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HBL PSL enters into partnership with TikTok

LAHORE: The HBL Pakistan Super League has entered into an exciting partnership with TikTok, the leading destination...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Lawmakers denounce killing of Pakistani-origin family in Canada

ISLAMABAD: The lawmakers belonging to both treasury and opposition, on Tuesday strongly denounced the killing of ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

PM to launch One Window Ehsaas Centre today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will launch today (Wednesday) the first One Window Ehsaas Centre in the federal...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Prolonged load-shedding: PTI MNA says govt misleading parliament

ISLAMABAD: This time it was no other than the outspoken Noor Alam Khan who once again accused his own party...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Penalty imposed on PD over secy's absence from PAC meeting

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel imposed penalty on Petroleum Division for the secretary Petroleum Division's ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Coronavirus positivity rate drops below 3pc, says NCOC

ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus positivity ratio in Pakistan has dropped below three percent after February 14, 2021 as the...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

President urges end to fake news culture

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday called for discouraging the culture of fake news as it created chaos in...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Tarbela Dam: water level reaches 36 feet above dead level

TARBELA: After an improvement in water inflow at Tarbela Dam, the water level on Tuesday slightly increased and was...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Train tragedy brings majority of PR operations to a halt

KARACHI: The Daharki train tragedy brought Pakistan Railways operations to a halt as both passengers and cargo fleet...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

CAA revokes private airline's 'June 11 flight permit'

KARACHI: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has taken serious action on gross violation by a UAE based private...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

K-IV water project: TIP draws attention of Sindh CM to 'malfeasance', delay

KARACHI: The Transparency International-Pakistan (TIP) has drawn the attention of Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Navy observes World Ocean Day

KARACHI: World Oceans Day is celebrated to focus the maintenance and development of the oceans and coastal areas....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Speakers call for global campaign against tobacco

HYDERABAD: Speakers at a webinar has said that the corona virus has devoured the lives of those people in Pakistan,...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Automation solutions: Unity Foods gets associated with Systems Limited

KARACHI: Unity Foods Limited has announced its association with Systems Limited in its journey for implementation of...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Constituencies of PM, Buzdar: LHC CJ summons record of uplift schemes

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Tuesday summoned the record of the development ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

‘No compromise to be made on quality’ Buzdar for completing uplift schemes within time frame

LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar while issuing directions to all concerned for completing the development...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

‘Two underground water tanks to be completed soon in Lahore’

LAHORE: Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the construction of...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Sindh govt responsible for causing food insecurity: Farrukh

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Monday said that the Sindh government...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

AKDN, ministry celebrates environment day

ISLAMABAD: The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, the Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan, World Habitat Awards and the...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Some major changes in PPP’s organisational units in KP

PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has announced some major changes in its organisational units in Khyber...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Vaccine production: Working group for developing roadmap on world partnerships

ISLAMABAD: A high-level inter-ministerial meeting, on Tuesday, agreed to establish a Working Group for developing a...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Guterres tapped for second term as UN chief

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday approved Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Europe

Nobel-winning MRI pioneer Richard Ernst dies

ZURICH: Richard Ernst, who won the 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Blinken says 'hundreds' of US sanctions to remain on Iran

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that "hundreds" of US sanctions will remain on Iran even...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Mladic's life sentence upheld

THE HAGUE: UN judges on Tuesday upheld the genocide life sentence of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Europe

Over 250 arrests in Nordics in global crime sting

STOCKHOLM: Some 250 people were arrested in Sweden and Finland in the global sting on organised crime using planted...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

US pullout from Afghanistan over 50pc complete: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: The US pullout from Afghanistan is more than 50 percent complete, the Pentagon said Tuesday, as it...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Mastercard Foundation unveils $1.3bn African vaccine push

NEW YORK: The Mastercard Foundation announced Tuesday a $1.3 billion initiative to galvanize Africa's coronavirus...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Navalny dedicates award to all political prisoners in Russia, Belarus

