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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

World

Covid cases down, but pandemic ‘not over’: EU drug agency

THE HAGUE: Europe’s medicines watchdog said Tuesday that Covid-19 cases and death rates were falling, but warned the...

Published 20 Sep, 2022 08:35pm

Pakistan

8m children to be vaccinated during drive against Covid

ISLAMABAD: The government kicked off an immunisation campaign against Covid-19 for children aged between five and 11...

Published 20 Sep, 2022 07:44am

Opinion

Human Development Index: Pakistan falls

The UNDP Global Human Development Report for 2021-22 was released on the 8th of September. In the Human Development...

Published 20 Sep, 2022 05:51am

Pakistan

Govt to start vaccinating children aged 5 to 11

Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel urges parents to ensure children falling in the age bracket are vaccinated

Published 19 Sep, 2022 05:26pm

Sports

India’s Shami out of Australia T20 series with Covid

NEW DELHI: India pace bowler Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of next week’s Twenty20 series against Australia...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 05:45am

Opinion

OPEC+ leaders like $100 oil, won’t necessarily defend it

Saudi Arabia and Russia, the de facto leaders of the OPEC+ oil producer group, see $100 a barrel as a fair price ...

Published 17 Sep, 2022 04:27am

BR Research

Self-reflection before financial assistance?

Earlier this week, an early impact assessment study by FinMin placed economic loss from floods between $15 to $20...

Published 15 Sep, 2022 08:42am

Pakistan

Minister vows to achieve 100pc literacy rate in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain on Wednesday pledged to...

Published 15 Sep, 2022 05:57am

Markets

Asia naphtha margin drops

NEW DELHI: Asia’s naphtha refining profit margin fell on Monday as weakness in Chinese petrochemical demand...

Published 13 Sep, 2022 06:12am

Markets

Gulf major indexes advance as oil, global markets recover

DUBAI: A tentative return of risk appetite to global stock markets and rebound in oil prices at the end of last week...

Published 12 Sep, 2022 06:01am

Pakistan

TDAP installing new cooling system at KEC

KARACHI: Subsequent to the closure of Covid-19 HDU/ FIC and Vaccination Centre, all six halls of the Karachi Expo...

Published 09 Sep, 2022 06:09am

Markets

Dalian Iron ore crumbles

MANILA: Dalian iron ore fell on Friday to its weakest level in more than five weeks, while the steelmaking ...

Published 04 Sep, 2022 05:44am

Markets

Copper slides after Fed growth warning triggers sell-off

LONDON: Copper prices fell to their lowest in more than two weeks on Monday after US central bank chief Jerome ...

Published 31 Aug, 2022 05:50am

World

China state support for economy this year exceeds 2020, premier says

BEIJING: State support for China’s economy this year is now greater than it was in 2020, Beijing’s premier has said,...

Published 30 Aug, 2022 01:21pm

Opinion

Chinese defence firm has taken over lifting Venezuelan oil for debt offset

China has entrusted a defence-focused state firm to ship millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil despite US sanctions,...

Published 27 Aug, 2022 05:49am

Perspectives

Chip shortage has seemingly eased, but challenges persist

The advent of Covid-19 in early 2020 sparked unprecedented and unimaginable problems for the world. However, some...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 08:35pm

World

First Lady Jill Biden tests negative for Covid: W.House

WASHINGTON: US First Lady Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 twice and will come out of isolation Sunday,...

Published 21 Aug, 2022 06:29pm

World

North Korea declares victory over COVID, suggests leader Kim had it

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared victory over COVID-19 and his sister indicated that he too ...

Published 11 Aug, 2022 11:35pm

Pakistan

US provides mobile lab to Sindh for enhancing Covid-19 testing capacity

KARACHI: The US government has presented a mobile biosafety laboratory to the Sindh Department of Health to...

Published 05 Aug, 2022 06:27am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Punjab Mod / Jun 5 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.41 ▲ 0.19 (15.57%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jun 5 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	4.82 ▲ 0.61 (14.49%)
Hussain Industries / Jun 5 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	11.49 ▲ 0.99 (9.43%)
Gammon Pak / Jun 5 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	5.30 ▲ 0.40 (8.16%)
Sui South Gas / Jun 5 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	9.66 ▲ 0.70 (7.81%)
HI-Tech Lub. / Jun 5 Hi-Tech Lubricants Limited(HTL)	23.47 ▲ 1.64 (7.51%)
Atlas Battery / Jun 5 Atlas Battery Limited(ATBA)	224.16 ▲ 15.64 (7.50%)
Century Paper / Jun 5 Century Paper & Board Mills Limited(CEPB)	55.60 ▲ 3.88 (7.50%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Jun 5 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	258 ▲ 18.00 (7.50%)
Exide (PAK) / Jun 5 Exide Pakistan Limited(EXIDE)	274.59 ▲ 19.16 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 5 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.70 ▼ -0.67 (-28.27%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jun 5 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.50 ▼ -0.99 (-13.22%)
Mehran Sugar / Jun 5 Mehran Sugar Mills Limited(MRNS)	38 ▼ -5.00 (-11.63%)
Rafhan Maize / Jun 5 Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited(RMPL)	8332 ▼ -1059.00 (-11.28%)
Diamond Ind. / Jun 5 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	30.62 ▼ -2.48 (-7.49%)
Gillette Pak / Jun 5 Gillette Pakistan Limited(GLPL)	109.08 ▼ -8.82 (-7.48%)
John&Philips / Jun 5 Johnson & Phillips (Pakistan) Limited(JOPP)	35.02 ▼ -2.83 (-7.48%)
Indus Dyeing / Jun 5 Indus Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Limited(IDYM)	126 ▼ -9.06 (-6.71%)
Ruby Textile / Jun 5 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	3.13 ▼ -0.21 (-6.29%)
Reliance Ins. / Jun 5 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	7.27 ▼ -0.48 (-6.19%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,776,521 ▼ -0.02
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 5 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	10,345,500 ▲ 0.10
Sui North Gas / Jun 5 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	9,748,618 ▲ 2.54
Pak Petroleum / Jun 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	9,220,831 ▲ 3.59
Oil & Gas Dev. / Jun 5 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	8,432,214 ▲ 3.17
D.G.K.Cement / Jun 5 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	8,134,363 ▼ -0.12
Pak Refinery / Jun 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	5,737,803 ▲ 0.30
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 5 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	4,793,566 ▲ 0.31
Hascol Petrol / Jun 5 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	4,657,500 ▲ 0.12
Sui South Gas / Jun 5 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	4,102,148 ▲ 0.70

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 5	286.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 5	285.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 5	140.13
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 5	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 5	1.24
Euro to USD / Jun 5	1.07
UK LIBOR % / Jun 2	5.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 2	4282.37
Nasdaq / Jun 2	13240.77
Dow Jones / Jun 2	33762.76
India Sensex / Jun 5	62894.02
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 5	32117.09
Hang Seng / Jun 5	18993.93
FTSE 100 / Jun 5	7637.92
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 5	16080.36
France CAC40 / Jun 5	7260.56

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 2	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 2	199760
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 5	72.64
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 5	1944.48
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 5	81.63

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