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Pakistan

Nationwide polio drive: Report reveals 98 percent of the set target achieved across Pakistan

Over 40 million children under the age of five years were administered anti-polio drops by the vaccinators
At least 99 percent of the target of vaccinating the children was achieved in Punjab and Sindh provinces, while 96 percent and 95 percent targets were achieved in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa respectively

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:01pm

Pakistan

Pakistan registers 300,000 health workers for COVID-19 vaccination, says Umar

Minister says the government is trying to make the vaccine available in the country from more than one sources
At the moment there are two anti-coronavirus vaccines authorised for emergency use while phase III clinical trials of the third vaccine by CanSino will be completed by the first week of February: Umar

Published 17 Jan, 2021 02:42pm

Pakistan

Passengers of seized PIA aircraft complain lack of cooperation by embassy officials, airline staff

Passengers complained they were not provided food or any sort of accommodation in Malaysia
The passengers claimed that they slept on the floor of the Kuala Lumpur Airport for two days

Published 17 Jan, 2021 01:46pm

Pakistan

Cold wave: Karachi to experience chilly weather in upcoming week: PMD

Mercury is expected to drop to six degrees while cold and dry weather along with fog is expected in multiple parts of Sindh
Dense fog engulfed motorways and the National Highway in various parts of Punjab and Sindh causing poor visibility

Published 17 Jan, 2021 12:38pm

Pakistan

Pakistan's strategy to unearth India's Abhorring designs before world is working well: Moeed Yusuf

Moeed says government will continue to expose the sinister designs of India before the world, which is hatching conspiracy to create instability in Pakistan
Exposing the real face of India before international community is a difficult task because it is a big business market for developed nations: SAPM

Published 17 Jan, 2021 11:34am

Pakistan

COVID-19 outbreak: Pakistan reports 43 deaths, 2,521 new infections in 24 hours

With more fatalities, the total death tally due to the deadly disease has reached 10,951: NCOC
At leasst 41,191 tests were conducted across the country during this period. 473,639 people have recovered from the deadly disease

Published 17 Jan, 2021 09:56am

Pakistan

Remarks of British lawmakers clearly states Kashmir is not India's internal issue: Qureshi

Foreign minister says statements of UK Parliamentarians have exposed the real face of Indian government
Qureshi expresses hope that a similar voice in favor of Kashmiri people will be raised in the US Congress after the new government under Biden leadership assumes it responsibility

Published 15 Jan, 2021 04:51pm

Pakistan

Money-laundering case: Court issues non-bailable arrest warrants for Salman Shehbaz

Salman along with his father PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and brother Hamza Shehbaz is named in the money laundering case
The court has ordered to present Salman Shahbaz before the court on January 19

Updated 15 Jan, 2021 08:20pm

Pakistan

Sale of smuggled fuel products: Authorities seal 609 petrol pumps, seize 4.5 million litres of petrol and diesel

PM's office says the campaign launched against oil smuggling is continuing unabated and showing significantly good results
If the sealed pumps failed to show valid documentation within seven days of sealing, these will be confiscated by the State under the Customs Act

Published 15 Jan, 2021 03:32pm

Pakistan

Senate session: Mandviwalla says will continue fight till declaration of assets by NAB officials

Mandviwalla says if the Parliament is silent over the issue then there can be no hope for ordinary citizens
The deputy chairman emphasised that NAB is making doing business in the country difficult by going after everyone's accounts

Published 15 Jan, 2021 02:50pm

World

Britain's arms sale to India will contribute to shedding blood of Kashmiri people, Shah tells UK Parliament

British parliamentarian says we need international leaders and governments with the will to take action and stop genocide taking place in IIOJK
Seventy-four years on, the trajectory for the people of Kashmir is leading to a future far from a right of self-determination and closer to one of non-existence: Shah

Published 15 Jan, 2021 12:26pm

Pakistan

PM to inaugurate Sheikhupura-Gujranwala road project today

The project will be completed at a cost of over Rs5 billion under public-private partnership
The road will connect the two industrial cities and it will be maintained by a private company for the next 25 years

