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Frantic scramble for Covid drugs in India

In the same queue in the south of the Indian capital are more than 100 people with loved ones in hospital. Only 30 people receive the medicine.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 04:08pm

Business & Finance

Asia-focused HSBC profits double as bank reverses credit losses

"The economic outlook has improved, although uncertainties remain," he said.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 04:04pm

Pakistan

SHC asked to suspend court work, take up only urgent matters as COVID-19 cases surge

"I would, therefore, request and urge if the routine court work is suspended and only matters of urgent nature are fixed for hearing so that the Honorable Judges, learned lawyers, court staff as well as litigants are protected from this pandemic," letter by Murtaza Wahab read.
During the last 24 hours, Sindh reported 727 new coronavirus cases and six fatalities.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 03:14pm

Markets

Gold steadies as focus turns to Fed meeting

More than 147.23 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 3,249,168? have died, according to a Reuters tally.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 11:59am

Pakistan

KP Health Minister Jhagra booked for violating COVID SOPs

A First Information Report has been registered against Jhagra after he attended an Iftar dinner at a hotel situated in his constituency
The pictures of the event went viral on social media, where Jhagra and several others could be seen without face masks and not following social distancing rules

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 11:29am

World

First shipment of UK Covid medical aid arrives in India

Foreign ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi tweeted photos of the equipment being unloaded from a German Lufthansa aircraft in New Delhi, calling it "international cooperation at work".

Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:28am

Technology

Lyft to sell autonomous driving unit to Toyota for $550mn

A Woven Planet spokesman told AFP that a group of about 360 engineers and inventors should become Woven City's first inhabitants within four to five years.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:24am

World

More than 500 Venezuelan healthcare workers have died during pandemic: NGO

President Nicolas Maduro's administration has reported 192,498 cases of the coronavirus with 2,065 deaths thus far.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:21am

Markets

Bank of Japan lifts growth forecast, keeps policy unchanged

"With the slow vaccine rollout set to gather pace over the coming months, activity should start to recover again before long, lowering the need for additional stimulus," he added in a note.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:18am

Markets

HSBC first-quarter profits more than double to $6.4bn

Like all banking giants HSBC was battered by the coronavirus last year with a 30 percent plunge in 2020 profit.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:13am

World

Australia bans passenger flights from India until May 15: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the suspension would remain in place until at least May 15 due to "clearly present" risks of travel from India.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:11am

Pakistan

No, government has not announced five-day Eid holiday

The official Twitter handle of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for exposing fake news rejected the notification circulating on social media.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 09:48am

Pakistan

Special NCOC meeting today to discuss poor COVID-19 SOPs compliance outside examination centers: Shafqat Mahmod

"As more reports have come in, It is obvious that outside the exam centres the compliance is poor," Mahmood tweeted.
Cambridge examinations started from Monday across Pakistan.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 09:42am

World

Hong Kong and Singapore aim to start travel bubble in May

HONG KONG: Hong Kong and Singapore on Monday announced plans to resurrect their scrapped coronavirus travel bubble...

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:09am

World

EU sues AstraZeneca over vaccine delivery shortfall

BRUSSELS: The European Union said Monday it has launched legal action against pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca over...

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:08am

World

Kazakhstan rolls out homegrown vaccine

NUR-SULTAN: Kazakhstan on Monday rolled out its homegrown coronavirus vaccine, with the Central Asian country’s...

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:08am

Pakistan

Islamic content won’t be removed from curriculum: governor

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has taken stern notice of the issue of omitting Islamic content ...

Published 27 Apr, 2021 03:02am

Pakistan

Dr Qibla seeks Ulema’s assistance to enforce Covid-19 SOPs

ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz Monday appealed Ulema and religious scholars to...

Published 27 Apr, 2021 03:02am

Pakistan

PMA urges people to follow SOPs

KARACHI: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) urged masses to adopt preventive measures by wearing mask and social...

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:10am

Pakistan

Punjab reports 2,190 fresh corona cases, 26 deaths

LAHORE: There is no let up in the spread of coronavirus, as out of 19,445 Covid-19 tests conducted during the last ...

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:10am

Pakistan

Cambridge exams begin under strict corona SOPs

ISLAMABAD: The Cambridge examinations have started from Monday with strict coronavirus standard operating procedures...

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:10am

Business & Finance

PSM oxygen plant may not be made operational, says Faraz

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) oxygen plant may not be made operational in an emergency due to some problems,...

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:05am

Pakistan

NCOC discuss restricting mass mobility on Eid-ul-Fitr to contain Covid-19

The NCOC session was held here chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar co-chaired by the National Coordinator NCOC.

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 12:10am

Pakistan

Opposition politicising corona situation to gain mileage: CM

The CM regretted the PDM had busted a gut to spread coronavirus by holding public meetings during the pandemic.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 09:43pm

Sports

Cricket stars leave IPL as India virus toll grows

Players are being tested every two days in bio-secure bubbles where they will be based for eight weeks.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 06:32pm

Pakistan

Total lockdown to be last option; unless public follows Covid precautions: Kamran Bangash

He said there was a vast difference in the situation between previous two waves and the third wave.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 06:00pm

Pakistan

2190 new cases of coronavirus reported in Punjab on Monday

The Punjab health department conducted 4,501,634 tests for COVID-19,so far while 235,669 confirmed cases recovered altogether in the province.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 05:59pm

Pakistan

Another 138 corona cases reported in Faisalabad

He said that 791 corona patients succumbed to coronavirus in the district since eruption of pandemic.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 05:49pm

Pakistan

Rawalpindi reports 11 deaths with 129 new COVID cases in 24 hours

The data showed that 20,717 patients were discharged after recovery and 3769 were quarantined including 2293 at home and 1476 in isolation.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 05:32pm

Pakistan

COVID-19 claims 70 lives, infects 4,825 more people

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

Published 26 Apr, 2021 05:26pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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