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Industrialists urge federal govt to reconsider Eid holidays decision

KARACHI: Industrialists and traders community has appealed to the federal government to reconsider the Eidul Fitr...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:18am

Pakistan

Call to release incarcerated Kashmiri leadership: Pakistan grieved over Ashraf Sehrai’s demise in Indian custody

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expressed deep grief over the demise of senior Kashmiri leader Ashraf Sehrai in Indian custody...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:19am

Pakistan

Women’s jobs: ‘Covid-19 wiped out a disproportionately higher share’

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar,...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:19am

Pakistan

Sharjeel chairs meeting to review Covid-19 situation

HYDERABAD: A meeting to review the Covid-19 situation was held under the chairmanship of MPA Sharjeel Inam Memon ...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:18am

Pakistan

EFP calls for immediate vaccination of industrial workers

KARACHI: Ismail Suttar, President, Employers’ Federation of Pakistan (EFP), while lauding the Government’s...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:18am

World

G7 works on vaccine plan after pleas to help poor

LONDON: The Group of Seven wealthy democracies on Wednesday worked on plans to scale up global Covid-19 ...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:18am

World

India G7 delegation in Covid scare

NEW DELHI: India’s foreign minister was forced to abandon face-to-face G7 meetings on the pandemic in London on...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:18am

World

India warned to brace for new waves

NEW DELHI: India, gripped by one of the most deadly coronavirus surges seen by any country, will have to be ready ...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:18am

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

World

Canada authorizes Pfizer Covid vaccine for kids age 12 and up

OTTAWA: Canada on Wednesday approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in children aged 12 years and...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:18am

Pakistan

Worsening health crisis in IoK: Parliamentary panel urges UN, WHO, ICRC to take notice

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel Wednesday urged the United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO) and...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:19am

Opinion

Revenue, health benefits of raising tobacco taxes

Raising tax revenues during the third wave of Covid-19 is a daunting task for the policymakers in Pakistan. There ...

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

Pakistan

Covid-19: 200,000 people vaccinated for first time

ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar has said that Tuesday for the first time...

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

Govt seeks easing of conditions

He also spelled out his plan as the finance minister to negotiate with the IMF and how he wanted to achieve growth, and stated that the PSDP allocation would be fully utilised.

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

Saudi Arabia considers barring overseas Hajj pilgrims for second year

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is considering barring overseas pilgrims from the annual Hajj for the second year running as...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:20am

Payment to 35 IPPs approved by ECC

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved payment of Rs89.86 billon as first...

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

World

Rise in new COVID-19 cases in France slows sharply, hospitalizations decline

Pressure on emergency wards also eased, with the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care down by 102 to 5,402 from a year-high of 6,0001 less than two weeks ago.

Published 05 May, 2021 11:49pm

Markets

Wall Street rises as megacap stocks bounce; Dow hits record high

Energy and materials continued this week's momentum, leading gains among S&P 500 sectors, with a jump of 2.4pc and 1.1pc, respectively.

Published 05 May, 2021 11:45pm

World

US economy regains more private jobs in April: survey

"The labor market is recovering and job growth is set to accelerate over coming months as the economy continues to move closer to a broader reopening," Rubeela Farooqi of High Frequency Economics said.

Published 05 May, 2021 06:50pm

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

World

US FDA expected to authorize Pfizer vaccine for 12-15-year-olds soon

The approval is highly anticipated after the drugmaker said in March the vaccine was found to be safe, effective and produced a robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year-olds in a clinical trial.
The vaccine has already been cleared in the United States for those aged 16 and above.

Published 05 May, 2021 06:26pm

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

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

Business & Finance

Current COVID wave threatens Pakistan's economic recovery: Tarin

“The current IMF program was quite difficult and such conditions were imposed, which has a political cost as well," said Tarin.

Published 05 May, 2021 03:27pm

World

COVID scare at G7 meeting after Indian delegates test positive

India, currently undergoing the world's worst surge in COVID-19 cases, is attending the G7 as a guest
The meeting is a precursor to the main G7 summit due to take place at a rural English resort in June, with U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders set to attend

Published 05 May, 2021 03:13pm

Markets

Australia, NZ dollars regain altitude as domestic economies run strong

"The RBA managed to surprise us, upgrading all key forecasts more than we anticipated," said Prashant Newnaha, senior Asia-Pacific rates strategist at TD Securities.

Published 05 May, 2021 11:59am

Markets

Indonesia economy shrinks for fourth straight quarter

And while it has kicked off its vaccination drive, just over 20 million of the country's 270 million people have so far received their first jab.

Published 05 May, 2021 11:40am

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

World

Pfizer sees Covid-19 as 'durable' revenue stream as profits rise

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he had not made a decision on whether to support a vaccine waiver, but that the United States was moving "as quickly as we can" to export doses.

Published 05 May, 2021 10:56am

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
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Diesel/Litre / Apr 25	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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