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Refugees caught up in Paris clean-up drive

VITRY-SUR-SEINE (France): “The police arrived at 7am and said to us ‘get in the bus’,” Ali, a refugee from...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:29am

UN conventions bind Pakistan to protect rights of refugees: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court observed that Pakistan is a signatory to United Nations conventions safeguarding the...

Updated 02 Dec, 2023 09:34am

Editorials

Rising costs of conflict and climate change

EDITORIAL: In its latest report “Global Trends in Forced Displacement” the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, highlights...

Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:32am

Pakistan

Pakistan for creating ‘pull factors’ in Afghanistan for its citizens

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has called for creating “pull factors” in Afghanistan with a view to not only stopping the...

Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:58am

World

92 refugees found on Greek-Turkish border

ATHENS: Ninety-two migrants were found almost naked and bruised after allegedly being forced across the Evros river...

Published 17 Oct, 2022 05:57am

World

Germany records almost a million Ukrainian refugees

BERLIN: Germany has registered almost a million refugees from Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbour in...

Published 23 Aug, 2022 05:44pm

World

No surrender in Mariupol as Russian deadline expires; refugees top 5m

MARUPOL: A Russian ultimatum to Ukrainian troops in Mariupol to surrender or die expired on Wednesday afternoon with...

Published 21 Apr, 2022 05:26am

World

Ten million have fled their homes in Ukraine: UN

GENEVA: Ten million people – more than a quarter of the population – have now fled their homes in Ukraine due to...

Published 20 Mar, 2022 06:19pm

World

90,000 more Ukrainian refugees flee in 24 hours

GENEVA: The number of refugees who have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion grew by more than 90,000 over the...

Published 16 Mar, 2022 06:22pm

World

Nearly 836,000 refugees have fled Ukraine conflict: UN

GENEVA: The number of refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine has surged to nearly 836,000, United Nations figures...

Published 02 Mar, 2022 05:20pm

World

More than 660,000 refugees have fled Ukraine: UN

GENEVA: More than 660,000 refugees have fled the conflict in Ukraine for safety in neighbouring countries, while...

Published 01 Mar, 2022 08:01pm

World

Around 350,000 refugees have entered Poland from Ukraine, says deputy minister

WARSAW: Around 350,000 people have entered Poland from Ukraine since Russia invaded the country, a Polish deputy...

Published 01 Mar, 2022 11:57am

World

Ukrainian refugees camp out at Polish train station

PRZEMYSL: Refugees from Ukraine, including dozens of children and two women with their cats, camped overnight at a...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 09:50am

World

EU provides 325m euro boost for refugees in Turkey

ANKARA: The European Union said on Thursday it was injecting 325 million euros for refugees in Turkey, part of a ...

Published 03 Dec, 2021 04:31am

World

EU provides 325 million euro boost for refugees in Turkey

ANKARA: The European Union said on Thursday it was injecting 325 million euros for refugees in Turkey, part of a ...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 05:21pm

OIC for inclusive Afghan dialogue

Says it would dispatch envoys to Afghanistan to stress the importance of 'peace, stability, and national reconciliation'

Updated 23 Aug, 2021 10:17am

Pakistan

Turkey to work with Pakistan to stop new wave of Afghan migrants

ISTANBUL: Turkey will work with Pakistan to help stabilise Afghanistan and prevent a new flood of refugees, ...

Published 16 Aug, 2021 05:59am

Pakistan

Important to keep borders open to potential refugee inflow: US State Dept

Spokesperson Ned Price says US does not intend to single out any one particular country as destination for refugees
Statement comes amid Pakistan's stance that it cannot host anymore Afghanistan refugees

Updated 05 Aug, 2021 01:27pm

PM shares concerns with Raisi: Worsening Afghan situation can lead to serious repercussions

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday expressed concern at the worsening security situation in Afghanistan and...

Updated 05 Jul, 2021 09:28am

World

Thousands of Rohingya protest against conditions on Bangladesh island

Most of them had fled a brutal military offensive in neighbouring Myanmar in 2017 that UN investigators concluded was executed with "genocidal intent".

Published 31 May, 2021 05:22pm

Thousands of Afghans flee homes as fighting erupts after US pullout

KANDAHAR, (Afghanistan): Thousands of Afghans were forced to flee their homes as fierce fighting erupted between...

Updated 05 May, 2021 10:37am

World

Biden drops promise for quick expansion in refugee admissions

The Biden administration had recently stated it wanted to allow in about 60,000 refugees annually, ramping up to double the following year.

Published 17 Apr, 2021 04:22pm

World

Lebanon vaccine rollout neglects refugees, migrants: HRW

Only 233,934 doses have been administered as of April 5 mostly due to the limited quantity of vaccines available, HRW said.

Published 06 Apr, 2021 05:49pm

World

Donors face $10bn aid appeal at Syria conference

The goal this year is to raise $10 billion (8.46 billion euros) -- $4.2 billion for humanitarian relief inside Syria, and the rest for refugees sheltering in the region.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 06:57pm

World

UN says refugees face long 'struggle' for Covid vaccines

There are around 80 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, according to UNHCR's latest statistics.

Published 18 Mar, 2021 08:17pm

World

Biden to raise current U.S. refugee cap from historic lows

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to raise the refugee cap for the current fiscal year to 62,500, a sharp increase from the 15,000 set by former President Donald Trump, two people familiar with the move told Reuters on Friday.
The allocations will create spots for 22,000 refugees from Africa, 6,000 from East Asia, 4,000 from Europe and Central Asia, 5,000 from Latin America and the Caribbean, and 13,000 from South Asia.

Published 06 Feb, 2021 07:12pm

World

UAE significantly slashed funding for Palestinian refugee agency in 2020

The United Arab Emirates drastically reduced funding to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in 2020, as it signed a U.S-brokered normalisation accord with Israel.
The Gulf state contributed $51.8 million to the refugee agency in 2018 and 2019, but it reduced that contribution by an unprecedented margin in 2020, down to a mere $1 million.

Updated 08 Feb, 2021 10:25am

World

Refugees cannot be returned to Greece, German court rules

People are supposed to apply for asylum in the first EU country they arrive in before being relocated if they are successful.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:44pm

World

More than 80 million people displaced globally due to violence in 2020 conflicts: UN

The UNHCR's preliminary figures suggest that by the end of 2019, 79.5 million people were living uprooted and displaced, including nearly 30 million refugees
Coronavirus crisis had affected every aspect of human life and severely worsened existing challenges for the forcibly displaced and stateless, says UNHCR

Published 09 Dec, 2020 02:50pm

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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