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India disconnected IOK from world: AJK PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider on Tuesday said India has disconnected the...

Published 10 Jun, 2020 03:05am

Pakistan

Senate passes four private bills

ISLAMABAD: The Upper House of the Parliament on Monday passed four private bills separately moved by the members ...

Published 09 Jun, 2020 03:06am

Epaper

Coronavirus outbreak: 3m jobs could be lost in 'initial round'

ISLAMABAD: Initially, some three million jobs are expected to be lost and Federal Board of Revenue's (FBR's) tax...

Published 06 Jun, 2020 02:46am

Pakistan

Beneficiaries of Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme: Govt launches supplementary payment solution

ISLAMABAD: Federal government has launched a supplementary payment solution to facilitate those beneficiaries of...

Updated 05 Jun, 2020 04:00am

Epaper

Dr Shehzad nominated as Leader of House in Senate

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Dr Shehzad Waseem as ...

Published 05 Jun, 2020 03:07am

Pakistan

Male, female voters: ECP to seek details of CNICs in backdrop of over 12.49 millions voters' difference

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday decided to seek from National Database and ...

Updated 04 Jun, 2020 04:37am

Epaper

Foreign funding case: ECP reserves verdict till 30th

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday reserved its verdict till June 30 on the...

Updated 03 Jun, 2020 04:19am

Pakistan

Alvi visits Parliament House

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Monday visited the Parliament House and separately met Senate Chairman Sadiq...

Updated 14 Jun, 2020 01:03am

Pakistan

Ehsaas Programme: Over Rs 115 billion distributed among 9.5m beneficiaries

ISLAMABAD: Over Rs 115 billion have been distributed among 9.5 million beneficiaries of Ehsaas Emergency Cash...

Published 02 Jun, 2020 02:49am

NCOC to launch 'no mask no service' initiative

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) on Sunday decided to launch "no mask no service" ...

Updated 01 Jun, 2020 04:10am

Rapid surge in Covid-19 cases: Crucial NCC meeting today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to preside over an all important meeting of the National...

Updated 01 Jun, 2020 04:14am

88 more die of Covid-19

ISLAMABAD: As many as 88 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded with 3,039 new cases surfaced in 24 hours and 201...

Updated 01 Jun, 2020 04:14am

CCI reduced to ceremonial entity

The role of Council of Common Interests (CCI), a constitutional body tasked to resolve issues between the centre and provinces, has been reduced to a ceremonial entity due to alleged apathy of present and previous governments in making CCI an effective pl

Published 30 May, 2020 12:06am

Pakistan

Senate body to review appointments of envoys

Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani has tasked the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs to review the appointments of ambassadors and high commissioners, from the private sector, made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Pakistan's diplomatic m

Published 30 May, 2020 12:06am

NEC meetings: Constitutional requirement met only once in 10 years

The constitutional requirement to hold National Economic Council (NEC) meetings twice a year was met only once, in the year 2018, during the last 10 years since the 18th Constitutional Amendment came into effect in 2010.

Published 29 May, 2020 12:05am

Pakistan

Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme: Total 18 million people receiving financial assistance

A total of 18 million people are receiving financial assistance under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme with the addition of six million people in the newly-added category-IV, while 12 million beneficiaries are already being provided financial help in the f

Published 22 May, 2020 12:03am

WEF's Covid-19 Action Platform: Very serious situation for Pakistan's economy: PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan has stressed upon the world leaders to forge a global response the coronavirus spectre.

Published 21 May, 2020 12:09am

Pakistan

6m people to be benefited from category-IV of EECP

Six million people would be provided one-time cash assistance of Rs 12,000 each under the newly added category-IV of Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme (EECP) while the entire funding of this programme would come from the Prime Minister's Corona Relief Fund

Published 20 May, 2020 12:05am

Over Rs3bn donations collected so far: PM launches Cat-IV of Ehsaas Programme

Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday launched the newly added category-IV of ongoing Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme to provide financial assistance to those who have lost their livelihoods as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Published 19 May, 2020 12:02am

Category-IV of Ehsaas Programme to begin tomorrow

The newly-added category-IV of ongoing Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme to provide financial assistance to those who have lost their livelihoods as a result of the outbreak of coronavirus in Pakistan would start Monday (May 18).

Updated 17 May, 2020 05:14am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 23	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 23	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 23	154.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 23	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 23	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 22	5010.60
Nasdaq / Apr 22	15451.31
Dow Jones / Apr 22	38239.98
India Sensex / Apr 23	73884.02
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 23	37552.16
Hang Seng / Apr 23	16828.93
FTSE 100 / Apr 23	8045.70
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 23	17967.18

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 19	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 22	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 23	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 23	82.41
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 23	2301.86
Diesel/Litre / Apr 23	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 23 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 23 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 23 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 23 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 23 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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