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Europe

UK interior minister Patel vows asylum system overhaul

LONDON: British interior minister Priti Patel accused migrants crossing the Channel on boats of "shopping around" to...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 04:14am

Letters

'Impoverished by democracy?'

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "Impoverished by democracy" carried by the newspaper on Saturday. The...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Forging resilient regional supply chains and connectivity

Participation in global and regional supply chains has been one of the most reliable economic growth strategies,...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

The war incognito

We are at war. But of a different kind. These kind of wars are operating at some level at every level. Some visible....

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Of reneging deals and penalties

Reneging on bilateral treaties and/or on signed contracts by Pakistan (as opposed to a memorandum of understanding...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Fawad for electrified transport in Karachi

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has termed the Opposition's Alliance against...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:03am

Two hardcore terrorists killed in N Waziristan

RAWALPINDI: Around two hardcore terrorists were killed and one apprehended by the security forces on Sunday in Mir...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:14am

'Adopting healthy lifestyle can prevent cardiovascular diseases'

LAHORE: On the occasion of World Heart Day, Ferozsons Laboratories Limited, a leading pharma and medical device...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:16am

VU introduces subsidized Cisco courses

LAHROE: On the direction of Secretary Information Technology and Telecommunication Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, Virtual...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:21am

Pakistan most vibrant members of Islamic world: governor

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail has said that Pakistan is a nuclear power and termed as fort of Islam and one ...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:04am

Two arrested for allegedly raping minor girl

LAHORE: The Punjab police claimed on Sunday to have arrested two persons for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:05am

Japan offers its marketplace for talented youth

ISLAMABAD: The government of Japan has offered Pakistani youth to exhibit their talent in the modern hi-tech ...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:12am

Exchange

SMIC has had 'preliminary exchanges' with US over export restrictions

SHANGHAI: Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has undertaken "preliminary...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Currency

Wood market in Senegal's capital burnt to the ground

DAKAR: A historic wood market in Senegal's capital Dakar went up in flames Saturday night, with firefighters still...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

USA

Biden leads by 10 points

NEW YORK: Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the US presidential race after President Donald...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Europe

Japan's famous fashion designer Kenzo Takada dies from Covid

PARIS: Japan's most famous fashion designer Kenzo Takada, founder of the global Kenzo brand, died in Paris on Sunday...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Middle East

Kuwait's new emir meets senior US and Iranian officials

KUWAIT: Kuwait's new Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Sunday met senior US, Iranian and Gulf officials who...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Europe

Thousands protest anti-coronavirus restrictions in Germany

BERLIN: Thousands of demonstrators in southern Germany protested against coronavirus restrictions over the weekend,...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Thousands flock to protest against Mexico president

MEXICO CITY: Thousands of protesters marched through central Mexico City on Saturday in one of the biggest...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 04:08am

Europe

France, Italy step up rescue efforts after floods

SAINT-MARTIN-VESUBIE, (France): French and Italian rescue services stepped up search efforts on Sunday after floods...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Any anti-state agenda not allowed: minister

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Interior Brig Ijaz Ahmad Shah (retd) is of the view that these rallies to be ...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:10am

Army provides free medical treatment to villagers in dist Khatmang

GILGIT: Pakistan Army provided free medical treatment to more than 1500 patients during a 2 days long free medical...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:09am

Citizens advised to follow SOPs in markets, restaurants

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services has asked the citizens to rigorously follow Standard Operating...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:07am

Stocks

Gulf markets retreat, Kuwait index rebounds on reopening

DUBAI: Kuwait's stock market rebounded on Sunday, with financial shares leading broad-based gains as it reopened...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Stocks

Wall Street week ahead: Biden victory could weigh on stock market's winners

NEW YORK: Investors on Wall Street can add another layer of uncertainty to a market already unnerved by last month's...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Case registered against Safdar over 'anti-state remarks'

GUJRANWALA: A case has been registered against Captain Safdar (retd) in Gujranwala for making anti-state remarks....

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Current anti-corruption drive lost credibility: Siraj

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Sirajul Haq has reiterated the demand for across the accountability, saying...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

PML-N rally express solidarity with Shehbaz Sharif

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Saturday that future of the...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Model of civil secretariat in Bahawalpur, Multan approved: Buzdar

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said that the model of civil secretariat in Bahawalpur and Multan has...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Sindh govt to continue supporting Karachi Arts Council: commissioner

KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Sohail Rajput chaired a meeting of Governing Body of the Karachi Arts Council. He...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Africa

Port Sudan container terminal blocked in peace deal protest

KHARTOUM: Protesters blocked Port Sudan's container terminal and a road between the eastern city and the capital...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Asia

Pro-presidential parties win Kyrgyz vote

BISHKEK: Parties close to Kyrgyzstan's pro-Russian President Sooronbai Jeenbekov appeared set Sunday to form a...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Asia

Cambodia says it razes US-built naval facility to move it

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia razed a US-built building on its largest naval base to allow for further expansion and will...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Europe

Tens of thousands march to support Belarus political prisoners

MINSK: Belarusian police on Sunday used water cannon to disperse protesters in the capital Minsk as tens of ...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

President to visit Kuwait today

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday will undertake a visit to the State of Kuwait to offer condolences over...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Price hike made lives of people miserable: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said that inflation has increased...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Maryam held meeting with an Indian, alleges Gill

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan for political communication Shahbaz Gill claimed that...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Pakistan and army: People of Lahore rejected PML-N narrative: Gill

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Imran Khan for Political Communication Shahbaz Gill said that the...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

'Rights of urban Sindh': MQM-P takes out Hyderabad March

HYDERABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) in connection with ongoing province-wide protest campaign for...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Sindh reports 291 new Covid-19 cases

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 10813 samples were tested which detected 291 new...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Karachiites rejected ethnic hatred: Khuhro

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sindh chapter President Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Sunday paid tribute to...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Seven drug dealers arrested

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police nabbed seven important drug dealers, who peddled drugs within the country, and abroad,...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Sunday (October 4, 2020) and the forecast for Monday (October 5, 2020)....

