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UN launches record $51.5bn funding appeal

Estimates that 339 million people worldwide will need some form of emergency assistance next year

Updated 02 Dec, 2022 10:11am

World

Japan will use G7, UN roles to pressure Russia on Ukraine: foreign minister

TOKYO: Japan will use its turn next year in leadership roles at the Group of Seven and the United Nations to ...

Published 01 Dec, 2022 10:43pm

World

UN launches record $51.5bn emergency funding appeal

GENEVA: The UN appealed for record funds for aid next year, as the Ukraine war and other conflicts, climate...

Published 01 Dec, 2022 10:27am

World

First shipment of Russian fertilizer heads for Africa, UN says

UNITED NATIONS: The first shipment of Russian-produced fertilizer left the Netherlands on Tuesday en route to Malawi...

Published 30 Nov, 2022 05:53am

World

Breakthrough in Venezuela talks spurs US to ease embargo

MEXICO CITY: The government of Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition broke a political stalemate Saturday ...

Published 28 Nov, 2022 05:48am

World

Venezuela's frozen funds to be gradually released for humanitarian aid

MEXICO CITY: Venezuela's government and opposition have asked the United Nations to manage billions of dollars held...

Updated 26 Nov, 2022 11:54pm

Pakistan

Ninth Global Forum of UNAOC: Pakistan calls for ‘Global Action Plan’ to counter surge in Islamophobia

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has called for chalking out a ‘Global Action Plan’ to counter the alarming surge in...

Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am

UN condemns surge in Saudi executions

GENEVA: The United Nations denounced Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for carrying out near daily executions in recent weeks...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 06:26am

World

UN denounces ‘hardening’ of Iranian response to protests

GENEVA: The United Nations on Tuesday denounced Iran’s increasingly harsh and deadly crackdown on mass protests...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 05:55am

World

World Food Programme gives Lebanon $5.4bn for citizens, Syrians

BEIRUT: Crisis-hit Lebanon has secured $5.4 billion in aid over three years from the UN’s World Food Programme...

Published 22 Nov, 2022 03:23am

Markets

EU wheat mixed with exports in focus

PARIS: Euronext wheat futures were mixed on Monday, with front-month futures again supported by export demand and...

Published 22 Nov, 2022 03:23am

World

Second Russian fertiliser shipment bound for W.Africa: UN

GENEVA: After a first shipment of Russian fertiliser blocked in European ports heads for Malawi next week, a second...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 07:53pm

Pakistan

Floods sweep future from Pakistan schoolchildren

CHANDAN MORI: Pakistani three-year-old Afshan’s trip to school is a high-wire balancing act as she teeters across a...

Updated 16 Nov, 2022 04:22pm

World

UN chief ‘very concerned’ by reports of missile exploding in Poland

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is “very concerned” by reports of a missile exploding in Poland,...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 11:59am

World

UN warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: The United Nations Tuesday warned of a worsening food crisis in bankrupt Sri Lanka and said the number of...

Published 08 Nov, 2022 06:32pm

World

Gates Foundation gives $1.4bn climate help to smallholder farmers

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, (Egypt): The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $1.4 billion to help smallholder...

Published 08 Nov, 2022 05:57am

World

UN unveils global 'early warning' system for disasters at $3 billion

SHARM EL SHEIKH: The United Nations on Monday unveiled a five-year plan to build a global early warning system for...

Published 08 Nov, 2022 12:05am

World

COP27: We’re on a highway to climate hell, UN boss warns

SHARM EL-SHEIKH: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27...

Published 07 Nov, 2022 04:04pm

Technology

Musk defends paid blue badge plans for Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter's new owner Elon Musk defended Sunday his much-criticised launch of a paid subscription...

Updated 07 Nov, 2022 08:15pm

World

Lavrov urges United Nations to help ease Russian food exports

Moscow on Thursday urged the United Nations, which sponsored a deal to free Ukraine’s grain shipments from a Russian...

Published 03 Nov, 2022 03:03pm

World

US wants to oust Iran from U.N. women's body

UNITED NATIONS: The United States will try to remove Iran from the 45-member U.N. Commission on the Status of Women...

Published 03 Nov, 2022 12:40am

World

Blast in Kabul hits bus carrying Taliban employees, injures seven

KABUL: A blast hit a bus carrying Taliban administration employees in the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning,...

