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Indian javelin ace Chopra displaces Bolt in global interest charts

PARIS: Usain Bolt has failed to top the list of the most written about athletes for the first time in years in a...

Published 16 Dec, 2022 12:24pm

Germany in talks on further payout for 1972 Olympics victims

BERLIN: The German government said Wednesday it is in talks over further compensation for victims of the attack on...

Published 28 Jul, 2022 04:41am

Sports

Olympic champions to trailblazers: five to watch at SEA Games

HANOI: Thousands of competitors are gathering in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi for the 31st SEA Games after Covid-19...

Published 10 May, 2022 11:46am

Sports

Cross-country skiing-Johaug to call time on Olympic career after Sunday's 30km

ZHANGJIAKOU: Norway's Therese Johaug has said that she will sign off her Olympic career with the women's 30 km...

Published 18 Feb, 2022 10:32am

Sports

Olympics: Ice hockey: Slovakian teen turns into Games goal machine

BEIJING: Every Olympics produces a handful breakout stars and at the Beijing Winter Games those have been Big Air...

Published 14 Feb, 2022 06:47am

Sports

Short track-Schulting leads Dutch team to emotional relay win

BEIJING: Emotions ran high as the Netherlands won gold in the short track speed skating women’s 3,000 metres relay...

Published 14 Feb, 2022 06:47am

Sports

Women's IPL to start 'soon', says BCCI secretary

NEW DELHI: A full-fledged women's Indian Premier League (IPL) could begin as early as next year, with the Indian...

Published 07 Feb, 2022 11:52am

Sports

Double Olympic winner Ledecka braces for Beijing 'friendly'

PRAGUE: Ester Ledecka, a shock champion in two different sports in Pyeongchang four years ago, refuses to even utter...

Published 31 Jan, 2022 09:44am

Sports

Beijing Winter Olympics: Sealed off: Inside the ‘closed loop’

BEIJING: The Beijing Olympics are taking place in a strict “closed loop” with 60,000 competitors, journalists ...

Published 31 Jan, 2022 07:10am

World

China warns US over ‘interfering’ in Winter Olympics

BEIJING: China warned the United States to “stop interfering” in the Winter Olympics on Thursday, a week before...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:45am

World

Beijing tests 2 million for coronavirus as Winter Olympics loom

BEIJING: Beijing city officials on Sunday said all two million residents of a neighbourhood where a small cluster of...

Updated 23 Jan, 2022 04:56pm

Opinion

Cozying up to Comrade Putin?

Prime Minister Imran Khan should be careful, as he cozies up to Russian President Vladimir Putin, that he doesn’t...

Published 20 Jan, 2022 04:21am

World

Chinese cities tighten Covid-19 curbs as Tianjin battles Omicron outbreak

BEIJING: Cities across China are imposing tougher restrictions to try to control new outbreaks of COVID-19, with...

Published 12 Jan, 2022 04:25am

Sports

Kilde in the hunt for more Norwegian Olympic ski gold

PARIS: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has a huge task to follow in the ski tracks of an illustrious trio of fellow...

Published 02 Jan, 2022 10:26am

World

World to ring in New Year under Covid cloud

SYDNEY: The world prepared on Friday to usher in 2022, after another tumultuous and pandemic-ridden year capped by...

Updated 31 Dec, 2021 03:43pm

Sports

Olympics: Norway’s Flugstad Oestberg to miss Beijing Games

STOCKHOLM: Norway’s double Olympic cross country skiing champion Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg will miss the 2022 ...

Published 27 Dec, 2021 06:45am

World

Olympics diplomatic boycott: Beijing warns US will ‘pay the price’

BEIJING: China warned on Tuesday the United States would “pay the price” for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am

World

2021: events that marked a tumultuous year

PARIS: From the Covid pandemic to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and extreme weather, we look back on the key...

