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Niger floods toll increases, 53 dead, 18,000 affected: UN

NIAMEY: Flooding caused by heavy rains lashing Niger since June has killed 53 people and impacted 18,000, as the...

Published 18 Jul, 2024 11:11am

World

UN alarmed as childhood immunisation levels stall

GENEVA: Global childhood vaccination levels have stalled, leaving millions more children un- or under-vaccinated...

Published 15 Jul, 2024 11:15am

Editorials

A very welcome initiative

EDITORIAL: Education, the building block of socio-economic progress, primarily is a government responsibility. But ...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 06:23am

World

UNICEF says deal agreed with Israel to boost Gaza water supply

JERUSALEM: The United Nations children’s fund said Thursday that Israel had agreed to restore power to a key...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:58pm

Editorials

Relentless aggression

EDITORIAL: Israel’s unspeakable atrocities in Gaza are taking a huge toll on children. According to the ...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:52am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s first Shariah-Compliant human milk bank launched at SICHN

ISLAMABAD: Executive Director of the Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN), Prof. Jamal Raza on...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 06:52am

Pakistan

AKU, WHO, UNICEF call to save youth from non-communicable diseases

KARACHI: The Aga Khan University’s Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS) has kicked off a three-day...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

World

UNICEF finds 90% of Gazan children lack food needed for proper growth

GENEVA: UNICEF said on Thursday that nine out of 10 children in Gaza could not eat nutrients from enough food groups...

Updated 06 Jun, 2024 09:01pm

Pakistan

Fighting malnutrition: BISP, UNICEF agree to forge close collaboration

ISLAMABAD: The federal government and the United Nations have reiterated to collaborate closely to address...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Pakistan

Pakistan can save 175,000 lives in six years by providing ‘resilient energy’: UNICEF

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan can save 175,000 lives in the next six years by providing resilient energy to the masses as the...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

Pakistan

Extreme heat is closing schools, hurting businesses

LAHORE: Half of Pakistan’s pupils will be shut out of schools for a week as the nation takes crisis measures to...

Published 24 May, 2024 05:35am

Opinion

Uniting the two vulnerable groups

In a nation grappling with the gut-wrenching realities of child abandonment and the neglect of its elderly...

Published 19 May, 2024 03:00am

Pakistan

Sindh, Unicef agree to launch child protection plan

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Unicef Country Representative Abdullah A Fadil in their ...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Opinion

The education emergency

Shehbaz Sharif declared an ‘education emergency’ across Pakistan on Wednesday, the 8th of May 2024. This is in...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

World

UN official says Israel closure of Gaza crossings ‘completely crippling’ aid

JERUSALEM: Israel’s closure of key crossings into Gaza has cut off the main entry point for aid, and particularly...

Published 09 May, 2024 10:36pm

Pakistan

Sindh Secretary Health implementation of ‘concrete’ anti-measles strategy across province

KARACHI: Secretary Health Sindh Rehan Iqbal Baloch has issued a notification to implement a concrete strategy across...

Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am

Pakistan

EPI Punjab, UNICEF organise ‘Media Orientation Workshop on Immunization’

FAISALABAD: On the completion of 50 years of EPI, EPI Punjab (Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department) &...

Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am

World

The heatwave baking parts of Asia

BANGKOK: Large swaths of Asia are sweltering through a heatwave that has topped temperature records from Myanmar to...

Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:10pm

Pakistan

Minister vows clean water for future generations

LAHORE: Punjab Local Government Minister Zeeshan Rafique has pledged that through collective efforts they will be...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 04:50am

World

Intense Israeli bombardment hits southern Gaza, calls for more aid grow

GAZA STRIP: The southern Gaza Strip came under intense Israeli bombardment overnight, despite international pressure...

Updated 27 Mar, 2024 08:57pm

World

In Gaza, starving children fill hospital wards as famine looms

GAZA/GENEVA: Six-year-old Fadi al-Zant is acutely malnourished, his ribs protruding under leathery skin, his eyes...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 11:04am

World

UNICEF says over 13,000 children killed in Gaza in Israel offensive

WASHINGTON: The U.N. children's agency said on Sunday over 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza in Israel's...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 12:05am

World

UNICEF says essential aid container looted at Haiti port

PORT-AU-PRINCE: The UN children’s agency said on Saturday one of its aid containers at Haiti’s main port, stocked...

Published 17 Mar, 2024 10:30am

World

Hunger crisis in Gaza: children starving to death amid Israeli aggression

WASHINGTON: Children have begun starving to death in Gaza, where the United Nations has warned a famine is “almost...

Updated 06 Mar, 2024 01:45pm

Pakistan

Modern EPI vaccination centre set up

LAHORE: Inaugurating the model ‘EPI Vaccination Centre’ established in the Institute of Public Health (IPH) with...

Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am

World

Israel pounds Gaza ahead of UN truce vote

GAZA STRIP: Israel hit Gaza with air strikes on Tuesday as world powers grappled with how to broker a ceasefire ...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

Pakistan

Parental guide for child online protection launched

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), in collaboration with the National Commission on the...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

World

Gaza doctors measure children for malnutrition

RAFAH: Medical workers held strips of plastic around the upper arms of small children in a Rafah tent, measuring the...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 10:47pm

Pakistan

Ministry seeks global support to successfully eradicate poliovirus

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations, Friday, while reaffirming Pakistan’s resolve...

Published 10 Feb, 2024 05:48am

World

UNICEF says 700,000 children in Sudan at risk of worst form of malnutrition

GENEVA: UNICEF said on Friday that 700,000 children in Sudan were likely to suffer from the worst form of...

Published 09 Feb, 2024 05:43pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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