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Attend mosque or be punished, Taliban chief tells public workers

KABUL: Afghan government employees must attend mosque five times a day or face punishment, Taliban supreme leader...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

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Reclusive Taliban leader makes rare appearance on Eid: govt

KABUL: The Taliban’s hyper-reclusive supreme leader made a rare public appearance Wednesday, an Afghan government...

Published 10 Apr, 2024 01:44pm

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Taliban supreme leader urges Afghans to respect Sharia in Eid message

KABUL: Afghanistan’s supreme leader on Saturday urged Afghans to respect Sharia law and called for good relations...

Updated 06 Apr, 2024 07:31pm

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Thousands of Afghan salons to close as Taliban deadline bites

KABUL: Thousands of beauty parlours across Afghanistan were due to close permanently Tuesday following an order by...

Published 25 Jul, 2023 11:21am

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Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban

KABUL: Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting...

Published 19 Jul, 2023 02:33pm

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G7 urges reversal of Taliban ban on Afghan women in UN, NGOs

KARUIZAWA: G7 foreign ministers on Tuesday demanded the “immediate reversal” of a Taliban government ban on Afghan...

Published 18 Apr, 2023 01:33pm

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Founder of Afghan girls’ school project arrested in Kabul: UN

KABUL: The founder of a project that campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban...

Published 28 Mar, 2023 01:10pm

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Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas

KABUL: In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran...

Published 16 Mar, 2023 11:36am

Pakistan to appeal to Taliban leader over mosque bombing

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad will ask the secretive supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban to rein in militants in Pakistan...

Updated 05 Feb, 2023 09:13am

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Brother and sister’s future separated after Taliban university ban

KABUL: Marwa was just a few months away from becoming the first woman in her Afghan family to go to university –...

Published 25 Dec, 2022 01:22pm

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Afghan women stopped from entering universities after Taliban ban

KABUL: Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a...

Published 21 Dec, 2022 01:14pm

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Afghan supreme leader orders full implementation of Islamic law

KABUL: Afghanistan's supreme leader has ordered judges to fully implement aspects of Islamic law that include public...

Published 14 Nov, 2022 03:28pm

Afghan clerics vow loyalty to Taliban, but no word on girls’ schooling

KABUL: Thousands of Afghan clerics pledged loyalty to the Taliban Saturday, but ended a three-day meeting without...

Published 03 Jul, 2022 05:39am

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‘Stop interfering in Afghanistan’, says Taliban leader in rare appearance

KABUL: The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada called Friday for the world to stop telling...

Published 02 Jul, 2022 04:10am

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Thousands gather at all-male meeting to rubber-stamp Taliban rule

KABUL: Thousands of Afghan religious scholars and tribal elders gathered in the capital Thursday for a men-only...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 11:33am

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Women not wearing hijab ‘trying to look like animals,’ say Taliban posters

KANDAHAR: The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters across the southern Afghan city of Kandahar saying...

Published 17 Jun, 2022 06:37am

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Taliban dismiss UN concerns on women's rights in Afghanistan

KABUL: The Taliban on Friday rejected the UN Security Council's call to reverse heavy restrictions imposed on Afghan...

Published 27 May, 2022 03:20pm

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Taliban ‘making women invisible’ in Afghanistan: UN expert

KABUL: The Taliban government’s restrictions on women are aimed at making them “invisible” in Afghan society, ...

Published 27 May, 2022 07:30am

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Women TV presenters defy Taliban order to cover faces on air

KABUL: Women presenters on Afghanistan’s leading TV channels went on air Saturday without covering their faces,...

Published 22 May, 2022 06:03am

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Taliban promise ‘good news’ on girls’ education

WASHINGTON: Afghanistan’s interior minister promised “very good news” soon on the return of girls to secondary...

Published 18 May, 2022 06:59am

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Afghan women protest Taliban decree to cover faces

KABUL: About a dozen women protested in the Afghan capital on Tuesday against the Taliban’s new edict that females...

Updated 10 May, 2022 04:53pm

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Taliban announce women must cover faces in public, say burqa is best

KABUL: The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group’s...

Published 07 May, 2022 02:58pm

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Taliban supreme leader urges world to recognise government

KABUL: Afghanistan's supreme leader called again Friday for the international community to recognise the Taliban...

Updated 29 Apr, 2022 01:31pm

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Taliban chief orders ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

KABUL: The Taliban’s supreme leader on Sunday ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, warning that the...

Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:17pm

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Taliban dismiss 3,000 members for committing abuses

KABUL: The Taliban have dismissed about 3,000 members accused of abusive practices from its hardline Islamist...

Published 16 Jan, 2022 04:17am

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Taliban supreme leader tells new govt to uphold Shariah law

KABUL: The Taliban's supreme leader on Tuesday told the newly-appointed government to uphold Shariah law, in his...

Published 08 Sep, 2021 01:03am

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Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada in Afghanistan: spokesman

"He is present in Kandahar. He has been living there from the very beginning," said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

Updated 30 Aug, 2021 10:28am

Taliban offensive: World community for 'urgent end'

KABUL: More than a dozen diplomatic missions in Afghanistan on Monday called for "an urgent end" to the Taliban's...

Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:15am

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Taliban leader ‘favours political settlement’

DOHA: The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday said he "strenuously favours" a political...

Published 19 Jul, 2021 06:29am

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Taliban leader 'favours political settlement' to Afghan conflict: statement

Taliban leader says his group remains committed to forging a solution to end the war but slams 'opposition parties' for 'wasting time'

Updated 18 Jul, 2021 01:59pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 17	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 17	278.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 17	156.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 17	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 17	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 17	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
India Sensex / Jan 17	76,619.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 17	38,451.46
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Hang Seng / Jan 17	19,584.06
FTSE 100 / Jan 17	8,505.22
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 17	20,903.39

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 17	78.88
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 17	2,703.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 17	67.60
Petrol/Litre / Jan 18	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 17 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.60 ▲ 1.00 (15.15%)
S.G.Power / Jan 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 17 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	10.50 ▲ 1.00 (10.53%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 17 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	12.82 ▲ 1.17 (10.04%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 17 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.62 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jan 17 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	24.20 ▲ 2.20 (10.00%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 17 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.21 ▲ 6.02 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 17 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	15.95 ▲ 1.45 (10.00%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	77.09 ▲ 7.01 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Global Banking / Jan 17 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	19.77 ▼ -2.75 (-12.21%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.35 ▼ -0.72 (-11.86%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 17 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.88 (-11.17%)
Service Textile / Jan 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.98 ▼ -1.66 (-9.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.01 ▼ -0.43 (-9.68%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 17 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.51 ▼ -2.70 (-8.94%)
Mandviwala / Jan 17 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.50 ▼ -2.00 (-8.51%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 17 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.23 ▼ -0.65 (-6.58%)
Tata Textile / Jan 17 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	47.10 ▼ -2.80 (-5.61%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	103,704,415 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,108,232 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,743,585 ▲ 5.79
Hascol Petrol / Jan 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,265,861 ▲ 0.83
Dewan Motors / Jan 17 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,402,498 ▲ 2.84
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,195,904 ▲ 7.01
Pak Refinery / Jan 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,625,081 ▲ 0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16,675,539 ▲ 0.30
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,024,776 ▲ 0.09

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