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Kuwait follows UAE in suspending India flights over Covid

It said Kuwait residents would only be allowed to return to the emirate via third countries if they stopped over for at least 14 days.

Published 24 Apr, 2021 05:11pm

Pakistan

After Canada, Saudi Arabia bans flights from Pakistan over coronavirus fears

Earlier, Oman and UK had also banned arrivals from Pakistan.
5,908 new cases and 157 deaths were reported during the last 24 hours in Pakistan.

Published 24 Apr, 2021 11:10am

Business & Finance

PIA cancels flights to Canada amid COVID-19 ban

The ban officially takes effect on Friday, 11:30 pm (PST).

Published 23 Apr, 2021 12:23pm

World

Russia restricts flights to Turkey amid COVID-19 surge, political tensions

The decision to drastically cut the number of flights to Turkey, which is heavily reliant on foreign tourists as a source of income, comes against the backdrop of tensions over Ukraine.

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 12:09am

World

47 UK MPs question Boris Johnson's decision to place Pakistan on travel ‘red list’; demand further data and evidence

"The current rate of infection in Pakistan is also reportedly lower than the UK," the letter said.
We would be grateful if the full data and evidence can be provided to show why these specific countries have been added to the red list and provide an urgent clarification of the decision-making process, the MPs asked.

Published 08 Apr, 2021 01:17pm

World

Flights resume between rival Libya cities after 7 years

An Afriqiyah Airways plane that took off from Benghazi touched down at Misrata airport at around 9:00 am (0700 GMT), the national airline said.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 08:25pm

Pakistan

PCAA issues fresh travel advisory for inbound flights

In its fresh advisory, the PCAA has added nine countries in Category C.
The guidelines will remain in place until March 14, the notification issued by the Director Air Transport department of PCAA said.

Published 02 Mar, 2021 10:56am

Pakistan

PIA to start operating Turbat-Sharjah flights from February

Two flights will be operated in the week on this route, said PIA spokesperson.
ATR planes will be used for flight operations between Turbat and Sharjah, said the airline.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 07:06pm

World

Egypt, UAE resume first Qatar flights since 2017

Flights between Doha and Saudi Arabia, which has also opened its land border to Qatar, resumed on January 11.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 07:37pm

World

Italy suspends flights from Brazil in response to new coronavirus variant

Such rules will remain in place until Jan. 31, the order issued on Saturday by the health minister showed.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 12:49am

Pakistan

FO says passengers of PIA’s seized aircraft will be departing Kuala Lumpur tonight

"Our High Commission in Malaysia is in close contact with the relevant Malaysian authorities and Pakistan International Airlines to address the issue at the earliest," FO said.
The plane was held back by a local court in Malaysia as part of a legal dispute between the airline and another party.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 04:40pm

World

Qatar and Saudi Arabia to resume direct flights

Saudi Airlines (Saudia) also tweeted that it too would resume flights from Riyadh and Jeddah to Doha from Monday.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 02:05am

Pakistan

Noorul Haq Qadri says Hajj will be more expensive this year

He said Pakistan’s Haj Directorate in Jeddah is in regular contact with the Saudi Hajj Secretariat and whether the kingdom will allow pilgrims this year.
He said they have requested the Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination to put the pilgrims in the priority category for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 11:36am

World

Saudi Arabia extends entry ban for another week

The Ministry of Interior said the decision was taken as a precautionary measure against the spread of the new variant of the coronavirus.
France, South Africa, Canada, Italy, Joran, Japan are among the several countries where the new variant has already reached.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 02:11pm

World

Peru suspends flights from Europe as coronavirus cases near one million

Sagasti said no direct flights from the United Kingdom had entered the country since December 15, when flights from Europe restarted. But health authorities were monitoring passengers from Britain who had entered through connecting flights, he said.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 02:54am

World

Netherlands bans all flights from South Africa over COVID-19 mutation

The Dutch government said all passenger flights were banned with immediate effect until Jan. 1 at the latest.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 03:51am

Business & Finance

KSA suspends international flights amid COVIS-19 second wave

A statement issued by the Interior Ministry said that those who have come from any European country or country where the pandemic has spread since December 8, 2020, should take the following steps.

Published 21 Dec, 2020 10:27am

Pakistan

Virgin Atlantic flies to Pakistan for first time from next week

The first flight will fly from London on December 13 and will land on December 14 at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport.
"We’ll have flights from Heathrow airport to both Lahore and Islamabad," announced the airline.

Updated 05 Dec, 2020 03:51pm

Pakistan

Pakistani flights denied by EU once again

In June, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) had banned the national flag carrier from flying to European locations over safety concerns. The EASA took the initiative days after PIA grounded several pilots over "dubious qualifications licenses" and in view of the PIA Airbus crash incident on May 22.

Updated 03 Dec, 2020 08:05pm

Pakistan

Coronavirus: Airlines can no longer offer meals, beverages on domestic flights

The authority has also made wearing masks throughout the flight compulsory, as second wave of pandemic took over the country.

Updated 26 Nov, 2020 06:35pm

Business & Finance

PIA commences flight operations to Saudi Arabia from today

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Saudi Aviation has limited PIA to 13 weekly flights.

Published 22 Sep, 2020 10:50am

PIA decides to not appeal EU flight ban

In June, EASA had banned the national flag carrier from flying to European locations over safety concerns

Published 04 Sep, 2020 07:20pm

International flights to resume from all airports from August 9

Government already gave the green signal to resume domestic flight operations from all airports.

Published 07 Aug, 2020 10:23pm

Business & Finance

Indonesia’s Lion Air eager to commence operations in Pakistan

Amri said Lion Air of Indonesia wanted to start flights from Pakistan, and negotiations with the aviation officials were already underway.

Published 09 Jul, 2020 12:03pm

Business & Finance

Airblue resumes flight operations for UAE amid strict SOPs

In order to fly through Airblue, the passengers would need to follow SOPs including, COVID-19 test results from Chughtai Lab only, which will need to be taken within 96 hours of flight.

Published 06 Jul, 2020 11:39am

Pakistan

European Union ban on PIA flights comes into effect tonight

According to the PIA spokesperson, the European Union Air Safety Agency has suspended the PIA's license for flights to European countries for six months, which will take effect from 12:00 AM tonight.

Published 03 Jul, 2020 12:46pm

270 flights are expected to land in Pakistan starting tomorrow: Moeed Yusuf

He said all airlines will be allowed to enter in Pakistan.

Published 25 Jun, 2020 02:30pm

PM promises to facilitate overseas workers affected by coronavirus pandemic

Pakistan has partially opened its international flights to bring back overseas workers.

Updated 20 Jun, 2020 11:17am

China eases flight curbs after United States targets its carriers

Qualifying foreign carriers currently barred from operating flights to China will be allowed once-a-week flights into a city of their choosing starting on June 8, it said.

Published 04 Jun, 2020 09:55am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 10	278.14
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 10	277.97
USD to Japanese Yen / May 10	155.70
USD to Swiss Franc / May 10	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 10	1.25
Euro to USD / May 10	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 9	5214.08
Nasdaq / May 9	16346.27
Dow Jones / May 9	39387.76
India Sensex / May 10	72468.66
Tokyo Nikkei / May 10	38229.11
Hang Seng / May 10	18970.69
FTSE 100 / May 10	8438.19
Germany DAX 30 / May 10	18827.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 10	79.87
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 10	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 10	209019
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 10	2369.35
Cotton US¢/pound / May 10	78.18
Petrol/Litre / May 11	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 11 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 11 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 11 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 11 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 11 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 11 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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