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Tonga

No tsunami threat after deep 7.6 magnitude earthquake near Tonga

Published 24 Mar, 2026 10:21am

The earthquake's epicenter was over 150 km from the town of Neiafu in Tonga

World bids goodbye to 2025 with fireworks and icy plunges

Published 01 Jan, 2026 10:27am

Midnight arrived first on the islands closest to the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean, including Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Tonga and New Zealand

Musk's Starlink connects remote Tonga villages still cut off after tsunami

Published 23 Feb, 2022 01:50pm

SYDNEY: Elon Musk's satellite venture has launched a free high-speed internet service to connect remote villages in...

Streets of tsunami-hit Tonga empty on first day of COVID lockdown

Published 03 Feb, 2022 12:25pm

The streets of tsunami-hit Tonga were empty and silent on Thursday on the first full day of a lockdown imposed in ...

6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Tonga

Published 27 Jan, 2022 02:08pm

SYDNEY: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Tonga at 0640 GMT on Thursday, the United States...

COVID cases reported on Australian aid vessel sailing to virus-free Tonga

Published 25 Jan, 2022 10:23am

About two dozen cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among the crew of an Australian warship on its way to deliver...

Tonga struggles with ash, psychological trauma after eruption and tsunami

Published 23 Jan, 2022 12:36pm

Families have stopped children playing outside as Tonga struggles to deal with ash and the psychological fallout of...

New Zealand ship arrives with water for parched Tonga

Published 21 Jan, 2022 02:26pm

WELLINGTON/SYDNEY: A New Zealand navy ship carrying 250,000 litres of water arrived in Tonga on Friday, bringing...

Tonga races to clear runway for volcano aid flights

Published 19 Jan, 2022 10:09am

WELLINGTON: Tongans raced Wednesday to clear a thick coat of ash from the main international runway to let in...

Tonga cut off by volcanic blast

Published 17 Jan, 2022 01:05pm

SYDNEY: Tonga was virtually cut off from the rest of the world Monday after a massive volcanic blast that crippled...

Another 'large eruption' detected at Tonga volcano: monitor

Published 17 Jan, 2022 09:57am

SYDNEY: Another "large eruption" has been detected at the Tonga volcano, a Darwin-based monitoring station said...

Casualty reports awaited from tsunami-hit Tonga with comms largely down

Published 16 Jan, 2022 10:54am

WELLINGTON: Tsunami-hit Tonga remained largely uncontactable on Sunday with telephone and internet links severed,...

Huge Tonga volcanic eruption caused 'signifcant damage'

Published 16 Jan, 2022 10:20am

WELLINGTON: A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga that triggered tsunami waves around the Pacific caused "significant...

Pacific's Micronesia records first Covid-19 case

Published 11 Jan, 2021 10:02am

Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands, Samoa and now Micronesia have lost their virus-free status, although none have so far reported community transmission.

Fiji, Tonga batten down as cyclones gather pace

Published 15 Dec, 2020 10:55am

"It makes it a little tricky to know exactly how close Yasa will get to Fiji -- direct hit is the current thinking," Weatherwatch managing director Philip Duncan said.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 21	162.52
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 21	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 21	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 21	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

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S&P 500 / Jul 20	7,443.28
Nasdaq / Jul 20	25,508.07
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,524.76
Dow Jones / Jul 20	51,839.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,846.69
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,340.11
India Sensex / Jul 21	77,478.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 21	65,077.32
Hang Seng / Jul 21	25,036.86

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 21	82.50
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 21	4,050.88
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 21	79.38

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Stock	Price
Invest Capital Invest Bank / Jul 21 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	21.75 ▲ 1.98 (10.02%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 21 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	64.96 ▲ 5.91 (10.01%)
First IBL Mod. / Jul 21 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	15.27 ▲ 1.39 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 21 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	110.23 ▲ 10.02 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 21 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	41.69 ▲ 3.79 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 21 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	60.50 ▲ 5.5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	50.58 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 21 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	329.37 ▲ 29.94 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 21 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	270.97 ▲ 24.63 (10%)
Reliance Weaving / Jul 21 Reliance Weaving Mills Limited(REWM)	194.02 ▲ 17.64 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,515.89 ▼ -168.43 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	50.44 ▼ -5.6 (-9.99%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 21 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.52 ▼ -0.8 (-9.62%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 21 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.25 ▼ -2.18 (-6.52%)
Crescent Fib. / Jul 21 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	55.05 ▼ -3.84 (-6.52%)
Imperial Limited / Jul 21 Imperial Limited(IML)	22.50 ▼ -1.51 (-6.29%)
Popular Islamic / Jul 21 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	23.58 ▼ -1.53 (-6.09%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jul 21 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	16,910 ▼ -1089.99 (-6.06%)
Sana Ind / Jul 21 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	36.51 ▼ -2.28 (-5.88%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jul 21 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	21.14 ▼ -1.15 (-5.16%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	74,390,819 ▲ 0.3
TPL Properties / Jul 21 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	38,224,535 ▲ 0.56
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	35,906,041 ▲ 0.2
Pak Refinery / Jul 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	18,879,753 ▲ 3.27
B.O.Punjab / Jul 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,313,260 ▲ 0.69
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 21 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	10,550,644 ▲ 0.03
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 21 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	10,407,849 ▲ 0.68
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	8,742,284 ▲ 0.14
United Insurance / Jul 21 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	8,624,569 ▼ -0.39
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	7,879,270 ▲ 0.03

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