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World’s glaciers are losing record ice as global temperatures climb, U.N. says

Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest...

Published 21 Mar, 2025 10:13am

Pakistan

Cultural development: Alhamra, Unesco’s Inclusive Policy Lab discuss new avenues

LAHORE: In a significant meeting to foster global cultural collaboration, Executive Director Alhamra Tauqeer Haider...

Published 04 Feb, 2025 08:10am

Opinion

Failing our future

As the world marked the International Day of Education on January 24, Pakistan has little cause for celebration. The...

Published 29 Jan, 2025 06:46am

Pakistan

Rs240m allocated to align Lahore Museum with global standards

LAHORE: The Punjab government, in collaboration with Unesco, has developed a comprehensive plan to transform the...

Published 24 Jan, 2025 06:26am

Life & Style

UNESCO-listed musical instrument stifled in Afghanistan

HEART: Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi’s cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab,...

Published 29 Dec, 2024 12:03pm

Pakistan

UNESCO team concludes 5-day visit

LAHORE: The UNESCO Reactive Monitoring Mission on Friday concluded its five-day visit to Lahore after assessing the...

Published 07 Dec, 2024 06:51am

Pakistan

UNESCO organises consultation on media and information literacy in Karachi

KARACHI: UNESCO in collaboration with Media Foundation 360, organised its second provincial consultation at DHA ...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 05:50am

Life & Style

Five things to watch in 2025

PARIS: From the return of Oasis, a second stint in the White House for Donald Trump to a turbo-charged football...

Published 26 Nov, 2024 03:40pm

World

UNESCO tracks surge in journalist killings in 2022-23

PARIS: Worldwide killings of journalists jumped in 2022-23 compared with the previous two years, UN cultural body...

Published 03 Nov, 2024 06:34am

Editorials

Media under siege globally

EDITORIAL: The global media environment, over the last decade, has experienced a significant shrinking of space for...

Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:32am

World

‘The whole city shook’: Israel pounds Lebanon’s ancient Tyre

TYRE: Israeli strikes on Wednesday pounded Lebanon’s Tyre, an ancient coastal city which boasts a UNESCO World...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 01:50am

Life & Style

Sicilian Cathedral’s stunning mosaics regain golden lustre

MONREALE, Italy: The mosaics of a mediaeval cathedral in Sicily, built by the island’s last Norman king, are set to...

Published 30 Sep, 2024 01:01pm

World

UNESCO warns of global spike in attacks on education

PARIS: Attacks worldwide against students and educational facilities rose by 20 percent in 2022 and 2023 over the ...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 08:01am

World

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

Life & Style

Montenegro’s Adriatic gem struggles with tourist influx

KOTOR, Montenegro: A UNESCO World Heritage Site nestled on the edge of a picturesque Adriatic bay, the town of Kotor...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 03:52pm

Life & Style

Athens Acropolis introduces private visits for 5,000 euros

ATHENS: The Acropolis in Athens, one of the world’s most visited ancient monuments, has begun offering private...

Updated 03 Jul, 2024 03:41pm

Life & Style

Pharrell Williams kicks off Paris Fashion Week with Louis Vuitton show at UNESCO

PARIS: Louis Vuitton men’s creative director Pharrell Williams took to an outdoor, turf-lined runway at UNESCO...

Published 19 Jun, 2024 01:38pm

Life & Style

Travelling over the summer holidays: 5 destinations to beat the heat

As record heat bears down on Pakistan, greener (and cooler) pastures are no doubt on everyone’s minds. With Eid...

Updated 29 May, 2024 04:51pm

Life & Style

Brussels seeks UNESCO heritage mark for puppetry, flower carpet

BRUSSELS: Brussels is looking to protect two of its historical traditions: rod puppetry and a 1,680-square-metre...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 10:43am

Life & Style

Ancient city that could bridge Turkey and Armenia’s bitter divide

KARS, Turkey: Look at this stone bridge,“ said writer Vedat Akcayoz pointing to the crumbling stumps of a...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 03:43pm

Life & Style

Croatia’s tourist hotspot Dubrovnik seeks to reclaim city for locals

DUBROVNIK, Croatia: Croatia’s historic city of Dubrovnik aims to lure back locals priced out by high tourist prices...

