News Archives for Pakistan - 2025-04-17

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Pakistan

PAF repatriates bodies of 8 Pakistanis killed in Iran terror attack

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) repatriated on Thursday the bodies of eight Pakistani nationals killed in a terrorist...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 10:00pm

Pakistan

Security forces eliminate four terrorists in Dera Ismail Khan operation, soldier martyred: ISPR

Security forces neutralized four terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Maddi area of Dera...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 09:45pm

Pakistan

Pakistan sets private hajj quota at 23,620 pilgrims for 2025

The Ministry of Religious Affairs announced on Thursday that 23,620 pilgrims will be able to perform Hajj under...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 09:24pm

Business & Economy

PIA privatisation: govt to seek bids to sell national airline next week

Pakistan seeks to sell 51-100% stake in debt-ridden carrier

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:31pm

Pakistan

Karachi commissioner imposes night-only movement for heavy traffic to ease congestion

In a bid to tackle chronic traffic congestion and road safety concerns, the Commissioner of Karachi Division, Syed...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 06:45pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz vows equal development for all provinces, launches Islamabad underpass project

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to ensuring equitable...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 06:00pm

Pakistan

Foreign minister Ishaq Dar to visit Kabul ‘within days’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday that he will visit Kabul in the coming days, as...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:24pm

Markets

Pakistan posts record $1.2bn current account surplus in March 2025

On YoY basis, C/A increases 230% against $363 million surplus in same month last year

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 07:11pm

Pakistan

Pakistan, Hungary agree to lift visa requirement for Pakistani diplomatic passports

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó arrives in Pakistan

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:58pm

Pakistan

Govt to fully digitise economy: PM Shehbaz

The government has decided to fully digitize the national economy and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assigned...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 06:29pm

Pakistan

Dar for equal access across LoC

ISLAMABAD: Referring to the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), Deputy Prime Minister and...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:34am

Pakistan

CMCC explores partnership avenues at NUST

ISLAMABAD: Yang Jie, Executive Director and Chairman of China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), along with a...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:31am

Pakistan

SCO’s SG due today

ISLAMABAD: At the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Ishaq Dar, the secretary general...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:29am

Pakistan

IK says no backdoor talks with military

ISLAMABAD: The ex-prime minister Imran Khan made it crystal clear on Wednesday that he did not authorise any ...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:26am

Pakistan

CJCSC discusses regional security with UAE officials

RAWALPINDI: General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, NI (M), Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), who is on an...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:25am

Pakistan

Dar reiterates commitment to multifaceted Pak-UK partnership

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar received the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:21am

Pakistan

Dar, Iranian FM hold telephonic talk

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar received a telephone call from the Foreign Minister of...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:19am

Pakistan

Experts for integrating micro-credentials into higher education system

ISLAMABAD: Scholar, experts and researchers highlighted the urgent need to integrate micro-credentials into...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:18am

Pakistan

Hungary’s minister due today

ISLAMABAD: On the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar,...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:13am

Pakistan

Judges from other high courts to IHC: IHCBA decides to withdraw plea challenging transfer

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA), Wednesday, decided to withdraw its petition filed in ...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:12am

Pakistan

‘One patient, one ID’ project: Ministry moves Nadra for finalisation of MR number

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations has reached out to National Database and...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:11am

Pakistan

NA secretariat refutes Omar Ayub’s allegations

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Secretariat spokesperson rejected the allegations levelled by the Leader of the...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:08am

Pakistan

Naval chief inaugurates new block at PNS Darmaan Jah Hospital

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy has inaugurated a newly constructed, state-of-the-art block at PNS Darmaan Jah Hospital in...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 08:07am

Pakistan

Alleged Wapda action against Mastikhel: PAC meeting ends abruptly following protest of members

ISLAMABAD: A session of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was abruptly ended following members’ protest against...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 07:55am

Pakistan

Pakistan hosts Pak-Gulf Cooperation Council Anti-Narcotics Conference

ISLAMABAD: For the first time in history, Pakistan hosted the Pak-Gulf Cooperation Council Anti-Narcotics...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:37am

Pakistan

NA body told: MoST starts no new project since three years due to budget shortage

ISLAMABAD: Budget constraints are affecting innovation and research, as the Ministry of Science and Technology has...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 07:50am

Pakistan

Pakistan, China dialogue on maritime cooperation held in Beijing

ISLAMABAD: The Fifth Round of the Pakistan-China Dialogue on Maritime Cooperation was held in Beijing on April 15....

