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Markets

Indian rupee to ride oil fall tailwind; Fed rate worries may cap gains

The Indian rupee is expected to open in the 94.55 to 94.60 range, according to traders, after declining 0.4% on Monday to settle at 94.6775 per dollar

Published 23 Jun, 2026 08:05am

Sports

Mbappe double sends France into knockout rounds after lengthy weather delay

Mbappe now sits on 16 all-time World Cup goals, pulling level with Germany's former record holder Miroslav Klose

Published 23 Jun, 2026 08:02am

Sports

Milestone Messi sends Argentina to World Cup knockout stage

Messi took his World Cup tally to 18 goals when he netted in ‌the 38th and 95th minutes, despite an earlier stumble from the penalty spot

Published 23 Jun, 2026 07:56am

Markets

Indian shares set to pause after oil-led rally

*GIFT ‌Nifty futures were trading at 24,130.5

Published 23 Jun, 2026 07:46am

Markets

Asia shares slip as markets reprice Fed expectations, oil gains

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.5%, while S&P 500 e-mini futures slipped 0.2%

Published 23 Jun, 2026 07:42am

Markets

Dollar firms on hawkish Fed bets, oil rebound; yen near 40-year low

*The Japanese yen last traded at 161.59 after briefly weakening ⁠to a two-year low of 161.93 late on Monday as the greenback extended broad gains

Published 23 Jun, 2026 07:35am

Markets

Oil gains after selloff, awaits progress on Strait of Hormuz flows

Brent crude futures gained ‌24 cents, or 0.38%, to $78.15 a barrel

Published 23 Jun, 2026 07:30am

Markets

Gold steady as investors focus on US-Iran peace talks

Spot gold was steady ‌at $4,191.09 per ounce

Published 23 Jun, 2026 07:25am

Pakistan

Treasury members defend Punjab govt’s achievements

LAHORE: The fourth day of the budget debate in the Punjab Assembly for the fiscal year 2026–27 witnessed another...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 07:22am

World

Shooting in Montreal leaves three dead including suspect

MONTREAL, (Canada): A shooting Monday in a Jewish neighbourhood of Montreal left three people dead, including a...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 07:07am

World

Wikipedia won’t let AI edit articles: cofounder

LONDON: Wikipedia does not trust artificial intelligence enough to let it play a direct role in editing articles on...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 07:04am

Business & Finance

CAP warns Third Schedule expansion will overtax consumers

KARACHI: The Chainstore Association of Pakistan (CAP) has expressed serious concern over the proposed inclusion of...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:59am

Pakistan

Bangladesh Military Academy: Commandant PMA attends passing-out parade

ISLAMABAD: The Commandant of the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Major General Iftikhar Hassan Chaudhary, attended...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:57am

Business & Finance

Dun and Bradstreet Pakistan partners with Power Cement

KARACHI: Power Cement has partnered with Dun and Bradstreet Pakistan by onboarding D&B Risk Analytics to make...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:55am

Pakistan

‘Construction of 27 mega water storage tanks fast-tracked’

LAHORE: To combat urban flooding and secure water resources before the monsoon season hits, the Punjab Housing...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:54am

Pakistan

Pakistan repatriates eight rescued Iranian fishermen

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has repatriated eight Iranian fishermen rescued at sea by the British vessel MMA Valour after...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:51am

Pakistan

Case against PTI leaders: ATC orders cross-examination of prosecution witnesses

ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday directed defence counsel to conduct cross-examination of...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:49am

World

Interstellar comet likely far older than Solar System: astronomers

PARIS: An interstellar comet that blazed past the Sun last year could be nearly three times older than our Solar...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:32am

Pakistan

Mahrang sentenced to life in prison

QUETTA: The Anti-Terrorism Court on Monday sentenced Dr Mahrang Baloch, the central organizer of the Baloch Yakjehti...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:29am

Pakistan

PPP’s Amjad elected CM of G-B

KARACHI: The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elected PPP’s Advocate Amjad Hussain as the chief minister on Monday, just...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:27am

Pakistan

CDF hails ‘major success’ for Pakistan

BURGENSTOCK: Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has stated that Pakistan has achieved a significant success in ensuring...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:24am

Business & Finance

Govt ends fuel subsidies

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to end fuel subsidies for motorcyclists, small farmers, and public and...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 06:19am

US-Iran talks: PM says satisfied with successful conclusion

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that Pakistan remains committed to playing what he described...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 09:21am

Pakistan

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Monday (June 22, 2026) and the forecast for Tuesday (June 23 2026)....