Published 02 Nov, 2022 12:50pm

Markets

Wheat climbs 5.5% as Russia withdraws from Black Sea export agreement

SINGAPORE: Chicago wheat futures jumped more than 5% on Monday and corn rose over 2% as Russia’s withdrawal from a...

Published 31 Oct, 2022 10:42am

World

UN chief delays travel to try to bring Russia back into grain deal

KYIV/NEW YORK: The head of the United Nations said he was “deeply concerned” by Russia’s decision to suspend...

Published 31 Oct, 2022 05:55am

World

For water-stressed Iraq, wells threaten race to the bottom

AL-MISHKHAB: Iraq has long drilled the desert for oil, but now climate stress, drought and reduced river flows are...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 11:28am

Pakistan

‘Kashmir Black Day’ observed

LAHORE: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and rest of the world marked “Black Day” on Thursday,...

Updated 28 Oct, 2022 07:38am

Pakistan

Diplomatic and political support to Kashmiris will continue: Kaira

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira on Wednesday said...

Published 27 Oct, 2022 05:54am

World

North Korea’s Kim congratulates Xi on third term, seeks ‘beautiful future’ for ties

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent his “warmest congratulations” to Chinese President Xi Jinping on...

Published 23 Oct, 2022 02:05pm

Opinion

Recovery of stolen assets

The global institutions in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) are working with...

Published 21 Oct, 2022 05:57am

World

Putin shown firing rifle as he inspects mobilised soldiers

LONDON: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday inspected a training ground for mobilised troops and was shown...

Published 20 Oct, 2022 11:26pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chakwal Spinning / Dec 11 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	3.35 ▲ 1.00 (42.55%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Dec 11 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	5.99 ▲ 0.99 (19.80%)
Kohinoor Spining / Dec 11 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	4.80 ▲ 0.61 (14.56%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 11 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	8.49 ▲ 1.00 (13.35%)
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 11 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	1.24 ▲ 0.14 (12.73%)
Nazir Cotton Mills / Dec 11 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	4.24 ▲ 0.44 (11.58%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 11 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	2.85 ▲ 0.29 (11.33%)
Samba Bank / Dec 11 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	9.93 ▲ 1.00 (11.20%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12 ▲ 1.01 (9.19%)
Trust Mod. / Dec 11 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	2.17 ▲ 0.17 (8.50%)

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 11 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	4.89 ▼ -0.85 (-14.81%)
Next Capital / Dec 11 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	6 ▼ -0.60 (-9.09%)
Redco Textile / Dec 11 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	6.23 ▼ -0.57 (-8.38%)
Asim Textile / Dec 11 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	11.50 ▼ -0.98 (-7.85%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 11 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	74.02 ▼ -6.00 (-7.50%)
Dadex Eternit / Dec 11 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	45.73 ▼ -3.71 (-7.50%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 11 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	46.64 ▼ -3.78 (-7.50%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 11 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	629 ▼ -51.00 (-7.50%)
Sunrays Textile / Dec 11 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	111 ▼ -9.00 (-7.50%)
Masood Textile / Dec 11 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	53.20 ▼ -4.30 (-7.48%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	342,535,258 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	98,557,282 ▲ 0.05
Kohinoor Spining / Dec 11 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	65,177,500 ▲ 0.61
P.T.C.L. / Dec 11 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	63,595,500 ▲ 0.45
Askari Bank / Dec 11 Askari Bank Limited(AKBL)	57,594,500 ▲ 0.57
Hascol Petrol / Dec 11 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	54,822,000 ▲ 0.57
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 11 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	47,998,197 ▲ 0.10
Cnergyico PK / Dec 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	46,684,647 ▼ -0.16
Pak Refinery / Dec 11 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	41,814,767 ▼ -1.64
Telecard Limited / Dec 11 Telecard Limited(TELE)	37,055,844 ▲ 0.37

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 11	284.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 11	283.77
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 11	145.58
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 11	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 11	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 11	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Dec 8	5.48

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 8	4604.37
Nasdaq / Dec 8	14403.97
Dow Jones / Dec 8	36247.87
India Sensex / Dec 11	69967.53
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 11	32791.80
Hang Seng / Dec 11	16156.22
FTSE 100 / Dec 11	7549.32
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 11	16771.35
France CAC40 / Dec 11	7538.69

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 8	17235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 8	187414
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 11	71.63
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 11	1996.45
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 11	82.25

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