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Reserves increased from two weeks to two months, bravo!

A beaming Finance Minister and former President of the country’s largest bank proudly announced that the foreign...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 08:32am

Editorials

Israeli terrorism

EDITORIAL: Now that even former CIA director Leon Panetta has labeled Israel’s “pager operation” as “terrorism”,...

Published 29 Sep, 2024 02:46am

World

Israel planted explosives in 5,000 Hezbollah’s pagers, say sources

The plot, which killed nine people and wounded nearly 3,000 others, appears to have been many months in the making

Updated 18 Sep, 2024 11:43am

World

CIA chief Burns to visit Paris to revive talks on Gaza

WASHINGTON: US intelligence chief Bill Burns is expected to hold talks in Paris with representatives of Israel in a...

Published 24 May, 2024 05:30pm

World

CIA chief headed to Qatar to for 'emergency' meeting on Gaza talks: source

DOHA: CIA director Bill Burns is expected in Doha to meet with Qatar's prime minister for "emergency" discussions on...

Published 05 May, 2024 10:22pm

World

CIA chief expected in Cairo for Gaza hostage talks

WASHINGTON: CIA Director Bill Burns is expected in Cairo for talks on freeing hostages held in Gaza, which the White...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 10:34pm

World

Israel says Mossad, CIA chiefs met Friday to ‘advance’ hostage release deal

JERUSALEM: Israel said on Saturday its spy chief had met with his US counterpart as part of efforts to secure the...

Published 09 Mar, 2024 10:42pm

World

Israel spy chief travels to Cairo for Gaza talks

JERUSALEM: Israel’s spy chief was headed to Cairo Tuesday for talks with his Egyptian and US counterparts on a Gaza...

Updated 13 Feb, 2024 08:00pm

World

US CIA chief to help broker Gaza hostage deal

WASHINGTON: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns plans to meet with Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am

World

CIA chief to meet Israeli, Qatari officials for hostage deal talks

CIA chief Bill Burns will meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the head of Israel’s...

Published 18 Dec, 2023 07:43pm

World

Israeli, US spy chiefs meet Qatari PM to discuss ‘building on’ Gaza truce

DUBAI: The heads of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s Mossad met Qatar’s prime minister in Doha...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 06:32pm

World

Mossad, CIA chiefs meet with Qatar PM in Doha over hostage deal

DOHA: A trilateral meeting was held in Doha on Thursday between CIA and Mossad chiefs and the Qatari prime minister...

Published 09 Nov, 2023 06:29pm

World

Ukraine war 'corrosive' for Putin, CIA 'opportunity': spy chief

WASHINGTON: Russia’s war in Ukraine has had a “corrosive” effect on Russian President Vladimir Putin, CIA Director...

Published 02 Jul, 2023 12:15pm

World

CIA's Burns: armed mutiny shows damage Putin has done to Russia

US CIA Director William Burns said on Saturday that the armed mutiny by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was a...

Published 01 Jul, 2023 11:03pm

World

CIA chief made secret trip to Ukraine: US official

WASHINGTON: CIA Director William Burns recently traveled to Ukraine where he met with intelligence counterparts and...

Published 01 Jul, 2023 11:00am

World

Trump took secret docs on nuclear and weapons programs: indictment

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump took secret documents dealing with US nuclear and weapons programs from the White House...

Published 10 Jun, 2023 12:12am

World

‘CIA chief made secret trip to Beijing last month’

WASHINGTON: CIA Director William Burns made a secret trip to China last month hoping to shore up lines of...

Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am

Pakistan

CIA police unearth car theft racket; three arrested

LAHORE: The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police Shahdarah arrested a three-member car-snatching gang in Lahore ...

Published 22 Apr, 2023 03:38am

World

US Justice Dept opens probe into secret US documents leak

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Justice on Saturday said it has begun an investigation into a trove of leaked US...

Published 09 Apr, 2023 10:43am

Opinion

The MbS reset

The Arab press hasn’t buzzed like this since al Qaeda (AQ) hijacked the so-called Arab Spring in Libya and Syria,...

Published 16 Mar, 2023 06:01am

World

US transfers Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee to Belize

WASHINGTON: Majid Khan, a Pakistani man who has disclosed how he was tortured by the Central Intelligence Agency...

Published 02 Feb, 2023 11:33pm

World

Pentagon awards $9bn in cloud computing deals to four firms

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon announced Wednesday it has awarded $9 billion in cloud computing contracts to Amazon,...

Published 08 Dec, 2022 11:23am

World

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he met CIA head Burns in Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday said he had held a Tuesday meeting with US Central Intelligence...

Published 17 Nov, 2022 12:24am

World

CIA chief warns Russia against using nuclear weapons

LONDON/ WASHINGTON: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns is in Turkey to speak to Russia’s ...

Published 15 Nov, 2022 07:30am

World

CIA chief meeting Russia counterpart to warn against nuclear use: White House

WASHINGTON: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns was holding talks with his Russian counterpart...

Published 14 Nov, 2022 09:33pm

World

CIA sued over alleged spying on lawyers, journalists who met Assange

WASHINGTON: A group of journalists and lawyers sued the CIA and its former director Mike Pompeo over allegations the...

Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am

World

Zawahiri death: did US use secret 'flying ginsu' missile?

WASHINGTON: Notorious Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by two missiles fired at his Kabul home -- but...

Published 02 Aug, 2022 06:40pm

World

Putin says no one can win a nuclear war

LONDON: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday there could be no winners in a nuclear war and no such war...

Published 01 Aug, 2022 11:10pm

World

Pelosi faces pushback on potential trip to Taiwan

WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced pushback Thursday on potential plans to visit Taiwan, with President ...

Published 22 Jul, 2022 06:07am

Opinion

Hippie, happy Kabul

During the 1962-75 period Kabul was one of the main outposts of the hippie movement. The other was Nepal ...

Published 19 Jul, 2022 06:00am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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