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Muhammad Shafa

Pakistan

Sexual assault: Three accused arrested

KARACHI: Three accused, who had sexually assaulted a teenage boy for the last six months in Skardu-Baltistan and...

Published 20 Jul, 2020 02:33am

Pakistan

Rain disrupts life: City's drainage system collapses

KARACHI: City's drainage system collapsed after the second downpour of monsoon on Friday afternoon, inundating roads...

Updated 18 Jul, 2020 03:19am

Markets

Power ministry urged to run JPCL plant-II on Thar Coal

KARACHI: Sindh energy department has recommended the federal power ministry to design and run the forthcoming 660...

Updated 17 Jul, 2020 03:15am

Markets

2,100MW may be added to KE system over three years

KARACHI: K-Electric has planned to include around 2,100 megawatts of electricity to its system by the summer 2023 to...

Updated 16 Jul, 2020 03:07am

Pakistan

Thar Power Plant produces 4,305 GwH electricity in first year, saving huge foreign exchange

The plant also generated much cheaper per unit of electricity compared with the LNG-based and imported coal-based producers.

Published 11 Jul, 2020 04:53pm

Pakistan

Rainfall makes life miserable in Karachi

KARACHI: The first spell of monsoon rain with gusty winds struck Karachi on Monday, leaving at least 4 people dead...

Published 07 Jul, 2020 02:54am

Markets

Five, including 3 security guards, martyred: Attack on PSX aborted; all 4 terrorists killed

KARACHI: Gunmen armed with hand grenades tried to storm Pakistan Stock Exchange in country's economic hub Karachi,...

Published 30 Jun, 2020 03:10am

Business & Finance

Covid-19 pandemic: Federal budget does not focus on changing economic priorities: FPCCI

KARACHI: Convener Budget Advisory Council, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Zakaria...

Published 23 Jun, 2020 03:12am

Epaper

Senior BR correspondent Khalid Abbas Saif dies

KARACHI: Business Recorder's senior correspondent sixtysix-year-old Saif, who was a cardiac patient, died in his...

Published 19 Jun, 2020 03:27am

Business & Finance

Teli says federal budget 'by no means a relief budget'

KARACHI: Former president of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Siraj Kassem Teli on Friday termed the...

Published 13 Jun, 2020 03:31am

Tragedy hits Karachi days before Eid

A Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Airbus A320 flying from Lahore on Friday crashed into a densely-populated residential colony near the Jinnah International Airport, killing at least 60 people. Luckily, two passengers, the CEO of Bank of Punjab, Zafa

Published 23 May, 2020 12:06am

Train services resume after nearly 2 months

Passengers train operation resumed partially on Wednesday after some eight weeks of continual suspension in the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic.

Published 21 May, 2020 12:09am

Sindh records eight Covid-19 deaths in past 24 hours

Sindh recorded eight Covid-19 deaths over the past 24 hours, which is the highest number of fatalities from the contagion in the province so far, raising the death toll to 56 or 2.1 percent of the total patients within a month.

Published 20 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Karachi Cantt station turns to crowded field after announcement of temporary halt

Karachi Cantonment Railways Station on Tuesday turned to supper crowded field as the panicked commuters thronged to station soon after Railways announced to temporarily halt all train operations with effect from Tuesday midnight till March, 31.

Published 25 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

PR to suspend country wide operations for a week starting today

Trains operating before midnight of March 24 (Tuesday), will be allowed to leave for their destinations.

Published 24 Mar, 2020 09:01am

Pakistan

Youngsters observe COVID-19 lockdown as fun holiday

Despite putting Sindh province into a 15-day lockdown to avoid further spread of COVID-19, the citizens appeared irresponsible on the first day of the restriction, dragging governmental drastic efforts at risk.

Published 24 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Sindh goes into 15-day lockdown

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in order to contain and curb further spread of coronavirus, on Sunday announced that the province would undergo a lockdown after midnight last night for the next 15 days. "I have no option but to save people of Si

Published 23 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Railways to lose 35,000 passengers daily owing to suspension of 34 trains

Pakistan Railways (PR) will be losing around 35,000 commuters per day due to suspension of its 34 passenger train operations across the country, owing to the fast spreading coronavirus - the global pandemic, official sources told Business Recorder.

Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Bilawal calls for countrywide lockdown

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday recommended to the federal government to put the country under a lockdown to protect life and economy from the deadly coronavirus.

Updated 20 Mar, 2020 10:52am

Pakistan

PR considering options to suspend or curtail operations in wake of COVID-19 outbreak

Deputy Director PR Karachi Division Tariq Asad informed that train operation (Up) from Karachi and (Down) from Pesh

Published 19 Mar, 2020 10:55am

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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