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Human Rights Council

Impunity should have consequences

Published 28 Mar, 2026 04:28am

EDITORIAL: When a United Nations special rapporteur tells the Human Rights Council that Israel has effectively been...

World gave Israel ‘licence to torture Palestinians’: UN expert

Published 24 Mar, 2026 03:00am

GENEVA: The world has given Israel “a licence to torture Palestinians”, a UN expert said Monday, with life in the...

US fails to appear for its mandatory UN rights review

Published 08 Nov, 2025 05:59am

GENEVA: The United States failed to appear Friday for the so-called Universal Periodic Review of its human rights...

Sri Lanka rejects call for foreign war crimes probe

Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:47pm

GENEVA: Sri Lanka’s new government on Monday rejected a call by the United Nations for an international...

Pakistan condemns Holy Quran desecration as 'attack on faith' at UN rights council

Published 11 Jul, 2023 09:30pm

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari says it is important to understand the deep hurt the act caused to Muslims

Strengthening human rights in Pakistan

Published 05 Feb, 2023 03:10am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan may not have a shining track record on human rights but is trying hard to make it better on such...

Meeting in Geneva: Khar presents country’s HR report

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Monday presented Pakistan’s human rights...

UN rights chief’s offer to visit Iran met with silence

Published 24 Nov, 2022 07:07pm

GENEVA: New UN human rights chief Volker Turk revealed Thursday he had offered to visit Iran during Tehran’s deadly...

India’s worsening human rights violations

Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am

EDITORIAL: At the UN Human Rights Council’s periodic Review process held earlier this month, some 21 countries ...

PM condemns Yasin Malik’s conviction in fake case

Published 24 May, 2022 05:35am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday strongly condemned the conviction of prominent Hurriyat leader...

UNGA suspends Russia from Human Rights Council

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council as...

UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council

Published 07 Apr, 2022 09:59pm

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council as...

US pushes to suspend Russia from UN human rights body

Published 04 Apr, 2022 08:32pm

BUCHAREST: The United States will ask the UN General Assembly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, the...

West asks for Russia to be suspended from Interpol

Published 07 Mar, 2022 10:06am

LONDON: Several Western countries, including the UK and the United States, have called on Interpol to suspend Russia...

UN council backs probe of Ukraine war rights violations

Published 04 Mar, 2022 05:47pm

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council on Friday overwhelmingly voted to create a top-level investigation into...

European embassies urge Pakistan to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine in UN vote

Published 01 Mar, 2022 08:37pm

ISLAMABAD: The ambassadors of European Union nations to Pakistan appealed Tuesday for Islamabad to support an...

UN rights council eyes urgent debate on Ukraine war

Published 28 Feb, 2022 02:01pm

GENEVA: Ukraine aims Monday to secure an urgent debate at the UN Human Rights Council on Russia's deadly invasion ...

Qureshi opens ‘Istanbul Process’ moot

Published 17 Feb, 2022 06:37am

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Wednesday, inaugurated the 8th meeting of the “Istanbul...

Taliban behind at least 72 extrajudicial killings: UN

Published 15 Dec, 2021 06:34am

GENEVA: The UN decried Tuesday credible allegations of more than 100 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan since the...

China says US army must be held accountable

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:44am

GENEVA: China's envoy told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday that the US army and the militaries of its...

China says US army must be held accountable for Afghanistan actions

Updated 24 Aug, 2021 11:32pm

GENEVA: China's envoy told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday that the US army and the militaries of its...

UN orders global systemic racism probe

Published 14 Jul, 2021 03:59am

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday highlighted the global "scourge" of systemic racism and ordered an...

Israel's attacks on Gaza may constitute 'war crimes': UN rights chief

Published 27 May, 2021 02:27pm

"Despite Israel's claims that many of these buildings were hosting armed groups or being used for military purposes, we have not seen evidence in this regard," she said.

NA passes resolution against Israeli atrocities in Palestine

The United States announced earlier this month that it would re-engage with the 47-member council after Trump's administration pulled the country out in June 2018.

Russia's Lavrov slams West for pandemic 'selfishness'

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:13pm

He accused Western countries of having a "desire to take advantage of the pandemic to punish 'undesirable' governments".

300 Myanmar MPs urge UN to probe rights abuses by military

Published 12 Feb, 2021 05:23pm

The junta had also "placed restrictions on people's freedom of speech by preparing a telecommunications bill intended to control access to the Internet and mobile services.

Britain, EU urge UN Human Rights Council special session on Myanmar

Published 08 Feb, 2021 08:01pm

The call comes came a week after Myanmar's generals conducted a coup in the country.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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