Published 15 Mar, 2024 01:52pm

World

US team leaves Saudi Arabia early over kippah row

WASHINGTON: A US delegation on religious freedom said Monday it cut short its visit to Saudi Arabia after one of its...

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am

World

Russia war damages $3.5bn worth of Ukraine heritage: UN

PARIS: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused around $3.5 billion worth of damage to the country’s heritage and...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 10:59pm

Pakistan

International education day: AKU launches innovative academic programme

KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) launched its newest academic...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am

Pakistan

US pledges over $320K to Balochistan’s Mehrgarh Museum?

KARACHI: US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome and Chief Minister of Balochistan Ali Mardan Khan Domki launched the...

Published 24 Jan, 2024 05:07am

Pakistan

‘Country needs smart solutions to combat current challenges’

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Madad Ali Sindhi Monday emphasized on adopting...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

Editorials

Journalists in conflict zones

EDITORIAL: In a highly disturbing but hardly surprising development, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...

Published 24 Dec, 2023 04:00am

World

UNESCO recognises Ramazan meal tradition of Iftar

TEHRAN: The UN cultural agency on Wednesday recognised Iftar, the meal that breaks the daytime fast during the ...

Published 07 Dec, 2023 04:35am

Life & Style

France in one-year ‘battle’ to reopen Notre-Dame

PARIS: Workers at Paris’s emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral have one year, starting on Friday, to finish restoring the...

Published 05 Dec, 2023 04:26pm

World

‘City of jinn’: magical myths haunt ancient Omani oasis

BAHLA: Deep in Oman’s parched interior, the ancient oasis town of Bahla abounds with myths of camel-eating,...

Published 20 Nov, 2023 12:03pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 27	280.28
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 27	280.08
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 27	150.24
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 27	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 27	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 27	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 26	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 26	5,712.20
Nasdaq / Mar 26	17,899.02
Dow Jones / Mar 26	42,454.79
India Sensex / Mar 27	77,690.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 27	37,639.25
Hang Seng / Mar 27	23,671.44
FTSE 100 / Mar 27	8,625.87
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 27	22,502.76
France CAC40 / Mar 27	7,936.52

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 26	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 26	272,462
Petrol/Litre / Mar 27	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 27	69.75
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 27	3,032.56
Diesel/Litre / Mar 27	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 27	66.15

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 27 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	4.01 ▲ 1 (33.22%)
Parmount Sp. / Mar 27 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.10 ▲ 0.59 (16.81%)
Shaheen Ins. / Mar 27 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	7.50 ▲ 0.97 (14.85%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 27 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.02 ▲ 1.37 (10.04%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 27 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	33.83 ▲ 3.08 (10.02%)
Sardar Chemical / Mar 27 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.95 ▲ 3.27 (10.01%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 27 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	69.58 ▲ 6.33 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Mar 27 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	106.28 ▲ 9.66 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	121.88 ▲ 11.08 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Mar 27 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,429.95 ▲ 130 (10%)

Stock	Price
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	11.60 ▼ -98.09 (-89.42%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 27 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 27 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.03 ▼ -0.87 (-9.78%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 27 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	874.01 ▼ -93.68 (-9.68%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 27 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	18.90 ▼ -1.75 (-8.47%)
Cordoba Logistics / Mar 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	12.61 ▼ -1.15 (-8.36%)
Sally Textile / Mar 27 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11.01 ▼ -0.99 (-8.25%)
Masood Textile / Mar 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.06 ▼ -4.27 (-8.01%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 27 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.57 ▼ -0.73 (-7.09%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	42 ▼ -3.1 (-6.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	45,325,056 ▲ 0.31
Pak Elektron / Mar 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,179,304 ▲ 0.67
P.S.O. / Mar 27 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,879,128 ▲ 1.58
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	20,499,919 ▼ -98.09
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,191,931 ▼ -0.03
B.O.Punjab / Mar 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,148,304 ▼ -0.2
Pak Petroleum / Mar 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,934,134 ▼ -1.85
Engro Fert. / Mar 27 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,419,464 ▲ 0.5
Fauji Cement / Mar 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,194,696 ▲ 0.53
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,282,647 ▲ 0.09

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