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Austria's Kurz says he opposes taking in any more Afghans

While the European Union grapples with what to do with Afghans who assisted it over the past 20 years, Kurz said coming to Austria was not an option

Updated 22 Aug, 2021 12:15pm

World

Merkel warns of crisis if Afghans fleeing Taliban not supported

"We need to make sure that the many people who have big worries and concerns even though they have not worked with German institutions have a secure stay in countries neighbouring Afghanistan," Merkel said during a news conference.

Published 16 Aug, 2021 10:44pm

World

UN urges Afghanistan's neighbours to keep borders open as crisis looms

The World Food Programme sees food shortages in Afghanistan as "quite dire" and worsening, a spokesperson added

Published 13 Aug, 2021 02:19pm

World

US star Angelina Jolie visits refugee camp in Burkina Faso

He pointed to the June 4-5 attack on the northeast village of Solhan where gunmen killed at least 132 people, according to the Burkinabe authorities.

Published 21 Jun, 2021 09:40am

Pakistan

Qureshi for early peaceful political settlement in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday reiterated Pakistan’s call for greater global...

Published 21 Jun, 2021 03:43am

Global displacement doubles in a decade: UN

GENEVA: Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people fleeing war and persecution continued rising last...

Published 19 Jun, 2021 03:23am

World

Global displacement from war, crises doubles in a decade: UN

While needs are continuously rising, solutions for the displaced seemed to dwindle last year.

Published 18 Jun, 2021 11:25am

World

Thousands of women and children flee Burkina Faso massacre

But, he cautioned, "what this dramatic event shows us is that military actions are not enough... if countries don't reconquer their own territory."

Published 09 Jun, 2021 11:11am

World

UN 'concerned' over detention of Rohingya who fled Bangladesh island

Bangladesh has shifted 18,000 refugees out of a planned 100,000 to the low-lying silt island of Bhashan Char from squalid, cramped settlements on the mainland where 850,000 of them live.

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:44pm

Editorials

Vaccinating residents with no ID cards

EDITORIAL: Finally, the government has started scratching its head about the matter of vaccinating the very large...

Published 28 May, 2021 04:08am

Pakistan

KIIR seeks UNHCR intervention in freeing Kashmiri detainees

MIRPUR: Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) Chairman Altaf Hussain Wani has sought the intervention...

Published 13 May, 2021 03:10am

Pakistan

Govt launches Afghan refugees' verification drive

He urged POR cardholders to participate fully in the exercise while taking all precautionary measures and observing COVID-19 protocols.

Published 15 Apr, 2021 05:45pm

World

EU official urges Greece to investigate asylum-seeker pushbacks

"I am very concerned about the UNHCR report and there are some specific cases that I really think need to be looked into closer," Ylva Johansson, the EU's home affairs commissioner, said during a visit to the island of Lesbos.
"I think the Greek authorities can do more when it comes to investigating these alleged pushbacks."

Published 29 Mar, 2021 08:37pm

World

Several dead, thousands of homes burn as fire sweeps Rohingya camp

DHAKA: A huge fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh on Monday, destroying thousands of...

Published 23 Mar, 2021 04:37am

Pakistan

PoR cardholder Afghan DPs to be issued smart cards

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is to issue smart cards to Afghan refugees who possess Proof of Registration (PoR) of two-year...

Published 16 Mar, 2021 04:43am

Pakistan

Acknowledgment certificate inked: Korea to provide 600,000 medical masks for Afghan refugees

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan, the government of Republic of Korea, and the United Nations High Commissioner...

Published 02 Mar, 2021 05:50am

World

Bangladesh under ‘no obligation’ to accept stranded Rohingya refugees

DHAKA: Bangladesh is under “no obligation” to shelter 81 Rohingya Muslim refugees adrift for almost two weeks on...

Published 28 Feb, 2021 04:55am

Pakistan

Japan donates $3.7m to support refugees, host communities

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has announced on Monday a contribution of US$3.7 million to support UNHCR’s...

Updated 23 Feb, 2021 09:30am

Pakistan

Japan donates $3.7mn to support refugees, communities in Pakistan

The UNHCR Representative further said that given the protracted Afghan refugee situation in Pakistan, Japan is supporting sustained investments easing the burden on host communities.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 06:04pm

Pakistan

Afghan refugees: UNHCR plans to facilitate biometric verification

ISLAMABAD: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) would facilitate the biometric verification of the...

Published 22 Feb, 2021 04:25am

World

UN worries about humanitarian situation in Tigray ahead of Security Council meeting

Grandi, the UNHCR head, visited Ethiopia, including the Mai Aini refugee camp, over the weekend for the first time since the conflict began in November. The camp is one of two camps in southern Tigray the UN has been able to access.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 10:09am

Pakistan

PM’s assistance package: Levies serving in Balochistan fully covered, Senate body told

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Senate Functional Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas has been informed on...

Updated 28 Jan, 2021 09:34am

Pakistan

58,000 Afghan refugees may return home by 2021: UNHCR

ISLAMABAD: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has a plan to facilitate around 58,000 Afghan...

Published 25 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Pakistan

58000 Afghan refugees likely to return home by year end: UNHCR

The document also revealed the UNHCR’s key plans for ensuring betterment of the Afghan refugees during the current year through several initiatives relating to health, education and others.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 09:24pm

World

UN agency says more than 400,000 flee Mozambique militant attacks

UNHCR had raised a third of the $19.2 million it requires for shelter, water and sanitation and food next year, said Tapsola.

Published 14 Dec, 2020 12:14pm

World

Over 80mn people displaced, a 'bleak milestone': UN

Since then though, 111 countries have found "pragmatic solutions" to ensure asylum processes can remain functional, UNHCR said.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 12:27pm

PM presents 10-point agenda to fight COVID-19 globally

During his UNGA address, PM said the COVID-19 pandemic is the most serious global crisis since World War II.
Laying out his 10-point agenda to defeat coronavirus, PM requested for debt suspension till the end of the pandemic for low-income countries.

Updated 04 Dec, 2020 10:42am

World

UN flies aid into Sudan for Ethiopian refugees

Humanitarian access to the camps has been lost since the start of the unrest and it is thought that the supplies that were delivered beforehand will likely run out after this weekend.

Published 27 Nov, 2020 07:53pm

World

World must not turn away from Afghanistan: UNHCR

Ross Wilson, the US charge d'affaires in Kabul, said on Twitter that Washington was ready to continue its financial support.

Published 23 Nov, 2020 07:06pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 29	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 29	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 29	156.41
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 29	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 29	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 29	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
India Sensex / Apr 29	74257.68
Hang Seng / Apr 29	17861.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 29	8179.85
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 29	18202.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Petrol/Litre / Apr 29	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 29	83.16
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 29	209105
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 29	2332.70
Diesel/Litre / Apr 29	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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