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Antony Blinken heads to Israel to revive Gaza ceasefire talks after Sinwar death

TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on Tuesday, the first stop of a wider Middle East...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 12:02pm

World

Israel pounds Beirut and Gaza after rockets hit Israel’s north

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT/CAIRO: Israel struck what it claimed were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on...

Updated 20 Oct, 2024 11:23pm

World

Israel will listen to US but make own decisions, Netanyahu’s office says

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel will listen to the United States but will decide its actions according to its own...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 02:47pm

World

Joe Biden meets Jordan’s King Abdullah as Gaza ceasefire hopes dim

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will meet Middle East ally, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, at the White House on Monday...

Published 06 May, 2024 02:42pm

World

Israel announces ‘temporary’ opening of aid routes into Gaza

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel announced on Friday that it would allow “temporary” aid deliveries into famine-threatened...

Updated 05 Apr, 2024 10:08pm

World

10 key moments in the Israel-Hamas war

PARIS: On October 7, members of the Palestinian group Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel that resulted in...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 12:22pm

World

Gaza ceasefire talks to resume in Cairo: Egyptian media

CAIRO: Talks aimed at brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will resume in Cairo on Sunday,...

Updated 31 Mar, 2024 10:51pm

World

US lawmakers hopeful of pause in Gaza war before Ramadan

AMMAN: Two senior U.S lawmakers who held talks with Israeli and Arab leaders said on Tuesday that they were hopeful...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 12:23pm

World

Qatar ‘appalled’ at alleged criticism by Netanyahu

DOHA: Qatar said Wednesday it was “appalled” by remarks attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who...

Published 25 Jan, 2024 12:00pm

World

Israeli aggression on Gaza’s Khan Yunis after deadly shelling hits UN shelter

GAZA STRIP: Israeli aggression that included air strikes and ground operations were focused Thursday on the Gazan...

Updated 25 Jan, 2024 10:24pm

World

Plan for one-month Gaza truce makes progress, Israeli aggression continues in Khan Younis

DOHA/GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel and Hamas have moved closer to agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when...

Updated 24 Jan, 2024 10:03pm

World

Netanyahu says Israel must control Gaza's border with Egypt, war to last months

CAIRO/GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retake control of the Gaza Strip’s...

Updated 31 Dec, 2023 12:33pm

Perspectives

2023: it was the best of times, it was the worst of times

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it...

Published 30 Dec, 2023 03:28pm

Business & Finance

Intel to get $3.2 billion government grant for new $25 billion Israel chip plant

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel’s government agreed to give Intel Corp a $3.2 billion grant for new $25 billion chip...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 03:07pm

World

France FM urges ‘immediate humanitarian truce’ in Gaza war

DOHA: France’s Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called Sunday for an “immediate” humanitarian pause in the...

Published 05 Nov, 2023 03:52pm

World

War with Hamas to cost Israel above $50bn

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel’s war with Hamas group in the Gaza Strip will cost as much as 200 billion shekels ($51...

Updated 05 Nov, 2023 10:31pm

World

Israel ‘ground forces’ conduct night raid in Gaza: army

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said Friday its ground forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a...

Published 27 Oct, 2023 12:08pm

World

Israel bombards Gaza as Putin warns conflict could spread beyond Middle East

As the death toll mounts in Gaza, Palestinians are burying the unidentified dead in mass graves, with a number instead of a name, residents say

Updated 26 Oct, 2023 10:42pm

World

Indonesia calls for the end of Israeli-Palestinian violence

JAKARTA: Indonesia, a long-time supporter of the Palestinian cause, said on Sunday it was deeply concerned about the...

Published 08 Oct, 2023 11:21am

World

Israeli forces clash with Hamas after hundreds killed

JERUSALEM/GAZA/SDEROT: Israeli forces clashed with gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday, 24 hours after...

Published 08 Oct, 2023 10:37am

World

Israeli military hits sites in Lebanon and Gaza

JERUSALEM/GAZA: Israel’s military attacked sites in Lebanon and Gaza early on Friday, in response for rockets it...

Published 07 Apr, 2023 02:35pm

World

Netanyahu says considering military aid to Ukraine, mediation

WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview aired Tuesday he was considering military...

Published 01 Feb, 2023 11:30am

World

Blinken meets Palestinian leaders in bid to restore calm

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to meet Palestinian leaders Tuesday for his final stop on a...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 02:09pm

World

Blinken meets Egypt’s Sisi in first leg of Mideast tour

CAIRO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday during...

Published 30 Jan, 2023 01:32pm

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
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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