Gold slipped by Rs 500 to Rs 56,100 per tola in the local market Tuesday as its international price dropped. Chairman All Sindh Jewelers Association Haji Haroon told ‘Geo News’ that gold prices fell in the local market as its international price slipped to $ 1,627 an ounce.

Gold surged by Rs 129 to Rs 49,414 per 10 grams in the local market Friday as its international price improved to $ 1,665 an ounce, market sources said. According to Karachi Saraf Association official, tola (11.664 grams) price also went up by Rs 150 at Rs 57,650. Silver closed higher at Rs 925.71 per 10 grams.

At least twelve students were injured when two rival student groups clashed at Karachi University Monday, Geo News reported. According to sources, students belonging to two rival groups quarreled with each other over pasting a poster near the university’s cafeteria but the argument was turned violent that injured 12 students. Classes were also suspended as a result of clash while Rangers arrested two students allegedly involved in the riot.

The inaugural ceremony of the third Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) was held at a local hotel on Friday night. The American Ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, was the chief guest on the occasion. The two-day festival formally commenced from Saturday morning. It is being organized by the British Council in collaboration with the Oxford University Press (OUP) Pakistan. The Managing Director of OUP Pakistan, Ms. Ameena Saiyid, presented the …

Gold improved by Rs86 to close at Rs 50,228 per 10 grams in the local market Monday as its international price recovered to $1,729 an ounce, market sources said. According to Karachi Saraf Association official, tola (11.664 grams) price also increased by Rs 100 to close at Rs 58,600. Silver closed higher at Rs 934.28 per 10 grams.

A British scientist arrived in Karachi on Friday to examine and record the details of the 11-metre long whale shark that was towed by local fishermen to the Karachi Fish Harbour from the open sea earlier this week. He is being accompanied by a documentary production team to tape the carcass. On Thursday, Karachi Fish Harbour Authority (KFHA) officials, after weighing the carcass at Weigh Bridge, moved it to the site of a former zoological museum …

Fishermen killed and transported an 11-meter long whale shark, weighing in at 22 tons, to the Karachi Fish Harbour from the open seas. Although they paid Rs50,000 alone to lift and transport the carcass of this endangered sea mammal, they were only able to sell it for Rs170,000 as fish trash. The crew of the small fishing boat, Al-Hafeez, spotted the sea giant near Ghora Bari in the Arabian sea. Experts believe that the crew fed the animal diesel …

Director Admission Committee of Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology (FUUAST) Muhammad Siddique has announced extension in the last date of submission of admission forms for BS and master’s program (morning shift) at Karachi campus to 26 December. In a release on Monday, he said that admissions at Arts Faculty of Abdul Haq Campus would be given on merit in subjects of Urdu, Islamyat, English, Education, B Ed, General History, Islamic …

The Karachi Stock Exchange's (KSE) benchmark 100-share index ended 2.30 percent, or 255.01 points, higher at 11,338.05. Turnover rose sharply to 77.8 million shares from only 36.45million traded on Monday. Stocks gained sharply on Tuesday as investors accumulated shares at attractive levels after sharp falls in the index in recent days, dealers said. Despite gains, the KSE-100 index is still down about 2 percent this month. "I think with all the …

The University of Karachi has extended the last date for submission of admission forms for BS/Honours open merit programme. This was announced by the Director Admissions, University of Karachi, Prof. Dr Khalid Iraqi, on Thursday. He stated that the last date for submission of admission form for BS/Honours Programme (Open Merit) has been extended till December 3. However, forms can only be obtained and submitted from the UBL Bank Counter situated …