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Coronavirus positivity rate surges to 12.85pc in Punjab

LAHORE: The positivity rate of coronavirus in the province has again moved up from 10.42% to 12.85%, as out of ...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Pakistan

78 more die of Covid-19 across country

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 4,757 new coronavirus cases and 78 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, taking the...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Pakistan

Sindh govt announces set of new restrictions

KARACHI: Sindh government on Wednesday announced a set of new restrictions to halt the spread of the coronavirus ...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Business & Finance

Canada’s economy grows for ninth month

OTTAWA: Canada’s economy expanded for a ninth consecutive month in January and most likely grew in February,...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Moody’s says B3 rating underpinned by country’s robust growth potential

ISLAMABAD: Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has assigned a foreign currency senior unsecured programme rating of...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

PM rules out general lockdown

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday ruled out a general lockdown while acknowledging the...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

WTO hikes 2021 trade growth forecast

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization slightly raised its growth forecast for global goods trade this year, but said...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Business & Finance

Jordan to speed tempo of IMF-backed reforms this year

AMMAN: Jordan will accelerate the pace of IMF-backed structural reforms to boost a growth-driven recovery from the...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

World

Macron to make COVID-19 address as third wave swamps French hospitals

Parliament will vote on Thursday on the measures announced by Macron. "That tells you steps will be taken on a national level," the government source said.

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 12:01am

World

Italy reports 467 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, 23,904 new cases

Some 351,221 tests for COVID-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with a previous 301,451, the health ministry said.

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 12:01am

Pakistan

LHC disposes of plea against use of slogan "Corona se darna nahi larna hai"

LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan heard the petition filed by Advocate
Salman Idrees. During Wednesday proceedings, a law officer on behalf of the federal government submitted a reply to the petition.

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 12:02am

World

Turkey logs highest new daily COVID-19 cases since beginning of pandemic

The government eased measures to curb the pandemic in Turkey earlier this month, prompting a surge in new cases.

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 12:01am

Pakistan

Balochistan reports 19 more positive for COVID-19

According to media coordinator provincial Health Directorate Cell Balochistan Dr Muhammad Wasim Baig, at least 657163 people were screened for the virus till March 31 out of which 19 more were reported positive.

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 12:02am

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Wednesday

At least 128,173,020 cases of coronavirus have been registered.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 08:25pm

World

Yemen receives first coronavirus vaccines: UN

"This first batch is part of 1.9 million doses that Yemen will initially receive throughout 2021," it added.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 08:09pm

World

EU agency finds no specific age risk for AstraZeneca so far

Germany on Tuesday became the latest in a series of countries to advise against using the AstraZeneca jab for younger people after rare reports of clotting.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 08:00pm

Pakistan

PM Imran chairs NCC meeting over COVID-19, says can’t afford lockdown

The premier presided over the meeting via video link from his Bani Gala residence.
He held a telephonic conversation with the chief ministers of the four provinces and directed them to ensure the strict enforcement of SOPs.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 06:12pm

World

BioNTech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 100% effective on 12-15 year olds: study

The vaccine was 100% effective in protecting against symptomatic disease, said the companies, who tested the drug on more than 2,260 children during phase three trial.
Researchers also didn’t find any safety concerns, Pfizer and BioNTech said.

Updated 31 Mar, 2021 05:18pm

World

India's daily coronavirus cases rise at slower pace than day earlier

Deaths were at their highest since mid-December, according to a Reuters tally, with 354 people dying of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the ministry said, taking total mortalities to 162,468.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 01:24pm

World

Ukraine reports record daily high of 407 coronavirus related deaths

The previous high of 362 deaths was on March 25.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 12:43pm

Markets

Pandemic, firm dollar set LME copper for first monthly fall in 1 year

A stronger dollar makes greenback-priced metals more expensive and less appealing to holders of other currencies.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 12:28pm

Business & Finance

UK economy grew by stronger-than-expected 1.3% in Q4

Britain's economy suffered the biggest drop of all countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development except for Argentina and Spain last year, OECD data has shown.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 11:51am

Markets

Poland's economy could grow by 3.3% in 2021: World Bank

World Bank experts expect the economy will grow by 4.2% in 2022.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 11:50am

Markets

Chile central bank keeps benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5%

A central bank poll of traders last week predicted Chile's rate, its lowest in a decade, would only nudge upwards to 0.75% in 12 months.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 11:42am

Markets

Deliveroo set for London stock market launch

Britain's antitrust regulator last year approved Amazon's 16-percent investment in Deliveroo after an in-depth probe concluded it would not harm competition.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 11:03am

Business & Finance

Saudi plans economic overhaul with $3.2 trillion investment

Joblessness in Saudi Arabia touched 14.9 percent in the third quarter of 2020, dipping slightly from an all-time high of 15.4 percent in the previous quarter, according to official data.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 10:50am

Business & Finance

China factory activity rises as economic recovery broadens: official

NBS senior statistician Zhao Qinghe said that with China's control of the Covid-19 outbreak, consumer demand returned and "the service industry accelerated its recovery".

Published 31 Mar, 2021 10:49am

World

US leads concern over WHO-backed Covid origins report

Trump had promoted a theory that the virus could have leaked from a lab in Wuhan, which the WHO-backed experts dismissed in their report.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 10:30am

Pakistan

Mosques will remain open in Ramazan: Noor-ul-Haq Qadri

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Noor-ul-Haq Qadri advised people to follow precautionary measures while performing religious obligations.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 10:27am

World

Thai billionaire charged with royal insult over vaccine video

BANGKOK: A billionaire Thai opposition figure was charged Tuesday with defaming the monarchy after he questioned the...

Updated 31 Mar, 2021 10:15am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 3	278.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 3	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 3	153.05
USD to Swiss Franc / May 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 3	1.25
Euro to USD / May 3	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 3	5127.79
India Sensex / May 3	73878.15
Tokyo Nikkei / May 3	38236.07
Nasdaq / May 3	16156.33
Hang Seng / May 3	18475.92
FTSE 100 / May 3	8213.49
Dow Jones / May 3	38675.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 3	18001.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 3	78.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 3	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 3	205418
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 3	2301.74
Cotton US¢/pound / May 3	78.06
Petrol/Litre / May 4	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 4 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 4 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 4 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 4 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 4 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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