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Punjab witnessing steady rise in Covid-19 cases: Presence of Delta variant poses a huge challenge: health minister

LAHORE: While coronavirus is mutating at faster pace and its new variants are continuously emerging, Punjab is...

Published 18 Jul, 2021 04:14am

Pakistan

CM Buzdar says budget focusing on under-developed areas in Punjab

Karachi: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is the first...

Published 07 Jul, 2021 03:16pm

Pakistan

Punjab announces summer vacations for all schools from July 1

The Punjab government has announced that summer vacations for all schools in the province will be from the July 1...

Published 29 Jun, 2021 07:46pm

Pakistan

Annual Development Programme: Punjab govt to set up monitoring unit

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said that a monitoring unit will be constituted in order to implement...

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:38am

Business & Finance

Pakistan, World Bank sign $442m for Punjab's water supply, sanitation

Amount was approved last week
Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan says project is aimed at investing in people and improve living standards

Published 26 Jun, 2021 05:08pm

Pakistan

World Bank approves $442m for Pakistan’s water and sanitation services

Punjab Rural Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Project will help upgrade infrastructure in rural settlements

Published 19 Jun, 2021 04:38pm

Pakistan

Ministry of IT launches 'Smart Village' project in all provinces

Initiative aims to increase remote areas' access to a range of digital services in the domain of health, education, commerce, and livelihood

Published 16 Jun, 2021 08:02pm

Pakistan

Karachi, Lahore vaccination centres face Covid jab shortage

Authorities shut down Lahore Press Club and the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute vaccination centres

Updated 16 Jun, 2021 03:30pm

Pakistan

Punjab presents Rs2.65 trillion budget for FY22

Provincial finance minister Hashim Jawan Bakht also announces 10% increase in govt employees' salaries

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 07:21pm

Pakistan

Govt has deprived Sindh of its due share of water, funds: CM Murad

Says the centre allocated Rs742 billion under the budgetary allocation last year, but later the amount was revised to Rs680 billion
Sindh is supposed to get 8.292 million acre-feet of water, but only received 5.385 million acre-feet of it, adds CM

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 04:29pm

Pakistan

Heavy rainfall forecasted across central, eastern Pakistan

Met department issues urban flood warning in low-lying areas of Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala among others

Updated 09 Jun, 2021 05:06pm

Pakistan

Covid-19: Lahore education authority announces new timings for schools

For girls, the classes from nursery to the middle will commence at 7:15 am and will close at 11:15 am
The timings for matriculation and intermediate classes would be from 7:30 am to 12:00 pm
The education authority stated that there will be no lunch breaks in schools

Updated 04 Jun, 2021 03:38pm

Pakistan

Chaudhry Nisar to take oath as Punjab MPA today

He said he will not accept any benefits such as salary, transport, daily allowances and other privileges.

Published 24 May, 2021 09:18am

Pakistan

All Punjab districts: Journalists' vaccination process starts

SIALKOT: Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Punjab on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan inaugurated the corona...

Updated 24 May, 2021 08:31am

Pakistan

1138 fresh cases, 63 deaths: Positivity rate declines to 7.08pc in Punjab

LAHORE: There is no let up in Covid-19 deaths as well as fresh virus cases, as out of 16051 corona tests conducted...

Published 20 May, 2021 04:26am

Business & Finance

Punjab produces 20mn metric tons of wheat: Fawad

“This historic development was possible despite the outbreak of coronavirus,” he said.

Published 12 May, 2021 10:50am

Pakistan

Sindh can procure vaccines like Punjab: Zaidi

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Syed Ali Zaidi, has said that Sindh government could procure Covid...

Updated 10 May, 2021 10:21am

Pakistan

80 deaths, 1,817 new cases of coronavirus in Punjab

The Punjab health department conducted 4,724,658 tests so far while 266,745 confirmed cases had been recovered in the province.

Published 08 May, 2021 06:26pm

Pakistan

Sindh, Punjab collectively report 2944 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Sindh reported 4 new deaths, while Punjab reported 68 deaths during the last 24 hours.
The Punjab government has decided to enforce a complete lockdown in the province from May 8 to May 15.

Published 06 May, 2021 12:05pm

Punjab to undergo complete lockdown from 8th

LAHORE: Pursuant to the direction of the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) to restrict the movement of...

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

Business & Finance

Punjab to impose complete lockdown from May 8 to 16

All commercial, recreational activities, and public transport across the province will be suspended on the designated dates.
The checkpoints will be set up at all the entry and exit routes of each city, while police Rangers and Army personnel will be deployed to monitor the situation.

Updated 05 May, 2021 08:37pm

Pakistan

COVID infection rate drops in Lahore, situation alarming in Gujranwala, says Rashid

Minister says all ventilators in Gujranwala are occupied but the government is sending five more from Lahore
The government has decided to install oxygen generators at big teaching hospitals across the province: Yasmin

Updated 02 May, 2021 01:38pm

Business & Finance

Punjab approves projects worth Rs 75bn under Public-Private partnership

The meeting approved to initiation of seven projects worth Rs. 75 billion under public-private partnership.

Published 30 Apr, 2021 02:22pm

Pakistan

Complete lockdown to be imposed in Lahore on weekends

Markets and businesses will remain closed, while only medical stores, petrol pumps, vaccination centers, dairy, meat and vegetable shops will remain open.

Updated 30 Apr, 2021 02:23pm

Pakistan

Punjab to increase vaccination centers from 135 to 246 as COVID-19 tally reaches 301,114

During the past 24 hours, Punjab reported 2,296 new coronavirus cases and 83 deaths.
The COVID-19 positivity rate is alarmingly high in Lahore, Faisalabad, Okara, Sahiwal, Gujranwala and Rawalpindi.

Updated 30 Apr, 2021 02:02pm

Pakistan

Lahore's COVID test positivity rate increased to 20 percent, says Rashid

Minister says 28 people succumbed to the deadly virus in Lahore after which 15 localities in the city were sealed
Faisalabad and Multan reported an infection rate of 27 percent and 23 percent: Rashid

Published 25 Apr, 2021 01:17pm

Pakistan

Rain is expected in KP, Punjab, Islamabad, Kashmir & GB

Dry weather is expected elsewhere in the country.

Published 22 Apr, 2021 05:06pm

Pakistan

Punjab reports 104 deaths in last 24 hours

LAHORE: The novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc as 104 more deaths were reported across Punjab, including 46...

Updated 21 Apr, 2021 10:10am

Pakistan

Met office predicts rains in Punjab

LAHORE: The Met office has predicted rains across Punjab during the next 24 hours, saying the spell of drizzling...

Published 17 Apr, 2021 03:28am

Business & Finance

Standing Committee on Finance approve funds for projects in Punjab

As per details, funds will be released for various development projects in Lahore, Mianwali, Sahiwal and other cities.

Published 16 Apr, 2021 02:10pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 2	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 2	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 2	155.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 2	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 2	1.25
Euro to USD / May 2	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
India Sensex / May 2	74720.19
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
Hang Seng / May 2	18192.04
FTSE 100 / May 2	8149.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 2	17906.01

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 2	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 2	79.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 2	206619
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 2	2311.74
Diesel/Litre / May 2	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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