GENEVA: Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has dedicated a prestigious rights award to all political prisoners in...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

One in 10 Europeans has bought a fake product

MADRID: One in every 10 Europeans has been duped into buying counterfeit products, mostly coming from Asia, a study...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

No difficulty in approving Punjab budget: minister

LAHORE: Minister for Law and Cooperatives Raja Basharat on Tuesday said that ninety-nine percent members of the...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Opposition asked 'to play positive role' in parliament

LAHORE: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser and Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar have suggested the...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Corona positivity rate reaches 1.62pc in Punjab

LAHORE: With 35 more fatalities in Punjab including 9 in Lahore and 7 in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, the...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Public sector departments: NAB claims recovering over Rs109bn

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore has claimed to have recovered slightly over Rs109 billion...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Mega-projects in Karachi: Sindh govt releases Rs1.62bn

KARACHI: Sindh government released Rs1.62 billion under the head of mega-projects in Karachi by the end of first ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Pakistan condemns Islamophobic incident in Canada

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, on Tuesday, strongly condemned the Islamophobic incident in Canada that resulted in tragic ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Robbers snatch Rs10m from company manager

KARACHI: Armed robbers deprived manager of a private company of millions of rupees in the metropolis on Tuesday and...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Govt's claims on growth rate are false: PPP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday said, "The most corrupt person in the country is the Prime...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Govt must increase FED by 30pc on cigarettes: activists

ISLAMABAD: The government should increase the federal excise duty (FED) on cigarettes in the upcoming budget by 30...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

'Rigged' polls: Khaqan seeks 'truth commission' to ascertain 'beneficiary'

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

CTD arrests MQM's RAW trained militant

KARACHI: Sindh Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Tuesday arrested MQM's former Sector In-charge of Gulbahar...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Transfer of cases to AC Karachi: SC to examine NAB's reply on Zardari's petition

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court said it will examine the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)'s reply on Pakistan...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Khalid Mansoor parts ways with Hubco

ISLAMABAD: After eight enterprising years with Hubco, Khalid Mansoor, CEO Hub Power Company Limited, has decided to...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Heirlooms?

"Speaking of substitutes and complements you would advise The Perennial Confrontationist (TPC) to not act as a...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Fake bank accounts case: IHC grants bail to Lawai and Taha Raza

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC), Tuesday, granted bail to accused Hussain Lawai and Taha Raza in the fake...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Letters

Price monitoring body needs to go beyond ‘essential items’

It is heartening to note that National Price Monitoring Committee meets regularly to take stock of the situation in...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Climate change: Central banks’ new inflation puzzle

For Bank of England’s chief Andrew Bailey, tackling climate change carries inflation risks if you do too little,...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Kindly stick to your constitutional lane

Restricting the establishment within its constitutionally mandated lane cannot be achieved until politicians ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Beyond GDP

French economist Thomas Piketty in his book Capital in the Twenty-First Century shows that the rate of capital ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Emaar Pakistan awards contract for Panorama Tower to ACL

KARACHI: Following on from the success of its Reef Towers project, which was handed over in record time despite...

Updated 10 Jun, 2021 03:09pm

PPL Covid-19 vaccination drive kicks off in Karachi

KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) kicked-off an in-house Covid-19 vaccination drive to immunize employees,...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Financial sector’s base needs to be broadened

In developing economies it’s a very common claim or slogan that the budget is pro-growth and people-friendly....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Experts stress importance of ocean health

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Mapping and development of strategic human and natural resources in the maritime sector is the...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Illegal award of contracts: AC to indict Sindh CM on 30th

ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court on Tuesday fixed 30th June for the indictment of Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Former judge says he made speech to defend judiciary

ISLAMABAD: Former judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui told the Supreme Court that he has ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.Ports

Activities of Karachi Port Trust, Port Qasim

KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust handled 84,725 tonnes of cargo comprising 50,515 tonnes s of import cargo and 34,210...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Stocks

