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Address to Sindh investment moot in Davos: Murad identifies areas of investment in Sindh

DAVOS: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the potential projects for investment in the province...

Published 26 May, 2022 06:19am

World

Bhutto scion Bilawal rejects Imran's allegations, rebuilds ties with West at Davos

DAVOS: Pakistan's newly-appointed foreign minister on Wednesday rejected claims by former prime minister Imran Khan...

Published 25 May, 2022 10:32pm

World

Ukraine FM calls on West to ‘kill Russian exports’ at Davos

DAVOS: Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the West Wednesday to “kill Russian exports” as a price...

Published 25 May, 2022 09:15pm

KSA finalising extension of $3bn deposit

DAVOS: Saudi Arabia is finalising the extension of the kingdom’s $3 billion deposit to Pakistan, Saudi Minister of...

Updated 25 May, 2022 09:42am

World

Saudi foreign minister says some progress in talks with Iran

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that there had been some progress in talks with Iran but “not...

Published 24 May, 2022 08:45pm

World

EU’s von der Leyen says Russia is using food supplies as a weapon

DAVOS: Russia is using food supplies as a weapon with global repercussions, acting the same way as it does in the...

Published 24 May, 2022 04:46pm

World

Don’t trade security for economic profit, NATO tells countries

DAVOS: Western countries must not trade security for economic profit, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned...

Published 24 May, 2022 04:38pm

World

Economic outlook has ‘darkened’, business and government leaders warn in Davos

DAVOS: Multiple threats to the global economy topped the worries of the world’s well-heeled at the annual Davos...

Published 23 May, 2022 09:27pm

Sports

Qatar World Cup audience projected at 5bn, says FIFA boss

DAVOS: The 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar is expected to be watched by 5 billion people around the world, FIFA...

Published 23 May, 2022 09:03pm

World

Zelensky tells Davos: send us weapons, stop Russia trade

DAVOS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used the Davos summit Monday to appeal for more weapons and “maximum”...

Updated 23 May, 2022 05:24pm

Pakistan

Bilawal, Khar to attend WEF annual meeting

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will participate in the annual meeting of World Economic Forum...

Published 23 May, 2022 06:55am

World

Davos returns under Ukraine cloud after Covid break

PARIS: The world’s political and business elite will hobnob in Davos next week after a two-year break caused by...

Published 20 May, 2022 11:02am

PM skips WEF meet; Bilawal to represent country

ISLAMABAD: The prevailing political and economic situation in the country has compelled Prime Minister Shehbaz ...

Updated 18 May, 2022 10:24am

PM to attend WEF moot at Davos

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif will be attending World Economic Forum’s annual meeting being held from...

Updated 13 May, 2022 10:13am

Business & Finance

VRG CEO, iPath CEO participate in WEF moot

NEW YORK: The World Economic Forum held the EDISON Alliance Champions Deputies & Executive Network Meeting to...

Published 10 May, 2022 05:10am

Pakistan

Dr Sara joins ‘WEF Young Global Leaders’ Class’

KARACHI: Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram, Co-founder and CEO-Sehat Kahani joins world’s most driven researchers, innovative...

Published 22 Apr, 2022 05:36am

Opinion

Global acclaim, local defame

Wonderful, Awful. Best, Worst. Developing, Destroying. Rising, falling. Good, bad. This is not a test of opposites ...

Published 07 Feb, 2022 05:22am

Editorials

WEF heaps praise on govt’s uplift vision

EDITORIAL: World Economic Forum (WEF) an annual event in Davos, Switzerland, where world leaders in government,...

Published 02 Feb, 2022 04:45am

Davos forum to be held in person May 22-26

GENEVA: The Davos summit will be held in person for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic, from May 22-26, the...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:46am

World

Xi warns global confrontation ‘invites catastrophic consequences’

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Monday that confrontation between major powers could have...

Published 18 Jan, 2022 04:20am

World

Invest in nature and reap cash benefits, World Economic Forum urges cities

BARCELONA: After a landslide in 2017 killed 1,141 people and left more than 3,000 homeless in Sierra Leone's capital...

Published 17 Jan, 2022 12:27pm

World

World's 10 richest men doubled wealth during Covid: report

Oxfam says the men's wealth jumped from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion, at an average rate of $1.3 billion per day

Updated 17 Jan, 2022 03:37pm

Opinion

Renewable energy

The recently announced World Economic Forum’s Energy Transition Index 2021 has ranked Denmark, Finland and the...

Published 25 Dec, 2021 05:02am

Business & Finance

Promotion of circular economy: Engro Polymer & Chemicals joins WEF’s global plastic action partnership

KARACHI: Engro Polymer & Chemicals (EPCL) has become the first affiliate member from Pakistan to join the World...

Published 17 Nov, 2021 04:22am

WEF postpones China event

BEIJING: The World Economic Forum said on Wednesday that it is postponing its event planned for later this month in...

Updated 04 Nov, 2021 09:55am

World

Iceland elects Europe's first women-majority parliament

COPENHAGEN: Iceland has voted more women than men into its parliament, a first in Europe, in a national election ...

Published 27 Sep, 2021 05:51am

Opinion

Not another hashtag

Pakistanis live in two different realities; one reality is for the privileged, which in Pakistan's context would be...

Published 29 Jul, 2021 04:48am

BR Research

Assessing skills gap in a digital world

Like many countries Pakistan faces the skills shortage problem given the rising demand by the employers as well as...

Published 25 Jun, 2021 07:35am

World

Microsoft, Mastercard sign on to VP Harris's Central America strategy

The meeting will be attended by top executives from yogurt maker Chobani, food giant Nestle's Nespresso unit, financial companies Bancolombia and Davivienda as well as language-learning website Duolingo.
The US vice president's push to spur regional economic growth will focus on six areas.

Published 27 May, 2021 07:15pm

World

World Economic Forum cancels 2021 annual meeting in Singapore

The city-state has in recent days imposed some of the tightest restrictions since it exited a lockdown last year to combat a spike in local COVID-19 infections.
The WEF's next annual meeting will instead take place in the first half of 2022. Its location and date will be determined based on an assessment of the situation later this summer, it added in a statement.

Published 17 May, 2021 08:26pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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