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Press stakeout of Pak, German FMs: FO rubbishes unwarranted remarks of Indian official

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rubbished the “unwarranted” remarks made by a spokesperson for the Indian Ministry of...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz made vice chairman of COP 27

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been made Vice Chairman by the United Nations for its Climate Change...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am

World

UN set to meet after Russia strikes in Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly meets Monday hours after Russia launched a deadly barrage of missile strikes...

Published 10 Oct, 2022 08:42pm

World

Guterres pushes for international troop deployment to crisis-hit Haiti

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has called for the immediate deployment of a special armed...

Published 10 Oct, 2022 12:26pm

World

US accuses China, Russia of protecting North Korea at U.N.

UNITED NATIONS: The United States accused China and Russia on Wednesday of enabling North Korea by protecting it ...

Published 06 Oct, 2022 01:11am

Pakistan

Five-fold increase in UN appeal: PM Shehbaz underscores need for global engagement

Premier commends UN secretary for articulating needs of flood affectees

Published 05 Oct, 2022 03:07pm

‘Second wave of death and destruction’: UN hikes aid appeal five-fold to $816m

GENEVA: The United Nations has revised up its humanitarian appeal for Pakistan five-fold to $816 million from $160...

Updated 04 Oct, 2022 09:41am

World

UN dramatically hikes Pakistan aid appeal amid 'second wave of death and destruction'

Revises appeal figure five-fold to $816 million from $160 million

Updated 03 Oct, 2022 07:52pm

Pakistan

Pakistani hospital overwhelmed as water-borne illnesses spread

SEHWAN: The emergency ward at the main government hospital in Sehwan, a small town in southern Pakistan, is...

Updated 03 Oct, 2022 02:04pm

World

Afghanistan classroom bombing death toll jumps to 43: UN

KABUL: The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on an education centre in the Afghan capital last week has risen to...

Published 03 Oct, 2022 12:15pm

World

Yemen ceasefire ends without extension as UN envoy urges calm

DUBAI: A six-month truce in Yemen's war has expired without being extended, the United Nations' special envoy said ...

Published 03 Oct, 2022 01:00am

FO reacts cautiously to Blinken’s China statement

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Friday gave a cautious reaction to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent...

Updated 01 Oct, 2022 11:05am

Opinion

Dar, diplomacy & economic viability – I

“Our foreign policy is one of friendliness and goodwill towards all the nations of the world. We do not cherish...

Updated 30 Sep, 2022 06:12am

Markets

Ukraine grain exports down

KYIV: Ukraine’s grain exports are down 41.5% year on year in the 2022/23 season so far at almost 8 million tonnes,...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 05:54am

Opinion

Will Iran’s climate inaction fuel rising disaster threats?

In just over a year, Iran has endured deadly flash floods, crop-ruining drought, punishing dust storms and heatwaves...

Published 27 Sep, 2022 04:06am

Pakistan

Protesters call for Kashmir’s freedom from India’s yoke

NEW YORK: The Azad Kashmir President, Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry, has urged United Nations Secretary-General...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 06:07am

World

Shelling hits south Ukraine as Russia in UN spotlight over escalation

Ukraine and Russia traded accusations on Sunday of attacks on civilians in southern Ukraine as Russia sought to...

Published 25 Sep, 2022 01:01pm

China FM calls on Russia, Ukraine not to let war ‘spill over’

UNITED NATIONS: China on Saturday at the United Nations urged Russia and Ukraine not to let effects of their war...

Published 25 Sep, 2022 06:01am

Debt relief requests won’t include commercial creditors: Miftah

NEW YORK: Pakistan’s finance minister said on Friday the South Asian nation was seeking debt relief from bilateral...

Updated 24 Sep, 2022 10:13am

Pakistan

Flood-hit Pakistan should suspend debt repayments, says UN paper

The memorandum, which the UN Development Programme will share with Pakistan's government this week, states that the country's creditors should consider debt relief so that policymakers can prioritise financing its disaster response over loan repayment

Updated 23 Sep, 2022 03:01pm

World

Russia defends war in Ukraine as US, others call for accountability at UN

UNITED NATIONS: World leaders at the United Nations on Thursday called for Moscow to be held accountable for human...

Published 23 Sep, 2022 05:50am

World

Iran curbs internet access as protests claim 11 lives

PARIS: Iran restricted internet access Thursday after days of protests which have claimed at least 11 lives,...

Updated 22 Sep, 2022 04:32pm

World

UN chief wants ‘action’ to address climate loss, damage payments

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations chief said Wednesday it was time for “meaningful action” on the issue of...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 10:19am

World

Pressure on Putin as reservists called up for war

UNITED NATIONS: Pressure ratcheted up on President Vladimir Putin as his decision to send reservists to Ukraine...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 09:52am

Pakistan

Bilawal seeks UN chief’s support for reversal of India’s steps in IIOJK

NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday urged the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 05:48am

World

US does not seek 'Cold War' or 'conflict' with China: Biden

UNITED NATIONS: The United States is determined to promote its vision of global freedom and prosperity but does not...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 09:23pm

World

UK’s new PM veers away from Biden’s economic script at UN

UNITED NATIONS: Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss was Wednesday to outline an economic rescue programme...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 03:19pm

BR Research

Apathy or fatigue?

Development partners and champions of climate change need to do more. Three weeks since the launch of the UN’s...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 10:26am

World

Xi calls for ‘international order in a more just and rational direction’

SAMARKAND: China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday called for regional countries to reshape the international order...

Published 16 Sep, 2022 02:52pm

Opinion

Floods, food & debt crises, and 77th UNGA session

The United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA’s) 77th Session from September 13-27 comes at a very crucial time ...

Published 16 Sep, 2022 06:04am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.74 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	526 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	90.51 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	500.43 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.99 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 9 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	105.15 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.74 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	526 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	90.51 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	500.43 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.99 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 9 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	105.15 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	342,535,258 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	98,557,282 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Dec 9 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	58,736,500 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Dec 9 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	56,593,500 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 9 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	47,998,197 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Dec 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	46,684,647 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Dec 9 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	32,876,325 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Dec 9 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,819,540 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Dec 9 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,935,500 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 9 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	25,443,500 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 8	284.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 8	283.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 8	144.95
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 8	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 8	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 8	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Dec 8	5.48

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 8	4604.37
India Sensex / Dec 8	69825.60
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 8	32307.86
Nasdaq / Dec 8	14403.97
Hang Seng / Dec 8	16334.37
FTSE 100 / Dec 8	7554.47
Dow Jones / Dec 8	36247.87
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 8	16759.22
France CAC40 / Dec 8	7526.55

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 8	71.23
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 8	17235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 8	187414
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 8	2004.67
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 8	81.44

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