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G7 to meet on Syria, government pledges ‘rule of law’

DAMASCUS: G7 leaders will attempt Friday to forge a common approach to the new government of Syria, which has...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 11:43am

World

UN says Israel bombardment of Syria ‘must stop’

DAMASCUS: The UN special envoy for Syria called Tuesday on Israel to halt its military movements and bombardments in...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 05:30pm

World

Air strike on North Darfur market kills more than 100: Sudan lawyers’ group

PORT SUDAN: A Sudanese military air strike on a market in a town in North Darfur killed more than 100 people and...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 02:06pm

World

World food prices reach 19-month high in November, UN says

LONDON: The United Nations’ world food price index rose in November to its highest level since April 2023, driven by...

Published 06 Dec, 2024 02:12pm

World

UN seeks $47 billion in aid as donor appetite shrinks while crises multiply

GENEVA: The United Nations on Wednesday sought $47 billion in aid for 2025 to help around 190 million people fleeing...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 11:46am

World

Indian police to query Starlink on device used in huge haul of smuggled drugs

BENGALURU: Indian police will seek details from Elon Musk’s Starlink, they said on Tuesday, in a bid to hunt down...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 02:29pm

Technology

Global push for cooperation as space traffic crowds Earth orbit

BENGALURU: The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and...

Published 02 Dec, 2024 01:45pm

World

UN calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse land degradation

RIYADH: Restoring the world’s degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in...

Published 02 Dec, 2024 11:37am

World

Fierce debate over curbs on plastic output as treaty deadline looms

Negotiators on a treaty to curb plastic pollution face tough debate on the last day of scheduled talks, as over 100...

Published 01 Dec, 2024 10:05am

World

UN member states honour record number of killed aid workers

UNITED NATIONS: More than 100 UN member states called Tuesday for the protection of humanitarian aid workers, who ...

Published 27 Nov, 2024 06:44am

World

Gaza’s civil defence says 11 killed in Israeli strikes and shelling

GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Tuesday morning that 11 people were killed in nighttime Israeli air...

Published 26 Nov, 2024 02:36pm

World

New proposals published on COP29 climate finance target

BAKU: The United Nations climate body on Thursday published a fresh set of options for the COP29 summit’s primary...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 12:06pm

World

UN to vote again on Gaza ceasefire, US plans unclear

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday on another draft resolution calling for a...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 08:00pm

World

Israel slams UN committee’s Gaza genocide claims as ‘false’

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel condemned the United Nations for what it described as “anti-Israel fabrications” after a...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 07:50pm

World

Russian attacks on Ukraine energy could trigger ‘tipping point’: UN

GENEVA: The UN warned on Friday that renewed Russian targeting of Ukraine’s already devastated energy infrastructure...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 05:33pm

World

Elon Musk met with Iran’s UN ambassador, New York Times reports

WASHINGTON: Billionaire Elon Musk, who is an adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran’s...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 11:37am

World

Nuclear watchdog chief says room to manoeuvre on Iran ‘shrinking’

BAKU: The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that “the margins for manoeuvre are beginning...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 06:33am

World

Climate crisis worsening already ‘hellish’ refugee situation: UN

GENEVA: Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally, while...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 12:33pm

World

Trump looms over Saudi-hosted meeting on Mideast wars

RIYADH: Arab and Muslim leaders gather in Saudi Arabia Monday for a summit addressing the wars in Gaza and Lebanon,...

Published 11 Nov, 2024 12:25pm

World

Trump names New York Rep. Elise Stefanik US ambassador to UN: US media

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump said he has offered Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik the job of US...

Published 11 Nov, 2024 11:56am

World

UN atomic watchdog chief to arrive in Iran Wednesday: state media

TEHRAN: The United Nations’ atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will visit Iran in days for talks with senior...

Updated 10 Nov, 2024 10:37pm

Pakistan

Pakistan urges UN to adopt urgent measures to strengthen safety of peacekeepers

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged the United Nations to adopt urgent measures to strengthen the safety of peacekeepers,...

Published 10 Nov, 2024 02:51am

World

South Sudan floods affect 1.4 million, displace 379,000: UN

NAIROBI: Devastating flooding in South Sudan is affecting around 1.4 million people, with more than 379,000...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 04:14pm

World

Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were...

Updated 08 Nov, 2024 08:04pm

Opinion

Peaceful N-programme: Attainment of SDGs

When the United Nations adopted the 2030 Development Agenda in 2015, Pakistan fully embraced all its 17 Sustainable...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 07:02am

World

NGOs seek UN emergency rights meeting, investigation on Lebanon

GENEVA: A group of NGOs pressed countries on Wednesday to hold an emergency session of the United Nations Human...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 06:20pm

Opinion

The cost of ignoring energy poverty

Last month, in September 2024, the world witnessed a grand spectacle at the United Nations as leaders assembled in...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 07:36am

World

South Korea condemns North Korea for firing ICBM

SEOUL: South Korea’s National Security Council (NSC) said on Thursday North Korea had again violated UN Security...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 10:09am

World

Nature destruction an ‘existential crisis’ says UN chief

CALI: Humanity faces an “existential crisis” caused by its rapacious destruction of life-sustaining nature, UN chief...

Published 29 Oct, 2024 10:53pm

Pakistan

At UN, Pakistan says it neither wants, nor is engaged in arms race in South Asia

Pakistan has voiced concern over the continued supply of advanced weapons and sensitive technologies to one state in...

Published 29 Oct, 2024 07:16pm

Forex
World
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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