Updated 30 Nov, 2021 11:50am

Sports

ICC prefers T20 for Olympics but open to other formats: Marathe

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is preparing a bid for the game's return to the Olympics having last featured in the 1900 Paris Games

Published 23 Aug, 2021 01:57pm

Sports

Cricket bids to return to Olympics in 2028

ICC says it would start preparations on an Olympic campaign to point out 'the sport's inclusion in 2028 would mark the end of a 128-year absence'

Published 10 Aug, 2021 03:16pm

World

Japan PM Suga apologises for skipping parts of Hiroshima speech

The government will also discuss with Olympics organisers on the issue of Paralympic spectators after the close of the Olympics, he added

Published 06 Aug, 2021 11:03am

Sports

Battle of the record breakers looms in the Tokyo pool

The trio are the three fastest swimmers in the history of the event, all having held the world record, with McKeown the current owner.

Updated 27 Jul, 2021 12:22am

Life & Style

Germany's gymnastics team, tired of sexualisation, wears unitard

The Olympians challenge sexualisation of women in sport by wearing ankle-length gear.

Published 26 Jul, 2021 03:34pm

Markets

Dollar dips ahead of Fed meeting, cryptocurrencies jump

China reported its highest number of cases since the end of January

Published 26 Jul, 2021 01:09pm

Sports

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony starts under Covid cloud

The Olympics have faced opposition in Japan over fears the global gathering of 11,000 athletes could trigger a super-spreader event.

Published 23 Jul, 2021 04:29pm

Life & Style

Muslim Olympians celebrate Eid far from home in Tokyo

The Olympics are being held under tight restrictions with everyone all but cut off from the rest of the city.

Published 23 Jul, 2021 03:49pm

Sports

Olympics-Disappointed WADA watches as Russians prepare for Tokyo Games

With the logo of the Russian Olympic Committee and the letters 'ROC' on them, the uniforms are almost indistinguishable from Russian team uniforms of past Games

Published 23 Jul, 2021 09:58am

Sports

China poised to bag first Tokyo gold

TOKYO: China's Hou Zhihui, current world record holder in the lightest women's category, may smash her own record on...

Updated 23 Jul, 2021 10:23am

Markets

Tokyo shares open lower after Wall Street slip

The Dow lost 2.1 percent, while the Nasdaq gave up 1.1 percent

Published 20 Jul, 2021 10:52am

Sports

Olympics chief admits 'sleepless nights' over troubled Tokyo Games

Bach has drawn scattered protests during his visit to Japan, where the latest poll in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper showed 55 percent of respondents opposed holding the Games this summer

Published 20 Jul, 2021 10:13am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Feb 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Feb 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	352 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Feb 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Feb 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Feb 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Feb 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	65.61 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Feb 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	386.75 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Feb 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Feb 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.39 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Feb 5 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	55.48 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Feb 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Feb 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	352 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Feb 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Feb 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Feb 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Feb 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	65.61 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Feb 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	386.75 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Feb 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Feb 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.39 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Feb 5 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	55.48 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Hub Power Co. / Feb 5 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	7,912,174 ▼ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Feb 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	7,490,206 ▼ 0.00
Dewan Motors / Feb 5 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	5,698,000 ▼ 0.00
Gul Ahmed / Feb 5 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	4,995,028 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	4,832,816 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Feb 5 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	4,574,299 ▼ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Feb 5 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	3,805,565 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Feb 5 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	3,686,127 ▼ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Feb 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	3,499,066 ▼ 0.00
Nishat Chun.Pow. / Feb 5 Nishat Chunian Power Limited(NCPL)	3,492,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 3	277.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 3	278.67
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 3	131.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 3	0.93
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 3	1.21
Euro to USD / Feb 3	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Feb 3	4.30

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 3	4136.48
India Sensex / Feb 3	60841.88
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 3	27509.46
Nasdaq / Feb 3	12006.96
Hang Seng / Feb 3	21660.47
FTSE 100 / Feb 3	7901.80
Dow Jones / Feb 3	33926.01
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 3	15546.43
France CAC40 / Feb 3	7233.94

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 3	73.39
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 3	22235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 3	208500
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 3	1864.97
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 3	85.43

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