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Defence at Vatican trial want access to pope comments to investigators

VATICAN CITY: Defence lawyers at a corruption trial related to the Vatican’s purchase of a luxury building in...

Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am

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Pope thanks journalists for helping expose sex scandals

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Saturday thanked journalists for helping uncover the clerical sexual abuse scandals...

Published 14 Nov, 2021 04:12am

World

Bidens attend Mass in Rome

ROME: Joe Biden and his wife Jill attended Mass on Saturday evening in the American church of Rome, a day after the...

Published 31 Oct, 2021 04:05am

World

Biden has unusually long meeting with pope

VATICAN CITY: US President Joe Biden held an unusually long meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday as a...

Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am

World

Pope calls for 'urgent' response to climate crisis at COP26

LONDON: Pope Francis on Friday said in a message released ahead of the COP26 summit that leaders must respond...

Published 29 Oct, 2021 02:07pm

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Indian PM to meet Pope Francis for first time

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Pope Francis in Rome for the first time this weekend when ...

Published 29 Oct, 2021 05:05am

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Biden announces $1.75 trillion US spending deal ahead of Europe trip

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden announced Thursday a revised $1.75 trillion social spending plan that he is...

Published 28 Oct, 2021 06:35pm

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Indian PM Modi to meet Pope Francis for first time

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Pope Francis in Rome for the first time this weekend when ...

Updated 28 Oct, 2021 06:22pm

Don't send migrants back to unsafe countries: Pope

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya,...

Updated 25 Oct, 2021 09:42am

World

Pope pledges to continue being a 'pest' in defence of the poor

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Saturday he realises some people, including within the Church, consider him to be...

Published 17 Oct, 2021 04:41am

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Pope meets Pelosi as abortion debate rages back home

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis met on Saturday with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic who has come under...

Published 10 Oct, 2021 04:26am

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Inquiry commission finds ‘massive’ child sex abuse

PARIS: French Catholic clergy sexually abused around 216,000 minors spanning seven decades since 1950, a “massive...

Published 06 Oct, 2021 04:17am

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Pope says Afghan withdrawal ‘legitimate’ but mistakes Putin remarks for Merkel’s

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said the West’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was “legitimate” but backed some...

Published 02 Sep, 2021 04:21am

Pope asks world's Christians to pray and fast for Afghanistan

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday called on the world's Christians to pray and carry out fasting to ask God to...

Updated 30 Aug, 2021 05:07am

Editorials

Indigenous lives matter

EDITORIAL: As national grief over discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves of Indigenous children sets in Canada,...

Published 11 Jul, 2021 04:01am

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Pope in ‘good’ condition after surgery

ROME: Pope Francis was doing well on Monday after surgery for an inflamed large colon, but the 84-year-old was...

Published 06 Jul, 2021 03:48am

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Pope Francis to undergo colon operation

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, 84, was to undergo surgery Sunday in Rome for an inflamed large colon, a Vatican...

Published 05 Jul, 2021 04:57am

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Pope to meet Lebanese Christian leaders

The leaders will stay at the Saint Martha's guest house in the Vatican, where the pontiff himself lives

Published 01 Jul, 2021 09:29am

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Pope to meet top US diplomat Blinken

Blinken will see both Pope Francis and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the pope's de facto foreign minister, on Monday at the Vatican.

Published 25 Jun, 2021 06:17pm

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Pope mourns migrant dead in Med, ‘Europe’s biggest cemetery’

ROME: Pope Francis on Sunday warned the Mediterranean had become the “biggest cemetery in Europe”, as he...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

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Pope offers prayers for famine-hit Tigray

ROME: Pope Francis on Sunday offered his prayers to the people of Ethiopia’s conflict-wracked Tigray region, which...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

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Erdogan urges pope to help end Israel's 'massacre'

Erdogan told Pope Francis that "Palestinians will continue to be subjected to a massacre unless the international community punishes Israel... with sanctions", the Turkish presidency said.

Published 17 May, 2021 06:03pm

World

Pope urges peace, unity in special mass for Myanmar

ROME: Pope Francis celebrated mass in honour of Myanmar on Sunday, repeating his calls for an end to violence in the...

Updated 17 May, 2021 10:03am

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Pope urges peace, unity in special mass for Myanmar

Myanmar has been in chaos since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 1 coup, triggering a massive civilian uprising that authorities have sought to quell with lethal force.

