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WhatsApp ‘concerned’ services to be blocked after Iran calls to delete app

WASHINGTON: WhatsApp said it was “concerned” that its services would be blocked in Iran after a state broadcaster...

Published 18 Jun, 2025 03:28pm

Technology

WhatsApp introduces first major advertising features

SAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp announced Monday it will introduce its boldest advertising features yet, marking a...

Published 16 Jun, 2025 06:19pm

Pakistan

YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, Tiktok top Android Apps for kids

ISLAMABAD: A global cybersecurity firm disclosed Wednesday that top five most popular Android apps among kids in...

Published 05 Jun, 2025 06:08am

Opinion

Joining the social connectivity dots

People are strange. I am socially awkward. I want “me” time. I am a private person. Wish I was an extrovert....

Published 07 May, 2025 06:30am

World

Operation Assad: the air mission to smuggle the Syrian despot’s valuables

DAMASCUS/LONDON/DUBAI: As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 12:04pm

World

Meta's Zuckerberg takes the stand at US antitrust trial

WASHINGTON: Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Monday at a high-stakes antitrust trial in...

Published 14 Apr, 2025 10:50pm

Technology

Meta faces landmark US antitrust trial

WASHINGTON: Social media juggernaut Meta stands trial on Monday facing serious US government allegations that it...

Published 14 Apr, 2025 01:57pm

Business & Finance

Bank Alfalah introduces AlfaMall on WhatsApp

KARACHI: Bank Alfalah has introduced AlfaMall on WhatsApp, bringing a new way for customers to browse, select, and...

Published 28 Mar, 2025 05:35am

Technology

Guidelines to prevent hacking of WhatsApp accounts issued

ISLAMABAD: An international cybersecurity firm Wednesday issued detailed guidelines to prevent WhatsApp accounts of...

Published 20 Mar, 2025 07:31am

Pakistan

WhatsApp group admin shot dead for allegedly removing member

PESHAWAR: A Pakistani man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting the administrator of a community...

Published 08 Mar, 2025 05:19pm

World

WhatsApp faces EU tech rules after reaching very large platform status

BRUSSELS: WhatsApp has hit a user criterion set out in landmark EU tech rules, the unit owned by Meta Platforms...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 08:49pm

Business & Finance

PTCL partners with PayFast to launch bill payment solution via WhatsApp

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the country’s largest ICT services provider, has...

Published 30 Jan, 2025 06:47am

Markets

Meta, WhatsApp win relief as India tribunal suspends data sharing ban

NEW DELHI: An Indian tribunal temporarily suspended a five-year data sharing ban between WhatsApp and owner Meta...

Published 23 Jan, 2025 04:54pm

Technology

‘Real-world harm’ if Meta ends fact-checks, global network warns

WASHINGTON: There will be “real-world harm” if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 05:36pm

Business & Finance

TRG Pakistan warns stakeholders against ‘fake documents’ circulating on social media

TRG Pakistan Limited (TRG) issued a public notice on Monday voicing concerns regarding the circulation of fabricated...

Updated 30 Dec, 2024 11:28pm

World

Iran lifts ban on WhatsApp and Google Play: state media

DUBAI: Iranian authorities have lifted a ban on Meta’s instant messaging platform WhatsApp and Google Play as a...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:07pm

Technology

Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows

WhatsApp, Meta's messaging application, also down for users in many countries

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 03:51am

Business & Finance

‘Bribe notes’ with per megawatt rates: filings detail Sagar Adani’s role in Indian scandal

A U.S. indictment of top executives of India’s Adani Group has put a spotlight on Sagar Adani, a millennial scion of...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 12:07pm

Technology

Meta to appeal Indian order that curbs data-sharing between WhatsApp, other apps

Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it plans to appeal an order by India’s competition watchdog that restricts the US...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 02:58pm

Technology

Foxconn tells India recruiters: Nix marital status in iPhone job ads

SRIPERUMBUDUR: Apple supplier Foxconn has ordered the hiring agents that help recruit iPhone assembly workers in...

Published 18 Nov, 2024 11:18am

Pakistan

Internet loadshedding?: netizens report disruption in various services on mobile broadband in Pakistan

Users across Pakistan were unable to access various internet services and social media while connected to mobile...

