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Afghan Taliban govt announces prisoner swap with US

KABUL: The United States has freed an Afghan convicted by an American court on charges of drug smuggling and...

Published 22 Jan, 2025 06:06am

World

Trump to pull nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees from flights, say US official, advocate

WASHINGTON: Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 05:57pm

World

Taliban deputy foreign minister calls for girls’ high schools to open

KABUL: The Taliban’s acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan...

Published 20 Jan, 2025 04:52pm

Pakistan

22 militants killed in intelligence-based operations in Tirah valley: ISPR

Security forces have killed twenty-two militants and injured eighteen Khawrij in Intelligence-Based Operations...

Updated 16 Jan, 2025 10:45pm

World

Taliban say India is a ‘significant regional partner’ after meeting

KABUL: The Taliban’s foreign office said they saw India as a “significant regional and economic partner” after...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 05:04pm

Pakistan

Country should engage with Kandahar-based Taliban leadership, suggest experts

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan should engage with the Taliban leadership based in Kandahar, the actual seat of power in...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 08:34am

Opinion

New century, new Great Game?

The fact that Pakistan’s intelligence chief went on a rare visit to Tajikistan in the last days of 2024 means...

Updated 09 Jan, 2025 07:46am

World

US, Taliban in talks to swap detainees

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is negotiating with Afghanistan to exchange Americans detained in the country...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 07:42pm

Editorials

Airstrikes in Afghanistan

EDITORIAL: TTP’s expanding insurgency and the Afghan Taliban’s refusal to rein it in despite repeated requests...

Published 05 Jan, 2025 02:45am

Opinion

The complicated web we weave

A former Afghan journalist I once ran into in China – one who gave up a comfortable life in the Gulf to return to...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:22am

World

UN condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working at NGOs

GENEVA: UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that Afghanistan’s governing Taliban authorities must reverse...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 05:07pm

Opinion

Happy New Year?

This, they say traditionally, is the turn-of-the-year season to be jolly. But even a cursory glance at the...

Updated 31 Dec, 2024 07:06am

Life & Style

UNESCO-listed musical instrument stifled in Afghanistan

HEART: Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi’s cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab,...

Published 29 Dec, 2024 12:03pm

Afghan border: infiltration attempts foiled

ISLAMABAD: Security Forces successfully foiled multiple infiltration attempts by terrorists and the Afghan Taliban...

Updated 29 Dec, 2024 04:09pm

Pakistan

Afghan Taliban target ‘several points’ in Pakistan in retaliation for airstrikes: Afghan defence ministry

The development comes days after Pakistani jets targeted TTP insurgent hideouts inside Afghanistan with an aerial bombardment

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 08:57pm

Editorials

Confronting threat of terrorism

EDITORIAL: At a recent policy dialogue organised by an Islamabad-based think-tank, Pak Institute for Peace Studies,...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 06:27am

Pakistan

Army officer martyred, 13 terrorists killed in separate operations in KP: ISPR

An army officer was martyred, and thirteen terrorists were killed during three separate intelligence-based...

Published 26 Dec, 2024 08:41pm

Pakistan

16 soldiers martyred in South Waziristan attack: ISPR

Eight terrorists also killed in ensuing fire exchange, the military's media wing says

Published 21 Dec, 2024 10:59pm

Pakistan

11 terrorists killed in separate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa operations: ISPR

Security forces killed 11 terrorists in three separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 10:48pm

World

Russian law paves way to recognise Taliban and potentially Syria’s new leadership

MOSCOW: Russia’s parliament passed a law that would allow for the suspension of bans on groups that Moscow has...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 05:02pm

World

Russia takes step towards recognising Taliban govt

MOSCOW: Russia moved a step closer towards recognising the Taliban government of Afghanistan on Tuesday as ...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 06:45am

Pakistan

Afghan envoy calls on foreign minister Ishaq Dar

Sardar Ahmad Shakeeb, the Chargé d’Affaires of Afghanistan, met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:42pm

Pakistan

22 terrorists killed in separate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa operations: ISPR

Six soldiers martyred in the intense fire exchange, the military's media wing says

Updated 07 Dec, 2024 09:06pm

World

France denounces Taliban move to block Afghan women’s medical training

PARIS: France on Thursday condemned as “unjustifiable” the Taliban government’s reported plan to ban Afghan women...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 05:00pm

Pakistan

Terrorist outfits may enhance their activities in Afghanistan, moot told

ISLAMABAD: There is a danger that the terrorist organisations may enhance their activities and re-enact a 9/11-type...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 06:47am

World

UN urges Afghan Taliban not to block women’s medical training

KABUL: The UN mission to Afghanistan on Wednesday urged the Taliban government to reconsider a reported plan to ban...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 11:56pm

World

Taliban administration officials to attend UN climate conference in Azerbaijan

KABUL: Afghan Taliban officials will attend a major United Nations climate conference that starts next week, the...

Updated 10 Nov, 2024 10:54pm

World

Afghan women not barred from speaking to each other: morality ministry

KABUL: Women in Afghanistan are not forbidden from speaking to each other, the Taliban government’s morality...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 09:47pm

World

Afghanistan Taliban govt hopes for ‘new chapter’ with Trump election win

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Wednesday said it hoped for a “new chapter” in relations with the United...

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:21pm

World

Afghan opium cultivation bounces and shifts two years after ban, UN says

VIENNA: Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world’s dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin,...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 10:46am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	68.02
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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