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UN chief Antonio Guterres

‘Masterclass in climate destruction’

EDITORIAL: We’ve long since come to the point where you don’t really need high profile glitzy events like COP29...

Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am

World

Vladimir Putin to meet UN’s Guterres for first time in over two years

KAZAN: Vladimir Putin will meet UN chief Antonio Guterres for the first time in over two years on Thursday, as the...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 10:17am

World

UN secretary general Antonio Guterres in Russia for BRICS summit

KAZAN: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in the Russian city of Kazan on Wednesday to attend the BRICS...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 11:09am

Pakistan

Kartarpur Corridor: Another 5-year agreement signed with India

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan has announced the renewal of the Kartarpur Corridor agreement with India for...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

World

Hezbollah drone strike kills four, wounds dozens at Israeli base

BEIRUT: Israel’s military said a Hezbollah drone killed four soldiers at one of its northern bases on Sunday, as it...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 04:43pm

World

Israel reinforces ban on UN chief entering country over Iran attack comments

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz reinforced on Sunday his decision to declare UN...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:48am

World

Antony Blinken urges Hamas to agree truce to help Gazans

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Top US diplomat Antony Blinken has urged Hamas to accept a Gaza truce plan despite an Israeli...

Published 02 May, 2024 12:02pm

World

Gaza death toll nears 30,000 as aid groups warn of ‘imminent’ famine

GAZA STRIP: The reported Palestinian death toll neared 30,000 Wednesday as Israeli aggression continued in the...

Updated 28 Feb, 2024 10:39pm

World

Iran blames Israel, US for deadly blasts near grave of Guards general Soleimani

TEHRAN: Iran blamed Israel and the United States on Wednesday for twin bomb blasts that killed at least 95 people in...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 12:30pm

World

UN General Assembly creates body to probe fate of Syria’s missing

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Thursday created an independent body to “clarify” the fate of thousands...

Published 30 Jun, 2023 12:42pm

World

Sudan declares UN envoy Volker Perthes ‘persona non grata’

KHARTOUM: The Sudanese government has declared United Nations envoy Volker Perthes “persona non grata”, the Ministry...

Published 09 Jun, 2023 10:53am

World

UN chief, envoys in key talks on Afghanistan crisis

DOHA: UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on Monday in an...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 02:20pm

World

Sudan’s RSF leader Hemedti says ‘discussed pressing issues’ with Blinken

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti,...

Published 18 Apr, 2023 11:08am

World

UN to hold talks with Taliban officials over women staff ban

KABUL: The United Nations mission in Afghanistan will hold talks Wednesday with Taliban officials in Kabul “to seek...

Published 05 Apr, 2023 10:54am

World

Russia in firing line of top UN rights meet

GENEVA: Russia’s war in Ukraine looms large as the UN Human Rights Council meets Monday, with calls for unity in...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 11:30am

World

UN appeals for $4.3bn to help millions in war-torn Yemen

GENEVA: The United Nations said it needed $4.3 billion this year to help millions of people in war-ravaged Yemen,...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 10:53am

World

Iran says Israel ‘responsible’ for drone attack: envoy

TEHRAN: Iran’s envoy to the United Nations said arch-enemy Israel was “responsible” for a drone attack on a defence...

Published 02 Feb, 2023 01:42pm

Pakistan

‘Climate Resilient Pakistan’: PM to co-host conference with UNSG on 9th

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said that Prime Minister...

Published 06 Jan, 2023 07:14am

World

UN boss believes Ukraine-Russia war 'will go on'

UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday he was pessimistic that Russia's war in Ukraine would end soon...

Published 19 Dec, 2022 10:54pm

COP27 summit cuts deal to fund climate damages

Delivers a major breakthrough on a fund for climate 'loss and damage'

Updated 21 Nov, 2022 09:51am

World

UN chief delays travel to try to bring Russia back into grain deal

KYIV/NEW YORK: The head of the United Nations said he was “deeply concerned” by Russia’s decision to suspend...

Published 31 Oct, 2022 05:55am

World

Putin to host Kremlin ceremony annexing parts of Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to host a Kremlin ceremony on Friday annexing four regions of Ukraine,...

Published 30 Sep, 2022 11:42am

Pakistan

Pakistan's floods are renewing calls for compensation

Green groups also call for debt cancellation for cash-strapped nations that spend huge portions of their budgets servicing external loans

Published 25 Sep, 2022 12:19pm

World

UN chief says Russian food and fertiliser must get to market

ISTANBUL: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that governments and the private sector should...

Published 20 Aug, 2022 06:23pm

World

Erdogan warns of ‘another Chernobyl’ after talks in Ukraine

LVIV: Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 12:07pm

World

Russian strikes kill 4, injure 20 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region

KYIV: Four people were killed and more than a dozen others injured Thursday by early-morning Russian bombardments on...

Published 18 Aug, 2022 01:01pm

World

Russia says ‘no heavy weapons’ deployed at Ukraine nuclear plant

MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry said Thursday that its forces did not have heavy weapons deployed at Ukraine’s...

Published 18 Aug, 2022 12:19pm

European leaders expected in Kyiv as US pledges more weapons

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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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