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World - 2024-08-03

Europe

Zelensky hails strikes on Russian airfields, refineries

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday praised his forces for hitting military targets inside...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 11:53pm

Egypt tells Iran recent events jeopardise regional stability

CAIRO: Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty stressed in a phone call with Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 11:26pm

MENA

Gaza civil defence says Israel strike kills 10 at school compound

GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli strike struck a school compound in Gaza City on Saturday,...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 09:07pm

Middle East

Iran Revolutionary Guards say ‘short-range projectile’ killed Hamas chief

Iran says the terrorist operation was carried out by firing a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kilograms from outside the accommodation area

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 10:15pm

Middle East

Pakistan ‘fully supports’ Iran’s call for OIC extraordinary meeting on Haniyeh’s killing, FO says

Iran shares anguish with Pakistan on killing of Hamas political chief
FM Dar confirms Pakistan's participation in the OIC meeting at the foreign ministers level

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 10:19pm

MENA

Saudi Tourism Authority inks 9 MoUs in Pakistan to boost leisure, business tourism

The Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) signed nine Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with authorised trade partners to...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 02:24pm

South Asia

Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience

DHAKA: Student leaders rallied Bangladeshis on Saturday for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign as Prime...

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 07:31pm

USA

Trump agrees to Fox News debate with Harris on Sept 4

WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said late Friday that he had agreed to debate his...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 01:55pm

Europe

Russia says destroyed 76 Ukrainian drones

MOSCOW: Russia and Ukraine repelled drone attacks overnight, their respective armed forces said on Saturday morning,...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 01:46pm

Europe

Russian drone attack damages infrastructure in Ukraine’s Vinnytsia region

KYIV: A Russian drone attack overnight damaged critical infrastructure in the central Ukrainian region of Vinnytsia,...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 12:26pm

USA

US scraps plea deal with 9/11 mastermind: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: The United States government on Friday scrapped a plea deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 12:19pm

USA

Venezuela set for new protests after Maduro win ratified

CARACAS: Venezuela braced for fresh protests Saturday, after President Nicolas Maduro’s disputed election victory...

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 04:22pm

South Asia

At least two dead after landslides in southwest China

BEIJING: Landslides in southwest China on Saturday destroyed homes and caused a highway bridge to collapse, killing...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 11:21am

South Asia

6.8-magnitude earthquake hits off Philippines’ Mindanao

MANILA: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines on Saturday, the United States...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 11:16am

South Asia

Vietnam President To Lam takes top job as Communist Party chief

HANOI: Vietnamese President To Lam was named to the nation’s top position, general secretary of the Communist Party...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 11:02am

Middle East

Israeli airstrike kills five in West Bank, including Hamas commander

RAMALLAH: An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank killed a Hamas commander on Saturday, media...

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 04:40pm

Cleric held over sermon at Al-Aqsa Mosque

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A senior Muslim cleric was detained on suspicion of inciting “terrorism” on Friday after he...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:46am

Asia

Drug trafficker hanged in Singapore

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Friday hanged a convicted drug trafficker, authorities said, in the city-state’s second...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:46am

Harris secures Democratic presidential nomination

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party’s presidential nomination...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:46am

USA

Hunter Biden to be sentenced on Nov. 13 after conviction on gun charges

Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, will be sentenced on Nov. 13 after a jury found him guilty of...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 12:28am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 31	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 31	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 31	152.20
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 31	0.86
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 31	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 31	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 30	5,813.67
Nasdaq / Oct 30	18,607.93
Dow Jones / Oct 30	42,141.54
India Sensex / Oct 31	79,453.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 31	39,081.25
Hang Seng / Oct 31	20,382.25
FTSE 100 / Oct 31	8,105.12
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 31	19,158.33

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 30	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 30	246,403.40
Petrol/Litre / Oct 31	247.03
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 31	69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 31	2,781.74
Diesel/Litre / Oct 31	251.29

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 31 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 31 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 31 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 31 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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