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Sindh CM proposes partnerships with Huawei, Humanwell Healthcare Group

Published 14 Oct, 2026 04:31am

WUHAN: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has sought Chinese cooperation in smart governance, artificial...

UBG President hails Pak-China submarine agreement

Published 27 Dec, 2025 08:01am

KARACHI: Zubair Tufail, the President of the United Business Group (UBG) and former President of the FPCCI,...

FBI director says Covid ‘most likely’ caused by Wuhan lab accident

Published 01 Mar, 2023 12:15pm

WASHINGTON: FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday his agency believes the Covid-19 pandemic was “most likely”...

First Wuhan Covid case days later than initially reported: scientist

Updated 19 Nov, 2021 12:59pm

WASHINGTON: The first case of Covid-19 identified in Wuhan, China and presented as such by the World Health...

Wuhan completes citywide Covid tests on 11m residents

Published 09 Aug, 2021 05:05am

BEIJING: Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Sunday said they had completed citywide testing of more...

China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' as Covid returns

Published 03 Aug, 2021 09:31am

The city of 11 million is "swiftly launching comprehensive nucleic acid testing of all residents", senior Wuhan official Li Tao said at a press conference on Tuesday

Virus strikes twice for India's first Covid patient

Published 14 Jul, 2021 06:26pm

The woman tested positive again during a routine check ahead of a trip to New Delhi.

China evacuates citizens from Afghanistan as US withdraws troops

Updated 10 Jul, 2021 03:40pm

A Xiamen Airlines flight departed Kabul for the city of Wuhan on July 2 carrying Chinese citizens who had been stranded in Afghanistan

AFP's Wuhan team wins for virus coverage

Published 27 Jun, 2021 03:56am

BEIJING: AFP's standout coverage of China's lockdown of Wuhan in the earliest stages of the Covid-19 pandemic has...

Masks off, mortarboards on: Wuhan sheds Covid for mass graduation

Published 15 Jun, 2021 09:57am

More than 2,200 students at Sunday's ceremony were graduates who could not attend their graduation last year due to tight virus restrictions.

Expert report finds Covid likely jumped to humans from bats through 'missing link'

Published 29 Mar, 2021 05:24pm

The report from the international mission to Wuhan has therefore been keenly anticipated ever since the expert team left China more than a month ago.

'Likely to very likely' that Covid reached humans through intermediary animal: report

Published 29 Mar, 2021 01:08pm

The experts said that the intermediary host hypothesis was deemed "likely to very likely", while the theory.

WHO team probing Covid origins in China to brief media

Published 09 Feb, 2021 10:21am

Speculation emerged early in the pandemic that the virus could have accidentally leaked from the lab in Wuhan, although there was no evidence provided to back up that theory.

China reports no new local COVID-19 infection for first time in nearly two months

Published 08 Feb, 2021 10:35am

The total number of COVID-19 cases in mainland China stands at 89,706, while the death toll is unchanged at 4,636.

WHO team probing COVID-19 visits Wuhan lab, meets 'Bat Woman'

Published 03 Feb, 2021 07:34pm

A team of investigators led by the World Health Organization visited a virus research laboratory in China’s central city of Wuhan and met with a prominent virologist there in its search for clues to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The experts spent about 3-1/2 hours at the heavily-guarded Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has been at the centre of some conspiracy theories that claim a laboratory leak caused the city’s first coronavirus outbreak at the end of 2019.

WHO team visits Chinese virus lab in Wuhan

Published 03 Feb, 2021 05:43pm

The convoy of cars drove past security to enter a virology institute shrouded in mist Wednesday morning.

WHO team to visit Chinese virus lab in Wuhan: state media

Published 03 Feb, 2021 10:24am

China has faced criticism at home and abroad for playing down the initial outbreak and concealing information when it first emerged in Wuhan in December 2019.

WHO expert says China mission going 'very well'

Published 02 Feb, 2021 05:14pm

The UN agency hit back at critics on Monday, telling a press conference in Geneva, "if you have the answers... please let us know."

WHO team in Wuhan to visit provincial CDC on Monday

Published 01 Feb, 2021 01:28pm

No full itinerary for the group's field work has been announced, and journalists covering the tightly controlled visit have been kept at a distance from team members.

WHO experts probe ground-zero China market

Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:39am

WUHAN, (China): A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 on Sunday went to a market in Wuhan ...

WHO probe team visits Wuhan market at heart of first virus outbreak

Published 31 Jan, 2021 05:41pm

The mission, delayed by China and weighed down by political baggage, has a remit to explore how the virus jumped from animal to human.

WHO team visits Wuhan market where first COVID infections detected

Published 31 Jan, 2021 01:05pm

No exact itinerary has not been announced, but the WHO has said the team plans to visit Huanan market and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that took first Covid-19 patients

Published 30 Jan, 2021 05:56pm

The WHO insists the probe will stick tightly to the science behind how the virus jumped from animals -- believed to be bats -- to humans.

WHO virus probe team visits China propaganda exhibit, hospital in Wuhan

Published 30 Jan, 2021 05:39pm

On Friday, the WHO's emergencies director Michael Ryan sought to manage expectations.

WHO China mission set to begin as US demands 'robust' virus origin probe

Published 28 Jan, 2021 06:02pm

She also expressed concern about the "misinformation" from "some sources in China".

WHO team to start Wuhan virus probe under global glare

Published 28 Jan, 2021 05:42pm

The virus is believed to have come from bats and to have initially spread from a wet market in Wuhan where wild animals were sold as food.

WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China's Wuhan leaves quarantine

Updated 28 Jan, 2021 02:29pm

A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic left a quarantine hotel in Wuhan on Thursday to begin field work, two weeks after arriving in the Chinese city where the virus emerged in late 2019.
The mission has been plagued by delays, concerns over access and bickering between China and the United States, which has accused Beijing of hiding the extent of the initial outbreak and has criticised the terms of the visit.

WHO team to start Wuhan virus probe under global glare

Published 28 Jan, 2021 12:38pm

The group started a two-week quarantine on arrival on January 14 in the central Chinese city where the first known cluster of virus cases emerged in late 2019.

Wuhan marks a year since lockdown as Biden warns of 600,000 dead

Published 23 Jan, 2021 05:46pm

Globally, the virus has killed more than two million people, infected tens of millions of others and hammered economies.

Wuhan bustles a year after world's first coronavirus lockdown

Published 21 Jan, 2021 12:01pm

On Saturday, the city where Covid-19 was first detected in late 2019 marks one year since it was locked down to crush the outbreak.

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USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 16	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 16	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

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Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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