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COVID19

Malaysia's Mahathir urges king to lift virus emergency

The monarch declared the nationwide emergency in January in a bid to fight the coronavirus as cases spiralled out of control.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:29pm

World

Scores test positive for Covid-19 on India flight to Hong Kong

Several cases have also been detected on flights arriving in Hong Kong from Mumbai, authorities said.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 11:52am

Markets

C$ dips, bond yields climb as Ottawa adds to deficit spending

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.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 11:43am

World

EU to rule on J&J shot safety as raging virus wave grips India

That desire was on display in EU member Slovakia on Monday, where shops, museums, libraries and swimming pools reopened after a lengthy lockdown, bringing big crowds onto the streets.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 11:13am

World

Canada to spend big to 'punch way out of Covid recession'

"I want to avoid an election," said Jagmeet Singh, leader of the fourth-ranked New Democrats. "With the third (Covid) wave hitting hard," that would be "irresponsible," he said.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 10:29am

Pakistan

NCC-FFP identifies three problematic projects

ISLAMABAD: The National Coordination Committee-Foreign Funded Projects (NCC-FFP) has identified three problematic...

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 10:07am

World

Syrian opposition's Michel Kilo dies in exile

BEIRUT: Prominent exiled opposition figure Michel Kilo died of Covid-19 on Monday in Paris after a lifetime of...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

World

Fast-jabbing Israel buys millions more Pfizer Covid shots

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel signed Monday an agreement with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer enabling the Jewish state to...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Pakistan

Covid-19 SOPs: NA speaker decides to issue limited press cards

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

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Pakistan

Sindh reports 737 new cases of Covid-19

KARACHI: As many as three more patients of Covid-19 died overnight lifting the death toll to 4,556 and 737 new cases...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Business & Finance

Coca-Cola posts decline in Q1 earnings

NEW YORK: Coca-Cola reported Monday a decline in first-quarter earnings amid continued weakness in away-from-home...

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 10:02am

Markets

Japan’s Topix slips

TOKYO: Japan’s Topix changed course to close lower on Monday, while the Nikkei ended little changed, as concerns...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Opinion

Big moment

It is heartening to note that the Pakistan cricket team has completed a clean sweep of four trophies in four series...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Opinion

Budgetary framework in IMF programme

The IMF Programme which remained suspended for almost one year has become operational once again. Effectively the...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Opinion

Beijing huddles with friends, seeks to fracture US-led ‘clique’

China is shoring up ties with autocratic partners like Russia and Iran, as well as economically dependent regional...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Pakistan

Punjab reports 2,766 Covid-19 cases, 27 fatalities

LAHORE: Out of record 34,681 Covid-19 tests conducted during the last 24 hours in Punjab, as many as 2766 fresh ...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Markets

Indian shares plunge

BENGALURU: Indian shares fell sharply on Monday as Delhi imposed a lockdown to stem surging coronavirus cases,...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Pakistan

Pak-China Friendship Tree Plantation launched

PESHAWAR: “Sino-Pak Friendship is growing like a lash green tree and giving both shelter and fruits.” This was...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Pakistan

Faysal Bank conducts corporate briefing session

KARACHI: Faysal Bank Limited recently conducted a virtual corporate briefing session. Through the session the...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Asia Distillates: Gasoil cash discount widens, jet discount narrows

Markets

Pakistan

COVID-19 claims 3 more patients, infects 737 others in Sindh

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.

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 12:01am

Pakistan

Capital reports 523 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours: NCOC

According to an official of NCOC, as many as 650 cases were reported on Sunday while 241 cases were reported on Saturday.

Published 19 Apr, 2021 10:47pm

Pakistan

176 more test positive for COVID-19 in Faisalabad

According to Health department spokesperson, 5,177 coronavirus tests were conducted in public and private sector labs during the period.

Published 19 Apr, 2021 10:45pm

Pakistan

NCOC bans entry of Inbound passengers from India

The NCOC session was chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, Co chaired by National Coordinator NCOC.

Published 19 Apr, 2021 10:38pm

World

India added to England’s Covid travel ‘red list’ on Friday

India will be added to England's travel "red list" from Friday, as cases of the UK variant continue to grow.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday cancelled a planned trip to India, scheduled to take place next week, due to the current coronavirus situation in India.

Updated 19 Apr, 2021 08:38pm

Pakistan

Former IG KP Nasir Khan Durrani succumbs to COVID-19

Durrani was battling the coronavirus and had been admitted to Mayo Hospital Lahore. He was being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) and was on a ventilator.
Durrani was known as a dynamic and reformist police officer and is credited for reforming the KP Police.
He was a pioneer of Rescue-15, established police assistance lines, formed a special combat unit of specialized commandoes on the pattern of Special Services Group of the army.

Published 19 Apr, 2021 07:08pm

Markets

Indian shares sink on record surge in daily COVID-19 cases

The state of Maharashtra, home to financial hub Mumbai, has already imposed stringent curbs, effective April 15.

