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Detained Mahrang Baloch launches hunger strike

QUETTA: Detained activist Mahrang Baloch, one of the leading campaigners for Baloch rights, has launched a hunger...

Published 26 Apr, 2025 02:57am

Pakistan

Hunger strike: IK says he has not taken ‘final’ decision

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday said that he has yet not...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 07:37am

World

Swiss parliament gets climate lecture after father’s hunger strike

BERN: Climate scientists took turns to deliver speeches on the perils of global warming to the Swiss parliament on...

Published 03 May, 2022 03:47am

World

Georgian protesters rally in support of jailed former president

MOSCOW: Around 3,000 Georgian protesters held a rally in support of jailed former president Mikheil Saakashvili on...

Published 07 Nov, 2021 05:39am

World

Freed Palestinian prisoner claims ‘victory’ after hunger strike

RAMALLAH, (Palestinian Territories): A Palestinian on hunger strike for more than two months while in Israeli...

Published 11 Jul, 2021 04:01am

World

Navalny transferred to prison after hunger strike: allies

Navalny was jailed for two and a half years in February on old embezzlement charges he and his supporters say are politically motivated.

Published 07 Jun, 2021 05:23pm

World

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny at growing risk of kidney failure

Navalny, 44, a prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, started refusing food on March 31 in protest at what he said was the refusal of prison authorities to treat him properly for acute back and leg pain.
"His condition is indeed critical," said Alexandra Zakharova, a representative of the Doctors Alliance trade union - a group that Russian authorities regard as opposition activists.

Published 17 Apr, 2021 05:51pm

World

Navalny says continuing hunger strike despite cough, fever

Navalny was arrested on his return to Russia in January, after spending months in Germany recovering from a poisoning last summer that he blames on the Kremlin.

Published 05 Apr, 2021 09:03pm

Pakistan

Pashtun students end sit-in

LAHORE: The Pashtun students, who had been holding a ‘sit-in’ outside the Governor House since March 6, ended...

Updated 05 Apr, 2021 10:45am

India cuts Internet near Delhi: Farmers begin hunger strike

SINGHU: India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers...

Published 31 Jan, 2021 03:35am

World

India cuts Internet near Delhi as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike

Angry at new agricultural laws that they say benefit large private food buyers at the expense of producers.
"Many farmers' groups have joined the protest site since last night," said Mahesh Singh, a 65-year-old farmer from Haryana.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 05:37pm

World

Protesting Indian farmers begin hunger strike after week of clashes

Farm leaders said Saturday’s hunger strike, to coincide with the death anniversary of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, would show Indians that the protesters were overwhelmingly peaceful.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 12:55pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 8	284.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 8	284.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 9	146.94
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 9	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 9	1.36
Euro to USD / Jul 9	1.17
UK LIBOR % / Jul 8	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 8	6,225.52
Nasdaq / Jul 8	20,418.46
Dow Jones / Jul 8	44,240.76
India Sensex / Jul 9	83,757.09
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 9	39,795.58
Hang Seng / Jul 9	23,834.86
FTSE 100 / Jul 9	8,869.48
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 9	24,314.96
France CAC40 / Jul 9	7,801.25

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 8	16,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 8	303,926
Petrol/Litre / Jul 9	266.79
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 9	68.13
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 9	3,290.62
Diesel/Litre / Jul 9	272.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 9	67.40

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Parmount Sp. / Jul 9 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	5.83 ▲ 0.67 (12.98%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 9 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	9.02 ▲ 1 (12.47%)
Trust Mod. / Jul 9 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	9.72 ▲ 1 (11.47%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jul 9 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.45 ▲ 0.44 (10.97%)
Habib Ins. / Jul 9 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	10.47 ▲ 1 (10.56%)
Kohinoor Energy / Jul 9 Kohinoor Energy Limited(KOHE)	21.18 ▲ 1.93 (10.03%)
First Treet Manuf / Jul 9 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	19.43 ▲ 1.77 (10.02%)
Nimir Resins / Jul 9 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	36.39 ▲ 3.31 (10.01%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jul 9 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	82.01 ▲ 7.46 (10.01%)
Arpak Int. / Jul 9 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	62.28 ▲ 5.66 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ideal Spinning / Jul 9 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	27.60 ▼ -3 (-9.8%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jul 9 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	17.92 ▼ -1.94 (-9.77%)
Haseeb Waqas / Jul 9 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	22.53 ▼ -2.39 (-9.59%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	16 ▼ -1.65 (-9.35%)
Apna Microfin. / Jul 9 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	14.32 ▼ -0.97 (-6.34%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Jul 9 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	20.77 ▼ -1.2 (-5.46%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jul 9 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	10.02 ▼ -0.57 (-5.38%)
Hala Enterprise / Jul 9 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	25.53 ▼ -1.39 (-5.16%)
J.A.Textile / Jul 9 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	27.05 ▼ -1.45 (-5.09%)
Pakistan Services / Jul 9 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	833.57 ▼ -44.28 (-5.04%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jul 9 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	65,908,965 ▼ -0.04
Kohinoor Spining / Jul 9 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,445,020 ▲ 0.31
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 9 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	39,774,070 ▲ 2.07
Treet Battery / Jul 9 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	39,523,493 ▲ 0.72
Hascol Petrol / Jul 9 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,001,300 ▼ -0.13
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,131,610 ▼ -0.02
Dewan Cement / Jul 9 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	26,612,785 ▲ 0.85
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jul 9 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	23,090,253 ▼ -0.04
Treet Corp / Jul 9 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	20,173,658 ▲ 0.57
Image Pakistan / Jul 9 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	20,162,581 ▼ -1.43