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US govt shutdown seen dragging into next week

Published 04 Oct, 2025 06:12am

WASHINGTON: The US government shutdown appeared likely to stretch into next week as senators prepared Friday to vote...

US senators approve $9bn of Elon Musk’s federal cuts

Published 18 Jul, 2025 06:21am

WASHINGTON: The US Senate approved early Thursday a package of spending cuts proposed by President Donald Trump that...

Finland’s Stubb seen as frontrunner in presidential run-off

Published 11 Feb, 2024 11:04am

HELSINKI: Centre-right Alexander Stubb of the National Coalition Party is the frontrunner in Finland’s presidential...

US senators urge Biden not to shift Defence Department spectrum for wireless use

Published 08 Feb, 2024 10:42am

WASHINGTON: Three US senators on Wednesday urged the Biden administration not to strip the Defence Department of key...

Republican Tim Scott withdraws from US presidential race

Published 13 Nov, 2023 12:14pm

WASHINGTON: US Senator Tim Scott announced Sunday that he is withdrawing from the US presidential race, saying...

US House Republicans’ Israel-only aid bill opposed in Senate, by Biden

Published 01 Nov, 2023 10:38am

WASHINGTON: US senators from both parties voiced doubts on Tuesday about House Republicans’ plan to provide $14.3...

Twenty US Democrats express concerns about possible Israel-Saudi deal

Published 05 Oct, 2023 06:23am

WASHINGTON: Twenty Democratic US senators expressed support on Wednesday for a potential Israeli-Saudi normalization...

Musk, Zuckerberg, Gates to join US senators for AI forum

Published 13 Sep, 2023 02:12pm

WASHINGTON: The US Senate’s top Democrat is bringing US technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta...

US averts first-ever default with 11th-hour debt deal

Published 02 Jun, 2023 11:08am

WASHINGTON: US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday, capping weeks of fraught negotiations to...

US senators challenge Credit Suisse Nazi accounts probe

Published 20 Apr, 2023 06:30am

ZURICH: Credit Suisse announced that a two-year investigation had found no evidence to support claims that many...

US senate repeals Iraq war authorizations

Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am

WASHINGTON: US senators advanced cross-party legislation on Wednesday to repeal authorizations for the wars in Iraq...

US Senators meet PM, discuss trade, investment

Updated 24 Feb, 2023 08:50am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday highlighting the significance of long-standing cooperation...

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy thanks Scholz for defence package, discusses ‘further cooperation’

Published 06 Jan, 2023 10:00pm

KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had spoken by phone to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday and...

US ratifies Finland, Sweden accession to NATO

Published 04 Aug, 2022 10:44am

WASHINGTON: The US Senate ratified the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO Wednesday, strongly backing the...

US Senate passes act to help veterans with health issues from toxic burn pits

Published 03 Aug, 2022 09:43am

WASHINGTON: US senators on Tuesday approved benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits, which President Joe...

US Senate advances breakthrough bill on gun safety

Published 24 Jun, 2022 12:11pm

WASHINGTON: US senators advanced a bipartisan bill late Thursday addressing the epidemic of gun violence convulsing...

Germany will not supply weapons to Kyiv for now, defence minister says

Published 22 Jan, 2022 11:47am

BERLIN: Berlin is ruling out arms deliveries to Ukraine in the standoff with Russia for now, German Defence Minister...

US Senate sinks Biden push for major voting rights reforms

Published 20 Jan, 2022 10:05am

WASHINGTON: US senators dealt a death blow Wednesday to President Joe Biden's push to defend voting rights against...

Congress reaches agreement to avert calamitous US debt default

Published 08 Dec, 2021 10:31am

WASHINGTON: US senators struck a deal Tuesday to create a one-time law allowing Democrats to lift the nation's...

US senators urge Biden to avoid sanctions against India over Russian deal

Published 27 Oct, 2021 02:24pm

NEW DELHI: Two US senators have urged President Joe Biden to waive sanctions against India over its purchase of...

Senators on brink of stop-gap fix to US debt crisis

Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am

WASHINGTON: US senators neared agreement in the small hours of Thursday to stave off a catastrophic credit default...

Senators on brink of stop-gap fix to US debt crisis

Published 07 Oct, 2021 12:49pm

WASHINGTON: US senators neared agreement in the small hours of Thursday to stave off a catastrophic credit default...

Musk says Tesla's self-driving software update 'not great'

Published 24 Aug, 2021 12:17pm

The billionaire entrepreneur tweeted that the Full Self-Driving Beta version 9.2 is "actually not great imo (in my opinion)

US lawmakers finish $1trn infrastructure proposal

Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:29am

WASHINGTON: US senators on Sunday finalized a historic, trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal that is expected to...

US lawmakers finish $1 trillion infrastructure proposal

Published 02 Aug, 2021 10:22am

It would also help tackle the climate crisis by investing in energy projects, such as electric buses and a cleaner electricity grid

Biden to meet with bipartisan senators to discuss infrastructure plan

Published 24 Jun, 2021 09:57am

The G-21 talks have focused on a $1.2 trillion, eight-year spending plan, with a mix of new and repurposed funding.

Toyota warns rivals' gasoline engine phase-out goals must overcome huge challenges

Updated 16 Mar, 2021 10:00pm

If we are to make dramatic progress in electrification, it will require overcoming tremendous challenges, including refueling infrastructure, battery availability, consumer acceptance and affordability.
Toyota plans to begin selling two new electric vehicles in the United States next year, but also aims to keeps boosting sales of hybrid cars.

US senators introduce bipartisan oil and gas leasing reform bill

Published 10 Mar, 2021 06:30pm

The bill, authored by Senators Jacky Rosen, a Democrat from Nevada, and Chuck Grassley, a senior Republican from Iowa, would increase the minimum bid price per acre during lease auctions and raise the royalty rate companies must pay on oil and gas produced from the leases.
The legislation's backing by Grassley could be critical to winning support for the reforms in the closely-divided Senate. Similar bills introduced in the House last week did not include any Republican sponsors.

US Senators ready bill to limit Section 230

Published 05 Feb, 2021 08:59pm

Called the SAFE TECH Act, the bill would mark the latest effort to make social media companies like Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc more accountable for "enabling cyber-stalking.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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