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

BR Research

Fuel price- let the market work

The government has kept juggling the petroleum pricing formula ever since the US-Iran war started. There was high...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 07:39am

BR Research

LSM finds its footings

Large-Scale Manufacturing is beginning to look less like a comeback story and more like a return to normalcy. April...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 07:40am

Business & Finance

Federal government and provinces: ‘Oil, gas cos should ensure equitable representation’

ISLAMABAD: The Sub-Committee of the Senate Functional Committee on Devolution observed that oil and gas companies...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

KP budget contains no allocation for revival of industrial units: PBF

PESHAWAR: Chairman of Pakistan Business Forum (KP Chapter), Ashfaq Paracha, has said that the KP government has...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

HESCO, SEPCO be handed over to Sindh govt: Imtiaz

KARACHI: Speaking during the Sindh Assembly budget session, Pakistan Peoples’ Party leader Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh said...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

Iranian trade delegation visits KATI

KARACHI: A trade delegation from Iran’s Khorasan province visited the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

FCC sets aside SHC judgment

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) set aside the Sindh High Court (SHC’s) judgment, which had...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

‘Vigo’ vehicle curbs spark heated NA debate

ISLAMABAD: A proposal to restrict the use of Toyota Hilux “Vigo” vehicles triggered a heated exchange in National...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

FBR chief hosts luncheon to honour ‘core budget team’

ISLAMABAD: Chairman FBR Rashid Mahmood Langrial, and Secretary Finance, Imdad Ullah Bosal, hosted a luncheon on...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

Justice Munib Akhtar takes oath as acting CJP

ISLAMABAD: Senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Munib Akhtar, took oath as the Acting Chief Justice of...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

China lauds Pakistan’s ME peace efforts

ISLAMABAD: China has commended Pakistan for its successful contribution to de-escalation efforts in the Middle East...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

Fourth budget debate sitting: Sindh Assembly sees heated exchanges

KARACHI: The general debate on the Sindh government’s budget for the fiscal year 2026–27 continued for the fourth...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

CM launches home-based skills training programme for women

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has launched the “Skill Enhancement through Home Reach Programme”...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

People in KP still lack basic facilities despite PTI’s tall claims: Azma

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has no...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

Punjab collects record Rs1.6bn through e-Aabiana

LAHORE: In a major leap forward for public sector digitisation and financial transparency, the Punjab government has...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

Disproportionate tax hikes harmful for business environment: LCCI

LAHORE: The All Pakistan Cement Distributors Association (APCDA) has said that the increase in turnover tax on...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

EFS body assures APTMA of expeditious clearance of consignments

LAHORE: A high-powered Special Committee on Export Facilitation Scheme (EFS) constituted by the Federal Board of...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

Punjab police implements security arrangements

LAHORE: On the directions of Inspector General of Police Punjab Abdul Kareem, stringent security arrangements were...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

Snooker championship: Minister felicitates Shehzad Butt for winning silver

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab, Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar, has congratulated...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

Lahore Zoo breeds rare exotic species successfully

LAHORE: The Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department has achieved a significant milestone in ex-situ conservation...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

Lahore Church hosts Muharram solidarity breakfast

LAHORE: In a remarkable gesture to promote peace, mutual respect, religious tolerance, and interfaith harmony during...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

PFA discards Rs50m worth of adulterated milk

LAHORE: Enforcement teams of the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) carried out a major raid on a fake milk production unit...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

