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Over 72,000 migrants dead, disappeared globally since 2014: UN

GENEVA: More than 72,000 deaths and disappearances have been documented along migration routes around the world in...

Published 30 Apr, 2025 05:57am

World

Migrant boat sink off Tunisia with at least eight dead, 29 rescued

TUNIS: Tunisia’s coast guard on Monday recovered the bodies of eight African migrants after their boat sank off the...

Published 28 Apr, 2025 04:57pm

World

US judge orders Trump cannot defund migrant 'sanctuary cities'

LOS ANGELES: A US judge ruled Thursday that Donald Trump cannot legally withhold federal funds from authorities...

Published 24 Apr, 2025 10:42pm

World

Greek coast guard finds two bodies, 39 other migrants, on tiny island

ATHENS: The Greek coast guard said it had found the bodies of two women and 39 other migrants on the tiny island of...

Published 14 Apr, 2025 09:33pm

World

Trump officials defend use of wartime law to deport migrants

• Venezuela denies deportees’ gang affiliation

Published 26 Mar, 2025 06:41am

World

Migrant deaths hit record in 2024, UN agency says

GENEVA: Last year was the deadliest on record for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people dying on perilous routes and ...

Published 26 Mar, 2025 06:39am

Editorials

Uptick in emigration

EDITORIAL: Even as international migration faces serious challenges people have kept moving out of the countries of...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 06:44am

World

Six migrants drown off Turkey’s Aegean coast

ISTANBUL: Six migrants drowned while another 27 were rescued by the coastguard when their boat started sinking off...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 06:44am

World

UN says ‘deeply alarmed’ by Libya migrant mass graves

GENEVA: The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said it was “deeply...

Published 11 Feb, 2025 06:36am

Opinion

Goods and peoples: Trump’s opposition to free movement

Free movement of goods and peoples benefits all countries as it allows scarcity of products and skills to be met at...

Published 10 Feb, 2025 05:35am

Pakistan

Burials for 13 migrants drowned off Africa begin

MIRZA VIRKAN: A Pakistani who drowned along with 12 compatriots when a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized off...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 08:36am

Pakistan

Tragic boat capsizing near Moroccan port: Remains of four Pakistanis to reach Islamabad today

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) announced that the mortal remains of four Pakistani nationals, who lost their lives ...

Published 05 Feb, 2025 07:24am

Opinion

Growing challenge of human smuggling

Sadly, the new year has begun with tragic deaths for dozens of Pakistanis attempting to migrate to Europe, bringing...

Published 05 Feb, 2025 06:48am

World

US flights carrying detained migrants to Guantanamo ‘underway’

WASHINGTON: The first US flights carrying detained migrants to America’s notorious Guantanamo military base in Cuba...

Published 04 Feb, 2025 11:22pm

World

At least 20 migrants missing as boat sinks off Italy

ROME: Seven migrants were rescued, but at least 20 are missing after their boat sank en route to Italy from Libya,...

Published 02 Jan, 2025 05:56am

World

3 migrants die trying to cross Channel from France to UK

PARIS: At least three migrants died in the Channel off northern France on Sunday as a group of around 50 people ...

Published 30 Dec, 2024 05:47am

Pakistan

Arresting human traffickers: Bureaucracy given one-week deadline

ISLAMABAD: On the heels of failure of Interior Ministry to tighten the noose around the human traffickers, Prime...

Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am

Opinion

Tragedies on the high seas

It was in June just last year that 209 Pakistanis and 28 from Pakistan-administered Kashmir drowned off the Greek...

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 07:22am

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

World

Record number of migrants lost at sea bound for Spain in 2024: NGO

MADRID: At least 10,457 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2024, an NGO said...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 06:27am

Editorials

Fatal journeys

EDITORIAL: The capsizing of a boat carrying dozens of illegal immigrants near the Greek island of Gavdos, leading to...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 06:19am

Pakistan

PM seeks report

ISLAMABAD: Vowing harshest punishment for the human traffickers, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday sought a...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 06:08am

Pakistan

Greece boat capsize: One Pakistani dead, 47 others rescued: FO

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) confirmed on Sunday that one Pakistani citizen was among the dead in the boat...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 06:08am

World

Five migrants die trying to reach the Canary Islands

MADRID: Five bodies were found floating in the sea on Sunday after the inflatable boat they were travelling in...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am

World

In Guatemala, families mourn the migrants who never reached the USA

YEPOCAPA/SAN JUAN LA LAGUNA, GUATEMALA: The journey of Rossanna and Widman began in the Guatemalan village of San...

