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Pakistani meat processor grabs $2.2mn export orders from Middle East

The Organic Meat Company secures contracts from Jordan and Kuwait

Updated 13 May, 2022 07:32pm

Life & Style

Archaeologists find ritual hunt site in Jordanian desert from 7,000 B.C.

AMMAN: Archaeologists have discovered a stone age site dating back to 7,000 B.C. in a remote desert in Jordan, with...

Published 24 Feb, 2022 03:19pm

World

Leaks about Jordanian king's Swiss bank accounts misleading, says palace

AMMAN: Leaks about money held by Jordan's King Abdullah in accounts at Swiss bank Credit Suisse have "inaccurate, ...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 11:04pm

World

Israel PM to meet Bahrain king on landmark visit

MANAMA: Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will meet Bahrain's king on Tuesday after arriving for the first...

Updated 15 Feb, 2022 02:34pm

Markets

Jordan to buy 120,000 tonnes of wheat

HAMBURG: Jordan’s state grain buyer has issued an international tender to buy 120,000 tonnes of milling wheat,...

Published 21 Dec, 2021 04:14am

Markets

Jordan issues new tender to buy wheat

HAMBURG: Jordan’s state grain buyer has issued an international tender to buy 120,000 tonnes of milling wheat ...

Published 30 Nov, 2021 05:23am

Business & Finance

Pakistani company exports 'first ever' meat consignment to Jordan

Jordan had last month approved Tata Best Foods for export of meat and its allied products

Published 29 Nov, 2021 02:42pm

Opinion

‘Solar power for water deal’

This is apropos a Business Recorder photograph carried by the newspaper yesterday. The picture showed, among other...

Updated 28 Nov, 2021 06:15am

FATF puts Turkey, Mali and Jordan on ‘grey list’

ISTANBUL: An international watchdog downgraded Turkey, Mali and Jordan to a so-called grey list on Thursday for...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 03:17am

World

Jordanian King Abdullah's property abroad not a secret, privately funded

AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah owns properties in the United States and Britain and this was not a secret, the royal...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 02:36pm

World

Pandora Papers: Document dump allegedly links world leaders to secret wealth

WASHINGTON: A massive leak of financial documents was published by several major news organisations on Sunday that...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 11:41am

Markets

Jordan tenders to buy 120,000 tonnes feed barley

HAMBURG: Jordan's state grains buyer has issued a new international tender to purchase 120,000 tonnes of animal feed...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 10:42am

World

Jordan's state carrier to resume flights to Syria for first time in decade

AMMAN: Jordan's state carrier, Royal Jordanian, will soon resume direct flights to Damascus for the first time in...

Published 29 Sep, 2021 03:59am

Markets

Jordan tenders to buy 120,000 tonnes of feed barley

HAMBURG: Jordan’s state grains buyer has issued a new international tender to purchase 120,000 tonnes of animal...

Published 14 Sep, 2021 03:55am

Markets

Jordan tenders to buy barley

HAMBURG: Jordan’s state grains buyer has issued a new international tender to purchase 120,000 tonnes of animal...

Published 31 Aug, 2021 04:03am

Markets

Jordan tenders to buy 120,000 tonnes feed barley

HAMBURG: Jordan's state grains buyer has issued a new international tender to purchase 120,000 tonnes of animal feed...

Published 11 Aug, 2021 04:27am

Markets

Jordan issues new tender to buy 120,000 tonnes of wheat

HAMBURG: Jordan’s state grain buyer has issued an international tender to buy 120,000 tonnes of milling wheat...

Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:35am

World

Jordan moves to 'modernise' political system: official

The kingdom has witnessed bouts of unrest in recent months, including scattered protests against a curfew and economic hardship triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Updated 29 Jun, 2021 08:29pm

World

Brussels eyes extra 5.7bn euros for Syrian refugees

Under the European Commission plan, 3.5 billion euros would be provided to Turkey from 2021 to 2024 and the remaining 2.2 billion would go mainly to Lebanon and Jordan.

Published 23 Jun, 2021 05:51pm

World

France files Israel-Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN: presidency

The three countries agreed on the resolution during a video-conference with Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II, said the statement.

Published 19 May, 2021 10:25am

Markets

Jordan tenders to buy 120,000 tonnes feed barley

The deadline for submission of price offers is April 21.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 02:35pm

World

Jordan press goes silent over 'plot' prince

Gone are reports of a "wicked plot" aimed at overthrowing King Abdullah II, and in the streets, Jordanians voiced relief.

Published 07 Apr, 2021 07:02pm

World

Pakistan expresses solidarity with Kingdom of Jordan after coup attempt

In a formal statement from Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was revealed that Pakistan is following the situation in Jordan, and stands in solidarity with the Hashemite Kingdom led by King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein.
On Sunday, Jordan announced that it had foiled a plot to "destabilise" the Kingdom, a plot that involved the King's half-brother Hamzah bin Hussein - a former crown prince who was stripped of his title by the monarch in 2004.

