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Homeschooling in Pakistan

Do you know how many children are out of schools in Pakistan? In 2021 the number was 26.2 million, which reached 26...

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:51am

Pakistan

School adoption: Minister’s letter receives positive response from Sindh PA

KARACHI Positive progress has been made in response to a letter written by Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

Pakistan

Jinnah Inter-School declamation contest from tomorrow

KARACHI: 38 Schools located in Karachi are expected to participate in the Jinnah Inter-School Declamation Contest...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Opinion

Advancing digital literacy for a more literate Pakistan

Without digital literacy, can Pakistan improve its overall literacy rate? Not really. Literacy is the basic skill of...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:11am

Opinion

Books, not bombs

The children in several countries like Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, the US, Russia, the UK, Canada,...

Published 17 Sep, 2024 06:33am

Pakistan

PDMA director reviews extensive damage caused by floods in Sindh

KARACHI: Imdad Hussain Siddiqui, Director (Operations) Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has ...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 07:52am

Pakistan

Climate-related school closures cause dropouts: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Climate-related school closures are frequent or of long duration, which beyond impacts on learning, cause...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 08:09am

Pakistan

‘Back to School’ campaign and enrolment registration drive launched

LAHORE: Launching the “Back to School” campaign and the enrolment registration campaign of the young girls in ...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 08:10am

World

Sexual abuse of minors: Schools, internet shut near Mumbai as protests grow

MUMBAI: Internet services were cut off and schools were closed for a second straight day in a town near India’s...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

Drug abuse in schools: All agencies will work jointly: Sharjeel

KARACHI: All federal and provincial anti-narcotics agencies have decided to work together, share intelligence and...

Published 08 Aug, 2024 07:56am

Opinion

No more Saturdays?

In an absurd move, the Federal Directorate of Education has decided to shake things up, out of no apparent reason, ...

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Pakistan

Summer vacations in Sindh educational institutions extended till August 14

Decision made due to heatwave and expected monsoon rains, according to a notification issued by Sindh Education Department

Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:24pm

KP to shift 100 schools, 3050 mosques on solar energy

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has begun work on several solar energy projects to solve the problem of...

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 09:24am

Pakistan

Islamabad Capital Territory: Ministry urges PD to continue power supply to schools, colleges

ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of prevalent heatwave, Federal Education Ministry has expressed “grave concern”...

Published 24 May, 2024 06:14am

Pakistan

Extreme heat is closing schools, hurting businesses

LAHORE: Half of Pakistan’s pupils will be shut out of schools for a week as the nation takes crisis measures to...

Published 24 May, 2024 05:35am

Pakistan

CM approves STEM IT, Science Labs in 1000 elementary schools

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, while according approval to provide 32298 computer tabs to the...

Published 16 May, 2024 06:29am

Pakistan

Schools, colleges: Punjab announces vacation schedule

LAHORE: With temperatures rising across Pakistan, Punjab has announced its summer vacation schedule for schools and...

Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am

World

Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave

MANILA: South and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities across the region issued...

Published 29 Apr, 2024 04:50am

Pakistan

Sindh announces winter vacations for schools

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Thursday announced winter vacations for private and government schools and other...

Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am

Opinion

Facilitate to educate

There are a lot of suggestions on how to eradicate poverty and help the underprivileged survive in these days of...

Updated 29 Sep, 2023 06:54am

Pakistan

56,000 schools shut in Punjab over eye virus outbreak

LAHORE: More than 56,000 schools will shut for the rest of the week in a bid to curb a mass outbreak of a contagious...

Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am

Pakistan

KATI demands govt eradicate drug abuse in schools

KARACHI: Emphasizing the need to curb drug abuse in educational institutions, President Korangi Association of Trade...

Published 20 Aug, 2023 03:20am

Pakistan

KP Education Dept announces summer vacations

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Department Sunday decided to change the summer holidays from June 12 instead...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am

Editorials

Spare the rod

EDITORIAL: Flanked by relevant government officials and the UNICEF Representative, Federal Education Minister Rana...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

Pakistan

Schools in Sindh: summer vacation announced by govt

KARACHI: The summer vacation for all public and private educational institutions will begin from June 1. The Sindh...

Published 20 May, 2023 05:59am

Pakistan

Bank Alfalah commits Rs49m for building schools in flood-hit areas

KARACHI: Bank Alfalah, the biggest corporate donor for the flood-affected communities, has partnered with The...

Published 21 Mar, 2023 06:29am

Pakistan

Schools, colleges reopen across Sindh

KARACHI: All private and government-run schools and colleges across Sindh resumed their regular classes as winter...

Published 03 Jan, 2023 03:25am

Pakistan

At schools damaged by recent floods: Sindh govt seeking help of NGOs, charities for revival of activities: minister

KARACHI: “The Sindh government is seeking cooperation from the concerned non-governmental organisations and...

Published 25 Dec, 2022 03:29am

Pakistan

Schools in Lahore to remain closed three days a week due to smog

Schools to remain closed every Friday and Saturday, in addition to Sunday

Updated 07 Dec, 2022 05:01pm

Business & Finance

‘Asset leasing for schools’: ADB to give $0.2m technical assistance

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide technical assistance of around $0.2 million to support the...

Published 02 Oct, 2022 05:48am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 25	277.66
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 25	277.46
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 25	152.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 25	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 25	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 25	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 25	5,808.12
India Sensex / Oct 25	79,402.29
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 25	37,913.92
Nasdaq / Oct 25	18,518.61
Hang Seng / Oct 25	20,590.15
FTSE 100 / Oct 25	8,248.84
Dow Jones / Oct 25	42,114.40
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 25	19,463.59

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 25	71.78
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 25	245,031.60
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 25	2,747.56
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 25	70.66
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 26	17,885
Petrol/Litre / Oct 27	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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