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US, Pakistan discuss the whole gamut of energy matters

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and United States have discussed phasing out of coal-fired power plants, private sector...

Updated 16 Mar, 2023 09:39am

Counterterrorism programmes: Pakistan, US express resolve to deepen cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States have expressed the resolve to deepen cooperation and continue dialogue on...

Updated 08 Mar, 2023 08:35am

NA body asks govt to remove obstacles to IP gas pipeline project

ISLAMABAD: A National Assembly panel was informed on Thursday that because of the International Monetary Fund’s...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 08:51am

Pakistan

Pakistan to strengthen relations with Kuwait: Hina

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday said that Pakistan is determined to...

Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am

World

Taliban administration to send earthquake aid to Turkiye, Syria

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban administration will send around $165,000 in aid to Turkiye and Syria to help the...

Published 08 Feb, 2023 12:08pm

Pakistan

Danish Minister cancels visit due to unspecified reasons

ISLAMABAD: Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy Dan Jorgensen has reportedly...

Published 08 Feb, 2023 06:10am

Pakistan

Govt warns ministries: Indian, N Korean hackers targeting crucial data

ISLAMABAD: Hackers from India and North Korea are said to be attacking Pakistan’s most valuable data including ...

Published 26 Jan, 2023 07:26am

Pakistan

Bilawal to visit Uzbekistan for ECO ministers meeting

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will pay an official visit to Tashkent,...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 05:57am

Treasury dept’s officials to visit next week: US decides to lend PDM govt a helping hand

Visit of US officials to Pakistan and meeting with authorities may help ease/repair relations with IMF

Updated 20 Jan, 2023 10:58am

Pakistan

Pakistan says it has provided list of nuclear facilities to India under annual practice

Practice of exchanging lists has been continuing since January 1, 1992

Updated 01 Jan, 2023 03:33pm

MoFA opposes ‘alteration’ in IPPs’ revised agreement

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has reportedly opposed alteration in IPPs’ revised agreements of 2019...

Updated 26 Dec, 2022 09:34am

Nuclear energy: Pakistan, Turkiye may discuss cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkiye are likely to discuss cooperation in nuclear energy during 7th round of High Level...

Updated 21 Dec, 2022 10:16am

Pakistan

Staff of some missions abroad not paid salaries

ISLAMABAD: Employees of Pakistan’s foreign missions in various countries have not been paid for the last three to...

Published 14 Dec, 2022 07:41am

State property in Washington DC: MoFA to satisfy cabinet on proposed sale

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) will satisfy the federal cabinet members who raised queries on the...

Updated 11 Dec, 2022 09:57am

VVIP visits: ECC approves additional funds of Rs300m

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved additional funds of Rs300 million...

Updated 11 Dec, 2022 09:57am

Two Pakistanis still detained at Guantanamo Bay

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights was informed on Thursday that two Pakistanis were still...

Updated 02 Dec, 2022 10:23am

Pakistan

Mumtaz Zahra Baloch now new FO spokesperson

ISLAMABAD: The government has appointed Mumtaz Zahra Baloch as the new spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign...

Published 12 Nov, 2022 05:55am

Pakistan

Govt appoints Mumtaz Zahra Baloch as new FO spokesperson

Former spokesperson Asim Iftikhar appointed envoy to France

Published 11 Nov, 2022 07:54pm

Nawaz issued diplomatic passport

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan has issued a diplomatic passport to former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim...

Updated 11 Nov, 2022 09:21am

Financial closure of 3 power projects: Govt seeks Sinosure’s support

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has requested M/s Sinosure, Chinese insurance company, to support pending financial closure of...

Updated 27 Oct, 2022 09:49am

Pakistan

US official calls on Khar

ISLAMABAD: United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West called on Minister of State for Foreign...

Published 06 Oct, 2022 05:59am

Pakistan

Pakistan needs much more assistance to recover from floods, Bilawal tells US senators

Foreign minister meets Chairman US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Robert Menendez and Senator James Risch

Updated 29 Sep, 2022 06:11pm

Pakistan

Pakistan to observe day of mourning on Monday over Queen Elizabeth’s death

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accords his approval upon recommendation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Updated 11 Sep, 2022 04:35pm

Pakistan

Aid disbursement: Bilawal explains to USAID official salient features of ‘transparent’ mechanism

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday apprised the Administrator of United States Agency for...

