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Academic activities in Sindh to resume from April 22, says Ghani

Minister says the pandemic situation is under control in the province as no district is specifically affected by the virus
The positivity rate of COVID-19 cases in educational institutions stands at 2.6 percent: Ghani

Published 06 Apr, 2021 04:31pm

Pakistan

Federal govt provides additional doses of COVID vaccine to provinces

The vaccine jabs were transported in the cold-chain containers via road and by air
At least 452000 shots of Sinopharm and CanSino vaccine have been provided to Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan

Published 01 Apr, 2021 11:42am

Sindh urges federal govt to impose 2-week lockdown

ISLAMABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah Wednesday urged the federal government to impose a complete lockdown...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Pakistan

Heat wave persist over districts of Sindh and Balochistan

Partly cloudy weather with light rain is expected in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 08:19pm

Pakistan

Sindh govt inaugurates Pakistan’s first-ever electric bus

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry also congratulated Sindh government over the initiative.
As many as 100 buses are expected to hit the roads by the end of this year.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 06:13pm

Pakistan

Provinces need no ‘NOC’ from centre to import registered COVID-19 vaccines

“At the same time, there is no "NOC" requirement (or any NOC pending) or bar for any provincial government to procure any registered vaccine if they are able to,” he stated.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 10:37am

Pakistan

Very Hot weather is expected in Sindh and Balochistan

Rain-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 05:45pm

Pakistan

Karachi to experience hot weather spell in coming days

Due to change of winds direction from southwest to north or northwest, hot and dry weather will prevail in the port city during next four to five days with maximum temperature likely to remain between 38-40 ºCelsius, said PMD.
- It also predicted suspension of the sea breeze in daytime, which will add to further soaring of the temperature in the port city.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 01:58pm

Pakistan

Anti-polio campaign to be launched in Sindh on March 29

Out of the nine million children to be given oral polio drops, approximately 2 million reside in Karachi.

Published 28 Mar, 2021 08:23pm

Pakistan

Sindh decides to close all shrines amid surge in COVID-19 cases

The decision was made during a meeting chaired by provincial Minister for Auqaf Sohail Anwar Sial.
Auqaf Chief Administrator Sindh, in a notification, said all shrines and dargahs would remain closed for 10 days — from March 28 to April 6.

Updated 27 Mar, 2021 07:56pm

Pakistan

Sindh given Rs80bn less in terms of NFC Award: CM aide tells media

Wahab appealed to the industrialists to come to the private sector because SEPA was doing its best in this regard.

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:27pm

Pakistan

Sindh education department announces exam schedule for all students

Examinations for nursery till class eight will be held from June 7, while matriculation exams will be held from July 1 till July 15 across the province.
Moreover, Intermediate examinations will be held from July 28 and will continue till August 16.

Published 25 Mar, 2021 02:20pm

Pakistan

89 more policemen test positive for corona in Sindh

The report said that 24 policemen had died of Covid far.

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:42pm

Pakistan

Schools to remain open in Sindh: Saeed Ghani

"The situation [of the coronavirus] in Sindh and Balochistan at the moment is under control," said Ghani.
He said the coronavirus positivity ratio in Sindh on Tuesday was 2.6%, which was not high.

Published 24 Mar, 2021 02:51pm

Pakistan

PTI to appear as fort of Sindh in next elections: Firdous

KARACHI: Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said that ...

Published 22 Mar, 2021 04:18am

Pakistan

Sindh records 232 new cases of Covid-19

KARACHI: Fortunately no death stemming from coronavirus reported on Sunday, however 232 new cases emerged when 8,975...

Published 22 Mar, 2021 04:18am

Pakistan

Federal govt notifies JPMC Karachi takeover

“The federal government has been pleased to constitute a Board of Governors, in respect of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi under section 4 of the Federal Medical Teaching Institute Ordinance 2020.”
Mushtaq Kassim Chappra, Philanthropist and Industrialist, Ms. Ronaq Lakhani, Philanthropist, Dr Muhammad Irfan Daudi, Associate Professor Surgery/Consultant Surgeon and Mr Rashid A. Khan, Businessman are part of the board.

Updated 19 Mar, 2021 03:54pm

Pakistan

First consignment of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V arrives in Karachi

The first batch of Sputnik V vaccine comprises 50,000 doses.
In January, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) had allowed a local pharmaceutical firm, AGP, to import and distribute the Russian-developed Sputnik V.

