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‘City of jinn’: magical myths haunt ancient Omani oasis

BAHLA: Deep in Oman’s parched interior, the ancient oasis town of Bahla abounds with myths of camel-eating,...

Published 20 Nov, 2023 12:03pm

Pakistan

Pakistan re-elected to Unesco Executive Board for 2023-27

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was re-elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...

Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am

World

Russia strikes Odesa, damaging museum, injuring 8

KYIV: Russian strikes overnight in the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa left eight people wounded and damaged a...

Published 07 Nov, 2023 06:33am

Pakistan

Pakistan Alliance for Girls Education selected for UNESCO Prize laureates

LAHORE: Pakistan Alliance for Girls Education (Islamabad) has been selected as one of the two laureates of 2023...

Published 01 Oct, 2023 02:59am

Opinion

BRICS success challenges the US-led dominance!

The world is witnessing seismic shifts across economic, geopolitical, and cultural lines, and the ongoing conflict...

Published 01 Oct, 2023 02:59am

Life & Style

UNESCO adds Iran caravanserais to heritage sites list

TEHRAN: The United Nations cultural organisation on Sunday added many of Iran's caravanserais, roadside rest stops...

Published 17 Sep, 2023 10:36pm

Life & Style

Venice avoids being added to UNESCO list of endangered sites

ROME: A UNESCO committee has decided not to add Venice to the organisation’s World Heritage List in Danger,...

Published 15 Sep, 2023 01:18pm

World

Modi hails Saudi ties after ‘historic’ route unveiled

NEW DELHI: India hailed its “strategic” partnership with oil-rich Saudi Arabia on Monday, days after unveiling a...

Published 11 Sep, 2023 03:40pm

World

Morocco survivors seek aid as earthquake toll passes 2,100

MOULAY BRAHIM: Survivors of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades struggled to find food, water...

Updated 10 Sep, 2023 09:39pm

World

Morocco quake kills more than 1,000 people

The 6.8-magnitude quake struck mountainous area 72 kilometres (45 miles) southwest of tourist hotspot Marrakesh

Updated 09 Sep, 2023 06:35pm

Life & Style

Venice to start charging visitors entry fee next year

VENICE, Italy: Venice plans to experiment with an admission fee of 5 euros($5.35) for day trippers next year to try...

Published 06 Sep, 2023 01:31pm

World

UN condemns deadly Russian attack on Ukraine city

CHERNIHIV: A Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv killed seven people and wounded 148, the...

Published 20 Aug, 2023 12:12pm

Pakistan

PTA formulating ‘digital gender inclusion strategy’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is in the process of formulation of “Digital Gender...

Published 20 Aug, 2023 03:20am

Perspectives

Global travel demand: short-lived or will the trend sustain?

Amid challenge of climate change, there is definitely going to be talk on 'sustainable tourism'

Updated 17 Aug, 2023 09:34pm

Life & Style

UNESCO recommends putting Venice on heritage danger list

PARIS: The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO on Monday recommended that Venice be added to its list of world heritage in...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 01:37pm

World

US First Lady says ‘proud’ of return to UNESCO

PARIS: US First Lady Jill Biden said on Tuesday she and her husband Joe were proud that their country had rejoined...

Published 26 Jul, 2023 06:17am

World

Russia strikes Odesa cathedral, Putin claims counteroffensive 'failed'

KYIV: Russia's latest strike on Odesa on Sunday killed two people and severely damaged a historic Orthodox ...

Published 23 Jul, 2023 11:17pm

Pakistan

Book-launch ceremony held

ISLAMABAD: The book launch event of “Extremism and Counter-Extremism Narratives in Pakistan: An Analysis of...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Life & Style

Hoping to inspire, Frieha Altaf announces Pakistan Fashion Museum, Muse Gala

Event manager and podcast host Frieha Altaf is looking forward to inspiring the next generation as she announced...

Updated 25 May, 2023 10:50pm

Life & Style

A real gem: in Bahrain, only natural pearls will do

MANAMA: Customers at a Bahrain jewellery store study displays of pearls that are, unusually, 100 percent natural –...

Published 21 Apr, 2023 11:47am

Life & Style

Travelling over the holidays: 8 destinations worth considering

As we hurtle through the last half of Ramadan, there are upcoming Eid holidays to think about. Over the horizon...

Updated 07 Apr, 2023 05:30pm

Life & Style

Cuban rum masters preserve a century-old tradition

SANTO DOMINGO, Cuba: Rum-maker Cesar Marti says that even after 20 years he feels the same pleasure each morning...

