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Israel strikes Rafah after UN court orders halt to offensive

RAFAH: Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded Rafah, after the government dismissed an order by the top UN court to...

Updated 26 May, 2024 09:59pm

World

Former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley says she will vote for Trump

WASHINGTON: Former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that she will vote for Donald...

Published 23 May, 2024 12:07pm

World

Australia says Palestinian UN membership bid builds peace momentum

SYDNEY: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday the country’s support for a Palestinian bid to...

Published 11 May, 2024 10:34am

World

UN General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for membership

Assembly adopts resolution with 143 votes in favour and nine against - including US and Israel - while 25 countries abstain

Published 10 May, 2024 09:47pm

World

UN General Assembly set to back Palestinian bid for membership

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly on Friday is set to back a Palestinian bid to become a full UN...

Published 10 May, 2024 10:36am

World

Twenty-five killed after Ukraine shells Russian-controlled city of Donetsk: officials

Twenty-five people were killed and 20 injured after Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk...

Updated 21 Jan, 2024 09:54pm

World

UN demands ceasefire in Gaza as Israel, US show increasing divisions

UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO/GAZA: Israel faced growing diplomatic isolation in its war against Hamas as the United Nations...

Published 13 Dec, 2023 10:10am

World

UN General Assembly set to demand Gaza ceasefire

UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. General Assembly appeared set to demand on Tuesday an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in...

Published 13 Dec, 2023 12:14am

World

Hunger rises in Gaza as UN prepares to vote on ceasefire resolution

CAIRO/UNITED NATIONS: Hunger was worsening among Palestinians in the besieged Gaza strip, aid agencies said, as the...

Published 12 Dec, 2023 10:05am

World

UN needs $46.4 billion for aid in ‘bleak’ 2024

GENEVA: The United Nations said Monday that it needed $46.4 billion next year to bring life-saving help to around...

Published 11 Dec, 2023 11:18am

World

Israel presses ahead with aggression in southern Gaza

GAZA/CAIRO: Israeli tanks were trying to push further west in and around Khan Younis on Monday, as they met...

Published 11 Dec, 2023 10:50am

World

UK interior minister to question role of UN refugee convention

LONDON: UK interior minister Suella Braverman was on Tuesday to question whether the United Nations Refugee...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 05:17pm

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Turkiye’s Erdogan says Israeli PM Netanyahu may visit in October-November

ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan said Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may visit Turkiye in October or...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 04:41pm

Pakistan

Pakistan condemns desecration of Holy Quran in The Hague

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, on Monday, condemned in the strongest terms the latest senseless and deeply offensive act of...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am

World

Russia tortured some Ukrainian victims to death, UN inquiry says

GENEVA: Russian occupiers tortured Ukrainians so brutally that some of their victims died, and forced families to...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:54pm

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: NMN has spent a fortune on improving her optics

“So were you happy with the optics?” “Well the best optics in our country’s history were provided by The Man...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

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Caretaker PM being censured

Caretaker prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar seems to have caused a considerable controversy by saying that...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

World

Kuwaiti PM says Iraqi ruling on maritime navigation contains 'historical fallacies'

Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah described an Iraqi ruling on regulating navigation in the Khor...

Published 21 Sep, 2023 11:22pm

World

Iran president says Saudi ties with Israel would betray Palestinians

UNITED NATIONS: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday accused regional rival Saudi Arabia of b

Published 21 Sep, 2023 11:51am

World

Iran’s Raisi sees no obstacle to restoring ties with Egypt

CAIRO: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said a meeting of the Iranian and Egyptian foreign ministers in New York could...

Published 21 Sep, 2023 10:53am

World

Ukraine’s first lady at UN: help bring ‘abducted’ children home

UNITED NATIONS: Ukraine’s first lady urged world leaders on Tuesday to help return Ukrainian children forcibly taken...

Published 20 Sep, 2023 12:42pm

World

Japan PM says open to meeting North Korean leader

UNITED NATIONS: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim...

Published 20 Sep, 2023 12:32pm

World

UN General Assembly: Erdogan, Netanyahu meet for first time as relations thaw

NEW YORK: Turkiye President Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for the first time in...

Published 20 Sep, 2023 10:44am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Kakar represents the most powerful constituency

“So Kakar has gone off to the US to represent the people of Pakistan.” “Phew.” “Where did that come...

Updated 19 Sep, 2023 07:27am

World

Iran says hopes US prisoner swap will go ahead Monday

TEHRAN: Iran voiced hope Monday that a prisoner swap with the United States would take place later in the day, once...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 02:03pm

World

UN meet looks to salvage promises on helping world’s poorest

UNITED NATIONS: World leaders meet Monday at the United Nations in a bid to salvage ambitious promises to lift the...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 12:07pm

World

Erdogan asks Musk to build Tesla factory in Turkiye

Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build a Tesla factory in Turkiye, Anadolu Agency...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 09:48am

Pakistan

Caretaker PM Kakar leaves for US on 5-day visit

Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will address 78th session of United Nations General Assembly

Updated 17 Sep, 2023 10:43pm

World

Biden to travel to UN General Assembly: White House

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week and...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 07:54pm

Pakistan

Mushaal Mullick meets Jilani

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Human Rights and Women Empowerment Mushaal Hussein Mullick...

Published 06 Sep, 2023 03:37am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 6	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 6	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 6	142.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 6	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 6	1.31
Euro to USD / Sep 6	1.11

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 6	5,408.42
India Sensex / Sep 6	81,183.93
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 6	36,391.47
Nasdaq / Sep 6	16,690.83
Hang Seng / Sep 6	17,444.30
FTSE 100 / Sep 6	8,181.47
Dow Jones / Sep 6	40,345.41
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 6	18,301.90

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 6	67.67
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 6	227,970.30
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 6	2,497.41
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 6	67.88
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 7	18,535
Petrol/Litre / Sep 9	259.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 9 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Sep 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Sep 9 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Sep 9 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Sep 9 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Sep 9 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Sep 9 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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