Published 18 Mar, 2021 10:26am

Pakistan

Karachi University postpones examinations amid COVID-19 third wave

“All B.Com Part I and II Annual Examination 2020 scheduled from March 22 have been postponed in wake of Covid-19 till further notice."
The development was made after the Sindh government imposed coronavirus curbs amid a resurgence of cases.

Updated 15 Mar, 2021 06:45pm

Pakistan

Sindh also imposes restrictions as COVID-19’s third wave hits the province

Restrictions will stay in effect till April 15.
Indoor weddings and other ceremonies have been banned.

Published 15 Mar, 2021 01:45pm

Pakistan

Schools will remain open in Sindh: Saeed Ghani

"The news of educational institutions closing on March 15 are baseless," the minister said.
"The coronavirus situation in the province is under control. We had reopened educational institutions on February 1 after consultations in the steering committee — and even then, the attendance was restricted to 50%."

Published 10 Mar, 2021 06:28pm

Pakistan

Sindh forms committee to scrutinise domiciles, PRCs

The additional chief secretary is put in charge of the committee which will oversee the domicile and PRC applications.
The committee comprises five members wherein the secretary home department will be its chairman and the additional secretary home department will be part of it as well.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 08:04pm

Pakistan

Sindh, Punjab collectively report 926 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

During the past 24 hours, Sindh recorded 101, while Punjab reported 824 new cases.
The nationwide tally has jumped to 593453.

Updated 09 Mar, 2021 12:22pm

Pakistan

73 officials tested positive for COVID-19 in one week: Sindh Police

So far, 4,426 officials have recovered from coronavirus.
Sindh has so far reported 259,855 cases and 4,426 deaths.

Published 08 Mar, 2021 03:13pm

Cotton production registers woeful 34.18pc fall YoY

LAHORE: The cotton production in the country witnessed an alarming decline of 34.18 percent shortfall as compared to...

Updated 04 Mar, 2021 09:31am

Pakistan

Saeed Ghani says Sindh will not resume five-day classes, will only allow 50% attendance

He said implementation of coronavirus SOPs will not be possible with 100% of the students in attendance.
"Once the pandemic ends, all children will be allowed to go to school," Ghani said.

Published 01 Mar, 2021 12:10pm

Pakistan

Sindh reports 13 deaths, 322 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

About 10,865 tests were conducted during the period, out of which 322 came positive.
So far 2,998,409 tests have been conducted against which 257,729 cases were diagnosed, of them 241,256 patients have recovered, including 273 overnight, added the chief minister.

Updated 26 Feb, 2021 08:07pm

Pakistan

Sindh to start second round of COVID-19 vaccination soon

A total of 55,458 health workers out of the 198,484 registered have been vaccinated so far.
Health workers who refuse to get the shot will be given show-cause notices and won’t be allowed to work in the health sector as they could potentially spread further mutations of the virus, Dr Pechuho warned.

Updated 24 Feb, 2021 08:10pm

Pakistan

SHC issues contempt notices to authorities over closure of roads during PSL in Karachi

Hearing the case, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar said that traffic jams shouldn’t be reported in the city because of the tournament.
The court has issued contempt notices in the case to Traffic East SP Farah Umbreen and the home ministry.

Updated 23 Feb, 2021 04:33pm

Pakistan

Senate polls: Nomination papers of all PPP candidates from Sindh approved by ECP

The election commission will conduct scrutiny of the nomination papers of further 22 candidates submitted for 11 senate seats for general as well as the seats for technocrats and women categories
The PPP has issued tickets to Taj Haider, Shahadat Awan, Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar, Salim Mandviwalla and Sherry Rehman, for Sindh’s general seats

Published 18 Feb, 2021 12:51pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 23	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 23	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 23	154.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 23	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 23	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 22	5010.60
Nasdaq / Apr 22	15451.31
Dow Jones / Apr 22	38239.98
India Sensex / Apr 23	73884.02
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 23	37552.16
Hang Seng / Apr 23	16828.93
FTSE 100 / Apr 23	8045.70
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 23	17967.18

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 19	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 22	213220
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 23	82.41
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 23	2301.86
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 23	82.37
Petrol/Litre / Apr 24	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 24 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 24 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 24 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 24 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 24 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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