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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 / Jan 30	278.97
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 30	278.77
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 30	154.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 30	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 30	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 30	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 29	6,039.31
Nasdaq / Jan 29	19,632.32
Hang Seng / Jan 29	20,225.11
Dow Jones / Jan 29	44,713.52
India Sensex / Jan 30	76,776.38
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 30	39,467.47
FTSE 100 / Jan 30	8,567.71
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 30	21,655.86

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 29	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 29	247,513
Petrol/Litre / Jan 30	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 30	72.66
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 30	2,759.76
Diesel/Litre / Jan 30	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd / Jan 30 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.08 ▲ 1 (12.38%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 30 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	9.26 ▲ 1 (12.11%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 30 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	2.52 ▲ 0.23 (10.04%)
Redco Textile / Jan 30 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	21.97 ▲ 2 (10.02%)
Sana Ind / Jan 30 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.77 ▲ 2.62 (10.02%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 30 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	14.29 ▲ 1.3 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	17.48 ▲ 1.59 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jan 30 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	59.90 ▲ 5.45 (10.01%)
Atlas Honda Ltd / Jan 30 Atlas Honda Limited(ATLH)	873.29 ▲ 79.39 (10%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 30 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	6.91 ▼ -0.97 (-12.31%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 30 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.21 ▼ -0.68 (-11.54%)
National Silk / Jan 30 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	45.35 ▼ -5.04 (-10%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 30 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	55.40 ▼ -6.15 (-9.99%)
Kohat Textile / Jan 30 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	32 ▼ -3.13 (-8.91%)
Hussain Industries / Jan 30 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	26.41 ▼ -2.45 (-8.49%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jan 30 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	13.60 ▼ -1.14 (-7.73%)
JS Investments / Jan 30 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	21.02 ▼ -1.74 (-7.64%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 30 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.13 ▼ -0.67 (-6.84%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jan 30 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,078,930 ▲ 2.48
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 30 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,126,010 ▲ 1.16
Bank Makramah / Jan 30 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,438,642 ▲ 0.23
Cnergyico PK / Jan 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,197,761 ▲ 0.13
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 30 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	29,670,310 ▲ 0.13
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 30 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	25,413,292 ▲ 2.73
Dewan Motors / Jan 30 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	24,726,221 ▼ -1.63
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	20,794,723 ▲ 0.02
Fauji Cement / Jan 30 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	13,308,955 ▲ 0.1

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