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Germany's Lufthansa plots course for leaner post-pandemic future

The company said at the time that it would not need the full amount.

Published 15 Jun, 2021 12:34pm

UAE extends travel ban on Pakistan till July 7

Allows UAE nationals, diplomatic missions, official delegations and holders of UAE Golden Visas to travel

Published 15 Jun, 2021 11:18am

Pakistan reports lowest single-day Covid-19 tally since February

Records 838 positive cases on June 14
Coronavirus situation eases as lockdown measures take effect

Published 15 Jun, 2021 09:30am

BR Research

Vaccine roll-out snapshot

Despite a feeble start to the vaccine roll-out, over the past two months, the Covid-19 vaccination program has taken...

Published 15 Jun, 2021 07:40am

World

England delays Covid reopening for four weeks: PM

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a four-week delay to the full lifting of ...

Published 15 Jun, 2021 03:30am

World

Tehran gives emergency approval for Iran-made vaccine

TEHRAN: Iran said Monday it had given emergency approval for a domestically produced vaccine, as it battles the...

Published 15 Jun, 2021 03:30am

World

Taj Mahal to reopen as India eases Covid-19 restrictions

The Taj Mahal is in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which was badly hit during the massive wave of infections and deaths.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 06:48pm

Pakistan

Overseas Pakistanis protest in Islamabad, demand Pfizer vaccine

Want guidelines issued by NCOC to be changed

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 06:09pm

World

Britain set to delay full lifting of virus restrictions

Johnson is due to announce the government's next step of its roadmap out of stay-at-home measures, after easing began in March.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:33pm

World

UK's Johnson set to announce delay to end of COVID restrictions

Foreign minister Dominic Raab said the critical issue was data on the link between transmission of the virus and hospitalisations.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 01:07pm

World

Suu Kyi's trial set to start in Myanmar, junta rejects UN rights chief's statement

The junta has branded a rival National Unity Government set up by supporters of Suu Kyi as a terrorist group and blamed it for bombings, arson and killings.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:07pm

Sports

Neymar helps Brazil cruise to Copa win over Covid-depleted Venezuela

Brazil took the lead on 23 minutes when Richarlison flicked on a Neymar corner that deflected into Marquinhos's path inside the six-yard box, allowing the centre-back to bundle home.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:05am

World

China slams G7 'manipulation' after Xinjiang, Hong Kong criticism

The coronavirus first emerged in central China in late 2019, and the World Health Organization sent a team of international experts in January to probe its origins.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 10:28am

Pakistan reports lowest number of daily Covid-19 cases in 4 months

Stands at 1,019 as spread of virus decreases

Published 14 Jun, 2021 09:46am

World

EMA official suggests ditching AstraZeneca jab

ROME: A top official in the European Medicines Agency said it might be worth abandoning AstraZeneca’s coronavirus...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Pakistan

Seven more succumb to Covid-19, 580 new cases emerge

KARACHI: At least 7 more patients of Coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 5,243 and 580 new cases...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

G7 issues anti-China communiqué

CARBIS BAY, (England): Group of Seven leaders on Sunday scolded China over what it said human rights in its Xinjiang...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

World

S.Africa pulls two million doses of J&J vaccine

South Africa is counting on a delivery of 31 million doses of the single-shot J&J vaccine to help inoculate its population of 59 million.

Published 13 Jun, 2021 06:26pm

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Sunday

At least 175,567,730 cases of coronavirus have been registered.

Published 13 Jun, 2021 06:26pm

Pakistan

Pakistan reports 56 deaths, 1,239 new Covid cases in 24 hours

The death toll has reached 21,689 while the country's Covid positivity rate is 3.40 percent
Punjab recorded the maximum of 343,926 Covid cases, followed by 327,604 infections in Sindh

Published 13 Jun, 2021 10:02am

World

More than five million Covid cases in Africa

PARIS: More than five million people have contracted the Covid-19 virus in Africa since it emerged in China in late...

Published 13 Jun, 2021 03:56am

PM urges world leaders to act against Islamophobia

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has called upon the world leaders to crack down on online hate speech and...

Published 13 Jun, 2021 03:56am

Pakistan

Pakistan's Covid-19 positivity ratio stays below 4%

Country reports 1,194 cases and 57 deaths during the last 24 hours

Published 12 Jun, 2021 02:33pm

China calls Covid-19 lab-leak theory absurd

WASHINGTON/BEIJING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need for cooperation and transparency over the...

Published 12 Jun, 2021 05:04am

World

Covid vaccine access needed 'thoughout world'

"This is not within the competence of the EMA so I can only speak from a personal perspective, where I really believe we need to ensure access, availability and access throughout the world, not just in the countries that have the means to pay for them," EMA Executive Director Emer Cooke said in an interview.

Published 12 Jun, 2021 12:42am

World

Italy reports 69 coronavirus deaths on Friday, 1,901 new cases

Patients in hospital with COVID-19 - not including those in intensive care - stood at 3,876 on Friday, down from 4,153 a day earlier.

Published 11 Jun, 2021 11:43pm

World

French average daily new COVID-19 cases below 5,000, first time since August 2020

The health ministry also reported 69 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals on Friday and just five virus deaths in retirement care homes over the past three days.

Published 11 Jun, 2021 11:34pm

World

Moscow sounds alarm over virus surge

Sobyanin estimated that around half of Moscow residents had by now some level of immunity against the virus.

Published 11 Jun, 2021 08:19pm

World

G7 'huge opportunity' for global pandemic recovery: Johnson

"We need to make sure that when we recover, we level up and we build back better. We have a huge opportunity to do that as G7," he added.

Updated 11 Jun, 2021 07:04pm

World

UK says Delta variant 60 percent more transmissible

So far there have been 42,323 identified cases of the Delta variant in the UK, according to Public Health England's data, up from 29,892 on June 2.

Published 11 Jun, 2021 06:37pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
India Sensex / Apr 25	73780.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17264.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8077.84
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17994.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Diesel/Litre / Apr 25	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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