Published 10 Sep, 2022 04:14am

Pakistan

Rude behaviour of Afghan cricket fans irks Senate panel

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)...

Published 09 Sep, 2022 07:03am

Rs1.009bn to be transferred to Kabul for 3 Pakistani hospitals

ISLAMABAD: The government has allowed the transfer of Rs1.009 billion from Pakistan to Afghanistan through the...

Updated 09 Sep, 2022 09:28am

Pakistan

Islamabad regrets 'conjectural allegations' after Taliban say Pakistan allowed US drones to use its airspace

KABUL: The Taliban's acting defence minister said on Sunday that Pakistan had allowed US drones to use its airspace...

Published 29 Aug, 2022 01:07am

Pakistan

Donations for flood victims: MoFA asked to motivate expats

ISLAMABAB: Chairman Federal Flood Relief Committee Ahsan Iqbal has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to guide...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:50am

MoFA fine-tuning prospective deals with UAE ahead of PM’s visit

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) is giving final touches to the pacts to be signed during the...

Updated 26 Aug, 2022 09:43am

Pakistan

Pakistan condoles loss of life in tragic accident in Turkiye

ISLAMABAD: We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic traffic accident in Gaziantep, Turkiye, resulting in the...

Published 21 Aug, 2022 05:16am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Pak Mod. / Mar 21 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	1.52 ▲ 0.18 (13.43%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Mar 21 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.88 ▲ 0.88 (11.00%)
Balochistan Glass / Mar 21 Balochistan Glass Limited(BGL)	13.30 ▲ 1.00 (8.13%)
Khyber Tex. / Mar 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	257.53 ▲ 17.96 (7.50%)
Allied Rent. / Mar 21 Allied Rental Modaraba(ARM)	27.83 ▲ 1.94 (7.49%)
Khairpur / Mar 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	61.69 ▲ 4.30 (7.49%)
Metro Steel / Mar 21 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	27.55 ▲ 1.92 (7.49%)
Adamjee Life Assur. / Mar 21 Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited(ALIFE)	18.43 ▲ 1.28 (7.46%)
John&Philips / Mar 21 Johnson & Phillips (Pakistan) Limited(JOPP)	38.95 ▲ 2.44 (6.68%)
Ismail Ind. / Mar 21 Ismail Industries Limited(ISIL)	487.74 ▲ 29.55 (6.45%)

Stock	Price
Jubile Life InsXD / Mar 21 Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited(JLICL)	116 ▼ -25.68 (-18.13%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Mar 21 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	3.76 ▼ -0.64 (-14.55%)
Dewan Textile / Mar 21 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	2.01 ▼ -0.32 (-13.73%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 21 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	7.05 ▼ -0.95 (-11.88%)
Habib Metropol. / Mar 21 Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited(HMB)	31.68 ▼ -4.04 (-11.31%)
Bankislami Pak. / Mar 21 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	10 ▼ -1.23 (-10.95%)
F.Treet Manuf / Mar 21 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	7.10 ▼ -0.75 (-9.55%)
B.O.Punjab / Mar 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	4.07 ▼ -0.36 (-8.13%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 21 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	11.55 ▼ -0.96 (-7.67%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Mar 21 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	5.65 ▼ -0.46 (-7.53%)

Stock	Volume
Unity Foods Ltd / Mar 21 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	25,054,065 ▼ -0.06
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,643,395 ▲ 0.02
Fauji Foods Ltd / Mar 21 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	15,140,985 ▼ -0.12
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 21 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	9,688,020 ▲ 0.18
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 21 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	6,626,500 ▼ -0.06
Dewan Motors / Mar 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	6,524,000 ▼ -0.28
Bankislami Pak. / Mar 21 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	5,405,500 ▼ -1.23
Cnergyico PK / Mar 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	4,708,036 ▲ 0.10
Pak Elektron / Mar 21 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	4,522,500 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Mar 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	4,470,500 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 21	285.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 21	283.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 21	131.23
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 21	0.93
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Mar 21	1.07
UK LIBOR % / Mar 20	4.56

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 20	3951.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 20	26945.67
Nasdaq / Mar 20	11675.54
Dow Jones / Mar 20	32244.58
India Sensex / Mar 21	58074.68
Hang Seng / Mar 21	19128.12
FTSE 100 / Mar 21	7481.91
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 21	15117.14
France CAC40 / Mar 21	7112.90

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 20	19235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 20	177726
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 21	67.15
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 21	1982.31
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 21	77.62

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