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World ‘safer’ without Hezbollah chief Nasrallah, says Blinken

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the world is safer after Israel killed Hassan...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

World

Taliban blame Pakistan after ‘capture of key IS fighters’

KABUL: Taliban authorities captured “key members” of the Islamic State group responsible for recent deadly...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

World

US pledges new funds at anti-IS coalition gathering

WASHINGTON: The United States, seeking to bolster the global coalition against the Islamic State jihadist group,...

Published 30 Sep, 2024 10:47pm

World

Russia says IS behind deadly Moscow concert hall attack

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday said for the first time that the Islamic State group coordinated the March concert hall...

Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am

World

Russia says it’s hard to believe IS could have launched Moscow attack

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that it was “extremely hard to...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:20am

Opinion

Massacre in Russia

The toll of the horrendous terrorist attack on March 23, 2024 at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow’s northern suburb...

Updated 26 Mar, 2024 04:43am

World

Death toll of IS-claimed Kabul blast rises to 5

KABUL: The death toll from an attack on a bus in western Kabul claimed by the Islamic State group rose from two to...

Published 08 Jan, 2024 05:23am

Pakistan

Govt speeds up Afghans’ repatriation

PESHAWAR: Pakistan opened more border centres on Friday to speed up the return of tens of thousands of undocumented...

Published 04 Nov, 2023 06:00am

Editorials

Afghan spillover

EDITORIAL: Islamabad understands the UN’s (United Nation’s) concerns about TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) and...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Pakistan

‘Afghan citizens’ helping suicide bombers: PM

ISLAMABAD: Militants behind a spate of suicide attacks in Pakistan were being helped by “Afghan citizens” across the...

Updated 03 Aug, 2023 08:51am

Editorials

Bajaur bombing

EDITORIAL: In one of the bloodiest terrorist attacks on Sunday at least 55 people have died thus far and more than...

Updated 03 Aug, 2023 06:36am

Pakistan

IS claims responsibility for Bajaur blast that killed 54

KHAR: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Monday for a suicide bomb blast in Bajaur that killed at least...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Syria payments: American families of IS victims sue cement maker Lafarge

ZURICH: Relations of a US aid worker and American soldiers - all killed or injured by Islamic State and Al-Nusra...

Updated 29 Jul, 2023 09:33am

World

US SC backs Big Tech over terror claims

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court handed a victory to Twitter and Google on Thursday, saying the social media giants...

Published 19 May, 2023 06:17am

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

Bomb attack kills guard, wounds journalists in Afghan north

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, (Afghanistan): A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Pakistan

Afghanistan arrests ‘foreign IS member’ for embassy attack

ISLAMABAD: A foreign member of the Islamic State (IS) group has been arrested in connection with an attack last week...

Updated 06 Dec, 2022 09:25am

Pakistani embassy in Kabul: IS-KP claims responsibility for attack

KABUL: Islamic State -Khorasan Province (IS-KP) claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan’s embassy in the...

Updated 05 Dec, 2022 09:49am

World

At least 16 killed in Afghan madrassa blast

KABUL: At least 16 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan’s...

Published 01 Dec, 2022 07:03am

World

Top Taliban cleric killed in Kabul suicide blast

KABUL: A senior Taliban cleric known for his fiery speeches against the Islamic State (IS) was killed Thursday at ...

Published 12 Aug, 2022 05:44am

Bomb blast in Kabul kills eight, injures more than 20

KABUL: A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least eight...

Published 07 Aug, 2022 05:41am

World

Bomb kills two in Shia area of Afghan capital

KABUL: A bomb attached to a handcart exploded in Kabul on Friday, police said, killing two people in an area largely...

Updated 05 Aug, 2022 10:11pm

Editorials

Afghanistan ‘remains complex’

EDITORIAL: It seems the Taliban are going to celebrate the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan...

Published 27 Jul, 2022 05:23am

World

IS claims Kabul Sikh temple attack

KABUL: The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan that killed one...

Published 20 Jun, 2022 05:51am

World

IS claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian soldiers in Sinai

CAIRO: Islamic state on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that killed five Egyptian soldiers in ...

Published 15 May, 2022 06:43am

World

IS claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian soldiers in Sinai

CAIRO: Islamic State (IS) on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that killed five Egyptian soldiers...

Published 14 May, 2022 08:42pm

Opinion

‘A new wave of terror in Afghanistan’

This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial “A new wave of terror in Afghanistan”. The newspaper has argued,...

Published 08 May, 2022 05:25am

World

Taliban arrest IS ‘mastermind’ of Afghan mosque attack

KABUL: Taliban forces have arrested a suspected Islamic State militant who allegedly planned a bomb attack that...

Published 23 Apr, 2022 04:45am

World

Israel mourns four killed in attack by IS sympathizer

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel prepared to hold funerals Wednesday for four people killed in an attack by a convicted...

Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am

IS claims blast that martyred seven troops in Sibi

QUETTA: Seven paramilitary troops were martyred by a blast Tuesday near a site in Sibi where the president had...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 06:44am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 17	153.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 17	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 17	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 17	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
FTSE 100 / Dec 17	8,195.20
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 17	20,246.37
France CAC40 / Dec 17	7,365.70
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 17	70.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 17	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 17	2,644.07
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 17	68.53
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 18 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	8 ▲ 0.89 (12.52%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Data Agro / Dec 18 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	139.24 ▲ 12.66 (10.00%)
Diamond Ind. / Dec 18 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	20.90 ▲ 1.90 (10.00%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Dec 18 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	26.74 ▲ 2.43 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / Dec 18 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.01 ▼ -0.43 (-12.50%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 18 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	37.76 ▼ -4.20 (-10.01%)
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
Din Tex. / Dec 18 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	45.90 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Calcorp Ltd / Dec 18 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	26.22 ▼ -2.91 (-9.99%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	199.88 ▼ -21.05 (-9.53%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▼ -0.11
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	58,285,174 ▼ -0.53
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,202,972 ▼ -0.02
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -0.85
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 2.13
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Dec 18 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,289,968 ▼ -3.83
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	31,365,092 ▼ -0.21

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