Published 15 Jan, 2021 10:52am

Pakistan

Appointment of legal counsel: Indian Govt not serious in Kulbhushan Jadhav's matters: IHC CJ

Justice Minallah says the Indian High Commission has not appointed a counsel yet despite being sent notices four times
The court directed the federal government to contact the Indian government again and adjourned the hearing till February 3

Updated 14 Jan, 2021 06:18pm

Pakistan

Vandalism at Hindu temple: 12 cops dismissed, 33 face one-year suspension over negligence

Karak DPO says policemen have been dismissed in light of the inquiry report into the attack that held the said cops responsible for the incident
Those fired from police service also include Terry police SHO Rehmatullah and Banda Police ASI Mujeebullah

Published 14 Jan, 2021 03:48pm

World

Afghan forces foil ISIS plan to assassinate top US diplomat

Intelligence officers arrested four members of the militant organisation in Nangarhar that had planned to murder US Charge d'Affaires in Kabul Ross Wilson
Wilson had condemned a series of assassinations in the capital and other cities of prominent Afghans including journalists, activists and politicians in recent months

Published 14 Jan, 2021 01:52pm

Pakistan

IHC restrains Naeem Bukhari from discharging duties as PTV chairman

IHC CJ says a summary was sent to the federal cabinet for Bukhari’s appointment without taking into account the SC verdict
The court referred the matter to the cabinet to make an appropriate decision

Published 14 Jan, 2021 12:24pm

World

Trump becomes first US president to be impeached twice

The vote tally for impeachment stood at 232-197
At least, 10 Republican Congressmen voted in favour of an article of impeachment while four Congressmen did not vote

Published 14 Jan, 2021 10:45am

Pakistan

Constitution does not mention procedure to hold Senate election, SC tells AGP

Justice Ijazul Ahsan said that articles 53 and 60 don’t even mention if the elections should be held through an open or secret ballot
Justice Yahya Afridi said why the federal government would not approach parliament to have the method of Senate elections changed

Published 13 Jan, 2021 05:09pm

RSS, other violent nationalist groups should be outlawed like terror outfits, Pakistan tells UNSC

Akram says that the BJP's Hindutva ideology is a threat to India's Muslim population
There is need to initiate immediate domestic actions to prevent the propagation of their violent ideologies, recruitment to and financing of these groups: Pakistani Envoy

Published 13 Jan, 2021 03:54pm

Pakistan

Anti-govt campaign: PDM to hold rally in Balochistan's Loralai district today

Pakistan Muslim League-N’s Maryam Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party’s Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will not attend the rally
Fazlur Rehman claims there would be a big gathering in Loralai

Published 13 Jan, 2021 01:38pm

Gainers
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Stock	Price
First Pak Modaraba / Jan 17 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	2.20 ▲ 0.32 (4.27%)
Thatta Cement / Jan 17 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	21.04 ▲ 0.94 (2.89%)
Pakistan Cables / Jan 17 Pakistan Cables Limited(PCAL)	140.30 ▲ 3.92 (2.45%)
Crescent Star / Jan 17 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	2.80 ▲ 0.10 (1.45%)
First Cap. Sec. / Jan 17 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	1.64 ▲ 0.12 (1.23%)
Berger Paints / Jan 17 Berger Paints Pakistan Limited(BERG)	115.00 ▲ 4.79 (0.86%)
Nishat (Ch) / Jan 17 Nishat Chunian Limited(NCL)	50.90 ▲ 1.60 (0.77%)
Friends Sp. / Jan 17 Friends Spinning Mills Limited(FRSM)	42.30 ▼ -0.02 (0.71%)
Ghani Auto Ind. / Jan 17 Ghani Automobile Industries Limited(GAIL)	6.30 ▼ -0.08 (0.64%)
Friesland. Engro / Jan 17 Frieslandcampins Engro Foods Limited(FCEPL)	78.99 ▲ 1.19 (0.62%)

