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Ahsan clarifies govt’s approach to media

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday that the...

Published 27 May, 2024 05:52am

Opinion

Social media regulatory authority: Will it work?

Personally for me and most patriotic Pakistanis, the army stands as the bulwark of a nation’s sovereignty,...

Published 18 May, 2024 05:45am

Opinion

Protests, politics and the ‘un’-social media

The best way to control is to make people mindless. The best way to keep them mindless is to keep them illiterate...

Updated 15 May, 2024 06:34am

Opinion

The preponderance of social media

This is apropos two back-to-back letters to the Editor of Mr Qamar Bashir carried by the newspaper in its issues of...

Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am

Pakistan

Responsible use of social media platforms utmost necessary: minister

ISLAMABAD: The government conveyed to the Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) comprising global digital media giants that...

Updated 02 May, 2024 05:21am

Editorials

Social media genie won’t go back in the bottle

EDITORIAL: The binding United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution under Article 25 of the UN Charter has...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am

World

US Senate declines to fast-track TikTok bill

WASHINGTON: A bill that would force the sale of TikTok from its Chinese owners or see it banned in the United States...

Published 15 Mar, 2024 07:50pm

World

EU targets TikTok, other apps over AI risk to elections

BRUSSELS: The EU on Thursday wielded a powerful new digital law to press TikTok, Facebook and six other platforms on...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 05:08pm

Technology

Italy regulator fines TikTok $11mn over content checks

ROME: Italy’s competition watchdog has fined three units of social media giant TikTok 10 million euros ($10.94...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 04:41pm

Editorials

Tackling unfair marketing practices

EDITORIAL: Today’s digital age is defined by the rising impact that social media platforms have had on all spheres...

Published 12 Mar, 2024 04:27am

Business & Finance

CCP warns social media influencers against deceptive marketing practices, vows strict action

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has warned social media influencers and endorsers against engaging in...

Published 07 Mar, 2024 07:22pm

Pakistan

Senate to consider resolution seeking ban on all social media websites

Resolution, moved by PPP Senator Bahramand Tangi, states social media platforms are adversely affecting the young generation

Updated 03 Mar, 2024 02:56am

Pakistan

Accused involved in social media drive against CJP held

ISLAMABAD: Law Enforcement Agencies have reportedly arrested a man allegedly involved in a malicious social media...

Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am

Pakistan

Some elements using social media platforms to incite chaos

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi on...

Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am

World

US calls on Pakistan to lift social media restrictions

WASHINGTON: The United States called Wednesday on Pakistan to lift restrictions on X, formerly known as Twitter,...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

Pakistan

Social media platform X faces widespread outage in Pakistan

Users face slow or non-existent accessibility to the platform

Published 17 Feb, 2024 10:38pm

Pakistan

X faces nationwide disruption amid political turmoil: NetBlocks

Internet monitor Netblocks on Saturday reported a nationwide disruption to X (formerly Twitter) in Pakistan amid...

Updated 10 Feb, 2024 06:53pm

Pakistan

Criticising judiciary on social media: No action will be taken against journalists, SC assured

ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan assured the Supreme Court no action will be taken against the journalists,...

Updated 30 Jan, 2024 09:52am

Pakistan

Propaganda on social media: PM urges youth to check, re-check facts

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Wednesday that youth can play a constructive role in...

Published 25 Jan, 2024 04:23am

World

Sri Lanka passes tough social media law

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Wednesday passed legislation imposing hefty jail sentences on social media users for posts the...

Published 24 Jan, 2024 06:00pm

Social media platforms face disruption

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the virtual fundraising telethon of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), social media platforms faced...

Updated 08 Jan, 2024 08:33am

Technology

Social media platform X back up after global outage

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, was restored globally early Thursday, with over 77,000 US users...

Updated 21 Dec, 2023 12:54pm

Opinion

Get rich before getting old

It is said, “The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.”...

Published 30 Nov, 2023 04:53am

World

AI risks repeating social media era’s mistakes: Microsoft president

NEW DELHI: Breakneck development of artificial intelligence risked repeating mistakes made by the tech industry at...

Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:28am

Technology

Elon Musk’s X plans to remove headlines from links to news articles

Elon Musk is pushing to change how news links appear on his social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, in a...

Published 22 Aug, 2023 08:02pm

BR Research

Interview with Raheel Nabi, Director & Chief Executive - Xenith Public Relations

‘We are ready to grow outwards now’ Raheel Nabi is the Director and Chief Executive at Xenith Public Relations. He...

Published 21 Aug, 2023 08:11am

Pakistan

KP govt employees prohibited from using social media platforms

PESHAWAR: The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has imposed ban on the use of social media by the government ...

Published 16 Aug, 2023 05:50am

Technology

Musk’s X social media platform shuts down promoted accounts ad business: Axios

Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, will no longer allow advertisers to promote their accounts within...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 04:54pm

World

Musk says cage fight with Zuckerberg will be in Italy

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk said Friday that his much-hyped cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg would take place in Italy, as...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 07:57pm

Technology

More than 60pc of world now on social media: study

PARIS: Nearly five billion people, or slightly more than 60 percent of the world’s population, are active on ...

Published 22 Jul, 2023 06:06am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 27	278.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 27	278.23
USD to Japanese Yen / May 28	157.24
USD to Swiss Franc / May 28	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 28	1.28
Euro to USD / May 28	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 28	5306.04
India Sensex / May 28	75170.45
Tokyo Nikkei / May 28	38790.40
Nasdaq / May 28	17019.88
Hang Seng / May 28	18612.70
FTSE 100 / May 28	8254.18
Dow Jones / May 28	38852.86
Germany DAX 30 / May 28	18677.87

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 27	19935
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 28	80.12
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 28	206018
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 28	2358.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 28	78.80
Petrol/Litre / May 29	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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