Tuesday's early trade: Indexes flat, Clover Health leads 'meme' rally

NEW YORK: Wall Street indexes were flat on Tuesday as investors took to the sidelines ahead of key inflation data...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Stocks

Abu Dhabi, Saudi manage small gains

DUBAI: Major Gulf markets ended lower on Tuesday, while Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia eked out marginal gains, as...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Stocks

S&P, Dow down; Nasdaq advances

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 ended a languid session slightly in the red on Monday, with investors standing by on news...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Stocks

European shares at fresh peaks

AMSTERDAM/LONDON: European stocks hit new highs on Tuesday, lifted by travel and real estate shares, but weak German...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Stocks

China stocks down

SHANGHAI: China stocks fell on Tuesday, weighed down by consumer and liquor firms, as investors worried about lofty...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Stocks

FTSE 100 lifted by miners, travel stocks

LONDON: London's FTSE 100 ended higher on Tuesday, helped by gains in miners and travel and leisure stocks, while...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Trackers installation: Stakeholders oppose DTT’s proposal

KARACHI: The stakeholders at dry ports Tuesday opposed the proposal of Directorate Transit Trade (DTT) to install...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Texonomy workshop held

KARACHI: The Northumbria University and LUMS, in partnership with UP-SIGN, is working with Pakistan and the UK’s...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

KMBL joins SBP’s Raast Digital payment system

ISLAMABAD: Khushhali Microfinance Bank (KMBL) is pleased to announce it’s joining the State Bank of Pakistan’s...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

SECP revamps REIT regulations

ISLAMABAD: To promote investment in the real estate sector through Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), the...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Tuesday (June 8, 2021) and the forecast for Wednesday (June 9, 2021)....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.LME

LME official prices

LONDON: The following were Monday official prices....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.Ports

Shipping Intelligence

KARACHI: Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Tuesday (June 8, 2021)....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.The Rupee

THE RUPEE: Fall vs USD continues

KARACHI: On Tuesday, PKR continued to fall against USD in both interbank and open markets coming close to 156. It...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates

Revised Rates of Debt Securities

KARACHI: The following were the revised rates of debt securities on Tuesday (June 8, 2021)....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates

Cross Transactions between Client to Client & Financial Institutions

KARACHI: The following were the cross transactions between client to client & financial institutions here on...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates

Member to Member

KARACHI: The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Tuesday (June 8, 2021)....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Stocks

NATIONAL CLEARING COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED (NCCPL)

KARACHI: National Clearing Company declares daily settlement information for local & foreign investors on ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.PSX

BOARD MEETINGS

KARACHI: Board Meetings of Companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Stocks

Last date of renunciation/payment

KARACHI: Last dates of renunciation/payment....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.PSX

Proposed right issues

KARACHI: Right issues proposed by companies listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.PSX

Clearing Schedule for T+2 System

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange's Clearing Schedule for T+2 System....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Stocks

Dates of Closure of Books & Annual General Meetings

KARACHI: Dates of Closure of Books and holding of Ordinary and Extra-Ordinary General Meetings of companies listed ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.LIBOR

LIBOR interbank offered rates

LONDON: London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR) on Tuesday (June 8, 2021)....

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.SBP

Bill buying rates per unit of currency

KARACHI: Bill Buying Rates per unit of currency -- issued by the Treasury Management Division of the National Bank ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.SBP

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

KARACHI: Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates,...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Rates.BR Index

PSX slides in negative zone: BRIndex100 tumbles

KARACHI: Despite positive opening, Pakistan Stock Exchange Tuesday closed in red zone as investors opted to book...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

World must counter Islamophobia ‘holistically’: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday while expressing grief over the killing of a Pakistani-origin family...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Pakistani-origin family run over in Canada

• Canadian govt says will move against far-right groups OTTAWA/LONDON, (Ontario): Canadian Prime Minister Justin...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Kazi formula for NHP calculations shelved

