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World - 2024-11-17

Europe

Pope calls for Gaza ‘genocide’ investigation

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis for the first time tackled claims of Israel’s ongoing “genocide” of Palestinians in Gaza...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 11:17pm

South Asia

India tightens vehicle entry restrictions as Delhi’s air pollution worsens

NEW DELHI: India said on Sunday that it would tighten restrictions including on construction activities and vehicle...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 11:03pm

Middle East

Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah media head, security sources say

BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on a building in a densely populated district of Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah’s media...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 10:19pm

Middle East

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

South Asia

Bangladesh’s Yunus urges ‘patience’ after 100 days in power

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus begged the country’s “patience” to prepare for much-awaited...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 07:10pm

Europe

Germany’s Scholz reaffirms Ukraine backing, defends Putin call

BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday reaffirmed his country’s support for Ukraine after taking flak for...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 06:35pm

South Asia

India, Nigeria renew ties as Modi visits

ABUJA: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu met to renew what they called the...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:43pm

Middle East

Dozens killed and wounded in Israeli strikes across Gaza, officials say

Death toll in besieged territory crosses 43,800 since October 7, 2023

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 10:25pm

MENA

Roadside bomb kills three soldiers in northern Iraq

BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army vehicle killed three soldiers in northern Iraq on Sunday, police...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 02:05pm

Europe

Russia pounds Ukraine’s power grid in ‘massive’ air strike

KYIV: Russia unleashed its largest air strike on Ukraine in almost three months on Sunday, launching 120 missiles...

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 10:46pm

South Asia

Bangladesh deaths from dengue cross 400 as outbreak worsens

DHAKA: Bangladesh is battling its worst outbreak of dengue in years, with more than 400 deaths as rising...

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 09:52pm

MENA

Six people killed, 11 wounded in Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Baalbek, ministry says

BEIRUT: Israeli airstrikes on the village of Khreibeh in the Baalbek District of eastern Lebanon killed six people...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 01:34pm

Europe

‘Break taboos’: Josep Borrell wraps up time as EU’s top diplomat

BRUSSELS: Josep Borrell took a deep breath as the train rumbled across Ukraine at the end of his final visit after...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 11:46am

Asia

Xi vows to work with Trump team as he meets Biden in Peru

LIMA: Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to work with the incoming U.S. administration of Donald Trump...

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 09:58pm

South Asia

India hails ‘historic’ hypersonic missile test flight

NEW DELHI: Nuclear-armed India has tested its first hypersonic missile, the defence minister said Sunday,...

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 10:34pm

Asia

Japan PM Ishiba says he won’t get meeting he sought with president-elect Trump

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Saturday that a face-to-face meeting he had sought with US...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 10:55am

Brazil’s first lady insults Elon Musk at G20 social event

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, swore at billionaire Elon Musk during a G20 social event...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 10:40am

Asia

Super typhoon Man-Yi set to weaken as it barrels through Philippines

MANILA: Super typhoon Man-Yi swept across the Philippines’ main island of Luzon on Sunday, threatening heavy rain in...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 10:29am

USA

Donald Trump in New York for UFC fight at Madison Square Garden

NEW YORK: President-elect Donald Trump celebrated his election victory on Saturday night by attending an Ultimate...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 10:25am

Japanese troops to train with Australia, US militaries in Darwin

SYDNEY: Japanese troops will begin regular deployments in northern Australia as part of military cooperation with...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 10:19am

Europe

Blasts shake Kyiv after Ukraine’s air force warns of Russian missile attack

KYIV: Blasts were heard in Kyiv in early Sunday hours, Reuters witnesses reported, after Ukraine’s air force warned...

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 02:19pm

Energy

Russia cuts gas to Austria in payment dispute, keeps EU flows

MOSCOW: Russia halted gas supplies to Austria on Saturday in a dispute over payments but was still pumping steady...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:55am

All eyes on G20 for breakthrough as COP29 climate talks stall

BAKU: Negotiations were deadlocked Saturday at the midway point of the UN climate summit, with hopes pinned on G20...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

Europe

Farmers target PM Starmer in protest against new UK tax rules

LONDON: Hundreds of farmers, many in tractors, gathered in Wales on Saturday to protest against UK Prime Minister...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

Middle East

Israeli strike kills 10 at Gaza school sheltering displaced families

GAZA CITY: An Israeli strike killed 10 Palestinians and wounded at least 20 others on Saturday at a school in Gaza...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

As Trump return looms, Xi calls for more free trade in Asia

LIMA: With Donald Trump’s imminent return to the US presidency looming over the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.53
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 21	5,948.71
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,155.79
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Nasdaq / Nov 21	18,972.42
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,601.11
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,149.27
Dow Jones / Nov 21	43,870.35
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	19,146.17

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	70.18
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,669.46
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 21	70.43
Petrol/Litre / Nov 22	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 22 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 22 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 22 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 22 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 22 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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