Stock	Price
Quice Food / Jan 17 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	4.81 ▼ 0.13 (-3.41%)
Telecard / Jan 17 Telecard Limited(TELE)	2.72 ▼ 0.33 (-2.86%)
Nimir Resins / Jan 17 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	12.87 ▼ 0.62 (-1.76%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 17 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	9.89 ▼ 0.67 (-1.40%)
Power Cement / Jan 17 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	11.74 ▼ 0.89 (-1.34%)
Emco Ind. / Jan 17 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	38.00 ▼ 1.76 (-1.30%)
Kohinoor Sp. / Jan 17 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.09 ▼ 0.05 (-1.17%)
First Prud Mod. / Jan 17 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	1.78 ▼ 0.36 (-1.11%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Jan 17 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	3.61 ▲ -0.11 (-1.10%)
Al Shaheer Corp. / Jan 17 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	16.62 ▼ 0.35 (-1.07%)

Stock	Volume
Hum Network / Jan 17 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	38,439,000 ▼ 0.50
Power Cement / Jan 17 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	29,144,000 ▼ 0.89
Fauji Fert. Bin / Jan 17 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	18,354,500 ▼ 0.24
Gul Ahmed / Jan 17 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	13,493,000 ▼ 3.27
TRG Pak. / Jan 17 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	12,387,000 ▼ 1.90
Kohinoor Sp. / Jan 17 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	12,017,000 ▼ 0.05
Fauji Foods / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	7,183,500 ▼ 0.20
Hira Tex. / Jan 17 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	6,696,000 ▼ 0.65
Maple Leaf / Jan 17 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	5,749,000 ▲ -0.17
Dewan Cem. / Jan 17 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	5,607,000 ▼ 0.52

Markets →

Forex
World
Econ

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 16	160.35
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 16	160.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 16	103.90
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 16	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 16	1.36
Euro to USD / Jan 16	1.21

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 16	3770.02
India Sensex / Jan 16	49034.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 16	28519.18
Nasdaq / Jan 16	12998.50
Hang Seng / Jan 16	28573.86
FTSE 100 / Jan 16	6735.71
Dow Jones / Jan 16	30814.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 16	13787.73
France CAC40 / Jan 16	5611.69

Indicator	Value
Weekly Foreign Reserves / Jan 8	20512.10
GDPGROWTH / Jan 8	1.00
Foreign Debt (PKR billions) / Jan 8	17000.00
Average CPI % / Jan 8	11.11
UK LIBOR % / Jan 16	0.09

Fahad Zulfikar

Nationwide polio drive: Report reveals 98 percent of the set target achieved across Pakistan

Pakistan registers 300,000 health workers for COVID-19 vaccination, says Umar

Passengers of seized PIA aircraft complain lack of cooperation by embassy officials, airline staff

Cold wave: Karachi to experience chilly weather in upcoming week: PMD

Pakistan's strategy to unearth India's Abhorring designs before world is working well: Moeed Yusuf

COVID-19 outbreak: Pakistan reports 43 deaths, 2,521 new infections in 24 hours

Remarks of British lawmakers clearly states Kashmir is not India's internal issue: Qureshi

Money-laundering case: Court issues non-bailable arrest warrants for Salman Shehbaz

Sale of smuggled fuel products: Authorities seal 609 petrol pumps, seize 4.5 million litres of petrol and diesel

Senate session: Mandviwalla says will continue fight till declaration of assets by NAB officials

Britain's arms sale to India will contribute to shedding blood of Kashmiri people, Shah tells UK Parliament

PM to inaugurate Sheikhupura-Gujranwala road project today

Appointment of legal counsel: Indian Govt not serious in Kulbhushan Jadhav's matters: IHC CJ

Vandalism at Hindu temple: 12 cops dismissed, 33 face one-year suspension over negligence

Afghan forces foil ISIS plan to assassinate top US diplomat

IHC restrains Naeem Bukhari from discharging duties as PTV chairman

Trump becomes first US president to be impeached twice

Constitution does not mention procedure to hold Senate election, SC tells AGP

RSS, other violent nationalist groups should be outlawed like terror outfits, Pakistan tells UNSC

Anti-govt campaign: PDM to hold rally in Balochistan's Loralai district today

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