Published 19 Apr, 2021 12:06pm

Markets

Palm drops 1% on virus-led demand worries, cheaper soyoil

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

Published 19 Apr, 2021 11:47am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Equity Mod. / Apr 20 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	4.00 ▲ 0.74 (22.70%)
Media Times / Apr 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	3.79 ▲ 0.47 (14.16%)
SME Leasing Ltd. / Apr 20 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	3.35 ▲ 0.35 (11.67%)
Pak Gulf Leas. / Apr 20 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	9.30 ▲ 0.95 (11.38%)
Summit Bank / Apr 20 Summit Bank Limited(SMBL)	1.58 ▲ 0.16 (11.27%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Apr 20 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	3.79 ▲ 0.38 (11.14%)
Sana Ind. (R) / Apr 20 Sana Industries (R)(SNAIR)	11.01 ▲ 1.00 (9.99%)
Service Fab. / Apr 20 Service Fabrics Limited(SERF)	12.35 ▲ 1.00 (8.81%)
Telecard / Apr 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12.87 ▲ 1.00 (8.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Apr 20 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.80 ▲ 0.20 (7.69%)

Stock	Price
Service Ind. / Apr 20 Service Industries Limited(SRVI)	610.00 ▲ -578.70 (-48.68%)
Popular Islamic Mod. / Apr 20 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	5.50 ▲ -0.95 (-14.73%)
Dawood Equities / Apr 20 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	5.05 ▲ -0.80 (-13.68%)
First Credit & Inv. / Apr 20 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	6.51 ▲ -0.99 (-13.20%)
Reliance Ins. / Apr 20 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	7.10 ▲ -0.70 (-8.97%)
Universal Ins. / Apr 20 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	4.49 ▲ -0.40 (-8.18%)
Shahtaj Textile / Apr 20 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	102.68 ▲ -8.32 (-7.50%)
Tandlianwala / Apr 20 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	124.31 ▲ -10.07 (-7.49%)
Premier Sugar / Apr 20 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	335.50 ▲ -27.00 (-7.45%)
Sapphire Fib. / Apr 20 Sapphire Fibres Limited(SFL)	815.00 ▲ -64.99 (-7.39%)

Stock	Volume
Worldcall / Apr 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	56,221,000 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods / Apr 20 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	30,439,788 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Global Hold. / Apr 20 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	24,130,000 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pak. / Apr 20 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	18,897,319 ▼ 0.00
Telecard / Apr 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	13,478,500 ▼ 0.00
Aisha Steel / Apr 20 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11,984,000 ▼ 0.00
Silkbank / Apr 20 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	11,422,000 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petr. / Apr 20 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	10,176,000 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / Apr 20 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	7,274,000 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods / Apr 20 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	6,806,500 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	153.00
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	152.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	108.10
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.40
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.20
UK LIBOR % / Apr 19	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 19	4163.26
India Sensex / Apr 19	47949.42
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	29685.37
Nasdaq / Apr 19	13914.77
Hang Seng / Apr 19	29106.15
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7000.08
Dow Jones / Apr 19	34077.63
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	15368.39
France CAC40 / Apr 19	6296.69

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Apr 19	63.54
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Apr 19	10800.00
Gold 10 Grams / Apr 19	94564.00
Gold Spot / Apr 19	1771.20
Cotton / Apr 19	84.71

COVID19

Malaysia's Mahathir urges king to lift virus emergency

Scores test positive for Covid-19 on India flight to Hong Kong

C$ dips, bond yields climb as Ottawa adds to deficit spending

EU to rule on J&J shot safety as raging virus wave grips India

Canada to spend big to 'punch way out of Covid recession'

NCC-FFP identifies three problematic projects

Syrian opposition's Michel Kilo dies in exile

Fast-jabbing Israel buys millions more Pfizer Covid shots

Covid-19 SOPs: NA speaker decides to issue limited press cards

Sindh reports 737 new cases of Covid-19

Coca-Cola posts decline in Q1 earnings

Japan’s Topix slips

Big moment

Budgetary framework in IMF programme

Beijing huddles with friends, seeks to fracture US-led ‘clique’

Punjab reports 2,766 Covid-19 cases, 27 fatalities

Indian shares plunge

Pak-China Friendship Tree Plantation launched

Faysal Bank conducts corporate briefing session

Asia Distillates: Gasoil cash discount widens, jet discount narrows

Minister says situation getting worse

World running out of time to tackle climate crisis: UN

COVID-19 claims 3 more patients, infects 737 others in Sindh

Capital reports 523 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours: NCOC

176 more test positive for COVID-19 in Faisalabad

NCOC bans entry of Inbound passengers from India

India added to England’s Covid travel ‘red list’ on Friday

Former IG KP Nasir Khan Durrani succumbs to COVID-19

Indian shares sink on record surge in daily COVID-19 cases

Palm drops 1% on virus-led demand worries, cheaper soyoil

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