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U.S. transport, education secretaries quit in staff exodus after Capitol violence

“There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me,” Elaine Chao wrote.
With less than two weeks left of Trump’s presidency, many aides were already heading for the door, making some of their resignations symbolic gestures.

Published 08 Jan, 2021 02:23pm

World

Biden to be sworn into office in largely virtual event as COVID-19 rages

Both the ceremony and traditional parade that follows will have limited attendance and be reimagined, the committee planning the event said in a statement.
The committee is urging members of the public to refrain from traveling to Washington for the inauguration, which in the past has drawn hundreds of thousands.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 12:09pm

World

Fresh off Electoral College win, Biden to stump in Georgia for Democratic Senate candidates

A day after the Electoral College confirmed his presidential victory, Joe Biden will travel to Georgia on Tuesday to campaign for two Democratic U.S. Senate candidates.
Biden’s narrow win in the Southern state in November’s presidential election completed its transformation from Republican stronghold to one of the country’s most competitive political battlegrounds.

Updated 15 Dec, 2020 06:57pm

World

US judiciary, shaped by Trump, thwarts his election challenges

Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy," Judge Stephanos Bibas wrote on behalf of a unanimous US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals panel.
Two judges appointed by President George W. Bush, also a Republican, signed onto Bibas' decision.

Published 02 Dec, 2020 12:28am

World

After Pennsylvania court defeat, Trump faces new pressure to concede election

So far, attempts to thwart certification have failed in courts in Georgia, Michigan and Arizona.

Published 22 Nov, 2020 11:08am

World

Biden solidifies U.S. election win, Trump says 'time will tell' if he stays in power

Edison Research, which made the Georgia call, also projected that North Carolina, the only other battleground state with an outstanding vote count, would go to Trump, finalizing the electoral vote tally at 306 for Biden to 232 for Trump.

Published 14 Nov, 2020 01:26pm

Markets

Vegetables lift US producer prices; trend remains moderate

Producer price index increases 0.3% in October.
PPI rises 0.5% on year-on-year basis.
Core PPI gains 0.2%; up 0.8% year-on-year.

Published 13 Nov, 2020 08:14pm

Markets

As Trump refuses to concede, some bettors hold out too

Trump still has a 10% chance of remaining in the White House for a second term, according to Betfair.
All major U.S news organizations have called the Nov. 3 election for Biden based on preliminary voting tallies.

Published 12 Nov, 2020 05:44pm

Markets

Trump defies election loss, Biden ignores him

Trump's attempt to hold on to power has become all consuming for the man who often makes a point of publicly mocking rivals as "losers."

Published 11 Nov, 2020 12:59am

World

As Trump challenges Biden victory, attorney general OKs fraud probes

Pennsylvania Republican state lawmakers plan to call for an audit of the results in the state that gave Biden enough electoral votes to win.
The dispute is slowing Biden's work in preparing for the work of governing, as a Trump appointee who heads the office charged with recognizing election results has not yet done so.

Published 10 Nov, 2020 07:28pm

World

Mexico says US vote response not due to fraud suspicions

Trump has launched a slew of legal challenges, complained of vote fraud without offering evidence, and refused to concede after the major US television networks announced Biden's win.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:18pm

World

Putin awaiting official US result to congratulate winner: Kremlin

Many world leaders congratulated President-elect Joe Biden after he took an insurmountable lead over Donald Trump in the vote count.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 06:14pm

World

China, Russia hold off on congratulating Biden; US allies rally round

Some of the United States' biggest and closest allies in Europe, the Middle East and Asia quickly congratulated Biden over the weekend despite Trump's refusal to concede.
"We noticed that Mr. Biden has declared election victory," China's foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:48pm

World

EU says waiting for Biden to take office before commenting on cooperation

"I think we should take things one step at a time," spokesman Eric Mamer told a news briefing.
"We have had now a process in the United States ... ongoing for a while and has now led to us welcoming the victory in the election of Joe Biden."

