Five-day international book fair starts on Thursday

Sarfraz Ali 03:32 PM | 12 Dec, 2016

KARACHI - The five-day International Book Fair 2016 is all set to kick off on Thursday at the Expo Centre Karachi.

The 10th Karachi International Book Fair is being organised in association with The Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association. The five-day event will end on December 22.

"Over 350 book stalls will be established by local and foreign publishers including Iran, Turkey, Singapore and Malaysia and India," reports Radio Pakistan on Monday. Eighteen international publishers and up to 110 publishers from various parts of Pakistan are slated to take part.

Apart from books, the organisers have also arranged a number of fun and educational activities for students and families. The activity lounge will be hosting a comic mushaira. Some new writers will also be launching their books.

The book fair will feature books on science, history, ethics and religion, among other subjects. It will be followed by a similar annual fair to be held in Lahore in February 2017.

Sarfraz Ali

Sarfraz Ali is working as Editor Web for Daily Pakistan. He earned a postgraduate degree in Mass Communication from IUB and diploma in International Print Journalism from Thomson Foundation UK. He regularly writes on ...

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KARACHI - Following are the foreign currency exchange rates for US Dollar, Saudi Riyal, UK Pound Sterling, U.A.E. Dirham, European Euro, and other foreign currencies in Pakistan open market on February 8, 2023 (Wednesday).

Source: Forex Association of Pakistan. (last update 09:00 AM)

Currency	Symbol	Buying	Selling
US Dollar	‎USD	276.9	280.15
Euro	EUR	296.12	296.74
UK Pound Sterling	GBP	331.78	332.48
U.A.E Dirham	AED	75.06	75.36
Saudi Riyal	SAR	73.48	73.79
Australian Dollar	AUD	190.31	192.71
Bahrain Dinar	BHD	732.23	740.23
Canadian Dollar	CAD	205.22	207.42
China Yuan	CNY	40.72	41.12
Danish Krone	DKK	39.92	40.32
Hong Kong Dollar	HKD	35.08	35.45
Indian Rupee	INR	3.35	3.46
Japanese Yen	JPY	2.5	2.54
Kuwaiti Dinar	KWD	900.32	909.32
Malaysian Ringgit	MYR	64.65	65.25
New Zealand Dollar	NZD	174.19	176.18
Norwegians Krone	NOK	27.12	27.41
Omani Riyal	OMR	715.11	723.11
Qatari Riyal	‎QAR	75.64	76.34
Singapore Dollar	SGD	208.03	210.03
Swedish Korona	SEK	26.1	26.4
Swiss Franc	CHF	297.31	299.81
Thai Bhat	THB	8.25	8.4

Gold & Silver Rate

KARACHI – Gold prices fell on Wednesday for the third straight day in local markets, after hitting aan all-time high in previous week.

The per tola price of 24 carats gold in Pakistan dropped by Rs2,000 to settle at Rs198,000 while the price of 10 grams decreased by Rs1715 to reach Rs169753.

On Monday, the gold price witnessed a drop of Rs200 per tola to close at Rs204,300.

In the international market, the commodity witnessed an upward trend as per ounce price reached to $1,880 after an increase of $11 dollars.

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