JI to stage protest against petroleum levy

KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami will soon call on youths across the country to stage roadside protests by switching off...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

SCNS Act 2024, Anti-Terrorism Act 1997: SHCBA moves high court against amendments

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) has filed two constitutional petitions before the Sindh High...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

SAPT revises delivery policy for leftover goods

KARACHI: The South Asia Pakistan Terminal (SAPT) has revised its delivery policy for leftover goods, dropping a...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

PTA discusses economic vision, industrial growth with Gabol

KARACHI: The Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA), South Zone, successfully hosted a high-profile luncheon on Monday...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

Navy, Coast Guards seize narcotics worth USD215m

KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy and the Pakistan Coast Guards, in coordination with the Joint Maritime Information...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

HCSTSI strongly reacts to shortage of LPG

HYDERABAD: The President Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry (HCSTSI) Muhammad Saleem Memon has...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

China-South Asia Expo in Kunming: FPCCI President highlights strong Pakistan-China ties

ISLAMABAD: The 10th China–South Asia Exposition (CSA Expo) and the 30th China Kunming Import and Export Fair were...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

SBP cancels licence of exchange company

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has, with immediate effect, cancelled the authorization/license of M/s....

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

Speakers spell out challenges posed by climate change

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar spelled out serious challenges posed by climate change, saying that climate change...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Editorials

KP Budget

EDITORIAL: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) budget for 2026-27 presented by Chief Minister Sohail Afridi unveiled a total...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Editorials

Balochistan Budget

EDITORIAL: Balochistan’s latest budget arrives wrapped in the language of fiscal discipline, development and prudent...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

BR Research

Maqbool Textile Mills Limited

Maqbool Textile Mills Limited (PSX: MQTM) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1989. The...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 07:47am

World

At least 18 dead in France, including two children in hot car

PARIS/MADRID/LONDON: At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a heatwave hung...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

World

Lebanon ceasefire largely holds but fears persist it may collapse

BEIRUT: A ceasefire largely held in Lebanon on Monday as the country experienced the longest lull yet in three...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

World

China FM attends BRICS meeting as India and Iran hold security talks

NEW DELHI: Top Indian and Iranian security officials met in New Delhi on Monday, the foreign ministry said, as...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

World

Seven PMs in 10 years: Britain’s decade of ‘chaos’

LONDON: Britain will have its seventh prime minister in a decade this year after Labour leader Keir Starmer was...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

World

Trump-backed candidate wins razor-tight Colombia presidential election

BARRANQUILLA, (Colombia): A flamboyant US-backed lawyer who has never held public office narrowly won Colombia’s...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

World

Five killed in Russia as Kyiv claims struck key plant

MOSCOW: Ukrainian missiles struck Russia’s southwestern city of Voronezh on Monday and killed five people, as Kyiv...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

World

Fire at training centre in Lucknow kills at least 15

NEW DELHI: At least 15 people, most of them students, were killed in a fire at an animation training centre in...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

No need for ‘forceful’ rate rises: Lagarde

BRUSSELS: Eurozone inflation is under control and uncertainty has been eased by US-Iranian efforts to end the war,...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

World

Ebola infects more than 1,000 in Congo

NAIROBI: Ebola has now infected more than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an outbreak that has...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

World

CPJ urges BD govt to drop charges against journalists over corruption reporting

NEW DELHI: Bangladeshi authorities should drop all charges filed against six journalists from the daily Agrajatra...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan

Iranian president due today

ISLAMABAD: President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, will undertake a state visit to...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 07:53am

SECP approves first digital women-led MSMEs

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the country’s first digital...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Business & Finance

Oil settles down over 3pc

HOUSTON: Oil prices settled more than 3 percent lower on Monday, as supply concerns eased after US Vice President JD...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Salary tax deposit failure: FBR initiates Rs2.217bn recovery from PIA

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a recovery notice to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 09:21am