Published 17 Apr, 2025 07:45am

Pakistan

Pakistan, Republic of Korea co-hosts UN meeting

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar, Wednesday, received the UN - Under Secretary...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 07:44am

Pakistan

PBM contributes Rs15.4bn against life-threatening diseases in 5 years

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) contributed 15.4 billion rupees in the last five years to support more than...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 07:42am

Pakistan

BNP ends 20-day sit-in

QUETTA/MASTUNG: The Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) has announced the end of its 20-day sit-in at Lak Pass,...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

PDWP approves health scheme

LAHROE: The Punjab government has approved a health scheme worth Rs3,463.386 million on Wednesday. According to...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

PFA sees 147pc surge in inspections, Rs400m fines imposed

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Wednesday in a performance report issued from January till now said that...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 07:24am

Pakistan

PM directs adding IT as mandatory subject for students

ISLAMABAD: In a game-changing move, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered the immediate formulation of ...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:37am

Pakistan

Mansehra, Kaghan, Naran: Proposed motorway could be a game changer: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan on Wednesday has said that proposed motorway for...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 07:20am

Pakistan

‘Punjabi Culture Day’ celebrations from today

LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari, has announced that a three-day celebrations of “Punjabi Culture...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:37am

Pakistan

Several amendment bills, one ordinance presented in PA

LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly session on Wednesday saw the presentation of several amendment bills and one ordinance,...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

Environmental samples from Lahore and DG Khan: Task Force concerned at poliovirus presence

LAHORE: The Provincial Task Force on Polio Eradication, while expressing concern over the detection of poliovirus in...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

Sustainable Development Goals: UN official reiterates commitment to back Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Resident Coordinator Mohamed Yahya expressed the United Nations’ strong commitment ...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

ZU confers 1230 degrees to graduating students

KARACHI: Ziauddin University (ZU) awarded 1230 degrees to the graduating students for various disciplines at the...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

Atrocities in IIOJK: Call for unflinching commitment from global communities

ISLAMABAD: Speaking at the diaspora conference titled, “United Voices: Kashmiri and Pakistani Diaspora Confronting...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

Crackdown on road-unfit vehicles: Goods transporters suspend operations at 3 port terminals

KARACHI: Goods transporters have suspended operations at Karachi’s ports in protest against the traffic police ...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:37am

Pakistan

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) and the forecast for Thursday (April 17, 2025)...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

11,276 bikes seized over traffic violations: Sharjeel

KARACHI: A total of 11,276 motorcycles were seized within a week during the Sindh government’s crackdown on ...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:49am

Pakistan

Convictions by military courts: Deliberations under way on right of appeal, SC told

ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court was informed that deliberations are going on to provide...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:48am

Pakistan

Mines & Minerals Bill: Fazl threatens to launch protest movement

PESHAWAR: Chief of his own faction, Jamiat e Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman Wednesday rejected the...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:48am

Pakistan

Special representative Sadiq reaches Kabul to attend JCC meeting

KABUL: Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Sadiq Khan arrived in Kabul on Wednesday to attend...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:48am

Pakistan

Jinnah Medical Complex: PM says will personally monitor construction

ISLAMABAD: Insisting on full transparency at every stage of the high-stakes project, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

Justice Ali Baqar Najafi takes oath as SC judge

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi on Wednesday administered the oath to Justice Ali Baqar...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

Interim bail of PTI leader extended till May 5

ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

IS claims Mastung blast

ISLAMABAD: The Islamic State group has claimed a bomb explosion targeting police in Balochistan that martyred three...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:46am

