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Use of tech can benefit farmers, enhance food security: experts

KARACHI: Pakistan’s crop yields can be elevated to global averages through product innovation and the integration...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 07:50am

Technology

ANOG conference commences today

ISLAMABAD: The 42nd South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG) conference commenced today, gathering experts from...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 07:02am

Business & Finance

From ‘small village’ to humanoid teachers, hugging robots: GITEX GLOBAL highlights Dubai’s rise

DUBAI: Dubai Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Omar bin Sultan Al Olama reminisced about the time when...

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

Pakistan

Quality education, tech training provision top priority: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday emphasised that the provision of quality education and technical...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 07:03am

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

Business & Finance

Paper, printing industries to get latest tech

LAHORE: Pakistani investors are likely to get latest technology from Germany for paper manufacturing, converting,...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

Opinion

Tech glitches, economy twitches

In today’s digital landscape, the internet has become a fundamental necessity for individuals and businesses ...

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 07:28am

Opinion

Digital dilemma: building a firewall against growth

In today’s world, internet connectivity is as essential as electricity or running water. Remarkably, it remains one...

Published 19 Aug, 2024 03:20am

Editorials

Ruling against Google: Taking on big tech

EDITORIAL: Over the last two decades, it would have been difficult for anyone venturing online to avoid the...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Business & Finance

'US cos ready to introduce advance tech in Punjab'

LAHORE: US Consul General to Lahore Kristin K. Hawkins said on Thursday to modernize Punjab's agriculture sector,...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Business & Finance

Amazon to invest 15.7bn euros in Spain

MADRID: Amazon’s cloud computing division AWS will invest 15.7 billion euros ($17 billion) to expand its data...

Updated 23 May, 2024 06:19am

Technology

Tech and crypto: Dubai attracts 9 MNCs with market value of $82bn

Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy revealed that the combined market value of the nine multinational companies (MNCs)...

Updated 23 Apr, 2024 01:29pm

Business & Finance

‘LEAP 2024’: Azfar Ahsan for stronger Pak-Saudi ties

RIYADH: Muhammad Azfar Ahsan, Pakistan’s former minister for investment & founder, Nutshell Group, speaking at...

Published 07 Mar, 2024 04:59am

Business & Finance

‘Charter of technologically-driven economic transformation’ urged

ISLAMABAD: Telecom experts urged for a charter of technologically-driven economic transformation to foster the...

Published 07 Nov, 2023 06:33am

Supplements

THAT’S ALL FOLKS? WILL ‘AI’ REPLACE HUMAN CREATIVITY?

As the spring semester kicked off at a private universityin Karachi, one of my students approached me with aconcern...

Published 26 Oct, 2023 06:08am

Technology

Sehrish Raza wins ‘She Loves Tech Pakistan 2023’ competition

KARACHI: The leading non-profit tech startup CIRCLE, in collaboration with HBL, proudly announces the victor of the...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am

Technology

Technology fundamentally has shaped geopolitics, economics for a long time: Anne Neuberger

WASHINGTON: Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology at the National...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Business & Finance

'She Loves Tech' competition empowers women entrepreneurs

LAHORE: ‘She Loves Tech’, a global startup and tech competition dedicated to empowering women entrepreneurs, was...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:58am

Markets

Real estate, tech drag Europe’s STOXX 600 down

PARIS: Tech led European shares lower on Wednesday following hawkish signals from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome...

Published 22 Jun, 2023 05:45am

Markets

Tech gains help TSX add to weekly winning streak

BENGALURU: Canada’s main stock index edged higher on Friday, led by technology and energy shares, as US data ...

Published 30 Jan, 2023 05:56am

Business & Finance

Spotify to lay of about 600 staff as tech woes spread

STOCKHOLM: Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it was cutting six percent of its roughly 10,000...

Published 30 Jan, 2023 05:56am

Markets

Tech, property shares lift HK stocks as recovery hopes brighten

HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks on Wednesday jumped to their highest since July, while China stocks extended gains, as...

Published 05 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Technology

Pakistan's software developers emerging among top choices for US-based companies: Turing CEO

Siddharth says company focused on South Asia with Pakistani IT professionals high on its radar

Updated 02 Aug, 2022 10:59pm

Technology

A changing environment for Dubai's transport startup Swvl

DUBAI: Higher oil prices have helped Dubai-based transport startup Swvl attract customers as people in its bigger...

Published 19 Jul, 2022 04:10pm

World

UN urges Africa to swap commodities for tech

DAKAR: The UN’s trade body on Thursday said African economies were vulnerable to a triple shock as it urged...

Published 15 Jul, 2022 07:45am

Technology

After reporting $13mn funding round in Feb, Truck It In announces 'severance packages'

Announcement points to a larger trend of layoffs within tech startups globally

Published 02 Jun, 2022 02:27pm

Perspectives

Technology weaponisation: Pakistan needs homegrown solutions

Amidst the fourth industrial revolution, the world has become digitally interconnected and the lives of people have...

Published 28 May, 2022 09:39pm

World

‘Metaverse’ is the future of tech, and Dubai does not want to be left behind

Dubai hopes the metaverse sector will contribute $4 billion to its economy by 2030

Updated 23 May, 2022 06:24pm

Life & Style

Dubai's Museum of the Future opens its doors to visitors and a ‘spaceship’

A recent viral video has created buzz for the museum that aims to highlight its tech and outer space exhibits

Published 22 Feb, 2022 06:32pm

Technology

GoZayaan acquires Pakistan's FindMyAdventure for $3.5mn

Singapore-based travel startup expands into Pakistan with aim to improve region's travel and tourism infrastructure

Updated 16 Feb, 2022 08:25pm

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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