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Dunk gives Pakistan security vote of confidence for Australia tour

Australia are scheduled to tour Pakistan for two Tests, three ODIs and as many T20Is in what will be their first tour to Pakistan since 1998.
“The security around the hotel, to and for the games is simply amazing. I think it would be awesome for the people of Pakistan to have the Australian team touring here.”

Updated 26 Feb, 2021 02:41pm

Technology

Facebook to invest $1 billion in news industry after Australia row

Facebook on Tuesday restored Australian news pages, ending an unprecedented week-long blackout.

Published 25 Feb, 2021 01:15pm

Technology

Facebook to restore Australia news pages as deal reached on media law

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook indicated a compromise had been reached on key aspects of a law that would force digital giants to pay news companies for content.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 09:34am

Markets

Australia's NAB sees faster uptick in housing demand, cuts fixed home loan rates

Australian home loan approvals surged 8.6% in December from a month earlier, official data showed this month, while housing prices jumped to a record high.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 11:27am

World

Australia administers first Covid-19 vaccines

SYDNEY: Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout began Sunday, with top officials among a small group receiving the...

Published 22 Feb, 2021 04:25am

Sports

World Cup options on show in New Zealand-Australia T20 series

"Every series you play is an opportunity to grow as a side and we have the World Twenty20s which are in the back of your mind," Williamson said.

Published 21 Feb, 2021 05:53pm

World

New Zealand begins COVID-19 vaccinations programme, Australia starts Monday

New Zealand started its official rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, while Australia finalised plans to begin inoculations on Monday, a new phase in tackling the virus that both countries have kept largely contained.
New Zealand expects its nationwide rollout covering the country’s population of 5 million will take a full year, while Australia aims to inoculate its 25 million citizens by October.

Published 20 Feb, 2021 01:27pm

World

Canada vows to be next country to go after Facebook to pay for news

Facebook blocked all Australian news content on its service over proposed legislation requiring it and Alphabet Inc’s Google to pay fees to Australian publishers for news links.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 11:35am

World

Facebook 'unfriends' Australia: global uproar as news pages go dark

Facebook faced a worldwide backlash from publishers and politicians on Thursday after blocking news feeds in Australia in a surprise escalation of a dispute with the government over a law to require it to share revenue from news.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 11:55pm

Technology

Facebook news blackout over media law sparks Australia backlash

Facebook and other tech firms have pushed back hard against Australia's world-first legislation, fearing it could create a global precedent and hit their business model.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 10:09am

Sports

South Africa's Du Plessis retires from tests to focus on T20 World Cups

"This does not mean that ODI (One-Day International) cricket is no longer in my plans. I am just making T20 cricket the priority in the short term."

Published 17 Feb, 2021 12:56pm

World

Australia's political opposition to support Facebook, Google legislation

Outside Australia, Google and a French publishers' lobby group agreed in January to a copyright framework for the tech firm to pay news publishers for content online.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 11:55am

World

New Zealand-Australia row erupts over 'terrorist' dual national

New Zealand has previously criticised Australia for deporting people across the Tasman Sea who have tenuous ties to the country.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 10:12am

Sports

S.Africa urge cricket chiefs to stick up for nations outside big three

Smith said cricket's future calendar was dominated by India, England and Australia.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 08:15pm

Markets

ANZ New Zealand admits to misrepresentations over credit card insurance charges

The regulator is seeking a penalty charge of NZ$280,000 for the case, with the decision of the court still pending.

Updated 12 Feb, 2021 11:50pm

World

Australia's Victoria state imposes five-day COVID-19 lockdown

"Because this is so infectious and is moving so fast, we need a circuit breaker," Andrews told reporters in Melbourne.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 10:50am

Sports

India seek revenge against England as crowds return for second Test

In-form Root remains key to England with 684 runs in his last three Tests, including match-winning monster scores of 228 and 186 in the 2-0 Test sweep in Sri Lanka.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 01:03pm

World

Australia says active COVID-19 cases at near 2-month low

Australia has escaped a high number of casualties from the new coronavirus, with just over 28,800 infections and 909 deaths, aided by strict lockdown measures and social distancing rules.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 12:43pm

World

Australia urges calm over AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after South Africa suspends use

But Australia's Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, said the vaccine is effective in its primary objective.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 11:04am

Markets

Australian shares jump on banking, energy boost; eye best week in nearly 3 months

Energy sector climbed almost 2% as oil prices rallied on falling inventories and producer club OPEC extending output cuts.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 12:01pm

World

Australia to buy 10mn additional doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

"These additional vaccines have been secured consistent with our requirements," Morrison told reporters in Canberra.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 11:42am

Markets

Indonesia shares gain on govt measures to boost recovery; most others fall

Most currencies in the region fell as the dollar traded near its strongest levels in more than two months against the euro and the yen.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 10:44am

World

US President Biden discusses China, Myanmar coup on call with Australian PM Morrison

They also talked about beating the COVID-19 pandemic, combating climate change.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 10:33am

Sports

Australia scrap South Africa Test tour over 'unacceptable' coronavirus risk

Cricket Australia interim chief Nick Hockley said the medical advice was not to travel.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:55pm

Sports

Australia's tour of South Africa postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic

CA's interim Chief Executive Nick Hockley said in a statement.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 03:25pm

Sports

Nishikori 'sore' as Japan fret on player stuck in NZealand

The suspension has now been lifted and McLachlan is hoping to be on a flight Tuesday.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 02:40pm

Markets

Commerzbank board member says 10,000 job cuts are ‘simply crazy’

Wittmann's comment to Reuters came as the board embarks on discussions about a radical overhaul proposed by management.

Published 29 Jan, 2021 02:49pm

Technology

Australia takes on Google advertising dominance in latest Big Tech fight

"While this requirement to pay to link to news content remains in the code, I don't think that there's going to be a resolution that works," she said.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 11:03am

World

Australian state borders to reopen with zero local virus cases

Australia has reported more than 22,000 local COVID-19 cases and 909 deaths since March.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 10:28am

World

Australia records 10th day of no local COVID-19 cases

New Zealand reported a third day of zero cases on Wednesday, allaying fears of a fresh outbreak.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 10:24am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 30	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 30	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 30	156.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 30	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 30	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 30	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 29	5116.17
Nasdaq / Apr 29	15983.08
FTSE 100 / Apr 29	8147.03
Dow Jones / Apr 29	38386.09
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 29	18118.32
France CAC40 / Apr 29	8065.15
India Sensex / Apr 30	75020.21
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 30	38337.50

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 29	209105
Petrol/Litre / Apr 30	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 30	82.43
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 30	2326.07
Diesel/Litre / Apr 30	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 30 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 30 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 30 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 30 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 30 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 30 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 30 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 30 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 30 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 30 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 30 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 30 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 30 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 30 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 30 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 30 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 30 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 30 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 30 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 30 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 30 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 30 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 30 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 30 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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