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UN refugee chief tells countries to drop ineffective border controls

GENEVA: The head of the UN refugee agency on Monday urged countries to drop measures to block refugees and migrants...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 02:35pm

World

UN launches fund to shield displaced people from climate shocks

GENEVA: The United Nations said Wednesday it was launching a new Climate Resilience Fund aimed at boosting...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am

World

UN to punish staffers involved in 'terror,' urges UNRWA funding: Guterres

NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary Secretary-General Antonio Guterres vowed on Sunday to hold to account “any UN...

Updated 28 Jan, 2024 07:13pm

World

Millions of Afghans go hungry as winter cold bites

PUL-E ALAM: Khurma had to borrow her neighbour’s shoes to walk to Pul-e Alam city to collect a cash handout being...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 12:09pm

Pakistan

UN agency urges Pakistan to halt expelling Afghans during winter

ISLAMABAD: The UN refugee agency on Wednesday urged Pakistan to halt deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees...

Published 23 Nov, 2023 03:19am

10 trafficking suspects held after boat tragedy

MUZAFFARABAD: Authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers days after dozens of migrants drowned off the coast...

Updated 19 Jun, 2023 09:09am

Pakistan

Pakistan to observe day of mourning tomorrow over Greece boat tragedy

PM Shehbaz forms 4-member inquiry committee to ascertain facts of the tragedy

Updated 18 Jun, 2023 10:58pm

Editorials

Rising costs of conflict and climate change

EDITORIAL: In its latest report “Global Trends in Forced Displacement” the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, highlights...

Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:32am

World

Bitter race for top UN migration job enters home stretch

GENEVA: After months of an unusually acrimonious leadership battle, the International Organization for Migration...

Published 12 May, 2023 12:07pm

World

UN sending envoy over ‘unprecedented’ Sudan war fallout

KHARTOUM: The top United Nations humanitarian official is heading to the Sudan region due to the “rapidly...

Published 01 May, 2023 11:08am

World

In crowded camps, Rohingya refugees embrace family planning

KUTUPALONG: Rohingya cleric Abdur Rashid still believes children are divine gifts, but life in a Bangladeshi refugee...

Published 02 Dec, 2022 11:15am

World

More than 100m people forcibly displaced: UN

GENEVA: Russia’s war in Ukraine has pushed the number of forcibly displaced people around the world above 100...

Published 24 May, 2022 06:43am

World

More than 100 million people forcibly displaced in the world: UN

GENEVA: More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the UN refugee agency...

Published 23 May, 2022 10:56am

World

Jill Biden to meet with Ukrainian refugees during visit to Romania and Slovakia

WASHINGTON: First lady Jill Biden will visit Romania and Slovakia from May 5-9 to meet with US service members and...

Published 02 May, 2022 09:49am

World

Another 35,000 flee Ukraine in 24 hours: UN

GENEVA: Nearly 35,000 more Ukrainians fled west in 24 hours to escape the Russian war in their country, the United...

Published 06 Apr, 2022 04:58pm

Life & Style

Oscars holds moment of silence for Ukraine

HOLLYWOOD: Hollywood A-listers held a moment of silence at Sunday’s Oscars gala to show support for the people of...

Published 28 Mar, 2022 10:11am

World

More than 3.5 million people flee Ukraine

GENEVA: More than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion nearly a month ago, the United...

Published 22 Mar, 2022 06:39pm

World

Nearly 3.5 million Ukrainians flee the country: UN

GENEVA: Nearly 3.5 million Ukrainians have now fled the country following Russia’s invasion, the United Nations said...

Published 21 Mar, 2022 05:35pm

World

Ten million have fled their homes in Ukraine: UN

GENEVA: Ten million people – more than a quarter of the population – have now fled their homes in Ukraine due to...

Published 20 Mar, 2022 06:19pm

World

More than 3.3 million flee Ukraine, 6.5 million internally displaced

GENEVA: More than 3.3 million refugees have now fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion, the United Nations said...

Published 19 Mar, 2022 07:01pm

World

90,000 more Ukrainian refugees flee in 24 hours

GENEVA: The number of refugees who have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion grew by more than 90,000 over the...

Published 16 Mar, 2022 06:22pm

World

More than three million flee Ukraine war, half of them children: UN

GENEVA: More than three million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24, nearly half of them...

Published 15 Mar, 2022 05:55pm

World

Turkey detains 133 migrants near Iranian border in two days

Authorities detained 73 Afghans on Saturday in the eastern province of Van, while another 60 migrants, of whom 59 were Afghans, were detained in Van's Ercis district on Sunday.
The UN refugee agency estimates 270,000 Afghans have been displaced inside the country since January, bringing the number of people forced from their homes to more than 3.5 million.

Updated 18 Jul, 2021 05:30pm

World

Global displacement from war, crises doubles in a decade: UN

While needs are continuously rising, solutions for the displaced seemed to dwindle last year.

Published 18 Jun, 2021 11:25am

World

UN makes first visit to remote Bangladesh island since Rohingya moved

It also says overcrowding in refugee camps fuels crime, while some Rohingya said frequent violence in the camps had driven them to relocate.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 12:51pm

World

Rohingya boat in distress, eight dead: NGO

Indian maritime authorities arrived in the area recently and are believed to have given the migrants supplies, said Lewa.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 04:59pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
India Sensex / Jan 21	75,838.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,604.71
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Hang Seng / Jan 21	19,872.36
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,548.29
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	21,042

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	75.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,749.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	67.43
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jan 22 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.95 ▲ 0.85 (10.49%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 22 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.50 ▲ 0.97 (10.18%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 22 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	24.29 ▲ 2.21 (10.01%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)
Flying Cement / Jan 22 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	27.54 ▲ 2.50 (9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Jan 22 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.59 ▲ 1.06 (9.19%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 22 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	34.70 ▲ 2.90 (9.12%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 22 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	36 ▲ 3.00 (9.09%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.11 ▼ -0.89 (-14.83%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 22 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.28 ▼ -0.78 (-9.68%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 22 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37.11 ▼ -3.89 (-9.49%)
Supernet Tech. / Jan 22 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	850.10 ▼ -76.81 (-8.29%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.03 ▼ -29.87 (-8.08%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 22 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	56.98 ▼ -4.92 (-7.95%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 22 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	105 ▼ -8.47 (-7.46%)
Mandviwala / Jan 22 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.25 ▼ -1.70 (-7.41%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jan 22 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	21.10 ▼ -1.54 (-6.80%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▼ -0.07
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.23
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,227,770 ▼ -0.03
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	53,698,225 ▲ 3.15
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 3.33
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▼ -0.13
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 0.99
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.15
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.12

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