Business & Finance

US suspends Iran oil sanctions

BURGENSTOCK, (Switzerland): The United States temporarily suspended sanctions on Iranian oil on Monday after Vice...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

World

Talks lay ‘good foundation’ for final deal: Vance

BUERGENSTOCK, (Switzerland): US Vice President JD Vance said on Monday talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Mobile phones tax instalments allowed: Govt eases digital compliances

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to reduce penalties/prosecution on digital non-compliance and allow...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 09:23am

World

Tanker traffic through Strait of Hormuz picks up

SINGAPORE: Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, in a sign of traffic...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

World

Alan Greenspan dies at 100

WASHINGTON: Alan Greenspan, hailed as the greatest Federal Reserve chairman when he retired in 2006 but derided for...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Delay in chairman’s appointment: Ogra likely to face operational issues

ISLAMABAD: The federal government’s plan to amend the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Ordinance, 2002 to...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 06:10am

300MW Balakot Hydropower project: Nepra initiates tariff determination

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has admitted a tariff petition filed by the...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

‘Controversial’ telecom bill: legislators underscore need for seek clarity

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of a high-level committee constituted by the Prime Minister to review the Tele-communication...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 09:22am

10 demands for grants: NA approves Rs968bn budgetary allocations

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday approved budgetary allocations of Rs968.041 billion for 10 demands for...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

NA set to approve Finance Bill today

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly is set to approve “The Finance Bill, 2026” today (Tuesday) after clause-by-clause...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 09:23am

Pakistan-Qatar joint statement: Iran, US agree to reach final deal within 60 days

Technical talks will continue for the remainder of the week at the Burgenstock resort

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 07:20am

World

Qatar gas plant blast kills 13, including Pakistani nationals, injures dozens: energy minister

DOHA: A huge blast at a Qatar gas hub killed 13 people and injured 66 others, the Gulf state’s energy minister said...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 01:47am

Pakistan

PPP's Amjad Hussain elected unopposed as Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister

-Imran Nadeem was elected unopposed as Speaker of the GB Assembly

Published 22 Jun, 2026 10:05pm

Pakistan

Pakistan govt declares June 25, 26 as public holidays on account of Ashura

The federal government on Monday announced public holidays across the country on June 25 and 26 (Thursday and...

Published 22 Jun, 2026 09:29pm

Pakistan

Govt to discontinue fuel subsidy with PM’s approval, says DPM Dar

Cites declining fuel prices

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 09:50pm

Business & Finance

India's Tata Electronics hit by cyber breach claiming to expose Apple, Tesla trade secrets

The ransomware group has posted more than 200,000 files on the dark web

Published 22 Jun, 2026 08:36pm

World

Rubio heads to UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain to discuss Iran deal with Gulf allies

One point of particular concern among regional officials is the possibility of a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Tehran

Published 22 Jun, 2026 08:10pm

Markets

Gulf markets mixed as Iran reports progress in peace talks

Dubai’s main share index added 0.3%

Published 22 Jun, 2026 08:02pm

World

Key points from the first round of Iran-US talks in Switzerland

Abbas Araghchi hails 'major progress' achieved with help of mediators Pakistan, Qatar

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 08:22pm

Technology

X recovers after outage affects thousands globally, Downdetector shows

The outage begins around 9:00 a.m. ET, peaking at over 25,000 issues being reported in the U.S. before cooling to about 620 reports

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 08:42pm

Markets

India's central bank sold net $8.9 billion in April, gold holdings unchanged

The Reserve Bank of India says in its monthly bulletin that it purchases $16.23 billion and sells $25.17 billion in April

Published 22 Jun, 2026 07:37pm

Sports

Vondrousova given four-year ban for refusing anti-doping test

During a hearing, she says that stress, poor mental health, and concerns for her safety affect her decision-making

Published 22 Jun, 2026 07:27pm

Pakistan

Iranian President Pezeshkian to visit Pakistan on Tuesday

Pezeshkian to be accompanied by high-level delegation, including ministers and other high-ranking officials, Islamabad says

