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Prevention of human trafficking, bonded labour emphasized

HYDERABAD: A joint meeting of the District Anti-Human Trafficking and Anti-Bonded Labour Monitoring &...

Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:31am

Pakistan

Human smuggling issue: PM asks to strengthen legal framework

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the concerned authorities to further strengthen the ...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 07:35am

Opinion

The power of puppetry

Death on the high seas or on the streets of Karachi continues unabated and without any serious attempt by any ...

Published 25 Jan, 2025 07:11am

Pakistan

Human trafficking syndicates: Special task force formed

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared the establishment of a special task force on Friday aimed at...

Published 25 Jan, 2025 06:22am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz forms Special Task Force to combat human trafficking

Premier himself to lead Task Force
Development comes week after at least 44 Pakistanis lost lives in deadly boat wreck involving people trying to cross to Spain

Updated 24 Jan, 2025 10:18pm

Editorials

Recurring loss of life at sea

EDITORIAL: It has happened yet again. At least 44 Pakistanis aboard a migrant boat have perished at sea while trying...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 06:43am

Editorials

Human trafficking

EDITORIAL: It seems last December’s tragedy — when dozens of Pakistanis drowned off the coast of Greece as they...

Published 11 Jan, 2025 02:48am

Human traffickers: Confiscate all their assets, PM orders FIA

Issues directives to the authorities concerned to develop an awareness campaign against illegal migration

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 09:26am

Pakistan

NA body expresses displeasure over ‘heavy fines’ on unregistered vehicles

Chair also directs DG FIA to prepare, present legislative draft for stricter punishments for agents involved in human trafficking

Published 06 Jan, 2025 09:07pm

Pakistan

PM orders repatriation of overseas Pakistanis involved in human trafficking

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate with relevant countries...

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 09:27pm

Pakistan

Trafficking, forced labour, begging: Senate body discusses protecting abandoned children

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on Delegated Legislation discussed the matter of protecting abandoned/unclaimed...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:07am

Opinion

To live with dignity

The tragedy of migrants losing life on the high seas has become a sad phenomenon repeated one after another. In June...

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 07:19am

Editorials

Sold into slavery

EDITORIAL: Trafficking in human beings, a modern form of slavery, is on the rise across the world as poverty,...

Published 22 Dec, 2024 02:57am

Pakistan

Human trafficking, cyber crime and drug usage: UN shows interest in mutual cooperation

LAHORE: The United Nation (UN) has showed great interest in mutual cooperation in preventing human trafficking, ...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am

Pakistan

Human trafficking earns bad name for country: PM Shehbaz

Premier calls for strict action against officers responsible for slow anti-human trafficking efforts

Published 20 Dec, 2024 11:06pm

World

Bosnia arrests 8 human-trafficking suspects

SARAJEVO: Bosnian police arrested eight people suspected of being part of a human trafficking ring that smuggled at...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

Pakistan

UK experts give training on ‘modern slavery, trafficking’

ISLAMABAD: The UK Border Force’s “Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Teams” visited Pakistan to deliver...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

World

US blacklists Brunei, Sudan on human trafficking

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday added Brunei and violence-torn Sudan to a human trafficking blacklist while...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 12:56am

World

Southeast Asia human trafficking now a global crisis, Interpol says

SINGAPORE: Organised crime rings who fuelled an “explosion” of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the...

Published 27 Mar, 2024 04:45pm

World

Plane with Indian passengers leaves France after police release

VATRY, (France): A plane with close to 300 Indian passengers detained near Paris over suspicions of human ...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Indians held in France over trafficking could leave today

VATRY, (France): Most of the roughly 300 Indians travelling on a plane detained near Paris over suspicions of human...

Published 25 Dec, 2023 05:42am

World

Suspected ‘human trafficking’: France grounds plane carrying 300 Indians

VATRY, (France): A Nicaragua-bound plane carrying more than 300 Indian passengers has been grounded in France over...

Published 23 Dec, 2023 06:16am

Pakistan

SHARP-Pakistan, Australian HC organise policy dialogue

ISLAMABAD: After the launch of Pakistan’s first-ever 24x7 helpline to report Trafficking In Person (TIP crimes)...

Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am

Opinion

Combatting rising human trafficking

Migrant smuggling is a deadly business operated by groups that seek to profit from thousands of people, without any...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

Editorials

Combating human trafficking

EDITORIAL: It’s been a while since the Parliament passed “Prevention of Smuggling of Migrants Act, 2018.” Yet...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Editorials

Human trafficking in 21st century

As if the problem of human trafficking and people smuggling was already not bad enough, authorities must now also...

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am

Editorials

The bane of people smuggling

EDITORIAL: Last month saw one of the worst tragedies at sea when an overcrowded boat carrying illegal migrants sank...

Published 10 Jul, 2023 06:52am

Pakistan

Human trafficking: Punjab police, FIA arrest main accused

LAHORE: Punjab Police and FIA, in a joint operation, have arrested a human trafficker who looted innocent citizens ...

Published 06 Jul, 2023 05:42am

Opinion

Greece boat tragedy: human traffickers deserve no mercy

The nation yesterday observed a day of mourning for the victims of last week’s Greece boat tragedy. According to...

Published 20 Jun, 2023 03:16am

PM orders probe into tragedy

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday ordered an inquiry into the tragic incident of the boat that...

Updated 19 Jun, 2023 09:13am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 21	280.46
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 21	280.26
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 21	149.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 21	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 21	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 20	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 21	5,667.56
India Sensex / Mar 21	76,905.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 21	37,677.06
Nasdaq / Mar 21	17,784.05
Hang Seng / Mar 21	23,689.72
FTSE 100 / Mar 21	8,646.79
Dow Jones / Mar 21	41,985.35
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 21	22,891.68
France CAC40 / Mar 21	8,042.95

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 21	68.31
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 21	17,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 21	273,319
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 21	3,028.10
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 21	65.27
Petrol/Litre / Mar 22	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 22	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Ist.Capital Sec / Mar 21 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	1.73 ▲ 0.25 (16.89%)
Lalpir Power / Mar 21 Lalpir Power Limited(LPL)	29.32 ▲ 2.67 (10.02%)
Bunnys Limited / Mar 21 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	23.16 ▲ 2.11 (10.02%)
Bela Auto / Mar 21 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	166.87 ▲ 15.17 (10%)
Sally Textile / Mar 21 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11 ▲ 1 (10%)
Agritech Limited / Mar 21 Agritech Limited(AGL)	73.59 ▲ 6.69 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Mar 21 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	122.16 ▲ 11.11 (10%)
Nishat Mills Ltd / Mar 21 Nishat Mills Limited(NML)	117.76 ▲ 10.71 (10%)
Suraj Cotton / Mar 21 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	122.32 ▲ 11.12 (10%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 21 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	27.96 ▲ 2.54 (9.99%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 21 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	126.06 ▼ -13.99 (-9.99%)
Khyber Textile / Mar 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	435.56 ▼ -47.57 (-9.85%)
Hafiz Ltd. / Mar 21 Hafiz Limited(HAFL)	253.95 ▼ -27.73 (-9.84%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 21 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.80 ▼ -1 (-9.26%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 21 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73 ▼ -6.57 (-8.26%)
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 21 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	51.03 ▼ -4.08 (-7.4%)
Ellcot Spinning / Mar 21 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	110 ▼ -8.64 (-7.28%)
Askari Life Assur. / Mar 21 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	5 ▼ -0.39 (-7.24%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Mar 21 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.5 (-6.67%)
Quetta Textile / Mar 21 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	14.60 ▼ -0.99 (-6.35%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	163,976,906 ▼ -0.21
B.O.Punjab / Mar 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	45,899,654 ▼ -0.15
Pak Refinery / Mar 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,149,230 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Mar 21 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	26,183,687 ▲ 0.48
Sui South Gas / Mar 21 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,173,748 ▲ 0.42
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Mar 21 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	19,984,659 ▼ -1.09
Pak Elektron / Mar 21 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	19,229,211 ▼ -0.13
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 21 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	18,221,041 ▼ -0.25
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,981,776 ▼ -0.02
Hub Power Co. / Mar 21 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	14,711,439 ▼ -2.32

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