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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

World

'Putin's chef' demands FBI remove him from wanted list

The Concord statement also cited Prigozhin as saying: "Fraudsters are fraudulently trying to accuse me, a squeaky clean person, of fraud."

Published 24 Mar, 2021 04:47pm

Opinion

There’s always need for strong, wide and unified response

This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “Pair sentenced to death over motorway gang rape” carried by the...

Published 23 Mar, 2021 04:37am

Technology

Twitter asks users to weigh in on rules for world leaders

WASHINGTON: Twitter on Friday began a survey of global users about platform rules for world leaders while consulting...

Published 20 Mar, 2021 04:39am

World

A decade of war in Syria killed over 388,000

BEIRUT: The overall death toll for Syria’s civil war has reached 388,652 since it began a decade ago this month, a...

Published 15 Mar, 2021 05:23am

World

Freedom House demotes India from 'free' to 'partially free'

India has been downgraded from ‘Free’ to Partially Free’ in the annual report published by Freedom House, a Washington-based pro-democracy think tank and human rights watchdog.
Published this week, the latest report marks the 4th consecutive year of democratic backsliding under the Modi government, highlighting that the country appears to be inching closer to authoritarianism.

Updated 05 Mar, 2021 06:00pm

World

British-Pakistani lawyer Karim Khan elected chief prosecutor at ICC

The British lawyer won the votes of 72 out of 123 countries.
He will begin his nine-year term on June 16.

Published 13 Feb, 2021 10:30am

World

Indonesia bans mandatory Islamic 'hijab' scarves for schoolgirls

JAKARTA: Indonesia has banned schools from forcing girls to wear Islamic "hijab" headscarves after the case of a...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

Business & Finance

Pakistan's first Human Rights Resource Portal being Launched Tomorrow

The Ministry of Human Rights has announced the launch of Pakistan's first Human Rights Resource Portal in partnership with the European Union.

Updated 27 Jan, 2021 04:22pm

Pakistan

Politics over Human Rights bill is shameful: Shireen Mazari

She said Mininstry of Human Rights tabled a Senior Citizen Bill over a year ago in National Assembly.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 12:02am

Pakistan

Indian’s aggressive designs against Pakistan to jeopardize regional peace: Qureshi

About the Afghan peace process, he said the international community was well aware of the efforts of Pakistan for peace in Afghanistan.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 11:16pm

World

Saudi reports sharp drop in executions in 2020

Saudi Arabia put 184 people to death in 2019, according to Amnesty International, which said it was the highest number ever recorded in a single year in the kingdom.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 04:51pm

World

China senior diplomat says U.S. relations at 'new crossroads'

China’s relationship with the United States has reached a “new crossroads” and could get back on the right track following a period of “unprecedented difficulty”, senior diplomat Wang Yi said in official comments published on Saturday.
Relations between the world’s two biggest economies have come under increasing strain amid a series of disputes over trade, human rights and the origins of COVID-19.

Published 02 Jan, 2021 03:56pm

Pakistan

UNGA adopts Pakistan’s resolution reaffirming peoples’ right to self-determination

Resolution calls on countries to immediately cease their foreign military intervention in and occupation of foreign territories, as well as acts of repression
Munir Akram says Pakistan will continue to speak up for all peoples who are suffering under foreign occupation

Published 18 Dec, 2020 11:26am

World

Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam - state media

Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 anti-government protests, was executed on Saturday, Iran’s state television reported.
Iran’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of Zam, who was captured in 2019 after years in exile.

Published 12 Dec, 2020 03:19pm

World

UN rights chief 'really hopeful' for US rights under Biden

"I welcome all those pledges," she said.
"For human rights I think it will be much better. I am really hopeful on that."

Published 09 Dec, 2020 05:56pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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