News Archives for World - 2021-08-20

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Middle East

UAE to temporarily host 5,000 evacuated Afghans en route elsewhere

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has agreed to host 5,000 Afghan nationals to be evacuated from their country on ...

Published 20 Aug, 2021 11:48pm

USA

Facing sharp criticism on Afghanistan, Biden to speak on evacuations

Biden is counting on cooperation from the Taliban, the militant group that the United States fought for 20 years in Afghanistan

Published 20 Aug, 2021 08:09pm

Europe

We will not allow terrorists to threaten us, NATO tells Taliban

"We have the capabilities to strike terrorist groups from a distance if we see that terrorist groups again try to establish themselves and plan, organise attacks against NATO allies and their countries"

Published 20 Aug, 2021 07:54pm

South Asia

Afghanistan GDP may slump 20% after Taliban takeover: Fitch Solutions

Basu, head of Asia Country Risk at Fitch Solutions, says foreign grants and aid, a major source of Afghanistan's funding, will dry up significantly this year if not beyond

Updated 20 Aug, 2021 08:21pm

World

AstraZeneca's antibody therapy prevents COVID-19, study shows

Antibody combo 77% effective in preventing COVID-19
New hope for immunocompromised with low vaccine protection
AstraZeneca pursuing initial approval well before year-end

Published 20 Aug, 2021 05:16pm

World

One in three Afghans at risk of severe or acute hunger: WFP

The dire assessment comes as the country faces an uncertain future after the Taliban routed the government to take power over the weekend

Updated 20 Aug, 2021 02:30pm

World

AstraZeneca hails trial results for Covid treatment

The drug, made from a combination of two antibodies, was initially developed as a treatment for those who had already been exposed to the disease

Published 20 Aug, 2021 01:25pm

World

US probing Moderna vaccine for higher heart inflammation risk: Washington Post

The report quoted a source saying it was too early for the regulators to reach a conclusion, and that additional work was needed before any recommendation was made

Published 20 Aug, 2021 10:46am

World

New Zealand's Ardern extends lockdown as virus outbreak widens

Ardern extended the lockdown until midnight on Aug 24, saying that the outbreak had widened to other cities

Published 20 Aug, 2021 10:35am

World

NATO pledges to speed evacuations from Afghanistan as criticism mounts

Thousands of people, desperate to flee the country, continued to throng the airport, the official who declined to be identified told Reuters

Published 20 Aug, 2021 09:55am

Africa

Death toll in Burkina militants attack rises to 80

OUAGADOUGOU: A militants attack in Burkina Faso against a convoy of soldiers escorting civilians left 80 people ...

Published 20 Aug, 2021 09:53am

World

US hails Albania, Uganda for taking in Afghans

Blinken "thanked Prime Minister Rama for continuing Albania's proud tradition of sheltering people in need," a State Department statement said

Published 20 Aug, 2021 09:51am

Middle East

Syria says air defence shot down Israeli missiles

Our air defence responded to the missiles and shot most of them down

Published 20 Aug, 2021 09:46am

World

In midst of Afghan crisis, US VP Harris visits Vietnam

Harris has taken some flak, especially from right-wing commentators who see the choice of Vietnam as, at best, tone-deaf

Published 20 Aug, 2021 09:29am

World

Sydney extends lockdown, imposes partial curfew

New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the "difficult" decision, telling the city's population of five million it was time to "bunker down"

Published 20 Aug, 2021 09:26am

World

Facebook unveils curbs for Taliban-seized Afghanistan

Users of Facebook-owned Instagram in Afghanistan will receive notifications informing them of methods to protect their accounts

Published 20 Aug, 2021 09:17am

World

Taliban revenge fears grow in Afghanistan: report

The Taliban have been conducting 'targeted door-to-door visits' of people who worked with US and NATO forces, according to a confidential document by the UN's threat assessment consultants

Updated 20 Aug, 2021 09:30am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 28	276.97 ▼ -0.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 28	276.77 ▼ -0.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 29	157.82 ▼ -0.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 29	0.83 ▼ -0.0001
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 29	1.33 ▼ -0.0006
Euro to USD / Oct 29	1.11 ▼ -0.0007
SOFR % / Oct 28	3.94 ▼ -0.01

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Oct 29	73,838.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 29	64,659.47
Hang Seng / Oct 29	23,033.40
FTSE 100 / Oct 29	10,742.97
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 29	25,780.29
France CAC40 / Oct 29	7,943.60
S&P 500 / Oct 28	7,743.98
Nasdaq / Oct 28	26,549.85
Dow Jones / Oct 28	52,475.10

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 30	377.91
Diesel/Litre / Oct 30	399.82
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 29	101.57
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 29	18,080
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 29	4,032.73
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 29	78.14
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 28	364,914

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Oct 29 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	4.40 ▲ 0.73 (19.89%)
Aruj Industries / Oct 29 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	11.54 ▲ 1.05 (10.01%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 29 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	34.30 ▲ 3.12 (10.01%)
Grays Leasing / Oct 29 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	45.49 ▲ 4.14 (10.01%)
HI-Tech Lub. / Oct 29 Hi-Tech Lubricants Limited(HTL)	40.46 ▲ 3.68 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Oct 29 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	96.09 ▲ 8.74 (10.01%)
Sindh Modaraba / Oct 29 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	89.27 ▲ 8.12 (10.01%)
Blessed Tex. / Oct 29 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	832.27 ▲ 75.66 (10%)
Cnergyico PK / Oct 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	14.08 ▲ 1.28 (10%)
Faisal Sp. / Oct 29 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	310.32 ▲ 28.21 (10%)

Stock	Price
Bawany Air Products (R) / Oct 29 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	5.62 ▼ -1 (-15.11%)
Khairpur Sug. / Oct 29 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,020.47 ▼ -113.39 (-10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 29 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	108.71 ▼ -12.08 (-10%)
Unicap Modaraba / Oct 29 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	19.09 ▼ -2.08 (-9.83%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Oct 29 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	14.99 ▼ -1.63 (-9.81%)
J.K.Spinning / Oct 29 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	427.55 ▼ -44.55 (-9.44%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Oct 29 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	335.79 ▼ -32.82 (-8.9%)
Century Paper / Oct 29 Century Paper & Board Mills Limited(CEPB)	22.90 ▼ -2.12 (-8.47%)
Sitara Petroleum Service / Oct 29 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	12.63 ▼ -1.15 (-8.35%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 29 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	30.07 ▼ -2.69 (-8.21%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Oct 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	184,011,163 ▲ 1.28
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Oct 29 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	81,146,525 ▲ 0.73
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,827,761 ▲ 0.13
Pakistan Refinery / Oct 29 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	40,673,997 ▲ 6.65
TPL Properties / Oct 29 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	33,271,942 ▼ -0.15
TPL Corp Ltd / Oct 29 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	31,473,640 ▲ 0.88
Sitara Petroleum Service / Oct 29 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	17,066,752 ▼ -1.15
P.T.C.L. / Oct 29 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,092,635 ▲ 3.18
B.O.Punjab / Oct 29 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,142,580 ▲ 0.01
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Oct 29 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	12,131,330 ▼ -0.21

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