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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

Pakistan

Role of media in protection, promotion of human rights discussed

KARACHI: Media persons had an extensive discussion on issues they face in reporting on human rights at a media...

Updated 07 Apr, 2021 09:54am

Pakistan

Pakistan urges world to monitor human rights situation in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said that Pakistan remains fully committed to the promotion and protection of human...

Updated 02 Apr, 2021 09:07am

Pakistan

Tariq Banuri urges PM to withdraw ordinance

ISLAMABAD: Former chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Tariq Banuri, on Wednesday, demanded of Prime Minister...

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 09:08am

World

UK calls on China to allow access to Xinjiang after sanctions

*On Friday, Britain stated that China was targeting critics with sanctions, calling on Beijing to allow international access to Xinjiang to verify the alleged human rights abuses in the province.

Published 26 Mar, 2021 01:38pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Trust Mod. / May 29 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	1.60 ▲ 0.25 (18.52%)
WorldCall Telecom / May 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.28 ▲ 0.18 (16.36%)
Asim Textile / May 29 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	6.09 ▲ 0.84 (16.00%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / May 29 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	7.85 ▲ 0.87 (12.46%)
Saif Textile / May 29 Saif Textile Mills Limited(SAIF)	9.45 ▲ 1.00 (11.83%)
HBL Growth Fund / May 29 HBL Growth Fund(HGFA)	3.64 ▲ 0.34 (10.30%)
Reliance Ins. / May 29 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	9 ▲ 0.81 (9.89%)
Punjab Mod / May 29 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.35 ▲ 0.12 (9.76%)
Gammon Pak / May 29 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	4.98 ▲ 0.42 (9.21%)
Imperial Limited / May 29 Imperial Limited(IML)	11.74 ▲ 0.99 (9.21%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Modaraba / May 29 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	7.30 ▼ -1.00 (-12.05%)
Samba Bank / May 29 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	6.10 ▼ -0.83 (-11.98%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / May 29 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	7 ▼ -0.95 (-11.95%)
Bilal Fibres / May 29 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	2.13 ▼ -0.27 (-11.25%)
Ruby Textile / May 29 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	3.10 ▼ -0.30 (-8.82%)
Arctic Textile / May 29 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	10.64 ▼ -1.00 (-8.59%)
Sitara Energy / May 29 Sitara Energy Limited(SEL)	6.07 ▼ -0.52 (-7.89%)
Askari Life Assur. / May 29 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	4.96 ▼ -0.42 (-7.81%)
Prosperity Weav / May 29 Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited(PRWM)	34.68 ▼ -2.81 (-7.50%)
John&Philips / May 29 Johnson & Phillips (Pakistan) Limited(JOPP)	35.06 ▼ -2.84 (-7.49%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / May 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	193,869,332 ▲ 0.18
Maple Leaf Cement / May 29 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	10,934,443 ▼ -0.33
K-Electric Ltd. / May 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	8,927,348 ▲ 0.04
National Bank / May 29 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	6,677,000 ▼ -0.51
D.G.K.Cement / May 29 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	6,416,911 ▲ 2.06
TPL Properties / May 29 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	6,146,502 ▼ -0.22
TRG Pak Ltd / May 29 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	5,905,462 ▲ 4.41
Cnergyico PK / May 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	5,687,015 ▲ 0.05
Unity Foods Ltd / May 29 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	5,667,051 ▼ -0.07
Globe Residency / May 29 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	5,653,000 ▼ -0.01

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 29	285.57
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 29	285.17
USD to Japanese Yen / May 29	140.34
USD to Swiss Franc / May 29	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / May 29	1.23
Euro to USD / May 29	1.07
UK LIBOR % / May 26	5.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 26	4205.45
Nasdaq / May 26	12975.69
FTSE 100 / May 26	7627.20
Dow Jones / May 26	33093.34
India Sensex / May 29	62846.38
Tokyo Nikkei / May 29	31233.54
Hang Seng / May 29	18633.64
Germany DAX 30 / May 29	16022.66
France CAC40 / May 29	7328.69

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 26	72.67
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 26	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 26	202118
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 26	1946.46
Cotton US¢/pound / May 26	80.54

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