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England goes to the polls in key local elections

LONDON: Voters went to the polls in England on Thursday for a host of crunch local elections likely to ratchet up ...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Pakistan

Vote recount in PP-161: LHC sets aside notice issued by ECP

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday set aside a notice issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for...

Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

World

Putin wins Russia election in landslide with record turnout

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing his...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am

Vote ‘rigging’: IMF dampens hopes of PTI

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said its scope is restricted to economic issues and it cannot...

Updated 09 Mar, 2024 04:10pm

Pakistan

Fazl terms parliament a ‘product of vote rigging’

KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the people of Pakistan do not...

Published 04 Mar, 2024 04:15am

PTI moves SC against ‘vote rigging’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat approached the Supreme Court against rigging in...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 04:11pm

Ex-commissioner ‘retracts’ his vote rigging allegation

ISLAMABAD: A written statement of former commissioner Rawalpindi Division Liaqat Ali Chatha, who reportedly remains...

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 08:51am

Editorials

Now the evidence, please

EDITORIAL: Now that former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha’s bombshell has done the rounds and stoked...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

Vote rigging allegation: PTI wants judicial inquiry sans CJP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has called for formation of a judicial commission to probe February 8...

Updated 19 Feb, 2024 09:54am

Pakistan

Free, unhindered participation by Pakistanis to exercise their right of vote demonstrated their commitment to democracy: COAS

Says Pakistan’s diverse polity and pluralism will be well-represented by a unified government of all democratic forces imbibed with national purpose

Updated 10 Feb, 2024 04:25pm

Pakistan

Mobile services partially restored in some areas: interior ministry

Mobile services restored in Bhakkar, Sargodha, Taxila, Gujar Khan Chakri, Loralai, Sibi and Jhal Magsi as of 8pm, says ministry

Published 08 Feb, 2024 08:22pm

Pakistan

General Elections 2024: polling ends as Pakistan marred by ‘disconnect’

Pakistan voted in the country’s 12th General Elections under a bar on communication with mobile internet services...

Updated 08 Feb, 2024 05:31pm

Nawaz to be next PM if PML-N voted to power: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Sunday said Nawaz Sharif would be the next prime minister of Pakistan and...

Updated 07 Aug, 2023 09:01am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Why would you vote for Nawaz?

“I reckon Nawaz Sharif deserves my vote.” “Really? I thought after the Panama case, when it came to light that...

Published 25 Jul, 2023 06:20am

World

Greeks vote again with conservatives likely winners

ATHENS: Greeks went to the polls on Sunday for the second time in little over a month to elect a new parliament, ...

Published 26 Jun, 2023 06:38am

World

Tunisians vote in second round of poll for defanged parliament

TUNIS: Polling began in the second round of elections for Tunisia’s toothless parliament on Sunday, but as the...

Published 30 Jan, 2023 05:56am

World

Tunisians to vote in second round of poll for defanged parliament

TUNIS: Tunisia holds the second round of elections for a toothless parliament on Sunday, with voters preoccupied by...

Published 29 Jan, 2023 10:42am

World

Turkish Cypriots vote under shadow of economic crisis

NICOSIA: Turkish Cypriots cast their ballots on Sunday in a snap legislative election in the breakaway northern ...

Published 24 Jan, 2022 06:50am

World

Congo’s Sassou Nguesso re-elected

BRAZZAVILLE: The Republic of Congo’s veteran president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, has been re-elected with 88.57...

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:10am

World

Libya PM urges parliament to vote for new cabinet

An interim three-member presidency council, selected alongside Dbeibah last month, will head the new unity administration.

Published 08 Mar, 2021 08:44pm

World

Kosovo opposition party won historic half of vote: final results

That hands the party, which campaigned against the old guard with calls for "jobs and justice", 58 out of 120 seats in parliament.

Published 04 Mar, 2021 08:45pm

World

Chad bans protests ahead of vote announcement

Deby, a 68-year-old former army chief, has been in power since December 1990, when he ousted the autocratic Hissene Habre.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 05:17pm

World

UN urges consensus as deadline for Somalia vote looms

The UN special representative said the focus instead was on breaking the political deadlock.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 05:44pm

Markets

French central bank to exit coal, cap oil and gas investments

Already from this year it said it would turn its back on companies that derive 10% of their revenues from shale oil or gas, tar sands or exploration in the Arctic or deep water.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 12:06pm

World

Uganda regulator orders social media shutdown ahead of vote

Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter were down in the East African nation on Tuesday, after the communications regulator ordered a social media shutdown.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 07:37pm

World

Kyrgyz president-elect dismisses fears of strongman rule

Japarov scooped more than 80 percent of the vote in Sunday's election in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 07:22pm

World

Facebook shuts Uganda accounts ahead of vote

Social media giants have come under increasing scrutiny over the content they allow to spread on their networks.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 05:03pm

World

Scotland must wait a generation for new vote: Johnson

Recent polls have shown consistent support for independence, boosted by rows between London and the devolved governments over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Published 03 Jan, 2021 05:11pm

Forex
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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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