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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 / 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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