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Exchange

Agreement on new draft of APTTA likely this month

ISLAMABAD: An agreement is likely between Pakistan and Afghanistan on a new draft of Afghanistan, Pakistan Transit...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 02:58am

India and South Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid Covid-19 drug production

VIENNA: India and South Africa want the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property rules to make...

Updated 05 Oct, 2020 03:00am

Saudi business leader calls for boycott of goods from 'hostile' Turkey

RIYADH/ISTANBUL: The head of Saudi Arabia's Chambers of Commerce has called for a boycott of Turkish products amid...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Industry

Cineworld to close all US, UK and Irish screens

NEW YORK/LONDON: Cineworld, the world's second-biggest cinema operator, will close all its screens in the United...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Industry

Australia to spend more on jobs in budget based on Covid-19 vaccine

MELBOURNE: The Australian government said on Sunday it will earmark an additional A$1.2 billion ($859 million) in...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Rates.BR Index

Futures spread declined by 591bps

KARACHI: The futures spread declined by 591bps to 5.64 percent on the last day of the outgoing week. Trading...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Mutual Funds

KSE-100 Index plunges: BRIndex100 loses 190.49 points

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange remained under pressure during the outgoing week ended Oct 02, due to selling in...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Exchange

PML-N leaders misleading people: Shibli

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Exchange

SECP's directive to ICAP, ICMAP

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has directed the Institute of Chartered...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

PM sees 2nd wave of Covid-19

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday advised the countrymen to wear face masks in public to avert the...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Umrah begins in Makkah after 7-month ban

MAKKAH: Makkah slowly stirred from a seven-month hibernation on Sunday as pilgrims trickled in after Saudi...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

New Caledonia rejects full independence from France again

PARIS: The South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia voted against independence from France on Sunday for the ...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Exchange

Increasing tax collection sans documentation impossible: Shabbar

ISLAMABAD: Increase in tax collection is impossible without documentation of the economy and currently three out of...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Azerbaijan says Armenia attacks city, threatens retaliation

BAKU/YEREVAN: Azerbaijan said on Sunday that Armenian forces had fired rockets at its second city of Ganja, killing...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Pope says free market, 'trickle-down' policies fail society

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic was the latest crisis to prove that market...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Illegal attachment of bank account: President confirms FTO order

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has confirmed the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) order to recover Rs450,000 cost and...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Trump's condition improving, received steroid

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's condition is improving as he is being treated for COVID-19 at a military...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Local bodies issue

EDITORIAL: While hearing the clubbed petitions of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

CPI inflation jumps to 9.04pc YoY in September

EDITORIAL: Inflation data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reveals that consumer price index ...

Updated 06 Oct, 2020 02:11pm

Money & Banking

BAJK, DCL sign MoU

MIRPUR (AJK): Bank of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Data Check Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding ...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Energy

US oil refiners look to leapfrog Canadians in making renewable diesel

WINNIPEG, (Manitoba)/NEW YORK: US oil refineries are moving aggressively to produce renewable diesel, partly to cash...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Industry

Veolia says it won't launch hostile bid for Suez

PARIS: French utility Veolia said on Sunday it would not launch a hostile bid for the remaining shares of rival ...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Industry

Indonesian parliamentary committee finishes deliberating contentious jobs bill

JAKARTA: Indonesia moved a step closer to passing President Joko Widodo's contentious "Job Creation" bill after...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Industry

Honda confirms 17th US death in Takata air bag rupture

WASHINGTON: Honda Motor Co said on Saturday it has confirmed a 17th US death tied to a faulty Takata air bag...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Cotton & Textile

Weekly Cotton Review: Trading volume, price witness increase trend

KARACHI: Cotton productions drop alarmingly by 10 lac bales. Annual production of cotton is estimated to be 86 lac...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

AAJ PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Monday, October 05, 2020 TIMING PROGRAM TITLE 06:00 NEWS HOUR 06:25 HEADLINE NEWS 06:30 NEWS HOUR 06:55 HEADLINE...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Rates.Banks

Returns on Profit and Loss Sharing Investment Bank Accounts (JAN TO JUNE 2020)

KARACHI: Comparative table of returns being given banks on their Profit and Loss Sharing Investment Accounts and ...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Currency

Your rupee last week

KARACHI: Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last week. (September 28 to...

Published 05 Oct, 2020 02:38am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	158.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
India Sensex / Apr 26	73730.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17651.15
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8139.83
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18161.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 26	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2337.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	80.90
Petrol/Litre / Apr 28	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 28 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 28 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 28 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 28 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 28 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 28 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 28 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 28 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 28 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 28 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 28 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 28 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 28 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 28 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 28 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 28 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 28 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 28 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 28 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 28 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 28 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 28 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 28 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 28 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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