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 08:00pm

Pakistan

Pakistan Navy, Coast Guards seize narcotics worth $215m near Gwadar

Authorities confiscate 1,500 kilograms of hashish and 500 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ice

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 09:47pm

Markets

India bonds steady as dicey Iran truce, liquidity crunch curb appetite

The yield on the benchmark 6.94% 2036 note ended at 6.8473%

Published 22 Jun, 2026 06:55pm

World

US authorises Iranian oil sales amid talks on final peace deal

Treasury issues temporary 60-day general license authorising production, delivery, and sale of Iranian oil

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 09:29pm

Technology

Meta's WhatsApp to be led by Indian startup founder Kunal Shah

CRED announces that it will raise about $900 million from Meta

Published 22 Jun, 2026 06:42pm

Markets

India likely won't export sugar for years as El Nino, ethanol squeeze supply

The twin pressures are poised to keep millions of tons of sugar off the world market

Published 22 Jun, 2026 06:25pm

Editorials

KP Budget

EDITORIAL: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) budget for 2026-27 presented by Chief Minister Sohail Afridi unveiled a total...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Editorials

Balochistan Budget

EDITORIAL: Balochistan’s latest budget arrives wrapped in the language of fiscal discipline, development and prudent...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Editorials

NFC Award: a system under strain

EDITORIAL: A recent media report has highlighted a view gaining traction within policymaking circles that the NFC...

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 08:43am

Editorials

Policing and the inviolability of the home

EDITORIAL: The recent judgment of the Peshawar High Court is a timely reminder that constitutional rights cannot be...

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 08:43am

Editorials

A crisis decades in the making

EDITORIAL: Few national failures have been forecast as accurately and ignored as consistently as Pakistan’s water...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Editorials

A preventable tragedy

EDITORIAL: The horrific loss of at least 10 lives, including five children, in a fiery crash on the Islamabad-Murree...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Editorials

US-Iran breakthrough

EDITORIAL: With President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian finally signing the Islamabad...

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 05:39am

Editorials

Health spending: the cost of neglect

EDITORIAL: The latest Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 presents a disturbing picture of the country’s public health...

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 05:42am

Editorials

Why the secrecy

EDITORIAL: The government is hush-hush about the quantum of tax relief offered and new taxes imposed in the recently...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 04:57am

Editorials

Sindh Budget

EDITORIAL: Sindh presented a 3,525 billion-rupee budget with the major reliance for revenue remaining on federal...

Updated 19 Jun, 2026 02:56pm

Editorials

Pakistan’s savings crisis

EDITORIAL: One of the more underappreciated aspects of Pakistan’s economic malaise has been the alarming collapse in...

Updated 19 Jun, 2026 06:24am

Editorials

Punjab Budget

EDITORIAL: The Punjab budget envisages total revenue of 1209 billion rupees from own resources (only 749 billion...

Published 18 Jun, 2026 05:37am

Editorials

Beyond symbolic sanctions

EDITORIAL: France’s decision to ban Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, in...

Updated 18 Jun, 2026 05:59am

Editorials

Maintaining the policy rate

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee met on the previously scheduled date – 15 June – and decided to keep the...

Published 17 Jun, 2026 05:36am

Editorials

From oil shock to hunger crisis

EDITORIAL: The United Nations is now warning that a global hunger crisis feared at the outset of the Middle East...

Published 17 Jun, 2026 05:36am

Editorials

Fiscal fault lines could test budget outlook

EDITORIAL: While the FY2026-27 budget has been framed as a pro-growth package aimed at reviving economic activity...

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

Editorials

A nation failing its children

EDITORIAL: The scale of Pakistan’s child labour crisis came into sharp focus at the International Labour...

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

Editorials

Policy contradictions stall progress

EDITORIAL: One of the more damaging flaws of governance in Pakistan today is the disconnect between what...

Published 15 Jun, 2026 02:32am

Editorials

The price of delay

EDITORIAL: Billions of rupees worth of foreign-funded development projects are once again facing delays, not because...

