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Sindh to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to private hospitals

The vaccines will be provided to the hospitals starting today.
According to the new restrictions, restaurants will only operate delivery service after Maghrib from Friday till Sunday.

Published 06 May, 2021 01:35pm

Markets

Australia shares end lower on tech sell-off, escalating tensions with China

Financial stocks dropped 0.7%, with National Australia Bank sliding 3%, despite posting 95% surge in cash profit for the half year.

Updated 06 May, 2021 02:41pm

Markets

Caixabank's net profit jumps, books Bankia gain

Analysts expected NII to come in at 1.2 billion euros.

Published 06 May, 2021 11:47am

World

Scotland independence debate dominates UK polls

Victory there would boost Johnson, and heap pressure on Starmer, as he tries to reposition the party after the hard-left leadership of his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn.

Published 06 May, 2021 11:19am

Business & Finance

Australian regulator moves to block Qantas-Japan Airlines deal

Australia's regulator said it was open to granting exceptions to aid airlines' recovery, but not at the expense of reducing competition in the long term.

Published 06 May, 2021 11:14am

Pakistan

Shafqat Mahmood clarifies class 9th, 11th exams are not being canceled

"Class 9 and 11 exams will take place according to the timetable of the respective boards," he tweeted.
Last year, the students were passed without sitting exams.

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:15am

World

India to pump $6.7bn into virus fight as Biden sets vaccine target

MUMBAI: India on Wednesday pledged billions of dollars to boost its flagging vaccine programme, as President Joe...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:18am

Pakistan

Covid-19 pandemic: 58 fatalities, 2087 fresh cases reported in Punjab

LAHORE: There is no let up in the spread of coronavirus, as out of 16,844 Covid-19 tests conducted during the last ...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:19am

Pakistan

Purchase of drugs: SC dissatisfied with NDMA report

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, expressed dissatisfaction over the National Disaster Management ...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:19am

Pakistan

Covid-19 cases significantly dropped in Mardan

PESHAWAR: The coronavirus cases have significantly dropped owing to weeklong complete lockdown imposed by local...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:19am

Pakistan

Fawad becomes expert at measuring Covid-19 SOPs: Murad

ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah, on Wednesday, said that the Election Commission of Pakistan...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:19am

Punjab to undergo complete lockdown from 8th

LAHORE: Pursuant to the direction of the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) to restrict the movement of...

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

Business & Finance

Punjab to impose complete lockdown from May 8 to 16

All commercial, recreational activities, and public transport across the province will be suspended on the designated dates.
The checkpoints will be set up at all the entry and exit routes of each city, while police Rangers and Army personnel will be deployed to monitor the situation.

Updated 05 May, 2021 08:37pm

Pakistan

1,727 coronavirus patients recovered

Around 272 ventilators were reserved in hospitals of the city while 215 occupied and 57 were vacant.

Published 05 May, 2021 06:48pm

Pakistan

COVID-19 claims 4 more patients, infects 1038 others

He added that 4 more patients of COVID-19 lost their lives lifting the death toll to 4,691 that constituted 1.6 percent death rate.

Published 05 May, 2021 06:40pm

Pakistan

Govt committed to development, progress of merged areas: PM

The Prime Minister was presiding over a meeting here to the review the progress of development projects in the merged areas of KP.

Updated 05 May, 2021 06:37pm

Pakistan

58 deaths, 2087 new cases of coronavirus reported in Pb

The Punjab health department conducted 4,670,063 tests for COVID-19 so far while 260,241 confirmed cases recovered altogether in the province.

Published 05 May, 2021 05:21pm

Pakistan

COVID-19 claims 119 lives, infects 4,113 more people

During the past 24 hours, most of the deaths have occurred in the Punjab followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Published 05 May, 2021 05:19pm

Pakistan

Coronavirus claims 43 more lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

He said 7,131 tests were conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during 24 hours and the total number of tests reached to 1622265.

Published 05 May, 2021 05:15pm

Pakistan

Punjab inoculated highest number of vaccine, situation under controlled: Yasmin Rashid

Yasmin said that coronavirus infection rate could only be overcome by strictly implementation of coronavirus SOPs and speed up process of vaccination.

Published 05 May, 2021 05:09pm

Sports

IPL's foreign cricket stars scramble to escape Covid-hit India

"The BCCI is working through arrangements to repatriate all the players, the support staff, and umpires commentators as quickly and safely as possible," said Nick Hockley.

Published 05 May, 2021 04:37pm

World

WHO seeks to fill COVID-19 vaccine gap left by India suspending exports

The World Health Organization is seeking to fill the gap left in the COVAX dose-sharing programme by India suspending exports of AstraZeneca (AZN.L) doses and is in talks with donors including the United States, senior WHO officials said on Monday.

Published 05 May, 2021 04:26pm

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Wednesday

At least 154,288,900 cases of coronavirus have been registered.

Published 05 May, 2021 04:22pm

World

Biden says hopes to meet Putin during June trip to Europe

"That is my hope and expectation. We're working on it," Biden told reporters after a speech about the US response to the coronavirus.

Published 05 May, 2021 12:34pm

World

UK puts £29mn into new labs to tackle Covid variants

But restrictions are being eased following a successful vaccine rollout, with daily deaths down into single figures.

Published 05 May, 2021 11:30am

Markets

India announces $6.7bn in cheap loans for vaccine, health firms

Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das said cheap loans would be available until March 31 next year, and vowed to deploy "unconventional" measures if the crisis worsens.

Published 05 May, 2021 11:01am

World

Pfizer expands production as quarterly earnings surge to $3.5 billion

Pfizer has earned $3.5 billion in the first quarter of 2021, as the ramped up sales of the COVID-19 vaccine boosted its projected annual earnings to $26 billion.
The American pharmaceutical company announced on Tuesday that it has raised its annual revenue guidance to up to $72.5 billion, up from $61.4 billion, predominantly due to the contractual delivery of 1.6 billion vaccine doses in 2021.

Published 05 May, 2021 10:40am

Pakistan

Pakistan administers more than 0.2 million COVID-19 shots in one day, setting a new record

So far, more than 5 million people have registered for the vaccine, Asad Umar said.
Pakistan aims to vaccinate 70 million people by end of this year.

Published 05 May, 2021 10:15am

World

India infections top 20m, quarter of EU jabbed

NEW DELHI: India's coronavirus caseload topped 20 million on Tuesday as the relentless surge finally forced the...

Updated 05 May, 2021 10:33am

Sports

IPL cricket suspended

NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League, the world's richest Twenty20 cricket tournament, was suspended on Tuesday and...

Published 05 May, 2021 04:01am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Diesel/Litre / Apr 19	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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