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Crimes against humanity, war crimes committed in Libya: UN probe

GENEVA: War crimes and crimes against humanity, including the use of child soldiers, have been committed in Libya...

Published 05 Oct, 2021 04:34am

World

Qatar, EU call Afghanistan abuses 'disappointing'

DOHA: Qatar and the EU's top diplomats Thursday labelled a recent string of human rights abuses in Afghanistan...

Updated 30 Sep, 2021 06:49pm

Pakistan

NSA urges US to engage with Taliban govt

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan urged the world to engage with Taliban-led Afghanistan and said the United States should listen...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 04:02am

Markets

Pakistan for early completion of Stream Gas Pipeline Project

ISLAMABAD: In a virtual meeting with Russian Ambassador Danila Ganich, Deputy Chairman Senate Mirza Muhammad Afridi...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 04:02am

World

Taliban ‘breaking’ promises to women: UN rights chief

GENEVA: The Taliban are breaking their promises on women’s rights and inclusivity in Afghanistan, the UN rights...

Published 14 Sep, 2021 03:55am

Pakistan

Minister slams US decision to include Pakistan in CSPA list

ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari, on Thursday, slammed as "politically motivated" the United ...

Published 03 Sep, 2021 04:58am

Pakistan

Fawad tells Malala: Support to Afghan women’s right to education will continue

ISLAMABAD: In a surprising development, Federal Minister for Information, Fawad Chaudhry spoke to Nobel laureate...

Published 17 Aug, 2021 04:42am

World

U.N. Security Council calls for talks to create new Afghan government

The 15-member body, which met to discuss Afghanistan on Monday, also called for an immediate end to hostilities and human rights abuses and for all parties to allow immediate, safe and unhindered humanitarian access.

Published 16 Aug, 2021 11:13pm

Pakistan

Ties with US mutually beneficial, not transactional: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Friday expressed the desire to build long-term, broad-based, comprehensive and mutually...

Published 14 Aug, 2021 03:41am

Pakistan

Registration of case against kid irks NA panel

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Human Rights Thursday expressed its extreme displeasure ...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am

Pakistan

Crackdown on foreign dissidents: FO rejects reports as unsubstantiated

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office Tuesday categorically rejected the unsubstantiated reports of an alleged possible...

Published 11 Aug, 2021 04:27am

Opinion

Biden plans shift in arms policy to add weight to human rights concerns

US President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing an overhaul of arms export policy to increase the emphasis on...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am

Pakistan

FM asks India to stop putting region’s peace at stake

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said a section of Afghanistan, on behest of India, was...

Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:35am

Technology

The spyware industry is undermining freedom: WhatsApp head

NEW YORK: Will Cathcart is the chief executive of WhatsApp, the downloadable messaging app used by millions around...

Published 28 Jul, 2021 04:45am

Taliban reassure Moscow: Russia-led bloc ready to act if Afghan border unravels

MOSCOW: The Russian-led CSTO military bloc said on Thursday it was ready to mobilise its full capacity if the...

Published 09 Jul, 2021 03:51am

Pakistan

Initiative by Pakistan: UNGA recognises Islamophobia as emerging terror threat in revised GCTS

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in an initiative by Pakistan to recognize Islamophobia as an...

Published 03 Jul, 2021 03:19am

Pakistan

Rights activist dies in Palestinian Authority custody

RAMALLAH, (Palestinian Territories): A human rights activist and critic of the Palestinian Authority died Thursday...

Published 25 Jun, 2021 04:20am

Pakistan

EU envoy underlines commitment to Afghan peace process

ISLAMABAD: The European Union’s Special Envoy (Acting) for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, underlined the EU’s...

Published 18 Jun, 2021 04:16am

Pakistan

Pakistan, Afghanistan urged to maintain neighbourly ties

ISLAMABAD: Afghan political leader, human rights activist and businesswoman Hasina Syed, on Wednesday, urged both...

Published 17 Jun, 2021 03:27am

China passes anti-foreign sanctions law

BEIJING: China on Thursday passed a new law to counter foreign sanctions, as it looks to build its defences against...

Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am

Opinion

Big oil may get more climate lawsuits after Shell ruling

A Dutch court’s decision to force Royal Dutch Shell to make deeper, faster cuts to its climate warming emissions ...

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

Business & Finance

Norway fund dumps firms linked to West Bank settlements

OSLO: Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has decided to dump two companies involved in the...

Updated 21 May, 2021 09:44am

Pakistan

Pakistan condemns air strikes by Israel on Gaza

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the air strikes by Israel in Gaza that resulted in deaths and...

Updated 12 May, 2021 10:28am

World

Israel committing ‘apartheid’ against Palestinians: Human Rights Watch

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that Israel is committing the crime of “apartheid” by ...

Updated 28 Apr, 2021 10:07am

Iran fuel tanker attacked off Syria

BEIRUT: An Iranian tanker was attacked off Syria's coast Saturday sparking a fire, in the first assault of its kind...

