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After six-year break, Biden names envoy to press North Korea rights

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Monday named an envoy to press North Korea on human rights, ending a six-year gap...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 09:54am

World

Biden to promote US infrastructure spending in bipartisan Kentucky visit

WASHINGTON: Democratic US President Joe Biden will join Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a...

Published 02 Jan, 2023 11:46am

World

Biden, Obama warn of democracy threat in final midterms countdown

PHILADELPHIA: President Joe Biden, Democratic superstar Barack Obama and Republican firebrand Donald Trump all...

Published 06 Nov, 2022 10:43am

World

Obama warns of 'dangerous' U.S. political climate ahead of midterms

PITTSBURGH: Former President Barack Obama warned about divisions fueling a "dangerous climate" in U.S. politics as ...

Published 05 Nov, 2022 10:29pm

Opinion

Britain’s new vision leaves onlookers with nightmares

Britain’s new economic agenda represents the biggest gamble for growth in a major Western democracy in at least 40...

Updated 25 Sep, 2022 06:47am

World

With Russia in crosshairs, US suddenly talks up UN reform

UNITED NATIONS: Few issues have been as constant at the United Nations as grievances about the structure of the...

Published 18 Sep, 2022 11:09am

Life & Style

Barack Obama: president, Nobel laureate, and now an Emmy winner

WASHINGTON: Hollywood newcomer Barack Obama was awarded an Emmy for narrating his Netflix documentary series “Our...

Published 04 Sep, 2022 10:49am

World

Weakened Scholz seeks to seize G7 opportunity

BERLIN: The last time Germany hosted a G7 summit, then-chancellor Angela Merkel produced a series of viral images...

Published 24 Jun, 2022 09:45am

World

Progressive Twitter accounts lose followers, conservatives gain

SAN FRANCISCO: Key figures on the American left, Barack Obama among them, have shed thousands of followers since...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 12:46pm

Business & Finance

Biden to nominate former Treasury official Barr for Fed top job

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Friday said he would nominate former Treasury official Michael Barr to be the...

Published 16 Apr, 2022 04:10am

World

Obama returns to White House to tout healthcare law with Biden

WASHINGTON: Former President Barack Obama will return to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since leaving...

Published 05 Apr, 2022 03:02pm

World

US Vice President Harris’ deputy chief of staff to depart

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris’s deputy chief of staff Michael Fuchs is leaving the administration,...

Published 05 Apr, 2022 05:38am

Life & Style

Arooj Aftab becomes first Pakistani artist to win Grammy

Arooj Aftab became the first Pakistani artist to win a Grammy award at the 64th Grammy Awards held on Sunday night ...

Updated 04 Apr, 2022 02:30pm

World

U.S Republican senators say they will not back new Iran nuclear deal

WASHINGTON: Forty-nine of the 50 Republican U.S. senators said on Monday they will not back an emerging new nuclear...

Published 14 Mar, 2022 11:08pm

World

Former U.S. President Obama tests positive for COVID-19

Former U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was feeling fine other ...

Published 14 Mar, 2022 12:57am

World

Germany’s Scholz seeks to build trust in Washington debut

BERLIN: Olaf Scholz makes his Washington debut as German chancellor on Monday, trying to dispel doubts over...

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

World

WTO lets China impose tariffs on US in Obama-era case

BRUSSELS: The World Trade Organization (WTO) authorised China on Wednesday to impose $645 million of compensatory...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

World

US names envoy to step up fight for Afghan women’s rights

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday appointed an envoy to defend the rights of Afghan women, stepping up...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 04:40am

World

Former US Senate leader Harry Reid dies at 82

WASHINGTON: Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat who rose from humble beginnings to lead...

Published 29 Dec, 2021 09:55am

Editorials

Tutu the moral compass is gone

EDITORIAL: One of history’s best known defender of human rights and champion of peace, Archbishop Desmond Tutu,...

Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am

PM ranked 17th ‘most admired man’ in world

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has been inducted into the list of most admired men in the world....

Updated 16 Dec, 2021 10:44am

World

Biden makes late-night TV debut as president

NEW YORK: Joe Biden on Friday used his first late-night television talk show appearance as US president to highlight...

Published 12 Dec, 2021 04:19am

Life & Style

Revered Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91

NEW YORK: Legendary Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim, widely credited with revolutionizing American musical...

Published 27 Nov, 2021 10:36am

World

Biden, Xi expected to hold virtual summit on Monday

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a hotly awaited virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart ...

Published 12 Nov, 2021 01:28am

World

US VP Harris still searching for her role

WASHINGTON: The first woman and first person of color to become US vice president, Kamala Harris made history on...

Published 31 Oct, 2021 10:50am

Opinion

Tax havens

Prime Minister Imran Khan in his virtual address to the World Leaders Summit Dialogue, organised by the United...

Updated 09 Oct, 2021 12:02pm

World

Biden to Republicans: 'Get out of the way' in debt-ceiling crisis

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said on Monday the federal government could breach its $28.4 trillion debt limit in ...

Updated 05 Oct, 2021 01:41am

World

Obama warns against politics of 'anger and resentment' in Chicago

CHICAGO: Former US President Barack Obama warned against "politics that feeds anger and resentment" on Tuesday in a...

Published 29 Sep, 2021 12:04pm

Markets

Trillion-dollar coin? Washington eyes solution to budget impasse

NEW YORK: Talk of a trillion-dollar US coin has returned to Washington now that Congress is mired in another...

Published 29 Sep, 2021 10:25am

World

US ex-presidents band together to aid Afghan refugees

WASHINGTON: Three former US presidents - Republican George W. Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - ...

Published 15 Sep, 2021 04:20am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Feb 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.01 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Feb 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	377 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Feb 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Feb 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Feb 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Feb 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	66.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Feb 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	374.91 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Feb 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Feb 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Feb 2 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	55.27 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Feb 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.01 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Feb 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	377 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Feb 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Feb 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Feb 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Feb 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	66.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Feb 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	374.91 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Feb 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Feb 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Feb 2 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	55.27 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Petroleum / Feb 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	9,469,438 ▼ 0.00
P.I.A.C.(A) / Feb 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	8,353,500 ▼ 0.00
Gul Ahmed / Feb 2 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	8,350,767 ▼ 0.00
Habib Bank / Feb 2 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	6,169,725 ▼ 0.00
Oil & Gas Dev. / Feb 2 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	5,230,319 ▼ 0.00
Maple Leaf Cement / Feb 2 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	4,990,557 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Feb 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	4,946,333 ▼ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Feb 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	4,715,810 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	4,116,514 ▼ 0.00
Hub Power Co. / Feb 2 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	4,113,242 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 1	270.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 1	268.85
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 1	128.90
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 1	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 1	1.24
Euro to USD / Feb 1	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Feb 1	4.30

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 1	4119.21
India Sensex / Feb 1	59708.08
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 1	27346.88
Nasdaq / Feb 1	11816.32
Hang Seng / Feb 1	22072.18
FTSE 100 / Feb 1	7761.11
Dow Jones / Feb 1	34092.96
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 1	15180.74
France CAC40 / Feb 1	7077.11

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 1	76.41
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 1	21235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 1	175754
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 1	1942.80
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 1	85.61

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