Published 22 Mar, 2023 01:44pm

Opinion

The challenge of analysis paralysis

Healthy minds lead to a healthy society. To overcome out of the trough of poverty, corruption, immorality, and...

Updated 22 Mar, 2023 06:44am

Pakistan

President’s wife inaugurates painting exhibition

ISLAMABAD: The First Lady Samina Alvi, wife of President Dr Arif Alvi, inaugurated a three-day painting exhibition...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

International Mother Language Day marked

KARACHI: 21 February is the International Mother Language Day, which is being observed by the UNESCO and its 193...

Published 28 Feb, 2023 07:28am

Pakistan

MEd from UoP: IB announces application cycle of scholarships

KARACHI: The International Baccalaureate Organisation (IB) is announcing the next application cycle for tuition-free...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 07:23am

Life & Style

Brazil rioters trash priceless artwork in stormed capital buildings

BRASÍLIA: Slashed canvas on a modern masterpiece, graffiti spray-painted on statues, a smashed Louis XIV clock: the...

Published 10 Jan, 2023 03:35pm

Pakistan

PTA hosts workshop on digital gender inclusion strategy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), in collaboration with UNESCO Pakistan, hosted the fourth...

Published 23 Dec, 2022 07:08am

Pakistan

CM calls for research to cope with climate change threats

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday said we are the inheritors of the Indus Valley...

Published 12 Dec, 2022 06:07am

World

Great Barrier Reef risks ‘in danger’ World Heritage listing

SYDNEY: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of “in danger” World Heritage sites, according to...

Published 29 Nov, 2022 10:05am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Sugar / Nov 30 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.79 ▲ 0.30 (12.05%)
Samba Bank / Nov 30 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	9.55 ▲ 1.00 (11.70%)
Haseeb Waqas / Nov 30 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	10.38 ▲ 1.00 (10.66%)
LSE Propetech / Nov 30 LSE Propetech Limited(LSEPL)	3.55 ▲ 0.28 (8.56%)
Hala Enterprise / Nov 30 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	10.60 ▲ 0.82 (8.38%)
Chashma / Nov 30 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	65.58 ▲ 4.58 (7.51%)
Crescent Steel / Nov 30 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	43.53 ▲ 3.04 (7.51%)
IBL HealthCare / Nov 30 IBL HealthCare Limited(IBLHL)	39.95 ▲ 2.79 (7.51%)
Atlas Honda Ltd / Nov 30 Atlas Honda Limited(ATLH)	373.27 ▲ 26.04 (7.50%)
MithchellsFruit / Nov 30 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	245.32 ▲ 17.12 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Nazir Cotton Mills / Nov 30 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	3.07 ▼ -0.83 (-21.28%)
Kohinoor Power / Nov 30 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	5.25 ▼ -0.63 (-10.71%)
Trust Mod. / Nov 30 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	1.43 ▼ -0.17 (-10.63%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 30 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	8.30 ▼ -0.95 (-10.27%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Nov 30 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	9.06 ▼ -0.94 (-9.40%)
Blessed Tex. / Nov 30 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	317.28 ▼ -25.72 (-7.50%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 30 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.85 ▼ -0.15 (-7.50%)
Metro Steel / Nov 30 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	21.37 ▼ -1.73 (-7.49%)
National Silk / Nov 30 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	28.54 ▼ -2.31 (-7.49%)
Jubilee Spinning / Nov 30 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	6.44 ▼ -0.43 (-6.26%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Nov 30 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	50,052,966 ▼ -0.11
Cnergyico PK / Nov 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,689,157 ▼ -0.03
Pak Refinery / Nov 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	35,409,231 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	30,751,189 ▼ -0.01
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 30 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	24,981,186 ▲ 0.59
Fauji Fert Bin / Nov 30 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	24,262,500 ▲ 1.38
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	23,573,500 ▼ -0.16
The Searle Co. / Nov 30 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	21,694,598 ▲ 0.23
Dewan Cement / Nov 30 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	21,032,000 ▲ 0.47
Pak Elektron / Nov 30 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	15,329,837 ▼ -0.02

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 30	285.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 30	285.23
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 30	147.02
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 30	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 30	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 30	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Nov 29	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 29	4550.58
Nasdaq / Nov 29	14258.49
Dow Jones / Nov 29	35430.42
India Sensex / Nov 30	66809.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 30	33486.89
Hang Seng / Nov 30	17042.88
FTSE 100 / Nov 30	7437.50
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 30	16203.24
France CAC40 / Nov 30	7279.08

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 29	17735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 29	185614
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 30	78.06
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 30	2044.28
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 30	79.69

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