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Life & Style

Meryl Streep: Hollywood’s peerless star

CANNES, France: There is a strong case to be made that Meryl Streep, who picks up a lifetime achievement award at... Published 14 May, 2024 08:24pm

Life & Style

Greta Gerwig’s jury at the Cannes Film Festival

PARIS: An eight member jury led by Greta Gerwig will decide the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or, the top prize of... Published 14 May, 2024 11:10pm

Life & Style

Abu Dhabi sees first beer made in Arab Gulf

ABU DHABI: Inside his Abu Dhabi gastro pub, Chad McGehee inspects shiny steel tanks fermenting a special brew: the... Published 14 May, 2024 06:16pm

‘Digital guillotine’: Hollywood celebrities face backlash over Gaza silence

Reality star Kim Kardashian, who attended the Met Gala in New York, has lost hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers in recent days

‘Downton Abbey’ to return with a third movie

LONDON: The fictitious Crawley family and their servants running a sprawling English country estate in the early...

Yellow diamond brooch resembling Queen Elizabeth’s up for auction

GENEVA: A golden-hued diamond brooch, similar to one worn by the late Queen Elizabeth, is expected to be sold for...

Gucci takes over London’s Tate Modern for cruise line catwalk show

LONDON: Gucci turned London’s Tate Modern art gallery into a catwalk on Monday, as the Italian luxury label...

Big movies, strange mood as Cannes Film Festival prepares for opening night

Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel

Khaadi named ‘Retail Brand of the Year’ at Hum Style Awards 2024

Faithful descend on Portugal’s Fatima to pray for peace as wars rage

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Japanese singer enthrals audience at NAPA

KARACHI: Japanese singer Kenta Shoji took the audience at the National Academy of Performing Arts-NAPA to an... Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am

Arts

‘Pakistan Crescent Collective’ set to debut at Cannes Film Festival

The festival will take place from May 14-20

Published 11 May, 2024 02:59pm

Movies & Music

Actors playing Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Fatima revealed by SonyLIV

Indian streamer SonyLIV unveiled the actors playing the founder of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, and his sister... Published 11 May, 2024 04:59pm

MENA

Pakistan highlighted as ‘core part’ of Emirates’ strategy as Dubai’s annual Arabian Travel Market event concludes

DUBAI: Pakistan was highlighted as a “core part” of Emirates’ growth strategy as the annual Arabian Travel Market... Updated 11 May, 2024 10:52pm

A superstar, not a challenger: Zendaya

WASHINGTON: From film to fashion, former teen actor Zendaya has emerged as one of the few bona fide A-list... Published 11 May, 2024 12:15pm

Movies & Music

Beach Boys book covers 60 years of sun, surf and Good Vibrations

LONDON: Beach Boys share their story in a new book chronicling their rise from a small garage band formed in a Los... Published 11 May, 2024 02:20pm

Travel

Turkey reopens ancient church with prized mosaics to Muslim worship

ISTANBUL: Turkey has opened the ancient Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, to... Published 10 May, 2024 05:50pm

Two new ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies heading to theaters

LOS ANGELES: A fresh installment in the “Lord of the Rings” movie series, one of the biggest film franchises of all... Published 10 May, 2024 11:59am

Christie’s previews Michael Schumacher watches going up for auction

ZURICH: Auction house Christie’s held a preview event in Geneva on Thursday ahead of its sale of eight watches... Published 10 May, 2024 11:56am

MENA

Dubai has most millionaires in Middle East, New York tops global list

World’s Wealthiest Cities Report 2024, published by Henley & Partners, also shows Delhi has 30,700 millionaires

Updated 09 May, 2024 04:31pm

Travel

Thailand’s famed Koh Phi Phi archipelago suffers water shortages after heatwave

BANGKOK: The dazzling Thai holiday islands made famous by Hollywood film ‘The Beach’ are facing a severe water... Updated 09 May, 2024 07:25pm

iPad ‘Crush’ ad causes uproar amid AI anxiety

SAN FRANCISCO: An ad for the new iPad Pro caused an uproar Wednesday for showing an industrial-sized hydraulic press... Published 09 May, 2024 04:29pm

Movies & Music

Disney, Warner Bros Discovery launch US streaming bundle

NEW YORK: Disney and Warner Bros Discovery announced a joint streaming offering on Wednesday that will bring... Updated 09 May, 2024 02:13pm

Swift and Beyonce show the lucrative pop-fashion liaison

PARIS: The return of mega-concerts since the Covid-19 pandemic, with Beyonce and Taylor Swift leading the way, has... Published 09 May, 2024 11:48am

Movies & Music

‘Heeramandi’, Netflix’s biggest-budget Indian original to date, is also Bhansali’s grandest yet

‘Heeramandi’ – a collaboration between Netflix and Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali – is the streamer’s... Published 08 May, 2024 04:22pm

Luxury

London’s 200-year-old Garrick Club finally to allow women members

Members include King Charles now, Charles Dickens in past

Published 08 May, 2024 06:19pm

Macklemore supports Palestinians, campus protests with new track titled ‘Hind’s Hall’

Movies & Music

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 14	278.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 14	278.07
USD to Japanese Yen / May 14	156.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 14	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 14	1.26
Euro to USD / May 14	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 14	5246.68
India Sensex / May 14	73104.61
Tokyo Nikkei / May 14	38552.29
Nasdaq / May 14	16511.18
Hang Seng / May 14	19073.71
FTSE 100 / May 14	8428.13
Dow Jones / May 14	39558.11
Germany DAX 30 / May 14	18716.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 14	78.51
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 14	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 14	207733
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 14	2357
Cotton US¢/pound / May 14	73.78
Petrol/Litre / May 15	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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