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:42pm

World

US presidential election: Putin will wait for official vote count before congratulating anyone

Peskov says Kremlin will wait for official results of the US presidential election to be announced before commenting on its outcome

Updated 09 Nov, 2020 03:53pm

US Elections 2020

Israel's Netanyahu congratulates Biden on US election win, thanks Trump

Biden likely to depart from Trump policy on Iran.
Netanyahu and Trump had particularly close ties.

Published 08 Nov, 2020 07:16pm

US Elections 2020

World's media welcome Trump defeat, warn of Biden challenges

"A new dawn for America", read the headline of The Independent in Britain.

Published 08 Nov, 2020 05:42pm

World

Trump says 'this election is far from over'

Trump has repeatedly made unfounded claims of fraud in the election.

Published 07 Nov, 2020 10:08pm

World

Joe Biden beats Donald Trump to become 46th President of the United States

Pennsylvania was enough to get Biden over that halfway line. With leads in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada, he may well end up winning far more than needed - taking those three states would give him a total of 306.

Updated 07 Nov, 2020 10:17pm

World

'We're going to win this race': Biden predicts victory as his lead over Trump grows

Securing Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes would put Biden over the 270 he needs to win the presidency after a political career stretching back nearly five decades.

Published 07 Nov, 2020 11:32am

World

Biden moves ahead in Georgia and Pennsylvania, moving closer to White House

Biden has a 253 to 214 lead in the state-by-state Electoral College vote that determines the winner.
In Pennsylvania, Biden moved ahead of Trump by 5,500 votes on Friday morning, while in Georgia, he had opened up a 1,097-vote lead.

Published 06 Nov, 2020 07:12pm

World

Democrats blame gerrymandering, campaign strategy for failure to flip state legislatures

There needs to be a reckoning for Democrats, because we are losing these down-ballot races.
Biden lost to Trump in Texas, and the legislature stayed firmly in Republican hands despite years of demographic change benefitting Democrats.

Published 06 Nov, 2020 05:52pm

US Elections 2020

US election could be settled Thursday as key states tally results

Donald Trump has amassed 214 electoral votes so far, and is still in contention in several states that would afford the Republican incumbent a path to reelection.

Published 05 Nov, 2020 11:50pm

US Elections 2020

Trump or Biden, new US president faces troubled economy

In the run-up to the election, Trump consistently polled better than Biden on his ability to create jobs and manage the economy, if not the virus.

Published 05 Nov, 2020 08:01pm

Markets

Russia says 'obvious shortcomings' in US election system

Zakharova also said Russia hopes the United States will be able to elect the next president in "full compliance with the American constitution."

Published 05 Nov, 2020 07:39pm

Pakistan

'Vote ko Izzat do’: Pakistanis greet delay in US polls result with memes, jokes

Two days after polls close, Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the U.S. presidential race on Thursday with only handful of states that will determine the outcome of the Election.

Updated 06 Nov, 2020 09:16pm

World

Harris’s ancestral village in India gets festive as Biden leads count

Thulasendrapuram, located about 320 km (200 miles) south of Chennai, is where Harris’s maternal grandfather was born more than a century ago.

Published 05 Nov, 2020 01:38pm

World

Police arrest 10 in Portland, 50 in New York on night after U.S. vote

Portland Police said it arrested ten people in the demonstrations after declaring riots in the city’s downtown area while the New York Police Department (NYPD) said it made about 50 arrests in protests that spread in the city late on Wednesday.

Updated 05 Nov, 2020 12:25pm

World

Uncertain U.S. election outcome opens way for protests

“We are coming together as Jews, Christians and Muslims to raise our moral voices that we want peace in our society. Whether we are a Democrats or Republicans, we are all human beings and we are all Americans,” said Dawud Walid.

Published 04 Nov, 2020 11:45pm

World

Brazil's Bolsonaro hopes Trump wins

"The Democratic candidate has spoken twice about the Amazon. Is that what you want for Brazil? Now that's what I call interference," he said.

Published 04 Nov, 2020 11:30pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Hang Seng / May 17	19535.61
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 18	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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