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Pakistan reports lowest number of Covid-related daily deaths since March 21

During the last 24 hours, the country conducted 44,496 tests, out of which 914 came out positive

Updated 29 Jun, 2021 11:00am

World

Brazil sets daily record for Covid cases, as pandemic third wave breaks

During the same period 2,392 new deaths were recorded, bringing the total to 507,109.

Published 24 Jun, 2021 08:10am

Pakistan

Pakistan reports 991 cases, 27 deaths in 24 hours

Records Covid-19 positivity ratio at 2.14%

Published 19 Jun, 2021 09:53am

Pakistan

Pakistan vaccinates over 12 million people as inoculation drive continues

Over 369,000 people received Covid-19 jab in past 24 hours

Published 16 Jun, 2021 02:34pm

Pakistan

Pakistan reports lowest number of daily Covid cases since February 22

Country sees Covid-19 positivity ratio below 3% for second straight day

Published 09 Jun, 2021 10:18am

Pakistan

Pakistan's Covid positivity ratio below 3%, lowest since Feb

Country reports 1,383 new cases in 24 hours

Published 08 Jun, 2021 01:11pm

Intensity of third wave declining

ISLAMABAD: The intensity of the third wave of the coronavirus seems declining as Covid-19 positivity rate in the...

Published 07 Jun, 2021 03:34am

Pakistan

Pakistan reports over 4,000 Covid-19 recoveries in a day

Positivity ratio remains less than 4%

Published 05 Jun, 2021 11:33am

World

Africa not ready for imminent third coronavirus wave: WHO

Africa has officially registered over 4.8 million cases and 130,000 deaths, according to the WHO, representing 2.9 percent of global cases and 3.7 percent of deaths.

Published 03 Jun, 2021 07:03pm

Pakistan

Pakistan reports lowest single-day Covid-19 cases since May 14

1,771 Covid-19 cases and 71 deaths were reported in 24 hours.
National positivity ratio stands at 3.71%

Published 01 Jun, 2021 10:51am

Pakistan

Pakistan reports lowest daily Covid-19 death toll in nearly two months

43 people lost their lives due to the virus in 24 hours
2,117 new cases also emerge as decline in daily number continues

Published 31 May, 2021 12:03pm

Pakistan

Pakistan vaccinates close to 300k people in a day

294,364 people were administered the vaccine
People aged 19 and above can start registering for the vaccine today

Published 27 May, 2021 12:53pm

Pakistan

Teachers, staff at Sindh’s educational institutes directed to get vaccinated

Sindh government intends to vaccinate 100,000 teachers within a week
Any employee who fails to get vaccinated before the reopening of schools will have to face consequences, says notification

Published 26 May, 2021 01:19pm

Covid-19: Pakistan reports lowest number of daily cases since May 14

2,253 new cases and 92 deaths were reported during the past 24 hours.
The national positivity ratio stands at 4.82%.

Updated 25 May, 2021 11:48am

Pakistan

Pakistan records 1531 COVID-19 cases in a single day, a new low since May 9

The national coronavirus positivity ratio stands at 5.06%.
83 people succumbed to the virus in past 24 hours.

Published 15 May, 2021 11:10am

Pakistan

Pakistan records less than 100 deaths in a single day, a new low since May 2

The country reported 78 deaths during the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 18,993.
37,756 people were tested in 24 hours, out of which 3,447 tested positive for the novel virus.

Updated 10 May, 2021 11:10am

Pakistan

COVID-19: Pakistan’s national average SOP compliance doubles from 34% on 25th April to 68% on 3rd May after military’s deployment, other measures

"Significant improvement seen in SOP compliance since the stronger enforcement measures including military deployment took place," Umar tweeted.
Need to sustain and build on this compliance level especially till Eid, he urged.

Published 04 May, 2021 01:15pm

Pakistan

Coronavirus vaccination for people 50, above to begin from April 21: Asad Umar

"Would once again encourage everyone to register for the vaccination," Asad Umar tweeted.
Government will open COVID-19 vaccine registration for all citizens after Eid

Published 17 Apr, 2021 02:31pm

Pakistan

Pakistan reports over 4000 COVID-19 recoveries in a day

5,364 new cases and 110 deaths were reported in 24 hours.
There are 78,425 active COVID-19 cases in Pakistan.

Published 16 Apr, 2021 10:17am

Pakistan

Punjab reports 2,870 Covid-19 cases, 68 fatalities

LAHORE: Out of record 37,775 Covid-19 tests conducted during the last 24 hours, as many as 2870 fresh virus cases ...

