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Finland’s Stubb seen as frontrunner in presidential run-off

HELSINKI: Centre-right Alexander Stubb of the National Coalition Party is the frontrunner in Finland’s presidential...

Published 11 Feb, 2024 11:04am

World

US senators urge Biden not to shift Defence Department spectrum for wireless use

WASHINGTON: Three US senators on Wednesday urged the Biden administration not to strip the Defence Department of key...

Published 08 Feb, 2024 10:42am

World

Republican Tim Scott withdraws from US presidential race

WASHINGTON: US Senator Tim Scott announced Sunday that he is withdrawing from the US presidential race, saying...

Published 13 Nov, 2023 12:14pm

World

US House Republicans’ Israel-only aid bill opposed in Senate, by Biden

WASHINGTON: US senators from both parties voiced doubts on Tuesday about House Republicans’ plan to provide $14.3...

Published 01 Nov, 2023 10:38am

World

Twenty US Democrats express concerns about possible Israel-Saudi deal

WASHINGTON: Twenty Democratic US senators expressed support on Wednesday for a potential Israeli-Saudi normalization...

Published 05 Oct, 2023 06:23am

Technology

Musk, Zuckerberg, Gates to join US senators for AI forum

WASHINGTON: The US Senate’s top Democrat is bringing US technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 02:12pm

World

US averts first-ever default with 11th-hour debt deal

WASHINGTON: US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday, capping weeks of fraught negotiations to...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 11:08am

Business & Finance

US senators challenge Credit Suisse Nazi accounts probe

ZURICH: Credit Suisse announced that a two-year investigation had found no evidence to support claims that many...

Published 20 Apr, 2023 06:30am

World

US senate repeals Iraq war authorizations

WASHINGTON: US senators advanced cross-party legislation on Wednesday to repeal authorizations for the wars in Iraq...

Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am

US Senators meet PM, discuss trade, investment

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday highlighting the significance of long-standing cooperation...

Updated 24 Feb, 2023 08:50am

World

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy thanks Scholz for defence package, discusses ‘further cooperation’

KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had spoken by phone to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday and...

Published 06 Jan, 2023 10:00pm

World

US ratifies Finland, Sweden accession to NATO

WASHINGTON: The US Senate ratified the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO Wednesday, strongly backing the...

Published 04 Aug, 2022 10:44am

World

US Senate passes act to help veterans with health issues from toxic burn pits

WASHINGTON: US senators on Tuesday approved benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits, which President Joe...

Published 03 Aug, 2022 09:43am

World

US Senate advances breakthrough bill on gun safety

WASHINGTON: US senators advanced a bipartisan bill late Thursday addressing the epidemic of gun violence convulsing...

Published 24 Jun, 2022 12:11pm

World

Germany will not supply weapons to Kyiv for now, defence minister says

BERLIN: Berlin is ruling out arms deliveries to Ukraine in the standoff with Russia for now, German Defence Minister...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 11:47am

World

US Senate sinks Biden push for major voting rights reforms

WASHINGTON: US senators dealt a death blow Wednesday to President Joe Biden's push to defend voting rights against...

Published 20 Jan, 2022 10:05am

World

Congress reaches agreement to avert calamitous US debt default

WASHINGTON: US senators struck a deal Tuesday to create a one-time law allowing Democrats to lift the nation's...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 10:31am

World

US senators urge Biden to avoid sanctions against India over Russian deal

NEW DELHI: Two US senators have urged President Joe Biden to waive sanctions against India over its purchase of...

Published 27 Oct, 2021 02:24pm

World

Senators on brink of stop-gap fix to US debt crisis

WASHINGTON: US senators neared agreement in the small hours of Thursday to stave off a catastrophic credit default...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am

World

Senators on brink of stop-gap fix to US debt crisis

WASHINGTON: US senators neared agreement in the small hours of Thursday to stave off a catastrophic credit default...

Published 07 Oct, 2021 12:49pm

Business & Finance

Musk says Tesla's self-driving software update 'not great'

The billionaire entrepreneur tweeted that the Full Self-Driving Beta version 9.2 is "actually not great imo (in my opinion)

Published 24 Aug, 2021 12:17pm

US lawmakers finish $1trn infrastructure proposal

WASHINGTON: US senators on Sunday finalized a historic, trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal that is expected to...

Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:29am

World

US lawmakers finish $1 trillion infrastructure proposal

It would also help tackle the climate crisis by investing in energy projects, such as electric buses and a cleaner electricity grid

Published 02 Aug, 2021 10:22am

World

Biden to meet with bipartisan senators to discuss infrastructure plan

The G-21 talks have focused on a $1.2 trillion, eight-year spending plan, with a mix of new and repurposed funding.

Published 24 Jun, 2021 09:57am

Business & Finance

Toyota warns rivals' gasoline engine phase-out goals must overcome huge challenges

If we are to make dramatic progress in electrification, it will require overcoming tremendous challenges, including refueling infrastructure, battery availability, consumer acceptance and affordability.
Toyota plans to begin selling two new electric vehicles in the United States next year, but also aims to keeps boosting sales of hybrid cars.

Updated 16 Mar, 2021 10:00pm

World

US senators introduce bipartisan oil and gas leasing reform bill

The bill, authored by Senators Jacky Rosen, a Democrat from Nevada, and Chuck Grassley, a senior Republican from Iowa, would increase the minimum bid price per acre during lease auctions and raise the royalty rate companies must pay on oil and gas produced from the leases.
The legislation's backing by Grassley could be critical to winning support for the reforms in the closely-divided Senate. Similar bills introduced in the House last week did not include any Republican sponsors.

Published 10 Mar, 2021 06:30pm

World

US Senators ready bill to limit Section 230

Called the SAFE TECH Act, the bill would mark the latest effort to make social media companies like Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc more accountable for "enabling cyber-stalking.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 08:59pm

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 ▼ -0.05
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.23
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,227,770 ▼ -0.04
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	53,698,225 ▲ 2.90
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 ▼ -0.03
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 1.04
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.08
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.11

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