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Nikkei closes up

TOKYO: Japanese shares closed slightly higher on Thursday, led by cyclical firms that would benefit from a global...

Published 16 Apr, 2021 03:40am

Sports

French Committee confident French athletes will be vaccinated for Tokyo

"The time has come that we allow the athletes who go to Tokyo to be vaccinated in a timely manner," Denis Masseglia told Reuters.
A delegation of up to 1,000 people will travel to Tokyo, where the Games will be held from July 23-Aug. 8.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 08:25pm

World

Japan's Osaka set to declare emergency amid record COVID-19 cases

Japan's vaccination drive is far behind that of most major economies.

Published 07 Apr, 2021 12:09pm

Sports

North Korea drops out of Tokyo Olympics citing COVID-19, dashing South Korea hopes

North's pullout dashes South's hopes for combined team.
Blow to plans for joint bid to host the 2032 Games.
North's missile tests in March raised tensions.

Published 06 Apr, 2021 10:18am

World

Japan fears COVID-19 variants are behind possible fourth wave

"The fourth wave is going to be larger," said Wada, a professor at Tokyo's International University of Health and Welfare. "We need to start to discuss how we could utilize these targeted measures for the Tokyo area."
There were 249 new infections in Tokyo on Monday, still well below the peak of over 2,500 in January. In Osaka, the tally was 341, down from a record 666 cases on Saturday.

Published 05 Apr, 2021 09:44pm

World

Japan's vaccine minister says inoculation pace to accelerate in May

He added that he expected to be able to get 10 million doses of vaccines each week in May but that the Olympics, which a majority of Japanese have said should be postponed or cancelled, were not a factor in his scheduling.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 11:26am

Sports

Tokyo Olympics flame begins virus-delayed journey across Japan

The flame will pass through all of Japan's 47 prefectures and take in landmarks including Mount Fuji and the Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Park.

Published 25 Mar, 2021 10:11am

Sports

Most Japanese support overseas Olympic fan ban: poll

The latest figures suggest support for the Games is slowly growing in Japan, with a similar poll in January finding just 11 percent thought they should go ahead this summer, rising to 21 percent in February.

Published 22 Mar, 2021 10:38am

Sports

‘Unavoidable’: overseas fans barred from Tokyo Olympics over virus

TOKYO: Overseas fans will be banned from this summer’s virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics, organisers said Saturday,...

Updated 21 Mar, 2021 09:34am

Sports

Yang breaks women's 20km race walk world record

Earlier in the day, China's Wang Kaihua produced the third-fastest men's 20km race walk in history to book his own spot at the Summer Games.
Yang, 25, sliced 49 seconds off the previous mark set by her compatriot Liu Hong in 2015, finishing with a time of one hour, 23 minutes and 49 seconds.

Published 20 Mar, 2021 06:29pm

Sports

'Mistakes and failures': from AC Milan to Azerbaijan for Japan's Honda

Honda said playing for Neftci is his "priority for now", but refused to speculate on his plans beyond the Azerbaijan Premier League season, which ends in late May.

Published 16 Mar, 2021 09:59am

Sports

Japan to limit size of foreign delegations at Games

TOKYO: Japan is considering limiting the number of people who will be allowed to accompany foreign ministers and...

Updated 15 Mar, 2021 10:04am

Sports

'Difficult' to have athletes' families at Tokyo Olympics: Games chief

The Asahi Shimbun daily said the IOC had asked Japan to make exceptions for overseas guests linked to sponsors, and that the government was considering the request.

Updated 10 Mar, 2021 12:52pm

World

Japan extends virus state of emergency in Tokyo area

TOKYO: Japan extended a virus state of emergency in the Tokyo area by two weeks on Friday, less than five months...

Published 06 Mar, 2021 05:01am

World

South Korea's Moon says Olympics may be chance for North Korea, US talks

Both rulings drew a rebuke from Tokyo, which says the women and labour issues were settled under a 2015 deal and 1965 treaty, respectively.

Published 01 Mar, 2021 01:11pm

Sports

Tokyo Olympics face another looming headache: no medical staff

But Arai said it was not about the money. His concern is simply that doctors would be overwhelmed with coronavirus patients and vaccinations through the summer.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 11:08am

Sports

US Senator Romney says 'Hold the Games', limit spectators

"What's undecided is how to host the Games safely. That's what we are focusing on because unless we take steps on COVID-19, we can't prepare to host the Games," Hashimoto added.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 11:56am

Sports

Tokyo Olympic test event postponed over virus restrictions

The artistic swimming event was to have been the first test event to be held with anti-virus measures in place.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 09:49am

Sports

Tokyo Olympics test event to be postponed: reports

Japan's borders are currently all but closed to foreign visitors, with Tokyo and other parts of the country under a state of emergency until at least February 7.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 10:37am

World

Japan cabinet approves bill for tougher virus measures

Despite the recent spike, Japan has seen a comparatively small Covid-19 outbreak, with around 4,700 deaths overall.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 10:13am

Sports

IOC chief says Tokyo Olympics will go ahead, 'no plan B': Kyodo News

But he conceded he could not guarantee the stands would be full, or rule out the possibility of a Games held without spectators.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:45pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 15	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 15	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 16	154.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 16	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 16	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 16	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 15	5061.82
Nasdaq / Apr 15	15885.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 15	7965.53
Dow Jones / Apr 15	37735.11
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 15	18026.58
France CAC40 / Apr 15	8045.11
India Sensex / Apr 16	73041.46
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 16	38375.98

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 9	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 9	212277
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 16	85.94
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 16	2387.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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