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Airports’ outsourcing: Bid submission timeline extended till May 15th

ISLAMABAD: The meeting of the Steering Committee on Outsourcing of Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore Airports decided...

Updated 16 Mar, 2024 09:43am

Pakistan

Pakistan calls on world to hold Israel accountable for attacks on Gaza hospitals

Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch says Pakistan is appalled by Israeli incursion at Al-Shifa hospital

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 11:04pm

Pakistan

Speakers for fine-tuning foreign policy

ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Strategic Perspectives (CSP) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)...

Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am

Afghanistan urges Pakistan to release ‘thousands of containers’ from port

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan urged Pakistan on Tuesday to release thousands of containers of imports it said were stuck at...

Updated 15 Nov, 2023 08:45am

Chinese power cos: MoFA asks MoF and PD to resolve payment issue

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has asked Ministry of Finance and Power Division to resolve payment...

Updated 09 Nov, 2023 04:08pm

Pakistan

Sealed copy of ‘cipher’ returned to MoFA

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Division has reportedly returned, sealed, the most talked about Cipher number 89 to the...

Published 01 Nov, 2023 05:57am

Azad Pattan, Kohala HP projects: Chances of achieving FC slim

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has stated that probability of achieving...

Updated 17 Oct, 2023 08:33am

Pakistan

US-led NATO forces: Pakistan concerned at weapons left behind in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: A day after deadly cross-border attacks in Chitral and Torkham, Pakistan expressed serious concerns over...

Published 09 Sep, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

Reciprocity of extradition requests: Cabinet directs ministry to collect data

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has directed the Ministry of Interior to collect data on reciprocity of extradition...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

SIFC initiative: 4 key areas: diplomatic missions briefed about opportunities

ISLAMABAD: A briefing session for the resident diplomatic missions in Islamabad on the Special Investment...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

Pakistan, China deliberate on developments in South Asia

ISLAMABAD: Senior officials of Pakistan and China have held deliberations on the developments in South Asia and the...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

Opinion

A commentary about AML Act

AML Authority law, The Parliament legislated on July 3, 2023, the National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter...

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 07:13am

Pakistan

Minister discusses human resource export to EU

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar chaired a meeting of Pakistan’s envoys in the ...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

Press conference: Moscow seeks explanation from Pakistan over denial of participation

ISLAMABAD: Russia, on Thursday, sought an explanation from Pakistan over the alleged denial of covering a joint...

Updated 21 Jul, 2023 10:45am

Pakistan

Bilawal to visit UK

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is to visit United Kingdom (UK) in the last week of the current...

Published 14 Jul, 2023 06:23am

Third-party participation in CPEC: draft modalities finalised

Minister for Planning, Ahsan Iqbal directs CPEC Secretariat to get approval before sharing input draft modalities with MoFA

Updated 10 Jul, 2023 08:29pm

US-India joint statement: US deputy chief of mission summoned

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday summoned the United States Deputy Chief of Mission and demarche was made to him...

Updated 27 Jun, 2023 08:58am

Pakistan

2nd round of BPC with Kazakhstan begins today

ISLAMABAD: The second round of Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) between Pakistan and Kazakhstan will be held...

Published 26 Jun, 2023 07:19am

Chancery building in Washington: Cabinet approves $7.1m sale price

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has approved $ 7.1 million or higher negotiated sale price of Chancery Building in...

Updated 17 May, 2023 09:07am

Meeting shortfall: MoFA to get additional funds of Rs8.4bn

ISLAMABAD: The government is to allocate additional funds of Rs 8.4 billion for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)...

Updated 09 May, 2023 09:14am

Pakistan

‘Butcher of Gujarat’: Khar defends Bilawal’s anti-Modi remarks

ISLAMABAD: Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday defended Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 06:43am

Editorials

‘Interference’, ‘catharsis’, and way forward

EDITORIAL: Surely outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa knew that his farewell speech –...

Published 25 Nov, 2022 05:48am

Business & Finance

NA panel calls for expanding trade to CA markets

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Monday stressed the significance of the Central Asian market for Pakistan and...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am

Pakistan

Hina concerned over attacks on security forces from Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar on Wednesday expressed concerns over the...

Published 21 Apr, 2022 05:26am

Pakistan

FO briefs NA panel on PM’s Russia visit in camera

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office Wednesday gave an in-camera briefing to the National Assembly Standing Committee on...

Published 10 Mar, 2022 06:30am

Pakistan

Official shares EU’s perspective on Ukraine situation with Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borell ...

Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am

Opinion

Climate change crisis and global response

The existential threat of climate change is unfolding fast, and the window of limiting average global temperatures...

Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am

Pakistan

NA body session adjourned

ISLAMABAD: An important session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs got postponed on...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

National Security Committee to take up Afghan situation on Monday

ISLAMABAD: An emergency meeting of the National Security Committee is expected on Monday (Aug 16) to take stock of...

Updated 16 Aug, 2021 10:34am

Pakistan

Amending existing laws: Farogh seeks political parties’ support

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr Farogh Naseem on Wednesday said Pakistan needed to ...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:03am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 24	2278.33
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 24	278.13
USD to Japanese Yen / May 24	157.02
USD to Swiss Franc / May 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 24	1.27
Euro to USD / May 24	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 22	5307.01
Nasdaq / May 22	16801.54
Dow Jones / May 22	39671.04
India Sensex / May 24	75408.09
Tokyo Nikkei / May 24	38646.11
Hang Seng / May 24	18551.66
FTSE 100 / May 24	8304.47
Germany DAX 30 / May 24	18617.22

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 24	76.87
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 24	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 24	205933
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 24	2336.82
Cotton US¢/pound / May 24	81.34
Petrol/Litre / May 25	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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