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Indian court declines to order activist Wangchuk’s discharge from hospital

Published 20 Jul, 2026 05:50am

NEW DELHI: Indian authorities were within their rights to move hunger-striking activist Sonam Wangchuk to a...

Indian court declines to order activist Wangchuk’s discharge from state-run hospital

Published 19 Jul, 2026 05:39pm

Says the government’s decision to move Wangchuk to Safdarjung Hospital against his wishes was not arbitrary

Wife of Indian activist Wangchuk asks court to move him to private hospital

Published 19 Jul, 2026 10:53am

Wangchuk had told government doctors on Friday that he did not wish to be moved to a hospital

Schools, colleges across Sindh to remain closed till Saturday

Published 25 Aug, 2022 10:16pm

Provincial education minister says decision made due to flood-like situation and ongoing rains

Minister in India's West Bengal arrested in education scam probe

Published 23 Jul, 2022 05:55pm

KOLKATA: India's financial-crime investigation agency arrested a West Bengal government minister on Saturday for...

Taliban say will allow women at universities, but mixed classes banned

Published 12 Sep, 2021 06:19pm

KABUL: Afghan women will be allowed to attend university as long as they study separately from men, the Taliban's ...

Grade 9 to 12 students in Sindh: Parents' nod sought for vaccination

Updated 06 Sep, 2021 06:50am

KARACHI: Sindh government on Sunday decided to begin Covid-19 vaccination for grade 9 to 12 students across...

Schools in Sindh to remain closed till August 19: education minister

Updated 08 Aug, 2021 03:40pm

Sardar Ali Shah says coronavirus cases are on the rise in Sindh and the move will help curb spread of the deadly disease
Matriculation and intermediate students in the province will sit for their exams till Muharram 6: Minister

Shafqat Mahmood back to work after recovery from Covid-19

Published 02 Jun, 2021 11:41am

Says his latest two tests came out negative
Credits quick recovery to Covid-19 vaccination

Sindh govt allows schools to remain open but with 50pc attendance

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani on Wednesday said that all educational institutions in the province...

Schools will remain open in Sindh: Saeed Ghani

Published 10 Mar, 2021 06:28pm

"The news of educational institutions closing on March 15 are baseless," the minister said.
"The coronavirus situation in the province is under control. We had reopened educational institutions on February 1 after consultations in the steering committee — and even then, the attendance was restricted to 50%."

Surge in COVID cases: Educational institutions in various Punjab cities to remain closed for two weeks

Updated 10 Mar, 2021 01:18pm

Shafqat says there is a noticeable surge in coronavirus cases across Pakistan, however, the situation is not the same as it was in November-December
SAPM Faisal says 50 percent of employees are required to work from home, while commercial activities will close at 10pm

Shafqat Mehmood clarifies confusion over SNC

Published 10 Feb, 2021 09:00pm

Schools are free to teach any additional material or even additional subjects," says the Minister.
The single national curriculum is set to be implemented across the country from the next academic year, due to begin in August 2021.

Intermediate, matric exams to be held from July-August in Sindh: Saeed Ghani

Updated 30 Jan, 2021 03:29pm

The board exams for matric will be from July 1 to July 15, while intermediate exams will be from July 28 to August 16, said Ghani.
Exams for students of pre-primary to class eight will be conducted in June.

Educational institutions to reopen from February 1st: minister

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

KARACHI: Sindh education minister Saeed Ghani said that classes 1 to 8 and universities will reopen from February ...

Exams scheduled for March to be held in May/June: Shafqat Mahmood

Published 01 Jan, 2021 01:41pm

He said this year’s summer vacations will also be shorter.
Shafqat Mahmood said the reopening of schools will be decided by the National Command and Control Centre.

Mexican president to nominate education minister as next U.S. ambassador

Published 16 Dec, 2020 07:57pm

The appointment comes after Martha Barcena said earlier this week that she had decided to retire early and leave her post in the coming months after 43 years in foreign policy.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
India Sensex / Jul 20	77,708.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	64,141.12
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,562.80
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,913.94
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,361.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	315.80
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	360.06

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	299.43 ▲ 27.22 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49.05 ▲ 4.46 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	49.50 ▼ -5.25 (-9.59%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 20 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	136.39 ▼ -13.9 (-9.25%)
Buxly Paints / Jul 20 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	173.04 ▼ -16.9 (-8.9%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.63 ▼ -6.07 (-8.59%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	216.01 ▼ -20.08 (-8.51%)
Metro Steel / Jul 20 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	22.03 ▼ -2.02 (-8.4%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	166,059,814 ▲ 0.8
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49,159,104 ▲ 4.46
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	38,436,785 ▲ 0.41
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	36,283,729 ▲ 0.15
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,615,297 ▼ -0.07
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,575,908 ▲ 0.54
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,089,114 ▲ 0
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,202,726 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,521,739 ▲ 0.86
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	13,125,536 ▲ 0.01

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