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Mohammad Bilal Tahir

Pakistan

Dr Ansari lauds govt, DRAP for go-ahead to plasma therapy clinical trials

Offers to bear the cost of acquiring and processing the plasma for the sake of humanity. Describes the step as

Updated 10 Apr, 2020 03:38pm

Pakistan

Hussain Lakhani Trust dispatches ration for needy photojournalists

“Cameramen are the basic pillar of journalism,” says Hunaid Lakhani. KARACHI: Hunaid Lakhani, board member of

Published 08 Apr, 2020 03:01pm

Pakistan

Easypaisa joins hands with Zakat and Ushr department to disburse PKR 1.5 Billion

The amount will be distributed among more than 170,000 beneficiaries across Punjab. Easypaisa, Pakistan’s lea

Updated 08 Apr, 2020 01:18pm

Pakistan

Mastercard increases contactless payment limits for Middle East, Africa

This initiative comes as global and regional health officials and governments recommend social distancing and encou

Updated 07 Apr, 2020 01:48pm

Pakistan

Nasir Ali Syed appointed CEO for Pak-Qatar General Takaful Limited

“I’m thrilled to be appointed CEO, having played an integral part in Pak-Qatar Family Takaful’s growth since we lau

Updated 02 Apr, 2020 03:11pm

Pakistan

PICSS report shows drop in militant attacks during March 2020

Casualties in militant activities decreased by 64 percent and injuries decreased by 15 percent compared with Februa

Published 01 Apr, 2020 10:30am

Pakistan

Careem announces captain support initiatives ‘Being Careem’

Captains are self-employed individuals earning daily-wages through Careem’s platforms and they will be requiring me

Updated 01 Apr, 2020 10:41am

61 new cases detected in Sindh

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 61 new cases of the coronavirus have been detected in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the province to 627.

Published 01 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

14 CCUs to be established across Sindh: 12 new cases of coronavirus detected in Karachi: Murad

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has decided to establish 14 Critical Care Units (CCUs) all over Sindh, including one in Karachi, and they would have ventilators, monitors, pulse oximeter, suction machines, defibrillator and compressors.

Published 29 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Grocery stores to close in Sindh at 5pm from today

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that locally-transmitted cases of the coronavirus have now become 10 percent of the total cases.

Published 28 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Murad approves purchase of COVID-19 testing machines, ventilators and other equipment

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved purchase of 290 ventilators, 3.2 million Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), 100 Rapid Kit Antigen Test Machines, 100,000 testing kits, 50 RT Lamp Testing Machines and 10,000 RT Lamp Kits and 29 port

Published 26 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Murad forms committee to look into ways to help daily-wage workers

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has constituted a four-member committee which will look into the mechanism on how to assist the daily-wage workers and other deserving people during the lockdown in the province.

Published 25 Mar, 2020 12:00am

640 in Sukkur who tested negative allowed to go home

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has allowed 640 COVID-19 negative pilgrims housed at Labour Colony Sukkur to return to their respective homes but made them bound to follow the SOP they have been given. He took this decision in 27th meeting of Tas

Published 25 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

109 pilgrims in Sukkur test positive: Number of coronavirus cases in Sindh rises to 394

The number of coronavirus cases in Sindh has reached 394, including 83 of local transmission in the city and 109 of Sukkur. Out of 833 pilgrims who had arrived in Sukkur, 109 tested positive. This was disclosed at the 26th meeting of the Task Force on cor

Published 24 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Sindh braces for formal lockdown

As the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases topped 396 in the province, the Sindh government has decided, in principle, to enforce a lockdown in the province and a formal announcement in this regard would be made today.

Published 22 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Sindh government stands by PM, federal government: Nasir

The chief minister of Sindh, his entire cabinet and the administration is with the prime minister in these testing times when everyone was desperately making efforts to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Published 22 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Murad urges people to observe three-day voluntary self isolation

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has advised the people of the province to spend the next three days under voluntary isolation for the sake of safety and security.

Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Careem facilitates medical insurance for captains in Pakistan

The medical will cover hospitalisation and ICU admission of captains and their family members. KARACHI: Caree

Updated 20 Mar, 2020 03:12pm

Pakistan

Murad releases Rs 7.21 billion to combat COVID-19: Four new cases of COVID-19 detected in Karachi

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has released Rs7.21 billion, including Rs6.9 billion to the health department and the rest of the amount to commissioner of Sukkur, to contain and combat COVID-19. "I'll make more funds available to contain, curb a

Published 20 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Sindh government to distribute rations: Murad

The Sindh government, owing to the ongoing partial lockdown in the province, has decided to distribute 2,000,000 bags of food items among the poor segment of society all over the province.

Published 20 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Hang Seng / May 17	19535.61
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 19	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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