Pakistan

Punjab CM launches first-ever ‘Environment Protection Force’

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has laid the foundation stone of Pakistan’s first-ever and ...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:46am

Pakistan

CM Maryam vows to curb ‘artificial’ inflation

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said the Punjab government is making utmost strives to curb...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

Kissan Card phase-II to commence on May 15: minister

LAHORE: Minister for Agriculture & Livestock Punjab Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani announced on Wednesday that the...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

Funds worth Rs15bn approved: CM announces ‘unique’ package for wheat farmers

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has announced the first unique, exemplary and unprecedented ...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:45am

Pakistan

Speakers seek effective multi-sectoral action to address AMR issue

FAISALABAD: Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) has emerged a global health threat that is responsible for taking the...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:45am

Pakistan

CM hosts grand dinner for ECO delegation

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif hosted a grand dinner last evening in the honor of a delegation...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

WAPDA clarification

LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) spokesperson has issued a statement regarding comments ...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

PM urges increased collaboration with ACCA

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the authorities to set a roadmap for future...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:37am

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 12	276.81 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 12	276.61 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 12	159.82 ▲ 0.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 12	0.83 ▲ 0.0003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 12	1.33 ▼ -0.0019
Euro to USD / Nov 12	1.11 ▼ -0.0017
SOFR % / Nov 10	3.89 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 12	81,896.37
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 12	60,792.29
Hang Seng / Nov 12	24,032.15
FTSE 100 / Nov 12	10,860.32
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 12	26,973.67
France CAC40 / Nov 12	8,387.88
S&P 500 / Nov 11	7,619.38
Nasdaq / Nov 11	25,466.19
Dow Jones / Nov 11	52,486.49

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 13	335
Diesel/Litre / Nov 13	364
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 12	86.29
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 12	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 12	357,112
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 12	3,978
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 12	82.48

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Nov 12 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8.55 ▲ 0.86 (11.18%)
Security Investment Bank / Nov 12 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	10.53 ▲ 1 (10.49%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 12 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	10.96 ▲ 1 (10.04%)
Crescent Fib. / Nov 12 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	76.84 ▲ 6.99 (10.01%)
Prosperity Weav / Nov 12 Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited(PRWM)	61.02 ▲ 5.55 (10.01%)
Ansari Sug. / Nov 12 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	26.62 ▲ 2.42 (10%)
ARM Green Industries / Nov 12 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	99.24 ▲ 9.02 (10%)
Arpak Int. / Nov 12 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	138.71 ▲ 12.61 (10%)
Asim Textile / Nov 12 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	67.07 ▲ 6.1 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Nov 12 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	604.11 ▲ 54.92 (10%)

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance (R) / Nov 12 Premier Insurance Limited (RIGHT)(PINLR)	0.26 ▼ -0.2 (-43.48%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Nov 12 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.76 ▼ -0.6 (-13.76%)
Hira Textile / Nov 12 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.25 ▼ -0.5 (-10.53%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 12 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	20.76 ▼ -2.31 (-10.01%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 12 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	77.98 ▼ -8.66 (-10%)
J.K.Spinning / Nov 12 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	372.26 ▼ -41.36 (-10%)
Popular Islamic / Nov 12 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	152.93 ▼ -16.99 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 12 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	14 ▼ -1.55 (-9.97%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 12 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	210.18 ▼ -23.09 (-9.9%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 12 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	76.60 ▼ -8.09 (-9.55%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	190,622,572 ▲ 0.03
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 12 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	147,355,708 ▼ -0.31
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 12 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	55,342,344 ▲ 0.03
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 12 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	35,381,209 ▲ 0.1
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 12 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	34,091,021 ▲ 0.08
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Nov 12 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	30,204,209 ▲ 0.04
Hascol Petrol / Nov 12 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	22,959,535 ▲ 0.24
Pak Elektron / Nov 12 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	21,421,963 ▲ 0.36
B.O.Punjab / Nov 12 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	20,558,575 ▼ -0.39
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 12 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	19,339,405 ▼ -0.29

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