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UN chief declares ‘war’ on Covid as India toll tops 300,000

GENEVA: The UN chief on Monday declared the world “at war” against Covid-19, as India’s death toll crossed...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

World

British woman dies in Cyprus after AstraZeneca jab

NICOSIA: A 39-year-old British woman died in a Cypriot hospital after a blood clotting incident after receiving the...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Markets

Secondary and higher secondary: IPEMC decides to hold board exams after June 20

ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) on Monday decided to hold board examinations...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Mega 24-hour vaccination centre at Karachi’s Expo Centre

The Sindh Health Department deserves a lot of praise for setting up and making functional a round-the-clock...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Markets

Oil prices jump on view Iranian oil will not cause glut

NEW YORK: Oil prices rose on Monday as a demand bump fuelled by Covid-19 vaccination drives gave traders optimism...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Markets

Tokyo rubber futures rise

TOKYO: Japanese rubber futures rose on Monday, as Tokyo ramped up its Covid-19 vaccination drive, which may allow ...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Ehsaas Mobile Saving Wallets initiative launched

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched Ehsaas Mobile Saving Wallets ((Ehsaas Bachat Bank Account)...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Sharp hike in poultry rates under focus

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has sought details from the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) with...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Chinese envoy meets PM

ISLAMABAD: Ambas-sador of China in Pakistan Nong Rong called on Prime Minister Imran Khan, Monday, said a press...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Karachi to come under night ‘curfew’ from today

KARACHI: The Sindh Task Force on coronavirus in its extensive meeting presided by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Business & Finance

Small businesses, SMEs: Collateral-free lending to have positive effect: analyst

KARACHI: Economic & Financial Analyst, Ateeq Ur Rehman has said that the drafted scheme titled “Re-Finance and...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Business & Finance

SBP’s policy actions boosted external, fiscal fundamentals: Baqir

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza Baqir Monday said that decisive policy actions taken by the...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

World

U.S. advises against travel to Japan, Sri Lanka due to COVID cases

The U.S. warnings come just two months before the Tokyo Olympics are set to get under way, something a top Olympic officials last week said would happen even under a state of emergency after being postponed last year.

Published 24 May, 2021 11:09pm

Markets

Brazil central bank to raise 2021 GDP growth forecast towards 4pc

Campos Neto also said he anticipates a huge acceleration in Brazil's COVID-19 vaccination program in June.

Updated 24 May, 2021 11:04pm

Pakistan

Govt committed to expeditiously complete CPEC projects: PM

The prime minister highly appreciated the Chinese leadership, and conveyed his warm greetings for President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.

Published 24 May, 2021 10:24pm

Pakistan

106 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in capital: NCOC

He said the government was closely monitoring the third wave and it may lock down more areas if other interventions did not work in the next few days.

Published 24 May, 2021 10:16pm

Business & Finance

Baqir highlights SBP measures amid COVD pandemic

On policy rate, Baqir informed that Pakistan reduced its interest rate by 625 basis points since 1st February 2020 to provide interest expense relief for borrowers.
The central bank chief said that about Rs 2 trillion liquidity or five percent of the GDP was injected through SBP’s economic policy support measures during COVID.

Published 24 May, 2021 04:47pm

World

At least 115,000 health workers have died from Covid-19: WHO chief

“For almost 18 months, health and care workers all over the world have stood in the breach between life and death,” he said.
“They have saved countless lives and fought for others who, despite their best efforts, slipped away. "

Published 24 May, 2021 04:25pm

World

'We are at war' with Covid, says UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General decried the "tsunami of suffering" sparked by the coronavirus crisis.

Published 24 May, 2021 03:36pm

Business & Finance

GDP growth expected to rise 3.94pc as post-Covid recovery strengthens: SBP

“This rebound was fueled by a well-calibrated policy response,” said SBP.
SBP said that it provided a targeted economic stimulus of Rs2 trillion to support the recovery through interest rate cut, principal deferment & loan restructuring, Rozgar payroll finance scheme to prevent layoffs, and concessional finance for investment in industry and health facilities.

Published 24 May, 2021 01:59pm

Business & Finance

PM Khan inaugurates Ehsaas Saving Wallets initiative

In his address, the Prime Minister congratulated Dr. Sania Nishtar and her entire Ehsaas team, after the World Bank recently acknowledged the Ehsaas program as the fourth largest social protection intervention globally in terms of the number of people covered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Updated 24 May, 2021 01:00pm

Markets

Indian shares gain on SBI boost, decline in daily COVID-19 cases

The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index was up 0.26% at 15,214.95 by 0521 GMT.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.36% at 50,720.68. Both the indexes gained more than 3% last week.

Published 24 May, 2021 11:04am

World

Ukraine registers lowest COVID-19 daily cases since August

Ukraine has been among the most affected European countries so far, with around 2.2 million COVID-19 cases and 49,436 deaths as of May 24.

Updated 24 May, 2021 11:02am

World

India passes 300,000 Covid-19 deaths

It reported 4,454 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the second-highest daily toll since reaching a record 4,529 on Wednesday.

Updated 24 May, 2021 10:16am

BR Research

Changing FDI dynamics (1)

When it comes to foreign direct investment, Pakistan has intentionally or unintentionally barely scratched the...

Published 24 May, 2021 07:35am

World

91 European airports vow to be CO2 neutral by 2030

PARIS: More than 90 European airports pledged Thursday to be carbon neutral by 2030, two decades earlier than ...

Updated 24 May, 2021 08:28am

World

New Delhi to ease Covid-19 restrictions as cases drop

NEW DELHI: India's capital New Delhi will start relaxing its strict coronavirus lockdown next week if new cases...

Updated 24 May, 2021 08:29am

Pakistan

International travel list: NCOC includes few more countries in category C

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to stem the spread of Covid-19, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday...

Published 24 May, 2021 04:03am

Pakistan

Covid-19 vaccination centre being set up at NPC: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Acknowledging the journalist community's role as front-line workers during the coronavirus pandemic,...

Updated 24 May, 2021 08:31am

Pakistan

Covid-19 positivity ratio quite dangerous: Sindh CM

KARACHI: The chief minister talking about the Covid-19 new highs in Sindh said on Sunday last year Eidul Fitr was...

Published 24 May, 2021 04:03am

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
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 25	80.89
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94

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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