Published 16 May, 2021 05:16pm

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US envoy Kerry calls pope ‘powerful voice’ on climate

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is a "convincing moral authority" in the fight against climate change, the US' special...

Updated 16 May, 2021 10:40am

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Pope urges end to clashes in Jerusalem

Tensions ran high Sunday in east Jerusalem after hundreds of Palestinians were wounded in a weekend of clashes between protesters and Israeli security forces.

Published 09 May, 2021 05:23pm

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India deaths top 4,000 as Macron urges end to vaccine export limits

• Pope backs temporary suspension of vaccine patents NEW DELHI/PORTO: New Covid-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for...

Updated 09 May, 2021 10:31am

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Pope voices 'sadness' over disappearance of 130 migrants

NGOs accuse EU countries of not only failing to help migrants in danger in the Mediterranean but of hindering rescue efforts.

Published 25 Apr, 2021 05:31pm

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Biden doubles US emissions cut target as summit lifts climate hopes

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, another early ally of Biden, boosted ambitions of his energy-exporting country to reductions of 40-45 percent below 2005 levels, compared with an earlier target of 30 percent.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 10:11am

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Pope praises Prince Philip's 'devotion' to marriage and family

Francis concluded his message by invoking "the Lord's blessings of consolation and peace" for the queen and for "all who grieve (Prince Philip's) loss."

Published 10 Apr, 2021 04:45pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
National Silk / Dec 2 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	20.97 ▲ 1.46 (7.48%)
Millat Tractors / Dec 2 Millat Tractors Limited(MTL)	899.00 ▲ 3.40 (0.38%)
Pak.Int.Cont.. / Dec 2 Pakistan International Container(PICT)	155.35 ▲ 0.20 (0.13%)
Allied Bank / Dec 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	77.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	722.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 2 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	126.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Adam Sugar / Dec 2 Adam Sugar Mills Limited(ADAMS)	35.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Artistic Denim / Dec 2 Artistic Denim Mills Limited(ADMM)	71.30 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ados Pakistan / Dec 2 Ados Pakistan Limited(ADOS)	15.90 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agha Steel Ind. / Dec 2 Agha Steel Ind.Ltd(AGHA)	24.71 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
Jubilee Spinning / Dec 2 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	5.35 ▲ -1.00 (-15.75%)
Nazir Cotton Mills / Dec 2 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	5.57 ▲ -0.67 (-10.74%)
Pak Mod. / Dec 2 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	2.60 ▲ -0.30 (-10.34%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 2 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	4.25 ▲ -0.48 (-10.15%)
Pak Gulf Leasin / Dec 2 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.00 ▲ -0.65 (-9.77%)
Kohinoor Spining / Dec 2 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	3.90 ▲ -0.37 (-8.67%)
Javedan Corp. / Dec 2 Javedan Corporation Limited(JVDC)	49.23 ▲ -3.99 (-7.50%)
K.S.B.Pumps / Dec 2 KSB Pumps Company Limited(KSBP)	185.00 ▲ -15.00 (-7.50%)
National Refinery / Dec 2 National Refinery Limited(NRL)	263.67 ▲ -21.37 (-7.50%)
Prud Mod.1st / Dec 2 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	1.85 ▲ -0.15 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
Maple Leaf / Dec 2 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	15,273,674 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / Dec 2 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	10,828,276 ▼ 0.00
G3 Tech. / Dec 2 G3 Technologies Limited(GTECH)	9,921,000 ▼ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 2 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	8,799,500 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 2 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	8,317,649 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	8,141,500 ▼ 0.00
TPL Properties / Dec 2 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	6,420,500 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 2 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	5,270,000 ▼ 0.00
Power Cement / Dec 2 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	5,039,500 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Dec 2 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	4,548,500 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 1	175.82
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 1	175.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 1	112.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 1	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 1	1.33
Euro to USD / Dec 1	1.13
UK LIBOR % / Dec 1	0.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 1	4567.00
India Sensex / Dec 1	57684.79
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 1	27935.62
Nasdaq / Dec 1	15254.05
Hang Seng / Dec 1	23658.92
FTSE 100 / Dec 1	7168.68
Dow Jones / Dec 1	34021.94
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 1	15472.67
France CAC40 / Dec 1	6881.87

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Dec 1	65.50
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Dec 1	17680.00
Gold 10 Grams / Dec 1	101700.00
Gold Spot / Dec 1	1779.16
Cotton / Dec 1	104.19

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