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 08:29pm

World

Italy arrests 13 in Med ‘people trafficking ring’

ROME: Italian police said Monday they had arrested 13 suspected members of a smuggling ring transporting migrants...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

World

Nearly 1,000 migrants cross Channel into UK on same day as 4 killed

LONDON: A record 973 migrants crossed the Channel on small boats on the same day in which four died while attempting...

Published 07 Oct, 2024 06:48am

World

Dozens arrested for migrant smuggling in Montenegro and Serbia

BELGRADE: Montenegrin police arrested 13 people and were searching for several others suspected of smuggling ...

Published 05 Oct, 2024 06:43am

World

Eight migrants die in Channel crossing attempt

AMBLETEUSE, (France): Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross...

Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:08am

World

Twelve migrants die trying to cross Channel to UK

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER (France): At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday trying to cross the...

Updated 04 Sep, 2024 08:03am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 29	281.08
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 29	280.83
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 29	142.42
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 29	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 29	1.38
Euro to USD / Apr 29	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 29	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 29	5,560.83
India Sensex / Apr 29	80,288.38
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 29	35,902.51
Nasdaq / Apr 29	17,461.32
Hang Seng / Apr 29	22,030.93
FTSE 100 / Apr 29	8,463.46
Dow Jones / Apr 29	40,527.62
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 29	22,425.83
France CAC40 / Apr 29	7,555.87

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 29	59.81
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 29	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 29	299,382
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 29	3,308.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 29	66.19
Petrol/Litre / Apr 30	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 30	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Mutual / Apr 29 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	9.40 ▲ 0.9 (10.59%)
Apna Microfin. / Apr 29 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.29 ▲ 0.97 (10.41%)
EMCO Industries / Apr 29 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	42.20 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Askari Bank / Apr 29 Askari Bank Limited(AKBL)	37.26 ▲ 3.39 (10.01%)
Punjab Oil / Apr 29 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	162.43 ▲ 14.77 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 29 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	189.22 ▲ 17.2 (10%)
Jubilee Spinning / Apr 29 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	11.55 ▲ 1.05 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 29 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	3,969.39 ▲ 360.85 (10%)
Shakarganj / Apr 29 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	47.94 ▲ 4.36 (10%)
Faran Sugar / Apr 29 Faran Sugar Mills Limited(FRSM)	47.08 ▲ 4.28 (10%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Apr 29 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	4.25 ▼ -0.67 (-13.62%)
Dewan Textile / Apr 29 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	5.71 ▼ -0.8 (-12.29%)
Dewan Mushtaq / Apr 29 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	7.02 ▼ -0.98 (-12.25%)
Gulistan Sp. / Apr 29 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	6.88 ▼ -0.91 (-11.68%)
Lalpir Power / Apr 29 Lalpir Power Limited(LPL)	23.04 ▼ -2.54 (-9.93%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Apr 29 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	11.53 ▼ -1.24 (-9.71%)
Liven Pharma / Apr 29 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	63 ▼ -6.64 (-9.53%)
First IBL Mod. / Apr 29 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	2.76 ▼ -0.29 (-9.51%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 29 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	70.98 ▼ -7.09 (-9.08%)
J.K.Spinning / Apr 29 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	56.31 ▼ -5.59 (-9.03%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	29,469,482 ▲ 0
Cnergyico PK / Apr 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	14,819,788 ▲ 0.27
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 29 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	14,772,321 ▼ -7.09
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 29 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,415,249 ▲ 2.45
Kohinoor Spining / Apr 29 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	12,527,631 ▲ 0
Sui North Gas / Apr 29 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	12,310,485 ▲ 7.54
Sui South Gas / Apr 29 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	12,184,577 ▲ 1.61
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	12,084,167 ▲ 0.03
Big Bird Foods / Apr 29 Big Bird Foods Limited(BBFL)	11,230,070 ▲ 4.15
B.O.Punjab / Apr 29 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	11,053,553 ▲ 0.18

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