KARACHI: After a day of stopover, the stock market resumed its northward journey with the KSE-100 index ramping up 219.49 points, or 0.48 per cent, on the final day of the trading week, closing at 46,386 points. The index started out in green and shot up to intraday high by 491 points. Investors accumulated stocks despite the weekend ahead. In …

KARACHI: The expressions of rival captains — Babar Azam of Pakistan and his South African counterpart Quinton de Kock — during their virtual media conferences on Friday depicted the mood in the respective camps. Babar, who is rated shy when it comes to speaking, singled out the quality of Pakistan spinners as the reason of South Africa’s first defeat here …

ISLAMABAD: The prices of key petroleum products — petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) — are estimated to go up by Rs9-11 per litre on Jan 31 for the first fortnight of February if straight calculations of Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) are accepted by the prime minister. However, based purely on international prices published in Platt’s Oilgram, the prices …

KARACHI: As a reflection of growing confidence in the economy, foreign investors parked $104 million in long-term Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) during the last three months (November-January) of FY21. Before emergence of Covid-19 pandemic, significant foreign inflows were noticed in short-term treasury bills, but since then massive outflows were witnessed following drastic cut in interest rates. However, this time the …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday rejected a demand of the industrial sector for continuation of gas supply to their captive power plants by suspending its recent decisions but promised to facilitate fresh electricity connections and improved power supplies. According to an official statement, this was the outcome of a meeting at the ministry of energy’s petroleum division. The meeting was attended by …

Ayeza Khan on Friday took to social media to thank her fans after she became the most followed Pakistani celebrity on Instagram. The “Mere Paas Tum Ho” star, who recently reached eight million followers on the photo and video sharing app, wrote a lengthy note to explain how she went on to become the most followed Pakistani actress and what …

Gulsim  Ali portrays Aslihan Hatun in the popular TV series “Dirilis: Ertugrul”. The Turkish actress on Friday shared a video message for her Pakistani fans. In the video message posted to her Instagram stories, Gulsim says: “My friends and fans in Pakistan. I have some exciting news just for you. Very soon. InshAllah. Lots of love from Turkey.” The actress …

Zack Snyder delighted fans as he announced  his cut of Justice League will  be released on March 18. The 54-year-old filmmaker also shared evocative promotional pictures from the movie with the   announcement. Taking to Twitter the Superhero filmmaker shared three images. His first image was marked ‘Fallen’ and showed the Justice League logo broken on the ground amid scattered rubble. …

Jennifer Aniston on Friday paid tribute to the powerful   women who are ruling different countries in  the world. The  “Friends” star took to her Instagram stories to  share the pictures of several prime ministers, presidents and head of the states. “While the world has been distracted by the noise of those resistant to change… The change has been happening anyway,” …

Kim Kardashian on Thursday shared fans reactions to the trailer of the final season of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”. The reality TV show star posted the release date of the show’s 20 season before she she posted screenshots of fans reactions. “Still can’t believe that this is the end of this show. but I can’t wait to see what …