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El Salvador

Venezuelans race to find survivors, foreign rescuers join search as frustration mounts

Published 27 Jun, 2026 01:21am

Government says 920 people dead; missing list tops 50,000

Behind Trump defence of Saudi crown prince, a deeper US shift on human rights

Updated 20 Nov, 2025 11:28am

Nearly all recent US administrations have worked with leaders with poor human rights records in order to advance US interests

Pakistan, El Salvador sign LoI on crypto collaboration

Published 17 Jul, 2025 10:21am

Bilal Bin Saqib, Minister of State for Crypto and Blockchain and CEO of the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC), met with...

‘Just more powerful’: Trump pushes presidential limits in first 100 days

Published 21 Apr, 2025 11:21am

WASHINGTON: With Donald Trump back in the White House you never know what you’re going to get. Will he berate a...

El Salvador’s Bukele says he will not return man the US mistakenly deported

Published 15 Apr, 2025 03:07am

WASHINGTON: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said at the White House on Monday he had no plans to return a man...

US State Department says deported Maryland resident ‘alive and secure’ in El Salvador

Published 13 Apr, 2025 10:24am

WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Saturday a Maryland resident deported to El Salvador is “alive and...

US sends more prisoners to El Salvador despite court dispute

Published 31 Mar, 2025 08:19pm

WASHINGTON: The United States has sent 17 more prisoners to El Salvador despite an ongoing court dispute, with the...

US judge questions Trump’s deportation of Venezuelans

Published 17 Mar, 2025 11:27pm

WASHINGTON: A U.S. judge on Monday ordered Trump administration officials to explain whether they violated his order...

Magnitude 5.6 quake hits El Salvador

Published 09 Dec, 2024 10:40am

SAN SALVADOR: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck some 9 km (6 miles) south-west of La Union in El Salvador, the...

Pakistan among record number of developing countries facing a debt crisis

Published 06 Apr, 2023 12:37pm

Record number of developing nations at risk of crisis will be high on the agenda next week for the World Bank Group and IMF spring meetings

G20 meeting in India: where debt-ridden countries including Pakistan are in focus

Published 24 Feb, 2023 10:17pm

LONDON: Meetings being held in India will see top officials from the Group of 20 leading economies discuss how to...

Earthquake hits off coast in El Salvador

Published 04 Nov, 2022 09:50am

SAN SALVADOR: A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook El Salvador’s coast on Thursday, according to the...

4.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of El Salvador

Published 17 Jul, 2022 10:43am

SAN SALVADOR: A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador shortly after 7 p.m. on Saturday (0100...

Corruption in Central America frustrates US plan to tackle migration ‘root causes’

Published 04 Jun, 2022 04:18am

More than a year into US President Joe Biden’s sweeping effort to tackle the “root causes” of migration with...

C Africa’s leap into bitcoin leaves its people bemused

Published 09 May, 2022 05:39am

LIBREVILLE: In the Central African Republic (CAR), nine out of 10 people do not have internet, and only one in seven...

IMF urges El Salvador to remove bitcoin as legal tender

Published 26 Jan, 2022 10:33am

WASHINGTON: The IMF on Tuesday called on El Salvador to change course and stop using bitcoin as legal tender, citing...

Mexico's Cemex to sell Costa Rica, El Salvador operations for $335mn

Published 30 Dec, 2021 10:59am

MEXICO CITY: Mexican building materials company Cemex said on Wednesday it would sell its operations in Costa Rica...

Thousands of Salvadorans protest against corruption

Published 13 Dec, 2021 09:52am

SAN SALVADOR: Thousands of people protested Sunday in El Salvador's capital against corruption and what they see as ...

IMF urges El Salvador against using bitcoin as official currency

Published 24 Nov, 2021 04:35am

SAN SALVADOR: The International Monetary Fund on Monday warned El Salvador against using bitcoin as official tender...

IMF urges El Salvador against using bitcoin as official currency

Published 23 Nov, 2021 11:31am

SAN SALVADOR: The International Monetary Fund on Monday warned El Salvador against using bitcoin as official tender...

El Salvador plans first ‘Bitcoin City’, backed by bitcoin bonds

Updated 22 Nov, 2021 09:48am

MIZATA, (El Salvador): El Salvador plans to build the world’s first “Bitcoin City”, funded initially by...

El Salvador plans first 'Bitcoin City', backed by bitcoin bonds

Updated 21 Nov, 2021 03:01pm

MIZATA: El Salvador plans to build the world's first "Bitcoin City", funded initially by bitcoin-backed bonds,...

El Salvador to use bitcoin gains to fund veterinary hospital, president says

Published 10 Oct, 2021 11:28am

SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador will invest some of the $4 million gains it has obtained from its bitcoin operations to...

Emerging market 'cryptoization' threatens financial stability: IMF

Updated 02 Oct, 2021 09:37am

LONDON: The advent of digital currencies in emerging markets could spark "cryptoization" of local economies,...

Salvadorans march against bitcoin and 'dictatorship'

Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am

SAN SALVADOR: Thousands of Salvadorans protested Wednesday against the government's introduction of bitcoin as legal...

El Salvador: Foreign investors exempt from tax on bitcoin profits

Published 12 Sep, 2021 03:55am

SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador will exempt foreign investors from taxes on profits on bitcoin speculation in the country,...

Bitcoin bruised after chaotic debut as legal tender in El Salvador

Published 08 Sep, 2021 12:35pm

The coin last traded at $46,560, having endured wild trade the day before in which it hit a near four-month high of $52,956 before plunging 11.1%, its largest fall since June 2

El Salvador's world-first adoption of bitcoin hits snags

Published 08 Sep, 2021 04:31am

SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, although it suffered...

El Salvador leads the world into cryptocurrency: bitcoin legal tender

Published 07 Sep, 2021 12:17pm

Last year alone remittances to El Salvador amounted to almost $6 billion, or 23% of its gross domestic product, one of the highest ratios in the world

El Salvador bitcoin move opens banks to money laundering, terrorism financing risks: Fitch

Published 27 Jun, 2021 03:56am

SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador's law making bitcoin legal tender means banks face higher risks, including of violating...

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USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.52
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

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S&P 500 / Jul 20	7,443.28
India Sensex / Jul 20	77,708.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 20	25,508.07
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,143.05
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,524.76
Dow Jones / Jul 20	51,839.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,846.69
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,340.11

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	83.17
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,017.31
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	78.92
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	354.35

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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