Updated 05 Apr, 2021 06:42pm

World

Jordan's Prince Hamza says he will disobey army orders to keep silent

Officials announced on Sunday that Prince Hamza had liaised with people who had contacts with foreign parties in a plot to destabilise the country and he had been under investigation for some time.

Published 05 Apr, 2021 03:02pm

Jordan accuses Prince of plot to destabilise Kingdom

AMMAN: The half-brother and former heir of Jordan's King Abdullah, Prince Hamza, liaised with foreign parties over a...

Updated 05 Apr, 2021 10:42am

Pakistan

50 officials from Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain observe air force drill in Pakistan

The ACES Meet is an aerial exercise to maximise combat readiness of participating air forces through air-to-air combat training.
The exercise kicked off on Monday at a launch ceremony at the Operational Air Base of the PAF.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 02:13pm

World

Jordan counts on Biden as it asserts itself against Israel

"Jordan chose the right moment to scupper what was supposed to be a show of victory and a campaign event for Netanyahu," said Oraib al-Rantawi, director of Al Quds Center For Political Studies.

Updated 18 Mar, 2021 04:07pm

World

Jordan sentences six to death for maiming teen

A total of 17 people were implicated in the teenager's abduction from the city of Zarqa northeast of the capital last October.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 05:00pm

World

5 detained over Covid hospital deaths in Jordan

Jordan has recorded more than 460,000 coronavirus cases and over 5,200 deaths.

Published 14 Mar, 2021 05:53pm

World

Jordan oxygen shortage linked to six coronavirus deaths

The minister said an investigation was underway to determine what led to the shortage of oxygen in the state-run hospital and if it was the cause of the deaths.

Published 13 Mar, 2021 05:55pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Pak Mod. / May 21 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	3.30 ▲ 0.90 (37.50%)
B. F. Mod. / May 21 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	7.00 ▲ 1.00 (16.67%)
Paramount Mod / May 21 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	8.99 ▲ 0.99 (12.38%)
S.G.Power / May 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	4.99 ▲ 0.47 (10.40%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / May 21 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	10.99 ▲ 0.91 (9.03%)
Flying Cement / May 21 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	8.10 ▲ 0.64 (8.58%)
Pak Engineering / May 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	279.50 ▲ 19.50 (7.50%)
Sapphire Fib. / May 21 Sapphire Fibres Limited(SFL)	1099.72 ▲ 76.72 (7.50%)
Dadex Eternit / May 21 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	73.09 ▲ 5.09 (7.49%)
Maqbool Tex. / May 21 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	64.12 ▲ 4.47 (7.49%)

Stock	Price
Ask.Gen.Insur. / May 21 Askari General Insurance Company Limited(AGIC)	18.06 ▲ -2.73 (-13.13%)
Oilboy Energy / May 21 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.35 ▲ -1.39 (-11.84%)
Sakrand Sugar / May 21 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	8.25 ▲ -0.79 (-8.74%)
Punjab Mod / May 21 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.64 ▲ -0.15 (-8.38%)
Service Textile / May 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	10.00 ▲ -0.90 (-8.26%)
TPL Insurance / May 21 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	30.63 ▲ -2.48 (-7.49%)
AL-Noor Sugar / May 21 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	57.50 ▲ -4.36 (-7.05%)
Shield Corp. / May 21 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	235.50 ▲ -16.50 (-6.55%)
Dynea Pakistan / May 21 Dynea Pakistan Limited(DYNO)	150.13 ▲ -9.87 (-6.17%)
Bal. Wheel / May 21 Baluchistan Wheels Limited(BWHL)	73.85 ▲ -4.78 (-6.08%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / May 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,994,000 ▼ 0.00
Silk Bank Ltd / May 21 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	16,885,500 ▼ 0.00
Pak Elektron / May 21 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	16,358,000 ▼ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	12,930,788 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,253,500 ▼ 0.00
Waves Singer / May 21 Waves Singer Pakistan Limited(WAVES)	6,934,500 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 21 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	6,538,000 ▼ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	5,919,271 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Cement / May 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	5,880,500 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Glo Hol / May 21 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	5,477,638 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 20	200.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 20	199.80
USD to Japanese Yen / May 20	128.12
USD to Swiss Franc / May 20	0.97
Pound Sterling to USD / May 20	1.24
Euro to USD / May 20	1.06
UK LIBOR % / May 20	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 20	3900.79
India Sensex / May 20	52792.23
Tokyo Nikkei / May 20	26673.91
Nasdaq / May 20	11388.50
Hang Seng / May 20	20581.03
FTSE 100 / May 20	7302.74
Dow Jones / May 20	31253.13
Germany DAX 30 / May 20	13882.30
France CAC40 / May 20	6272.71

Item	Value
Crude Oil / May 20	112.00
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / May 20	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams / May 20	113300.00
Gold Spot / May 20	1838.55
Cotton / May 20	128.58

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