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1.4mn girls banned from Afghan schools since Taliban return: UNESCO

PARIS: At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban...

Published 15 Aug, 2024 12:03pm

World

Niger floods toll increases, 53 dead, 18,000 affected: UN

NIAMEY: Flooding caused by heavy rains lashing Niger since June has killed 53 people and impacted 18,000, as the...

Published 18 Jul, 2024 11:11am

World

Unemployment nears 80% in Gaza, UN agency says

GENEVA: Unemployment in the Gaza Strip has reached nearly 80% since the war with Israel erupted last October, the...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 01:40pm

World

More than 2,000 could be buried in Papua New Guinea landslide, authorities say

SYDNEY: More than 2,000 people could be buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, the...

Published 27 May, 2024 12:49pm

World

UN estimates rebuilding Gaza will cost $30bn to $40bn

AMMAN: A UN agency said Thursday rebuilding war-wracked Gaza will cost an estimated $30 billion to $40 billion and...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

World

‘Man-made’ Gaza famine can still be avoided: UN agency

OCCUPIED Al-QUDS: Famine in the Gaza Strip can be averted if vital aid is allowed into the besieged territory, the ...

Published 26 Feb, 2024 05:07am

UN agency says aid shipment blocked in Israeli port

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The main United Nations agency providing aid to Palestinians in Gaza is facing growing...

Updated 12 Feb, 2024 08:38am

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Global transport of goods: Red Sea crisis causing severe disruptions

LONDON: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is working “tirelessly” to solve the Red Sea crisis, which is...

Updated 12 Feb, 2024 08:39am

Pakistan

USAID signs MoU with three firms

ISLAMABAD: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday signed a memorandum of...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am

World

WHO chief says China’s zero-Covid policy not ‘sustainable’

LONDON: The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday China’s zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy is not...

Published 11 May, 2022 04:58am

World

WHO announces 2nd hub for training countries to make COVID vaccines

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it has set up a hub in South Korea to train low- and middle-income...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 08:59pm

World

13 million face hunger as Horn of Africa drought worsens: UN

NAIROBI: An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of ...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 12:33pm

World

Five do battle for top UN labour job

GENEVA: Five candidates are battling to take over the United Nations' International Labour Organization, winding up...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 10:03am

World

Afghans face ‘avalanche of hunger and destitution’: UN agency

GENEVA: Almost all Afghans do not have enough to eat and a failing economy could tip Afghanistan's increasingly dire...

Published 14 Dec, 2021 04:51pm

World

Omicron poses ‘very high’ global risk, countries must prepare: WHO

GENEVA: The Omicron variant is likely to spread internationally, posing a "very high" global risk where COVID-19...

Published 29 Nov, 2021 12:54pm

World

Yemen war will have killed 377,000 by year's end: UN

DUBAI: Yemen's seven-year-old war will have claimed 377,000 lives by the end of the year, through both direct and...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 10:52am

UN agency warns of ‘imminent’ famine in Afghanistan

NEW YORK: Afghanistan is at risk of “imminent hunger” with winter approaching and services disrupted by the...

Published 26 Sep, 2021 03:16am

World

Weather disasters killed 2 million in last 50 years, UN agency says

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says its "Atlas" is the most comprehensive review of mortality and economic losses from weather, water and climate extremes ever produced

Updated 01 Sep, 2021 12:27pm

World

WHO narrows in on Delta Covid variant

The B.1.617.1 sub-lineage has meanwhile been downgraded to a "variant of interest," and named Kappa.

Published 02 Jun, 2021 02:44pm

World

UN seeks funds to ease hunger in Mozambique as conflict deepens

Mozambique's north has been ravaged by an escalating Islamist insurgency since 2017, including horrific attacks in Palma last month that killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands.

Published 13 Apr, 2021 04:45pm

World

UN agency praises new US aid for Palestinians at 'critical moment'

"The US contribution comes at a critical moment, as we continue to adjust to the challenges the Covid-19 pandemic presents."

Published 08 Apr, 2021 05:48pm

World

Khamenei says Iran could boost uranium enrichment to 60%

That would far surpass the 3.67 percent limit Iran had accepted under the 2015 deal, but still be short of the 90 percent or so required for an atomic bomb.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 10:36am

World

UN agency says more than 400,000 flee Mozambique militant attacks

UNHCR had raised a third of the $19.2 million it requires for shelter, water and sanitation and food next year, said Tapsola.

Published 14 Dec, 2020 12:14pm

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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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