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Beijing residents swamp supermarkets after lockdown rumours

BEIJING: Beijing residents rushed to supermarkets on Thursday as Chinese officials tried to curb mounting panic over...

Published 12 May, 2022 05:36pm

Opinion

Chinese web users get creative to dodge Covid censorship

From quoting the national anthem to referencing Hollywood blockbusters and George Orwell’s dystopian novel...

Published 08 May, 2022 05:25am

World

Shanghai reports first Covid deaths since start of lockdown

SHANGHAI: Shanghai on Monday said three people had died from Covid-19, the first official announcement of deaths...

Published 18 Apr, 2022 09:38am

World

Shanghai targets lockdown turning point by Wednesday

SHANGHAI: Shanghai has set a target to stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday, two...

Published 18 Apr, 2022 05:30am

World

Shanghai targets lockdown turning point by Wednesday

SHANGHAI: Shanghai has set a target to stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday, two...

Published 17 Apr, 2022 10:46am

World

UK PM, finance minister face calls to quit over lockdown fines

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak will be fined for breaking Britain’s...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 06:03am

World

Shanghai eases lockdown in some areas despite record Covid infections

SHANGHAI: China’s financial centre of Shanghai started easing its lockdown in some areas on Monday despite...

Published 12 Apr, 2022 05:17am

World

Shanghai starts easing lockdown in some neighbourhoods

SHANGHAI: Shanghai eased restrictions on some neighbourhoods Monday after mounting outcry over inflexible Covid-19...

Published 11 Apr, 2022 05:40pm

World

Shanghai to extend lockdown

SHANGHAI: Shanghai will remain under lockdown as it reviews results of an exercise to test all of its 26 million...

Published 05 Apr, 2022 05:38am

World

Shanghai to impose phased Covid-19 lockdown: government

SHANGHAI: Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China...

Published 27 Mar, 2022 07:27pm

World

UK marks two years since first virus lockdown

LONDON: Britain on Wednesday held a minute’s silence to remember the victims of the coronavirus pandemic, on the...

Published 23 Mar, 2022 06:53pm

World

Chinese cities and factories lock down as outbreak spreads

BEIJING: All 17 million people in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen spent their first full day under lockdown Monday,...

Updated 15 Mar, 2022 06:40am

BR Research

Coal play

Coal has played quite the havoc in global markets over the past year. Surging energy demand as lockdown restrictions...

Updated 15 Feb, 2022 05:40pm

World

UK PM sorry for ‘partygate’ but vows to plough on

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday apologised after his government was criticised for ...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 04:07am

World

UK police deny delaying ‘partygate’ probe into PM

LONDON: London police on Friday denied delaying a long-awaited government report into lockdown-breaking parties in...

Published 30 Jan, 2022 04:04am

Business & Finance

Sterling falls below $1.34

LONDON: Sterling hit its lowest level against the US dollar so far this year on Thursday as investors sold off...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:44am

World

UK PM Johnson refuses to resign over lockdown parties

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday rejected opposition calls to resign for attending lockdown...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

World

Austria to end lockdown for Covid unvaccinated

VIENNA: Austria on Wednesday announced it was ending a lockdown for those unvaccinated as it prepares to become the...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 05:26pm

Cases against Sharif family: Govt urges CJs to allow live telecast

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry urged the courts to conduct a speedy...

Updated 25 Jan, 2022 09:34am

Pakistan

Pakistan reports over 7,000 Covid-19 cases for second consecutive day

Country detects 7,195 cases during the last 24 hours

Published 24 Jan, 2022 11:12am

Opinion

In India’s surveillance hotspot, facial recognition taken to court

It was lockdown in the Indian city of Hyderabad when activist S.Q. Masood was stopped on the street by police who...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 05:27am

Business & Finance

Sterling’s early gains fizzle as traders hedge bets ahead of BoE meeting

LONDON: The British pound’s early gains evaporated on Monday and it turned lower, away from a 2-1/2 month high, as...

Published 18 Jan, 2022 04:20am

Pakistan

Sindh decides against closing educational institutions

CM Shah chairs meeting of Covid-19 task force, says authorities will regularly survey all public and private hospitals

Updated 15 Jan, 2022 05:42pm

Editorials

‘Hard landing’ for poorer nations

EDITORIAL: The World Bank clearly doesn’t feel that the global economy is ready to shake off the effects of the...

