World

Drifting into trouble? The tiny ocean creatures with a global impact

PLYMOUTH: The strange metal box hauled from the waves and onto the ship's deck looks like a spaceship fished from a...

US 'deeply alarmed' by reports of Sudan military takeover

The US is deeply alarmed at reports of a military take-over of the transitional government

Mudslides, power outages as storm drenches burn-scarred California

A powerful storm drenched wildfire-scarred Northern California on Sunday, triggering mudslides and flooding, while...

3 dead, 3 missing after avalanche on Ecuador volcano: officials

QUITO: An avalanche Sunday on a snow-capped Ecuadoran volcano, the highest peak in the country, killed at least ...

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 23	174.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 23	174.00
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 23	113.50
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 23	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 23	1.38
Euro to USD / Oct 23	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Oct 23	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 23	4544.90
India Sensex / Oct 23	60821.62
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 23	28804.85
Nasdaq / Oct 23	15090.20
Hang Seng / Oct 23	26126.93
FTSE 100 / Oct 23	7204.55
Dow Jones / Oct 23	35677.02
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 23	15542.98
France CAC40 / Oct 23	6733.69

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Oct 23	83.76
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Oct 23	14880.00
Gold 10 Grams / Oct 23	99450.00
Gold Spot / Oct 23	1792.65
Cotton / Oct 23	108.26

Africa

UN says detention of Sudan civilian leaders 'unacceptable'

KHARTOUM: The United Nations said Monday that Sudanese security forces' detention of civilian leaders including...

At least 25, including minors, died in illegal refinery blast in Nigeria

YENAGOA: At least 25 people, including some minors, were killed in an explosion and fire at an illegal oil refinery...

Ministers, party leaders detained in apparent coup in Sudan

KHARTOUM: Most of the members of Sudan's cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders were arrested on...

ASIA

Australia looks to roll out COVID-19 booster shots soon as curbs ease

SYDNEY: Australian officials plan to roll out COVID-19 booster shots soon to prevent a resurgence of cases, as...

China passes law to reduce pressure on children from homework

BEIJING: China passed a law Saturday to limit the pressure on children from homework and after-school tutoring, ...

Myanmar says it's committed to ASEAN peace plan, despite general's snub

Myanmar's military rulers pledged on Sunday to cooperate "as much as possible" with a peace plan agreed with ASEAN,...

Europe

Queen Elizabeth hoping to attend COP26 after missing church

LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth is hoping to be fit enough to meet world leaders at the COP26 climate conference...

Julian Assange: WikiLeaks' controversial founder

LONDON: The legal controversies surrounding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are now in their second decade and the...

Erdogan orders expulsion of 10 ambassadors

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10...

Middle East

'Simple' life in Iraqi desert village cut off from the grid

AL-SAHL: In Iraq's vast western desert, some 200 families live in a hamlet largely cut off from the rest of the...

Khamenei urges reversal of Arab-Israeli normalisations

TEHRAN: Arab nations that normalised ties with Israel last year have "sinned" and should reverse such moves, Iran's...

Iran's supreme leader urges reversal of Arab-Israeli normalisations

TEHRAN: Arab nations that normalised ties with Israel last year have "sinned" and should reverse such moves, Iran's...

USA

Yellen sees US inflation moderating by mid-to-late 2022

NEW YORK: Inflation in the United States, pushed upward by pandemic-related supply and labor problems, should return...

Biden upbeat on spending deal, but new corporate taxes unlikely

BALTIMORE: President Joe Biden said Thursday he is confident about getting his major infrastructure and social...

US jobless claims dip to new pandemic low: govt

WASHINGTON: Initial applications for US jobless aid dipped again last week, falling to a new pandemic low, according...

South Asia

'Children are going to die', UN agency warns as Afghanistan verges on collapse

DUBAI: Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull...

China will uphold world peace, Xi says

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday that China would always uphold world peace and international rules,...

Barter trade: Taliban offer jobs for wheat to tackle hunger and unemployment

KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban government launched a programme to tackle hunger on Sunday, offering thousands of ...

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Buxly / Oct 25 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	133.00 ▲ 8.98 (7.24%)
Kohinoor Sp. / Oct 25 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	4.42 ▲ 0.21 (4.99%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Oct 25 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	25.90 ▲ 0.92 (3.68%)
Fauji Cement / Oct 25 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	19.10 ▲ 0.66 (3.58%)
Kot Addu / Oct 25 Kot Addu Power Company Limited(KAPCO)	27.25 ▲ 0.62 (2.33%)
Hum Network / Oct 25 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	6.78 ▲ 0.11 (1.65%)
Pak Elektron / Oct 25 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	26.49 ▲ 0.37 (1.42%)
Service Fab. / Oct 25 Service Fabrics Limited(SERF)	10.82 ▲ 0.15 (1.41%)
Searle Co. / Oct 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	232.00 ▲ 3.03 (1.32%)
Byco Petroleum / Oct 25 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	7.29 ▲ 0.07 (0.97%)

Stock	Price
Azgard Nine. N.V. (R) / Oct 25 Azgard Nine (Non-Voting).(R) (ANLNVR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Azgard Nine(R) / Oct 25 Azgard Nine Limited. (R)(ANLR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Al-Shaheer Corp.(R) / Oct 25 Al-Shaheer Corporation Limited.(R)(ASCR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Escorts Inv.Bank (R) / Oct 25 Escorts Investment Bank Limited (R)(ESBLR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Fauji Fert. Bin (R) / Oct 25 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited (R)(FFBLR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Ghani Glass (R) / Oct 25 Ghani Glass Limited (R)(GHGLR2)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Hascol Petroleum (R) / Oct 25 Hascol Petroleum Limited (R)(HASCOLR1)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
IGI Life Ins. (R) / Oct 25 IGI Life Insurance Limited (R)(IGILR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Sazgar Engineering (R) / Oct 25 Sazgar Engineering Works Ltd. (R) (SAZEWR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
786 Investments / Oct 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	0.00 ▲ -7.00 (-100.00%)

Stock	Volume
Hum Network / Oct 25 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	11,500 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Oct 25 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	6,000 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd / Oct 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	3,000 ▼ 0.00
Buxly / Oct 25 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	2,500 ▼ 0.00
Searle Co. / Oct 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	2,000 ▼ 0.00
Bank of Punjab / Oct 25 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	1,500 ▼ 0.00
Amreli Steels / Oct 25 Amreli Steels Limited(ASTL)	1,000 ▼ 0.00
Avanceon Ltd / Oct 25 Avanceon Limited(AVN)	1,000 ▼ 0.00
Engro Fertilizers / Oct 25 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	1,000 ▼ 0.00
Jahangir Sid. Co. / Oct 25 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	1,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 23	174.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 23	174.00
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 23	113.50
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 23	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 23	1.38
Euro to USD / Oct 23	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Oct 23	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 23	4544.90
India Sensex / Oct 23	60821.62
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 23	28804.85
Nasdaq / Oct 23	15090.20
Hang Seng / Oct 23	26126.93
FTSE 100 / Oct 23	7204.55
Dow Jones / Oct 23	35677.02
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 23	15542.98
France CAC40 / Oct 23	6733.69