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 07:49pm

World

Israel bombs heart of Beirut, killing six

BEIRUT/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel bombed central Beirut early on Thursday, killing at least six people, after its...

Updated 03 Oct, 2024 02:12pm

Pakistan

Users in Karachi face disruption in WhatsApp services

WhatsApp users across Karachi faced issues on Saturday in sending media files through the app while connected to...

Updated 28 Sep, 2024 04:10pm

Pakistan

WhatsApp, Instagram users in Pakistan report disruptions: Downdetector

WhatsApp and Instagram users in Pakistan faced some service disruptions on Saturday, according to outage tracking...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 11:00pm

Technology

Meta and Spotify blast EU decisions on AI

PARIS: A group of companies including Meta and Spotify blasted the European Union Thursday for its “fragmented and...

Published 19 Sep, 2024 11:52am

World

Meta bans Russian state media for ‘foreign interference’

NEW YORK: Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media...

Published 17 Sep, 2024 09:04pm

Opinion

Mental cost of social media

When joke becomes a reality—a cartoon on a person sitting in an addiction treatment clinic. The doctor is asking him...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 07:06am

World

Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France, French media say

PARIS: Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 11:04am

World

Russia blames cyberattack over Telegram, WhatsApp outage

MOSCOW: Messaging services Telegram and WhatsApp briefly suffered a major outage in Russia on Wednesday, said the...

Published 21 Aug, 2024 07:07pm

World

Venezuela opposition candidate asks Maduro to ‘step aside’

CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who has claimed he defeated Nicolas...

Published 20 Aug, 2024 12:44pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 20	283.77
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 20	283.52
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 20	146.09
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 20	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 20	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 20	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 20	5,967.84
India Sensex / Jun 20	82,408.17
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 20	38,403.23
Nasdaq / Jun 20	19,447.41
Hang Seng / Jun 20	23,530.48
FTSE 100 / Jun 20	8,774.65
Dow Jones / Jun 20	42,206.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 20	23,350.55
France CAC40 / Jun 20	7,589.66

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 20	74.93
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 20	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 20	306,069
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 20	3,368.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 20	66.70
Petrol/Litre / Jun 23	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 23	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Jun 20 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	356 ▲ 40.99 (13.01%)
Faisal Sp. / Jun 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	313.91 ▲ 33.82 (12.07%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 20 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	33.53 ▲ 3.42 (11.36%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jun 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.90 ▲ 1 (11.24%)
Crescent Fib. / Jun 20 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	50.25 ▲ 5 (11.05%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 20 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	25.43 ▲ 2.33 (10.09%)
Shams Textile / Jun 20 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	31.52 ▲ 2.87 (10.02%)
Rupali polyester / Jun 20 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	24.61 ▲ 2.24 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jun 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	39 ▲ 3.55 (10.01%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Jun 20 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	621.82 ▲ 56.53 (10%)

Stock	Price
Mahanna Islamic Index / Jun 20 Mahanna Islamic Index Traded Fund(MIIETF)	12.92 ▼ -2.14 (-14.21%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jun 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	61.07 ▼ -7.82 (-11.35%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 20 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	41 ▼ -4.9 (-10.68%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 20 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.28 ▼ -5.59 (-10.01%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 20 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	11,153.83 ▼ -1239.27 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 20 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	173.06 ▼ -19.23 (-10%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 20 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	56.21 ▼ -6.24 (-9.99%)
Int. Knit. / Jun 20 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	20.18 ▼ -2.23 (-9.95%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.49 ▼ -0.27 (-9.78%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jun 20 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	40.61 ▼ -4.39 (-9.76%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	42,791,268 ▼ -0.04
TRG Pak Ltd / Jun 20 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	26,664,589 ▼ -4.92
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 20 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	25,526,681 ▼ -0.26
Yousuf Weaving / Jun 20 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,497,580 ▲ 0.29
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,445,689 ▲ 0.08
Sui South Gas / Jun 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	13,554,568 ▼ -0.06
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	9,805,036 ▼ -0.27
Dewan Cement / Jun 20 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	9,257,161 ▼ -0.86
Invest Bank / Jun 20 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	8,867,595 ▼ -0.26
Pak Refinery / Jun 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	8,518,206 ▲ 0.01

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