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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand jobless rate remains low, wage inflation hits record

Published 02 Nov, 2022 12:43pm

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s jobless rate held at 3.3% in the third quarter, and wage inflation hit its highest level...

King Charles proclaimed monarch of Australia, New Zealand

Published 11 Sep, 2022 10:30am

SYDNEY: King Charles was officially proclaimed head of state of both Australia and New Zealand at ceremonies on...

New Zealand to fully reopen to the world in August: Ardern

Updated 11 May, 2022 10:27pm

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will fully reopen to the world in August, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday,...

New Zealand expands sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion

Published 07 Mar, 2022 11:17am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's government said on Monday it will introduce legislation to allow it to impose sanctions...

Riot police clash with New Zealand anti-vax protesters

Published 22 Feb, 2022 11:11am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand anti-vaccine protesters pelted police with a "stinging substance" sending three to hospital...

New Zealand's Ardern signals mandates will ease after Omicron peaks

Published 21 Feb, 2022 10:51am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will lift COVID-19 vaccine mandates and social distancing measures after the Omicron peak ...

New Zealand to start easing tough Covid border controls

Published 03 Feb, 2022 10:59am

AUCKLAND: New Zealand will start easing some of the world's toughest pandemic border restrictions this month but ...

New Zealand inflation hits 30-year high

Published 27 Jan, 2022 11:11am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's annual inflation rate soared to a three-decade high in 2021, driven by fuel price hikes ...

New Zealand opposition picks former airline boss as new leader

Published 30 Nov, 2021 09:25am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's main opposition National Party on Tuesday selected a former Air New Zealand chief ...

New Zealand apologises for raids on Pacific people

Published 02 Aug, 2021 06:02am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday formally apologised for police crackdowns in the...

Climate change link as New Zealand records warmest June on record

Published 06 Jul, 2021 10:04am

Daily temperatures averaged 10.6 Celsius (51.1 Fahrenheit) -- 1.9C above average despite a cold snap late in the month

New Zealand Muslims object to mosque attack film while pain still raw

Updated 11 Jun, 2021 12:02pm

Spokesman for the Muslim Association of Canterbury questions timing

New Zealand's budget boosts benefits, focuses on pandemic recovery

Published 20 May, 2021 01:10pm

Massive spending was targeted towards housing, healthcare and infrastructure, while funds were also allocated to addressing child poverty and climate change.

Ardern spends big in New Zealand's 'recovery' budget

Updated 20 May, 2021 05:58pm

Robertson said the economy had emerged stronger-than-expected from a brief coronavirus-induced recession.

New Zealand begins COVID-19 vaccinations programme, Australia starts Monday

Published 20 Feb, 2021 01:27pm

New Zealand started its official rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, while Australia finalised plans to begin inoculations on Monday, a new phase in tackling the virus that both countries have kept largely contained.
New Zealand expects its nationwide rollout covering the country’s population of 5 million will take a full year, while Australia aims to inoculate its 25 million citizens by October.

New Zealand to end military deployment in Afghanistan

Published 17 Feb, 2021 11:19am

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said this week that the alliance would not withdraw troops from Afghanistan "before the time is right".

New Zealand confirms fresh community virus outbreak

Updated 14 Feb, 2021 05:14pm

Ardern has been widely praised for her management of the pandemic, with New Zealand recording just 25 deaths and less than 2,000 cases in a population of five million.

NZ to inoculate high-risk people first as COVID-19 vaccine gets full approval

Published 10 Feb, 2021 12:18pm

Ardern's critics have said New Zealand has fallen behind the rest of the world after promising in November that it would be first in the queue for COVID-19 vaccines.

New Zealand suspends Myanmar political, military ties after coup

Published 09 Feb, 2021 09:35am

Ardern said the measures would include travel bans on senior military figures.

New Zealand approves COVID-19 vaccine, warns against nationalism

Published 03 Feb, 2021 11:45am

Ardern urged New Zealanders to get inoculated as soon as vaccines were available.

Electric cars, fewer cows in New Zealand's climate change plan

Published 31 Jan, 2021 10:56am

To reduce methane gas levels, the report said farmers needed to improve animal performance while reducing stock numbers by around 15 percent from 2018 levels by 2030.

New Zealand PM expects closed borders for much of 2021

Published 26 Jan, 2021 10:52am

Officials in Canberra on Monday said the restrictions on New Zealanders were being imposed "out of an abundance of caution".

New Zealand's first coronavirus case in months is the South African variant

Updated 25 Jan, 2021 12:45pm

New Zealand's first case of the coronavirus after months has been identified as the South African variant of the virus.
The woman, who recently returned from Europe, tested positive on Saturday, 10 days after she completed her mandatory two-week self isolation period, at a hotel in the city of Auckland.

New Zealand aims to open to Australians in early 2021

Published 14 Dec, 2020 09:33am

"It's not a hypothetical -- there have been several (Australian outbreaks)," she said.

One year on, New Zealand remembers volcano tragedy that killed and injured dozens

Published 09 Dec, 2020 09:31am

Avey Woods, the mother of New Zealand tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman who was killed on the island, said she still waits for text messages from her son.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 21	162.52
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 21	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 21	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 21	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 20	7,443.28
Nasdaq / Jul 20	25,508.07
Dow Jones / Jul 20	51,839.26
India Sensex / Jul 21	77,478.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 21	65,077.32
Hang Seng / Jul 21	25,036.86
FTSE 100 / Jul 21	10,506.59
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 21	24,879.67
France CAC40 / Jul 21	8,348.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 21	82.50
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 21	4,050.88
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 21	79.38

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Leaders

Stock	Price
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	2.39 ▲ 0.24 (11.16%)
Invest Capital Invest Bank / Jul 21 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	21.75 ▲ 1.98 (10.02%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 21 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	64.96 ▲ 5.91 (10.01%)
First IBL Mod. / Jul 21 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	15.27 ▲ 1.39 (10.01%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 21 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	21.98 ▲ 2 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 21 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	110.23 ▲ 10.02 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 21 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	41.69 ▲ 3.79 (10%)
Biafo Ind. / Jul 21 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	130.83 ▲ 11.89 (10%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 21 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	18.15 ▲ 1.65 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 21 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	60.50 ▲ 5.5 (10%)

Stock	Price
United Insurance / Jul 21 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	12.68 ▼ -1.41 (-10.01%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 21 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	414.40 ▼ -46.02 (-10%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,515.89 ▼ -168.43 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	79.05 ▼ -8.78 (-10%)
Shams Textile / Jul 21 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	57.58 ▼ -6.4 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	50.44 ▼ -5.6 (-9.99%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Jul 21 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	36 ▼ -3.62 (-9.14%)
Popular Islamic / Jul 21 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	22.90 ▼ -2.21 (-8.8%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jul 21 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	98.02 ▼ -7.77 (-7.34%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 21 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.71 ▼ -0.61 (-7.33%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	263,436,960 ▼ -0.69
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	110,849,016 ▲ 0.24
TPL Properties / Jul 21 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	73,851,952 ▲ 0.89
Pak Refinery / Jul 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	58,224,946 ▲ 0
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 21 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	26,116,799 ▲ 0.02
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 21 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	24,336,000 ▲ 0.97
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,413,148 ▲ 0.03
B.O.Punjab / Jul 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	20,069,620 ▲ 0.41
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,692,784 ▲ 0.14
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 21 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,608,067 ▼ -2.01

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