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Punjab govt announces reopening of all schools from November 20

The Punjab government on Tuesday announced the reopening of all schools across the province from November 20,...

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 11:01pm

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

Exams will be held promptly if arrangements satisfactory: Shafqat Mahmood

"Please apply to Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Islamabad with details of exam centres, number of students and SOPs to be followed," he tweeted.
Matric and intermediate exams will be held after June 20.

Updated 20 May, 2021 11:21am

Pakistan

NCOC allows reopening of schools, outdoor dining from May 24

The NCOC has allowed the reopening of schools and colleges from May 24 in areas where the COVID positivity ratio is less than 5 percent.

Updated 19 May, 2021 07:29pm

Commencement of IX to XII classes allowed from today

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Education, Professional Training, Shafqat Mehmood said on Sunday that unanimously ...

Published 19 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Pakistan

Surge in COVID cases: Govt to reconsider decision of reopening schools

The development was made during the NCOC meeting was chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar.
They discussed updates from the provinces on rising positivity and corresponding actions, vaccination progress, and national vaccine strategy.

Published 08 Mar, 2021 03:53pm

Pakistan

Saeed Ghani says Sindh will not resume five-day classes, will only allow 50% attendance

He said implementation of coronavirus SOPs will not be possible with 100% of the students in attendance.
"Once the pandemic ends, all children will be allowed to go to school," Ghani said.

Published 01 Mar, 2021 12:10pm

Pakistan

HEC says regular five-day classes policy does not apply to universities

The HEC has clarified that all universities will continue to operate as per guidelines issued by the HEC earlier.
On February 25, Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood had announced that all schools will go back to regular five-day classes from March 1.

Updated 27 Feb, 2021 05:15pm

Pakistan

Primary schools, universities reopen after closure of three months

Classes from 9th to 12th were started from January 18.
The ongoing academic session has been extended till July instead of March.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 10:12am

Pakistan

Pakistan announces summer break from July 2 till July 31

The ongoing academic session will be extended till July instead of March with new classes to commence from August 2.
The in-house annual exams for classes one to seven will be held from June 1 to 15.

Updated 30 Jan, 2021 02:28pm

Pakistan

Punjab issues coronavirus SOPs for primary schools, universities set to reopen on Feb 1

The provincial department stated that students from all the educational institutes will have to attend classes on alternative days, while the student ratio must remain at 50% on each day.
"Daily report on COVID-19 monitoring shall be carried out as per previous practice," the notification said.

Published 29 Jan, 2021 01:55pm

Pakistan

Shafqat Mehmood wishes luck to students as they return to school today

Students of class 9 to 12, as well as O and A level students have returned to their schools today.
Educational institutions were closed on November 26 due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 09:19am

Pakistan

Classes 9 to 12 to reopen from January 18 as scheduled: Education minister

Classes 1-8 will start from February 1 instead of January 25, Shafqat Mahmood said.
He also said students will not be promoted to the next class without examination.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 12:05pm

Pakistan

Govt decides today on reopening of schools from January 18

"While I desperately want education to continue the final decision will be on health grounds. Students well being will always be a priority," Shafqat Mahmood said.
The government had decided reopening of schools from class 9th to 12 on January 18.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 09:38am

Pakistan

Govt to decide reopening of educational institutions today

Educational Minister Shafqat Mahmood will chair the meeting which will review the coronavirus situation in the country.
Educational institutions were closed on November 26 across the country.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 09:34am

Pakistan

Schools may be allowed to reopen in phases from Jan 25: report

The educational institutes were closed from November 26, 2020 to January 10, 2021 by the federal government amid COVID-19 resurge.
The reopening of educational institutes will now be reviewed in the upcoming meeting of education ministers, chaired by Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood, on January 4.

Updated 02 Jan, 2021 03:41pm

Pakistan

Private schools urge govt to reopen institutes from Jan 11

They said at least 80% of the schools across the country doesn’t have access to internet.
They also demanded an economic relief package from the government stating, “They should suspend registration fee and taxes for at least a year.”

Published 31 Dec, 2020 04:51pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
India Sensex / Jan 21	75,838.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,604.71
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Hang Seng / Jan 21	19,872.36
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,548.29
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	21,042

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	75.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,749.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	67.43
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jan 22 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.95 ▲ 0.85 (10.49%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 22 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	36.08 ▲ 3.08 (9.33%)
Popular Islamic / Jan 22 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.59 ▲ 1.06 (9.19%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 22 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	34.70 ▲ 2.90 (9.12%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 22 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24.90 ▲ 1.85 (8.03%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 22 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.72 ▲ 1.64 (7.43%)
Elahi Cot. / Jan 22 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	110.60 ▲ 7.60 (7.38%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.11 ▼ -0.89 (-14.83%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 22 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.15 ▼ -0.39 (-11.02%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 22 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	7.86 ▼ -0.92 (-10.48%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 22 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.28 ▼ -0.78 (-9.68%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 22 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37.11 ▼ -3.89 (-9.49%)
Supernet Tech. / Jan 22 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	845.25 ▼ -81.66 (-8.81%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.03 ▼ -29.87 (-8.08%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 22 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	105 ▼ -8.47 (-7.46%)
Mandviwala / Jan 22 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.25 ▼ -1.70 (-7.41%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▼ -0.05
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,227,770 ▼ -0.03
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	53,698,225 ▲ 1.04
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 3.29
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▲ 0.06
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 0.34
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▼ -0.07
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.12

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