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Fahad Zulfikar

Pakistan

Court issues arrest warrants for ex-BISP chief Farzana Raja in corruption reference

Raja has been declared a proclaimed offender over her continuous absence in court hearings
The accountability court issued orders to block Raja’s NIC and place her name on the no-fly list

Updated 07 Jun, 2021 01:02pm

Pakistan

Pakistan's Covid positivity ratio falls

1,490 people tested positive out of 49,285 tests conducted during last 24 hours

Updated 07 Jun, 2021 11:16am

Pakistan

PM Imran lauds Chinese President Xi's efforts to combat climate change

Says President Xi’s message on World Environment Day 2021 hosted by Pakistan reflect our commitment to counter environmental degradation
PM had said that the world's richest countries have not done enough to combat global warming

Updated 06 Jun, 2021 03:51pm

Pakistan

PM personally discussing Chinese Covid vaccine certificate issue with Saudi Arabia: Rasheed

Says vaccination process in Pakistan is better as compared to other countries of the region as a large number of people are visiting vaccination centers after awareness
Minister says he has never seen such an incompetent, useless and weak opposition in this country

Updated 06 Jun, 2021 02:15pm

Pakistan

Sindh govt going to ease Covid restrictions in province, says Murad

Says the province is vaccinating 100,000 people per day and they are planning to increase the number up to 200,000
Murad warned that the salaries of government employees will be seized if they deny receiving vaccine jab

Updated 06 Jun, 2021 02:41pm

Pakistan

Pakistan's Covid positivity ratio drops to 3.1 percent, lowest since virus outbreak: FO

Zahid Hafeez says the total number of active cases in the country are down to 47,764
Heartening to see Pakistan moving forward in its fight against the pandemic: FO

Updated 06 Jun, 2021 12:52pm

Pakistan

Covid-19: Pakistan reports 76 deaths, 1,629 new infections in 24 hours

The death toll has reached 21,189 while the country's Covid positivity rate is 3.10 percent
At least 4,380 people recovered from the deadly disease while 40,142 people have been fully vaccinated

Published 06 Jun, 2021 10:36am

Pakistan

Covid-19: Lahore education authority announces new timings for schools

For girls, the classes from nursery to the middle will commence at 7:15 am and will close at 11:15 am
The timings for matriculation and intermediate classes would be from 7:30 am to 12:00 pm
The education authority stated that there will be no lunch breaks in schools

Updated 04 Jun, 2021 03:38pm

Pakistan

Lodhran-Multan Highway will increase economic activity, reduce travel time: PM

The 62-kilometer long section of N-5 Highway will cost Rs6.88 billion and will be completed in two years
The N-5 section of the highway will connect Karachi, Lahore, and Peshawar

Updated 04 Jun, 2021 01:21pm

Pakistan reports lowest Covid positivity rate since Feb 28

At least 83 deaths and 1,893 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hours across the country
Since the start of the pandemic, Punjab has recorded the maximum number of cases, followed by Sindh

Updated 04 Jun, 2021 02:58pm

Pakistan

Pfizer vaccine will be administered on priority to Hajj pilgrims, overseas students and workers, says Umar

Says a limited quantity of Pfizer vaccine doses have been acquired by Pakistan this month
Minister says a decision should be taken at the international level related to the countries not accepting vaccination certificates of Chinese vaccines as it would create problems for the entire world

Updated 03 Jun, 2021 03:03pm

Pakistan

PM grants approval to induct second batch of National Youth Council

SAPM Dar says the council will consist of youth from all the four provinces, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan
Under the program, young people are added to the decision-making process at the national level and to work jointly with the provincial and federal governments

Updated 03 Jun, 2021 01:59pm

Pakistan

NCOC to initiate mass vaccination campaign with support of public, private partners

The mass vaccination drive strategy will motivate the people through effective media partnership, capacity building of existing vaccination infrastructure, and uninterrupted supply of the vaccine
The NCOC has set a target to vaccinate 70 million people by the end of this year

Updated 03 Jun, 2021 12:20pm

Pakistan

Nearly eight million Covid vaccine doses administered to people in Pakistan: NCOC

As many as 305,093 people have been administered the coronavirus vaccine on June 1

Updated 02 Jun, 2021 04:34pm

Pakistan

Pakistan to enhance bilateral cooperation in diverse fields with Tajikistan: Qureshi

Says Pakistan and Tajikistan have immense potential to expand multi-faceted bilateral cooperation, including trade
Timely completion of important projects like CASA-1000 will help establish an energy corridor between South Asia and Central Asia: FM

Published 02 Jun, 2021 12:16pm

Pakistan

SC disposes of govt's appeal against Shehbaz Sharif

SC stated that the way the opposition leader was given relief cannot be cited as an example in any case
Shehbaz’s lawyer told the top court that they will not pursue the contempt petition filed in the high court against the federal government and the FIA

Updated 02 Jun, 2021 12:58pm

Pakistan

Tajik President arrives in Islamabad on two-day visit

Emomali Rahmon will hold meetings with Prime Minister Imran Khan and will exchange views on enhancing bilateral cooperation in diverse areas
A number of agreements and MoUs are expected to be signed during the Tajik president's visit

Published 02 Jun, 2021 10:02am

Pakistan

SHC dismisses bail plea of PTM leader over anti-state remarks

Peshawar Police had arrested Ali Wazir and others in December last year at the request of Sindh Police

Published 01 Jun, 2021 04:51pm

Pakistan

'Authorities close to identifying a suspect in Asad Toor case'

Interior minister says fingerprints will aid speed of investigation

Updated 01 Jun, 2021 03:55pm

Pakistan

Travelers above 50 to show vaccination certificate for travel to GB

Restrictions will be effective from Tuesday and will remain in place till July 1
Under the new advisory, passengers between 30 and 50 years of age without valid vaccination certificates may be allowed to board a flight to GB after producing a negative PCR test result conducted within 72 hours prior to the scheduled time of travel

Updated 01 Jun, 2021 03:45pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 3	278.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 3	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 3	152.98
USD to Swiss Franc / May 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 3	1.26
Euro to USD / May 3	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
India Sensex / May 3	74412.88
Hang Seng / May 3	18417.07
FTSE 100 / May 3	8208.23
Germany DAX 30 / May 3	17993.66

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Petrol/Litre / May 3	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 3	79.12
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 3	205418
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 3	2308.69
Diesel/Litre / May 3	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 3 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 3 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 3 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 3 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 3 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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