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reportedly shelved implementation of the AGN Kazi Committee Methodology (KCM)...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Grains

Ban on wheat supply from Punjab: KP flour millers to launch protest

PESHAWAR: KP flour millers have announced to launch a phase-wise protest from next week against illegal ban on wheat...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Commodities

US gold coin sells for record $18.87m at Sotheby's auction

NEW YORK: A 1933 US gold coin that was never issued after Franklin D. Roosevelt removed America from the gold...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Cotton & Textile

New York cotton

NEW YORK: The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Cotton & Textile

NY cotton rises

NEW YORK: ICE cotton futures rose more than 1% on Tuesday boosted by gains in the grain markets and some adverse...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Commodities

Copper ticks higher, but vulnerable to further losses

LONDON: Copper prices rose on Tuesday on optimism about economic recovery, but volumes were low and analysts cited...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Energy

Oil rises on expectations Iranian supply won’t return soon

NEW YORK: Oil prices settled on Tuesday at the highest in more than two years after the top US diplomat said that...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Commodities

US MIDDAY: Gold falls

NEW YORK: Gold dropped on Tuesday as a firmer dollar countered a slip in US Treasury yields as investors looked ...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Commodities

World’s largest aluminium producer still short of metal

LONDON: April was another record month for Chinese aluminium production, the latest in a series stretching back over...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 13	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 13	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 13	153.65
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 13	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 13	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 13	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 13	6,051.09
India Sensex / Dec 13	82,133.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 13	39,470.44
Nasdaq / Dec 13	19,926.72
Hang Seng / Dec 13	19,971.24
FTSE 100 / Dec 13	8,300.33
Dow Jones / Dec 13	44,828.06
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 13	20,405.92

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 13	71.29
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 13	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 13	242,373.80
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 13	2,648.23
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 13	69.27
Petrol/Litre / Dec 14	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 13 786 Investments Limited(786)	8.07 ▲ 1.00 (14.14%)
F.Credit & Inv / Dec 13 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.69 ▲ 1.00 (13.00%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	15.14 ▲ 1.38 (10.03%)
United Brands / Dec 13 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	24.84 ▲ 2.26 (10.01%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	76.32 ▲ 6.94 (10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 13 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	190.43 ▲ 17.31 (10.00%)
Data Agro / Dec 13 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	104.61 ▲ 9.51 (10.00%)
Fecto Cement / Dec 13 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	120.47 ▲ 10.95 (10.00%)
Honda Atlas Cars / Dec 13 Honda Atlas Cars (Pakistan) Limited(HCAR)	336.11 ▲ 30.56 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 13 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5 ▼ -0.76 (-13.19%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 13 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	32.99 ▼ -3.66 (-9.99%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 13 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	39.60 ▼ -4.37 (-9.94%)
Mughal Energy / Dec 13 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	21 ▼ -1.65 (-7.28%)
Askari Bank / Dec 13 Askari Bank Limited(AKBL)	37.56 ▼ -2.93 (-7.24%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Dec 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	3.25 ▼ -0.24 (-6.88%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Dec 13 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	6.45 ▼ -0.45 (-6.52%)
Haseeb Waqas / Dec 13 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	12.01 ▼ -0.83 (-6.46%)
K.S.B.Pumps / Dec 13 KSB Pumps Company Limited(KSBP)	151 ▼ -9.98 (-6.20%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	232,925,553 ▼ -0.01
Cnergyico PK / Dec 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	80,186,381 ▼ -0.14
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 13 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	75,005,438 ▲ 0.61
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 13 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	59,689,845 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 13 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	49,273,861 ▼ -0.03
Treet Corp / Dec 13 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	47,769,775 ▲ 2.23
Lotte Chemical / Dec 13 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	45,989,291 ▼ -1.12
Sui South Gas / Dec 13 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	38,442,527 ▼ -1.06
Power Cement / Dec 13 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	37,680,570 ▲ 0.57

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