Published 25 Apr, 2021 03:13am

Pakistan

Sindh PA regularises teachers appointed on contract basis in 2013

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday passed a bill into law to regularise the teachers, who were appointed on...

Published 24 Apr, 2021 03:21am

World

China sanctions Icelandic individual in retaliation over Xinjiang measures

BEIJING: Beijing has sanctioned an individual from Iceland, China's embassy in Reykjavik said on Friday, after the...

Updated 18 Apr, 2021 10:33am

Pakistan

Kamal Azfar condoles death of I A Rehman

KARACHI: Kamal Azfar, a former governor of Sindh, has expressed his deepest grief on the sad demise of I. A. Rehman....

Published 17 Apr, 2021 03:28am

World

Saudi Arabia executed three soldiers for 'high treason'

On Saturday, Saudi Arabia executed three soldiers accused of committing "high treason", without elaborating on which enemy the Kingdom believed was aided.
The Kingdom said that the three men were convicted in court and a later royal order served as a death warrant.

Updated 10 Apr, 2021 03:20pm

World

Human Rights Watch lashes Chad over pre-election 'crackdown'

The country's president, Idriss Deby Itno, a career soldier who seized power in 1990, is bidding for a sixth term in office.

Published 08 Apr, 2021 04:51pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Oct 22 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	12.00 ▲ 1.00 (9.09%)
1st Dawood / Oct 22 First Dawood Investment Bank Limited(FDIBL)	2.35 ▲ 0.18 (8.29%)
Dynea Pak / Oct 22 Dynea Pakistan Limited(DYNO)	241.87 ▲ 16.87 (7.50%)
Pak Engg. / Oct 22 Pakistan Engineering Co Limited(PECO)	410.56 ▲ 28.64 (7.50%)
Thal LTD / Oct 22 Thal Limited(THALL)	401.72 ▲ 28.02 (7.50%)
Buxly / Oct 22 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	115.37 ▲ 8.04 (7.49%)
Pak Int Cont. / Oct 22 Pakistan International Container(PICT)	171.25 ▲ 11.94 (7.49%)
Leiner Gelatine / Oct 22 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	20.55 ▲ 1.43 (7.48%)
Philip Morris / Oct 22 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	833.00 ▲ 58.00 (7.48%)
Image Pakistan / Oct 22 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	18.89 ▲ 1.31 (7.45%)

Stock	Price
Millat Tractors / Oct 22 Millat Tractors Limited(MTL)	896.00 ▲ -224.41 (-20.03%)
Pak Gen. Ins. / Oct 22 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	4.29 ▲ -1.00 (-18.90%)
Universal Ins. / Oct 22 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	4.88 ▲ -1.00 (-17.01%)
Shaheen Ins. / Oct 22 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	3.33 ▲ -0.56 (-14.40%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 22 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	10.25 ▲ -1.00 (-8.89%)
Wyeth Pakistan / Oct 22 Wyeth Pakistan Limited(WYETH)	1558.63 ▲ -126.37 (-7.50%)
Janana D Mal / Oct 22 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	83.00 ▲ -6.72 (-7.49%)
Apna Microfin.Bank / Oct 22 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	19.30 ▲ -1.56 (-7.48%)
Pak Stock Exchange / Oct 22 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	18.06 ▲ -1.46 (-7.48%)
J. K. Spinning / Oct 22 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	41.61 ▲ -3.35 (-7.45%)

Stock	Volume
Bank of Punjab / Oct 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	25,568,500 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Ltd. / Oct 22 Telecard Limited(TELE)	23,961,500 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / Oct 22 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	22,424,000 ▼ 0.00
Worldcall / Oct 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	21,691,500 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods / Oct 22 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	19,102,115 ▼ 0.00
Engro Polymer / Oct 22 Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited(EPCL)	15,879,000 ▼ 0.00
Service Fab. / Oct 22 Service Fabrics Limited(SERF)	14,936,000 ▼ 0.00
Maple Leaf / Oct 22 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	10,000,841 ▼ 0.00
Silkbank / Oct 22 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	7,395,500 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Oct 22 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	6,611,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 20	173.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 20	173.30
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 20	114.35
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 20	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 20	1.38
Euro to USD / Oct 20	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Oct 20	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 20	4486.46
India Sensex / Oct 20	61765.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 20	29025.46
Nasdaq / Oct 20	15021.81
Hang Seng / Oct 20	25409.75
FTSE 100 / Oct 20	7203.33
Dow Jones / Oct 20	35258.61
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 20	15474.47
France CAC40 / Oct 20	6673.10

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Oct 20	83.87
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Oct 20	14680.00
Gold 10 Grams / Oct 20	97700.00
Gold Spot / Oct 20	1781.95
Cotton / Oct 20	110.73

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