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Biden calls 'systemic racism' a 'stain on our nation's soul'

In nationally televised remarks, Biden also called for "confronting head on systemic racism and the racial disparities that exist in policing and our criminal justice system."

Published 21 Apr, 2021 10:50am

Pakistan

President urges nation to follow Covid-19 SOPs

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi Sunday once again urged the nation to fully implement the Standard Operating...

Published 19 Apr, 2021 03:22am

World

Malawi opposition party calls for President to vacate office

In a statement, the DPP said it "calls on the courts, when moved, to nullify the election of Dr Lazarus Chakwera and his Vice President, Dr Saulos Chilima."

Published 15 Apr, 2021 04:39pm

World

Biden tackles 'ghost guns' and US firearms violence

Nearly 40,000 Americans die each year from shootings, more than half due to suicide.

Updated 08 Apr, 2021 04:59pm

Pakistan

President stresses to ensure implementation of SOPs in mosques, Imambargahs

Noor-ul Haq Qadri said the Ministry has been in contact with all stakeholders to deal with the situation.

Published 05 Apr, 2021 06:04pm

World

Vietnam's pandemic response leader sworn in as president

The National Assembly said earlier this was "the first time ever a prime minister was nominated to the position of the president".

Published 05 Apr, 2021 05:26pm

World

Algerian opposition party to boycott legislative poll

The Hirak movement broke out in February 2019 in outrage at then-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term in office.

Updated 04 Apr, 2021 05:47pm

World

Biden picks Black women, first Muslim for federal judgeships

Under the US Constitution, the president nominates people to serve on the Supreme Court and other federal courts for life, and the Senate votes on whether to confirm them.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 10:18am

World

South Korea's Moon sacks top economic aide for raising rent amid home price uproar

Home prices in Seoul have shot up more than 50% since 2017, the fastest pace in the world, according to statistics site Numbeo.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 11:59am

Markets

Argentina president says IMF debt 'unpayable'

Argentina's economy shrunk 9.9 percent in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic hit hard.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 10:36am

World

Brazil court rules judge who convicted Lula was 'biased'

Prosecutors struggled to pin evidence of direct involvement on Lula in court.

Published 24 Mar, 2021 10:42am

Markets

Istanbul exchange pauses trading as index slides

The Borsa Istanbul said its automatic circuit breakers were triggered at 9:55 am (0655 GMT).

Updated 22 Mar, 2021 01:02pm

Markets

Turkish lira plunges 17% after central bank boss sacked

It later recovered slightly to sit at 8.09.

Published 22 Mar, 2021 10:33am

World

Slovak PM says willing to quit to solve govt crisis

OLaNO party member Eduard Heger, the current finance minister and acting health minister, has been floated as a possible candidate to replace Matovic.

Published 22 Mar, 2021 10:03am

World

North Korea says will ignore US while 'hostile policy' in place: Yonhap

But ultimately no progress was made towards Washington's declared aim of denuclearising North Korea, with a second summit in Hanoi in early 2019 breaking up without an agreement and Pyongyang still under multiple international sanctions for its banned weapons programmes.

Updated 18 Mar, 2021 04:05pm

World

Trump encourages his supporters to end vaccine resistance

Meanwhile, Trump remained non-committal about seeking to recapture the presidency following his one term in office.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 10:55am

World

Biden halts drone strikes outside of war zones where US troops deployed

But, Fine wrote, "despite continued US airstrikes in Somalia and US assistance to African partner forces, Al-Shebab appears to be a growing threat that aspires to strike the US homeland."

Published 09 Mar, 2021 11:20am

World

Blinken talks with Guaido about 'pressure' against Maduro

Control of the legislative body has since been won by Maduro's forces in December 2020 elections internationally considered rigged.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 11:13am

World

Myanmar's ousted president faces 2 new charges

Lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said Win Myint's trial date is not known.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 10:19am

World

Ex-French President Sarkozy sentenced to jail in corruption trial

The 66-year-old was found guilty of trying to bribe a judge in Monaco in exchange for inside information on an inquiry into his campaign finances.
The same sentence was handed down to his co-defendants – lawyer Thierry Herzog and judge Gilbert Azibert.

Published 01 Mar, 2021 07:04pm

World

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, other senior figures detained in late-night raid

"I want to tell our people not to respond rashly and I want them to act according to the law," he said, adding he also expected to be detained.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 01:43pm

Business & Finance

Alvi lashes out at FBR, orders to recover over Rs.14mn in bogus tax refunds case

The President on Friday rejected FBR's representation against the order of Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) in a case of bogus tax refunds worth over 14 million rupees made to a fake Registered Person.

Published 29 Jan, 2021 03:34pm

Pakistan

Pakistan wants to further strengthen trade, economic cooperation with Vietnam: President

The President underlined the need to foster people-to-people contacts by promoting cooperation in the fields of tourism and education.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 06:46pm

Pakistan

Senate polls: SC issues written order into presidential reference

The reference was sent by President Arif Alvi in which he sought out court’s opinion under article 188 of the constitution.
In its written order, the apex court has issued notices to advocate generals, chairman Senate, speakers of the national and provincial assemblies and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Published 06 Jan, 2021 07:20pm

Pakistan

President for less copyrighted, inexpensive education amid poverty

He said in the COVID-era, the knowledge has changed from mere books to a dynamic form and called for enhanced access of knowledge to students.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 06:58pm

World

Russia's Putin says real incomes to fall around 3pc in 2020

Yet the pandemic coupled with low oil prices saw incomes fall 8.4pc in the second quarter, year-on-year, in what became the deepest quarterly decline since 1999.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 04:43pm

World

Erdogan says U.S. sanctions will not deter Turkey's defence industry

In a televised video conference address, Erdogan said the sanctions showed a hostile stance by the United States against its NATO ally, but that problems created by them would be overcome.

Updated 16 Dec, 2020 04:36pm

World

South Africa tightens restrictions further as COVID-19 infections rise

Ramaphosa said the main reasons for the sudden rise in cases have been large gatherings and travel.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 05:36pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 19	80.67
Petrol/Litre / Apr 20	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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