ 0.23 (8.04%)

Stock	Price
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 18 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.10 ▼ -2.07 (-28.87%)
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	0.86 ▼ -0.21 (-19.63%)
Ask.Gen.Insur. / Apr 18 Askari General Insurance Company Limited(AGIC)	28.70 ▼ -5.44 (-15.93%)
Pakistan Services / Apr 18 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	902.02 ▼ -96.42 (-9.66%)
Service Global Foot / Apr 18 Service GlobalFootwear Limited(SGF)	84.15 ▼ -8.12 (-8.8%)
Escorts Bank / Apr 18 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6.41 ▼ -0.43 (-6.29%)
ZIL Limited / Apr 18 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	322.01 ▼ -19.32 (-5.66%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Apr 18 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	10.50 ▼ -0.55 (-4.98%)
Gadoon Textile / Apr 18 Gadoon Textile Mills Limited(GADT)	275.01 ▼ -13.96 (-4.83%)
B.R.R. Guardian / Apr 18 B.R.R. Guardian Limited(BRRG)	21.01 ▼ -0.99 (-4.5%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Apr 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	3,126,335 ▲ 0.58
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 18 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	2,515,456 ▲ 0.85
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 18 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	2,108,507 ▲ 5.81
P.S.O. / Apr 18 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	1,641,245 ▼ -0.35
Sui South Gas / Apr 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	1,371,162 ▲ 0.29
Bunnys Limited / Apr 18 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	1,236,416 ▲ 1.16
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Apr 18 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	1,142,406 ▲ 0.08
Pak Petroleum / Apr 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	1,114,245 ▲ 0.79
Crescent Steel / Apr 18 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	1,048,454 ▲ 2.99
Sui North Gas / Apr 18 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	1,002,185 ▲ 0.09

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