• Palladium rose 0.1% to $2,839.21 per ounce but was off a record $2,891.50 hit on Thursday.

• The NCC meeting has been summoned by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
• The meeting will discuss imposing further restrictions in cities where the positivity ratio is exceeding 10%.

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates on Thursday suspended all flights from India, including transit passengers, as...

ISLAMABAD: A ‘crucial’ by-election scheduled in National Assembly’s constituency NA-249 Karachi West II on...

NEW YORK: Oil prices were little changed on Thursday as concerns over lower crude production in Libya offset...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Thursday, reported 98 Covid-19 deaths and 5,857 coronavirus cases after 57,591 tests were...

• The benchmark KOSPI closed up 5.86 points, or 0.18%, at 3,177.52, after a 1.52% drop on Wednesday.

• In a late surge, India has reported more than 300,000 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest global daily total.
• The country now has a total of 15.93 million cases, the second-highest tally in the world, while deaths jumped by 2104 to reach a tally of 184,657, according to data from the Indian Health Ministry.

• The tally has jumped to 275,081, while the death toll stands at 4,562.
• Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho has said that the UK coronavirus variant was found in 50pc of positive cases in Karachi.

ISLAMABAD: National Covid-19 posititivity, Wednesday, jumped to 11.63 percent as the country recorded 5,499 new...

• India's daily infections at record.
• Delhi hospitals scramble as oxygen supplies run out.
• One of three in Delhi tests positive for COVID-19.

• Shares in Lucky Strike maker British American Tobacco plunged 7.6 percent.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Tuesday, detected 5,445 Covid-19 cases by carrying out 68,002 tests, and reported 137...

• The inspection teams have been directed to impose fines on owners of different shops in case of SOPs violation.

• According to a daily situation report, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 was reached to 301 as two more patients have succumbed to the virus during the last 24 hours in the district.

*The 67-year-old, who had contracted the coronavirus in January, said he wanted to encourage all older adults to also get vaccinated. "We're sure there is no risk, no danger, that there are no serious side effects," he said.

• Investors were also looking ahead to a Bank of Canada interest rate decision on Wednesday. Analysts expect the central bank to announce it is cutting bond purchases from the current pace of C$4 billion per week.

ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser, on Monday, chaired the meeting of the House Advisory Committee...

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Monday, placed India in list of Category C countries ...

• He added that 3 more patients of COVID-19 lost their lives lifting the death toll to 4,556 that constituted 1.7 percent death rate.

• Palm oil is affected by price movements in related oils as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market.

• There are 82,276 active cases of the virus in the country, out of which 4,515 are critical cases.
• 3,362 people also recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours.

• 4,976 people also tested positive for coronavirus in 24 hours.
• 65,279 tests were conducted across the country during the last 24 hours.

LAHORE: There is no let up in the spread of coronavirus, as out of 35,257 Covid-19 tests conducted during the last ...

• No new deaths were reported. The new cases took the total number of infections to 39,038, with deaths remaining at 97.

• The situation in the aftermath of violence was under control and the Parliament would look into all aspects of the issue, he added.

• Philippine stocks declined nearly a percent, giving away gains made in the previous session.

• On Thursday, Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended the changes to the Infection Protection Act which include curfews once the seven-day virus incidence exceeds 100,000.

• Having let its guard down with mass religious festivals, political rallies and spectators at cricket matches, India is experiencing a ferocious new wave with almost two million fresh cases this month.