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US seeing most flu hospitalizations cases in a decade, CDC says

WASHINGTON: The United States is experiencing the highest levels of hospitalizations from influenza that it has seen...

Published 05 Dec, 2022 11:17pm

Pakistan

Violation of Sec 10 of Competition Act: CCP imposes Rs1m token penalty on Nelson Paint

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has passed an order and keeping in view the commitment and...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Editorials

Violence against women

EDITORIAL: It is one of the most common human rights violations in the world. According to a UN report issued last...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

World

Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant: WHO

Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant...

Published 02 Dec, 2022 11:47pm

World

Beijing shuts parks, museums as China’s COVID cases rise

BEIJING: Beijing shut parks and museums on Tuesday while more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for COVID-19, as...

Published 22 Nov, 2022 10:33am

BR Research

Economic slowdown shows in power generation

October 2022 marked the fifth month in a row, where electricity generation went down year-on-year. Even peak Covid...

Published 22 Nov, 2022 09:17am

World

China reports more Covid deaths as infections surge

BEIJING: China reported two new deaths from Covid-19 on Monday, both elderly Beijing residents, as several major...

Published 21 Nov, 2022 02:58pm

World

China reports 24,473 new COVID cases for Nov 18 vs 25,353 a day earlier

SHANGHAI: China reported 24,473 new COVID-19 infections on Nov. 18, of which 2,137 were symptomatic and 22,336 were...

Published 19 Nov, 2022 09:48am

Opinion

The Covid saga

It was a nightmare that haunts many of us till today. The Covid pandemic that swept the country and whose lethal...

Published 19 Nov, 2022 06:25am

Sports

PCB compensates franchises

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has compensated franchises on the account of Covid-19 relief for PSL-5 and ...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz tests positive for Covid-19

This is the third time he has tested positive for the coronavirus

Updated 15 Nov, 2022 02:12pm

Markets

Rupee marginally weakens against US dollar, settles at 221.91

Currency has remained largely stable in recent weeks

Updated 15 Nov, 2022 09:02pm

Business & Finance

Yuan dips as fresh Covid outbreaks offset reopening optimism

SHANGHAI: China’s yuan slightly weakened against the dollar on Tuesday, as sharply escalating COVID-19 cases and...

Published 09 Nov, 2022 03:41am

Markets

Japanese rubber futures down

SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures fell on Friday, tracking losses in the Shanghai market and weaker domestic...

Published 06 Nov, 2022 03:44am

Markets

Copper hits six-week peak on rumours

LONDON: Copper prices vaulted to the highest level in six weeks on Friday as more rumours swirled about China...

Published 06 Nov, 2022 03:44am

Opinion

China’s markets clutch at economy reopening straws

Rumours of a possible end to stringent Covid-19 lockdowns have sent China’s stock markets flying this week despite...

Published 05 Nov, 2022 05:53am

Pakistan

Vaccinations against COVID-19: Shifa Foundation partners with FIND, Unitaid

ISLAMABAD: Many countries have been able to identify surges and limit transmission of COVID-19 through widespread ...

Published 26 Oct, 2022 05:52am

World

WHO says ‘not a time to relax’ on Covid, flu

COPENHAGEN: As winter approaches, the World Health Organization on Monday stressed the importance of staying...

Published 24 Oct, 2022 06:02pm

Opinion

The next wave

Since Covid-19 first appeared on the scene it is as if we are living in a dream; a nightmare to be more precise. Our...

Published 22 Oct, 2022 05:42am

Pakistan

IRD, Biologica to support JS Global staff healthcare

KARACHI: Interactive Research and Development (IRD) has partnered with JS Global Capital Limited and Biologica to...

Published 21 Oct, 2022 05:57am

Opinion

UK insider dealing probes dipped since Covid-19

British authorities have searched five homes and arrested eight people in connection with insider-dealing...

Published 16 Oct, 2022 03:53am

Supplements

Rising to Challenges and Building a Bright Future through Cooperation

TEXT: Keynote Speech by H.E. Xi Jinping | President of the People's Republic of China At the Opening Ceremony of ...

Published 02 Oct, 2022 05:48am

BR Research

Real wages nosedive

The daily wages for the construction sector may well have grown the most in ten quarters at 10 percent during 1QFY23...

Updated 28 Sep, 2022 08:42pm

World

EU assessing Moderna’s Omicron jab

THE HAGUE: The EU’s medicines watchdog said Tuesday it was assessing Moderna’s Covid-19 booster jab for new strains...

Published 27 Sep, 2022 06:52pm

World

Canada announces end to Covid border restrictions

MONTREAL: Canada will suspend Covid-19 border restrictions in October, the country’s public health agency said...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 07:21pm

BR Research

LSM contraction begins

The inevitable has happened. Or better put, just starting to unfold, as the Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index ...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 08:54am

Editorials

‘Second disaster’

EDITORIAL: It’s not at all surprising, even if it is monumentally tragic, that the World Health Organisation (WHO)...

Updated 25 Sep, 2022 06:24am

Business & Finance

SAI calls for end to daily outages of eight hours

KARACHI: President of the Site Association of Industry (SAI) Abdul Rasheed has expressed serious concerns over...

Published 23 Sep, 2022 05:50am

BR Research

Oil price: Bears or bulls?

The Brent crude oil is headed towards fourth straight month of decline, unless signals from Russia, the Opec...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 08:59am

Editorials

Education inequality as ‘great divider’

EDITORIAL: In the post-colonial world as gold and diamond plundering is no more the right of colonial powers what ...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 05:48am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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