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Pakistan calls for reviving Afghan economy on priority basis

NEW YORK: Pakistan has called for steps to end the deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, saying the...

Published 20 Nov, 2022 04:16am

Markets

Afghanistan raises coal prices as exports to neighbouring Pakistan boom

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban administration has more than doubled prices for coal, the finance ministry said on...

Published 06 Jul, 2022 10:21pm

World

Taliban's large gathering ends with calls for international recognition

KABUL: A Taliban-run gathering of thousands of male religious and ethnic leaders ended on Saturday by asking foreign...

Updated 02 Jul, 2022 08:50pm

Pakistan

Hina Rabbani Khar calls for easing sanctions on Afghanistan

BERLIN: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar called for an easing of Western sanctions against...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 12:12pm

World

Taliban say female Afghan TV presenters must cover face on air

KABUL: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on...

Published 19 May, 2022 07:51pm

World

Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up

KABUL: Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public in defiance of...

Published 11 May, 2022 09:13pm

World

US asset freezes worsen Afghan women's suffering: UN experts

GENEVA: The United States, as well as the Taliban authorities, is contributing to the suffering of women in...

Updated 25 Apr, 2022 05:48pm

World

Outlook for Afghan economy ‘dire’ as household incomes shrink: WB

WASHINGTON: The outlook for Afghanistan’s economy is dire with per capita income having fallen by over a third in...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

World

Outlook for Afghan economy 'dire' as household incomes shrink: World Bank

The outlook for Afghanistan’s economy is dire with per capita income having fallen by over a third in the last four...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 07:36pm

World

UN chief urges donors to halt Afghan economy ‘death spiral’

LONDON: Afghanistan’s economy risks falling into a “death spiral” without urgent aid, with some Afghans already...

Published 31 Mar, 2022 07:53pm

World

Afghan refugees in UAE protest at halt to US relocation process

DUBAI: Hundreds of Afghans have launched a rare protest at a Gulf facility where they have been housed since fleeing...

Published 10 Feb, 2022 09:03pm

World

Ex-government workers mine for salvation in Afghan mountains

MIKENI: In the bone-splitting chill of the Afghan mountains, Mohammad Israr Muradi digs through coarse earth ...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 11:29am

UNSC adopts resolution to ease Afghan aid

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a US-proposed resolution to help...

Updated 23 Dec, 2021 09:49am

World

Afghans face ‘avalanche of hunger and destitution’: UN agency

GENEVA: Almost all Afghans do not have enough to eat and a failing economy could tip Afghanistan's increasingly dire...

Published 14 Dec, 2021 04:51pm

Markets

Afghan currency slides sharply as economic crisis bites

KABUL: Afghanistan's growing economic crisis deepened on Wednesday as the afghani currency fell to the hitherto...

Updated 13 Dec, 2021 08:11pm

World

Afghanistan's food crisis a 'legacy' of previous government: Taliban

KABUL: Afghanistan's food crisis is a "legacy" of the previous government, the Taliban deputy health minister said...

Published 15 Nov, 2021 08:05pm

World

As a test case, UN bypasses Taliban to pay Afghan health workers

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has paid nearly $8 million in salaries to some 23,500 health workers across...

Updated 10 Nov, 2021 02:00pm

Cabinet decides to increase gas tariff for captive power

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhary has said that the federal cabinet has decided ...

Updated 10 Nov, 2021 11:51am

Pakistan

Afghanistan's economic turmoil becoming catastrophic: Fawad

Information minister says Pakistan will send wheat and rice shipments to help mitigate some of the crisis in neighbouring country

Updated 09 Nov, 2021 08:40pm

Opinion

Afghan economy collapsing

Afghanistan is running out of money fast, its currency is in a tail-spin and prices across the board are going...

Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am

World

Taliban say failure to recognise their government could have global effects

If unrecognition continues, Afghan problems continue, it is the problem of the region and could turn into a problem for the world: spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid

Published 30 Oct, 2021 10:13pm

World

Afghanistan heading towards collapse faster than expected, Swedish minister warns

DUBAI: Afghanistan is heading towards economic collapse that risks spiralling the country into a new political...

Updated 23 Oct, 2021 05:43pm

World

UN launches cash plan to prop up Afghan economy

UN Development Programme has set up a trust fund through which governments can channel finance via the UN to specific programmes on the ground

Published 21 Oct, 2021 05:11pm

World

Taliban warn US, EU of refugees if Afghan sanctions continue

KABUL: Afghanistan's new Taliban government has warned US and European envoys that continued attempts to pressure...

Updated 13 Oct, 2021 01:58pm

World

Cash airlifts planned to bypass Taliban and help Afghans

The emergency funding could see US dollar bills flown into Kabul for distribution via banks in payments of less than $200 directly to the poor

Published 07 Oct, 2021 09:16pm

World

Hundreds protest in Kabul to demand release of Afghan foreign reserves

Hundreds of people protested in Kabul on Friday, demanding that the United States release billions of dollars in...

Updated 24 Sep, 2021 09:51pm

Opinion

A plethora of issues

Although Afghanistan currently looms large in the plethora of issues facing the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI)...

Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am

World

Running out of dollars, Afghan banks ask Taliban for more cash

FRANKFURT/MUMBAI: Afghanistan's banks are running out of dollars, and may have to close their doors to customers...

Published 15 Sep, 2021 06:34pm

World

Former Afghan central bank chief warns of 'difficult economic situation'

Ahmady, who fled the country just after Kabul fell to the Taliban in mid-August, says international sanctions that block aid funding and restrict access to $9 billion in reserves also could create a shortage of domestic currency

Published 10 Sep, 2021 10:08pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 23	70.77
Petrol/Litre / Nov 24	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 24 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 24 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 24 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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