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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 / Dec 26	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 26	278.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
India Sensex / Dec 26	78,475.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Petrol/Litre / Dec 26	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 26 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.99 ▲ 1.00 (16.69%)
Next Capital / Dec 26 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	9.90 ▲ 1.00 (11.24%)
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16.45 ▲ 1.50 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 26 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	15.81 ▲ 1.44 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Dec 26 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.21 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 26 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	44.96 ▲ 4.09 (10.01%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 26 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	99.06 ▲ 9.01 (10.01%)
Altern Energy / Dec 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	22.65 ▲ 2.06 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 26 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	23.10 ▼ -2.57 (-10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Dec 26 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	18.45 ▼ -2.05 (-10.00%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 26 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.56 ▼ -13.38 (-9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.54 ▼ -1.50 (-9.97%)
Arctic Textile / Dec 26 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	21.60 ▼ -2.37 (-9.89%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.25 ▼ -1.22 (-9.06%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 26 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24 ▼ -2.33 (-8.85%)
Equity Modaraba / Dec 26 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3 ▼ -0.29 (-8.81%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,301,142 ▲ 1.50
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,900,564 ▲ 6.41
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -1.65
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.19
B.O.Punjab / Dec 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,003,113 ▼ -0.11
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.87
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.09

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