Updated 16 Apr, 2021 09:57am

Pakistan

Imran Khan commends Khyber Teaching Hospital revamp

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday commended Khyber Teaching Hospital revamp by sharing some pictures...

Updated 11 Apr, 2021 10:32am

Pakistan

NCOC's special session to review closure of schools, Ramazan SOPs

The NCOC special session will be held today to review the opening of the education sector
Ramazan SOPs will also be reviewed in light of input from Ulema

Updated 06 Apr, 2021 10:28am

BR Research

Tourism: under the weather?

Having sustained massive losses last year due to the pandemic, the local tourism industry was hoping for a revival...

Published 06 Apr, 2021 07:35am

Pakistan

Sindh imposes COVID restrictions, intercity public transport to ply at half capacity

The decision will come into force with immediate effect and is binding on all passenger vehicles being used for intercity transport in the province
Sindh CM rules out imposing complete lockdown in the province

Updated 02 Apr, 2021 03:13pm

Pakistan

Federal govt provides additional doses of COVID vaccine to provinces

The vaccine jabs were transported in the cold-chain containers via road and by air
At least 452000 shots of Sinopharm and CanSino vaccine have been provided to Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan

Published 01 Apr, 2021 11:42am

Perspectives

The vaccination dilemma and untraditional role of CSR to fix it

Year 2020 has been the most unforgiving one. The pandemic ruthlessly shook the world leaving the global community in...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 01:15pm

BR Research

KSE-100, Covid and PIB yields

As covid comes full circle in Pakistan, April 2021 may start to look much like the April 2020. Covid is back in the...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 07:30am

Pakistan

Section 144 imposed for 15 days to quell spread of COVID-19 in Quetta

The section 144 has been implemented for 15 days in Quetta with the aim to control the spread of deadly virus which was rapidly spread in Quetta district.

Updated 30 Mar, 2021 12:00am

Pakistan

Gwadar Cricket Festival rescheduled

KARACHI: Gwadar Cricket Festival has been rescheduled after the third wave of Covid-19 in the country. The festival...

Published 28 Mar, 2021 04:14am

Pakistan

O level exams to be held after May 15: Education minister

"A and As Level exams will take place as per the original timetable, following all the Standard Operating Procedures," Mahmood said.

Updated 26 Mar, 2021 10:18am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 30	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 30	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 30	156.45
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 30	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 30	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 30	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 30	5,906.94
India Sensex / Dec 30	78,248.13
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 30	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Dec 30	19,486.79
Hang Seng / Dec 30	20,111.38
FTSE 100 / Dec 30	8,121.01
Dow Jones / Dec 30	42,573.73
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 30	19,909.14

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 30	71.36
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 30	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 30	241,430.80
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 30	2,604.69
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 30	68.76
Petrol/Litre / Dec 31	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Hira Textile / Dec 31 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	3.90 ▲ 0.60 (18.18%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 31 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.63 ▲ 0.63 (15.75%)
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	9.38 ▲ 1.00 (11.93%)
Gulistan Sp. / Dec 31 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	9.54 ▲ 0.92 (10.67%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 31 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Chakwal Spinning / Dec 31 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	64.67 ▲ 5.88 (10.00%)
Ellcot Spinning / Dec 31 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	114.40 ▲ 10.40 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Dec 31 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	150.54 ▲ 13.69 (10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 31 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	131.86 ▲ 11.99 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Frontier Ceram / Dec 31 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	42.91 ▼ -4.77 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Dec 31 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	203.81 ▼ -22.65 (-10.00%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Dec 31 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	426 ▼ -47.13 (-9.96%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 31 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -3.89 (-9.75%)
Zephyr Textile / Dec 31 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	10.55 ▼ -0.96 (-8.34%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 31 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13 ▼ -0.99 (-7.08%)
Faisal Sp. / Dec 31 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	301.02 ▼ -19.10 (-5.97%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	710 ▼ -40.00 (-5.33%)
Tri-Star Power / Dec 31 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	5.36 ▼ -0.29 (-5.13%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	125,613,935 ▲ 0.51
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	111,551,930 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Dec 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	84,182,656 ▼ -0.05
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 31 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	48,777,302 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	45,320,218 ▲ 0.13
Pak Elektron / Dec 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	36,348,761 ▲ 0.18
Sui South Gas / Dec 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	30,315,237 ▼ -0.64
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	29,804,024 ▲ 1.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 31 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	29,105,477 ▲ 0.42

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