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Solidarity with APS Peshawar martyrs: Islamabad schools to remain closed today

ISLAMABAD: To express solidarity with the martyrs of 2014 Army Public School (APS) Peshawar tragedy, the government...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 06:41am

Pakistan

Punjab schools: CM vows to establish revolving funds

LAHORE: While agreeing with a proposal to establish revolving funds for the construction and maintenance of schools,...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am

Pakistan

Buses for children: Punjab directed to ensure schools make arrangements

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the Punjab government to ensure all public and private schools...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 05:51am

Pakistan

Educational institutions in Lahore, Multan to remain closed

LAHORE: Following an improvement in air quality across most districts of Punjab due to a change in the direction and...

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 08:51am

Pakistan

Punjab fog: EPA decides opening schools sans Lahore, Multan

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to reopen educational institutes across most...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am

Pakistan

Schools: Rawalpindi district admin extends leave to 24th

ISLAMABAD: The district administration, Saturday, extended leaves in all public and private schools in Rawalpindi...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

Pakistan

Punjab govt reopens schools and colleges in Murree

LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced the reopening of public and private schools and colleges in Murree after...

Updated 14 Nov, 2024 08:59am

Pakistan

Schools in five more Punjab divisions shut down

LAHORE: Schools in five more divisions of Punjab have been closed in response to increasing air pollution. A...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 06:33am

Pakistan

Drug abuse in schools and colleges: Ministry directed to take measures

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Monday expressed annoyance over the rising drug abuse in educational institutes...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:38am

Pakistan

Schools to remain closed till 17th

LAHORE: In response to the escalating smog levels, the Punjab Environment Department (EPD) announced the closure of...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 06:16am

Pakistan

LHC hints of closure of schools for two days a week

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday hinted out at implementation of two-day work-from-home policy and closure of...

Published 02 Nov, 2024 07:11am

Opinion

Homeschooling in Pakistan

Do you know how many children are out of schools in Pakistan? In 2021 the number was 26.2 million, which reached 26...

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:51am

Pakistan

School adoption: Minister’s letter receives positive response from Sindh PA

KARACHI Positive progress has been made in response to a letter written by Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

Pakistan

Jinnah Inter-School declamation contest from tomorrow

KARACHI: 38 Schools located in Karachi are expected to participate in the Jinnah Inter-School Declamation Contest...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Opinion

Advancing digital literacy for a more literate Pakistan

Without digital literacy, can Pakistan improve its overall literacy rate? Not really. Literacy is the basic skill of...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:11am

Opinion

Books, not bombs

The children in several countries like Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, the US, Russia, the UK, Canada,...

Published 17 Sep, 2024 06:33am

Pakistan

PDMA director reviews extensive damage caused by floods in Sindh

KARACHI: Imdad Hussain Siddiqui, Director (Operations) Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has ...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 07:52am

Pakistan

Climate-related school closures cause dropouts: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Climate-related school closures are frequent or of long duration, which beyond impacts on learning, cause...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 08:09am

Pakistan

‘Back to School’ campaign and enrolment registration drive launched

LAHORE: Launching the “Back to School” campaign and the enrolment registration campaign of the young girls in ...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 08:10am

World

Sexual abuse of minors: Schools, internet shut near Mumbai as protests grow

MUMBAI: Internet services were cut off and schools were closed for a second straight day in a town near India’s...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

Drug abuse in schools: All agencies will work jointly: Sharjeel

KARACHI: All federal and provincial anti-narcotics agencies have decided to work together, share intelligence and...

Published 08 Aug, 2024 07:56am

Opinion

No more Saturdays?

In an absurd move, the Federal Directorate of Education has decided to shake things up, out of no apparent reason, ...

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Pakistan

Summer vacations in Sindh educational institutions extended till August 14

Decision made due to heatwave and expected monsoon rains, according to a notification issued by Sindh Education Department

Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:24pm

KP to shift 100 schools, 3050 mosques on solar energy

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has begun work on several solar energy projects to solve the problem of...

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 09:24am

Pakistan

Islamabad Capital Territory: Ministry urges PD to continue power supply to schools, colleges

ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of prevalent heatwave, Federal Education Ministry has expressed “grave concern”...

Published 24 May, 2024 06:14am

Pakistan

Extreme heat is closing schools, hurting businesses

LAHORE: Half of Pakistan’s pupils will be shut out of schools for a week as the nation takes crisis measures to...

Published 24 May, 2024 05:35am

Pakistan

CM approves STEM IT, Science Labs in 1000 elementary schools

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, while according approval to provide 32298 computer tabs to the...

Published 16 May, 2024 06:29am

Pakistan

Schools, colleges: Punjab announces vacation schedule

LAHORE: With temperatures rising across Pakistan, Punjab has announced its summer vacation schedule for schools and...

Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am

World

Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave

MANILA: South and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities across the region issued...

Published 29 Apr, 2024 04:50am

Pakistan

Sindh announces winter vacations for schools

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Thursday announced winter vacations for private and government schools and other...

Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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