Updated 15 Jan, 2022 10:30am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Who has already hedged his political bets?

“On Wednesday history was made.” “Right, Boris Johnson was the butt of jokes because he acknowledged and...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 06:50am

Pakistan

Sindh health dept says no notification over Covid restrictions issued

Please be wary of photoshopped images that are spreading fake information during the pandemic, adds department

Published 07 Jan, 2022 02:21pm

Pakistan

Covid-19: Pakistan logs nearly 1,300 new cases, highest in 3 months

Overall tally since start of pandemic surpasses 1.3 million

Updated 07 Jan, 2022 11:38am

Pakistan

Omicron will spread in Pakistan, warns Asad Umar

NCOC head says citizens should not have the misconception that Omicron would not affect them

Updated 05 Jan, 2022 07:36pm

World

Amid Omicron surge, UK PM Johnson resists another lockdown

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said that England could withstand a surge in COVID-19...

Published 05 Jan, 2022 12:15am

Pakistan

Omicron cases rise to 101 in Karachi as Sindh mulls closing schools

Sindh mulls closing educational institutions in Karachi

Updated 04 Jan, 2022 06:02pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
B. F. Mod. / May 20 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	6.00 ▲ 1.00 (20.00%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / May 20 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.00 ▲ 1.00 (20.00%)
Silk Bank Ltd / May 20 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	1.24 ▲ 0.16 (14.81%)
Paramount Mod / May 20 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	8.00 ▲ 1.00 (14.29%)
Service Textile / May 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	10.90 ▲ 0.90 (9.00%)
Ruby Tex. / May 20 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	4.00 ▲ 0.30 (8.11%)
Aisha Steel Mill / May 20 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.85 ▲ 0.86 (7.83%)
First Imrooz Mod. / May 20 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	134.38 ▲ 9.37 (7.50%)
Janana D Mal / May 20 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	55.04 ▲ 3.84 (7.50%)
Sapphire Textile / May 20 Sapphire Textile Mills Limited(SAPT)	1004.55 ▲ 70.05 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
East West Ins. / May 20 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	77.07 ▲ -12.49 (-13.95%)
Pak. P.V.C. / May 20 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	4.32 ▲ -0.42 (-8.86%)
Trust Mod. / May 20 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	1.66 ▲ -0.14 (-7.78%)
Crescent Cotton / May 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	46.25 ▲ -3.75 (-7.50%)
Gatron Ind. / May 20 Gatron (Industries) Limited(GATI)	415.10 ▲ -33.65 (-7.50%)
AL-Noor Sugar / May 20 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	61.86 ▲ -5.01 (-7.49%)
Frontier Ceram / May 20 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	29.60 ▲ -2.39 (-7.47%)
S.G.Power / May 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	4.45 ▲ -0.35 (-7.29%)
Imperial Limited / May 20 Imperial Limited(IML)	13.95 ▲ -1.06 (-7.06%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / May 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	2.99 ▲ -0.22 (-6.85%)

Stock	Volume
Ghani Glo Hol / May 20 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	15,051,376 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,323,000 ▼ 0.00
Silk Bank Ltd / May 20 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	13,067,500 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	9,576,000 ▼ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	7,490,536 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Cement / May 20 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	6,985,000 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / May 20 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	6,435,098 ▼ 0.00
Engro Polymer / May 20 Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited(EPCL)	5,808,622 ▼ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / May 20 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	5,229,500 ▼ 0.00
Pak Elektron / May 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	5,056,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 19	199.00
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 19	198.80
USD to Japanese Yen / May 19	128.45
USD to Swiss Franc / May 19	0.99
Pound Sterling to USD / May 19	1.23
Euro to USD / May 19	1.05
UK LIBOR % / May 19	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 19	3923.68
India Sensex / May 19	54208.53
Tokyo Nikkei / May 19	26205.29
Nasdaq / May 19	11418.16
Hang Seng / May 19	20041.14
FTSE 100 / May 19	7438.09
Dow Jones / May 19	31490.07
Germany DAX 30 / May 19	14007.76
France CAC40 / May 19	6352.94

Item	Value
Crude Oil / May 19	110.10
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / May 19	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams / May 19	113300.00
Gold Spot / May 19	1815.89
Cotton / May 19	128.99

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