Published 15 Jun, 2026 02:32am

Editorials

Too important to trust locally?

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s long-term development challenge is no mystery. Child malnutrition, stunting, poor educational...

Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:20am

Editorials

Forest fires: A growing environmental emergency

EDITORIAL: The devastating forest fire that recently swept through the Kotli Sattian area of Murree district in...

Updated 14 Jun, 2026 07:00am

Editorials

The Budget

EDITORIAL: The federal finance minister, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, presented yesterday the third budget of the...

Updated 13 Jun, 2026 06:44am

Editorials

Jul-Mar: growth poor, but still not too bad?

EDITORIAL: The 3.7 percent growth for 2025-26 in the Economic Survey, limited to nine months of data (July-March),...

Published 12 Jun, 2026 06:08am

Editorials

Breaking the cycle of acid attacks

EDITORIAL: The horrific acid attack on a young female doctor at a government hospital in Quetta has once again...

Published 12 Jun, 2026 06:08am

Editorials

The high cost of easy revenues

EDITORIAL: Pakistan is simultaneously running tight fiscal and monetary policies through primary fiscal surpluses...

Published 11 Jun, 2026 05:06am

Editorials

Budget: getting close to plugging the gap

EDITORIAL: Credible though still unconfirmed reports suggest that the two major coalition partners - the Pakistan...

Updated 11 Jun, 2026 06:52am

Editorials

Budget delayed, budget denied?

EDITORIAL: While technically there is no delay in the presentation of the budget to parliament, with 16 June the...

Published 10 Jun, 2026 05:53am

Editorials

A fragile truce

EDITORIAL: The uneasy calm that followed the Iran-US truce agreed in April, and included a halt to hostilities in...

Published 10 Jun, 2026 05:53am

Editorials

Taxing traders: a political test

EDITORIAL: The announcement last week of the Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for small traders and shopkeepers is the latest...

Published 09 Jun, 2026 04:58am

Editorials

A long-overdue harvest of common sense

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s decision to adopt a National Agricultural Biotechnology Policy comes after years of declining...

Published 09 Jun, 2026 04:58am

Editorials

Budget 26-27: Stabilisation fatigue is now setting in

EDITORIAL: Balancing the budget is becoming increasingly difficult. Despite imposing exorbitant taxes on the formal...

Updated 08 Jun, 2026 08:02am

Editorials

CPEC outcome

EDITORIAL: Federal Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Khan Leghari, during a press conference on Sunday, acknowledged...

Published 08 Jun, 2026 02:29am

Editorials

The death of white gold

EDITORIAL: Punjab’s cotton acreage has fallen to its lowest level in nearly six decades, while national production...

Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:11am

Editorials

The organ trade scandal

EDITORIAL: The revelations emerging from the Supreme Court regarding illegal organ transplantation in Punjab expose...

Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:11am

Editorials

Worrisome export fall

EDITORIAL: When the Uraan Pakistan initiative was launched at the tail end of 2024, it envisioned transforming the...

Updated 06 Jun, 2026 06:57am

Editorials

Pakistan’s investment climate: confidence in short supply

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s investment climate was already struggling long before the latest Business Confidence Index...

Updated 06 Jun, 2026 12:09pm

Editorials

Widening trade deficit

EDITORIAL: Trade deficit July-May 2026 widened to negative 34.758 billion dollars against negative 29.585 billion...

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

Editorials

Terrorism’s dangerous momentum

EDITORIAL: Pakistan recorded 128 terrorist attacks in May, up 27 percent from April, while civilian deaths rose by...

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

Editorials

A disturbing tally

EDITORIAL: The disclosure before the Lahore High Court, during the recent hearing of a petition seeking the recovery...

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

Editorials

Budget postponement raises multiple questions

EDITORIAL: In a press release dated 29 May President Asif Ali Zardari summoned the budget session of the National...

Updated 04 Jun, 2026 12:56pm

Editorials

The cost of impunity

EDITORIAL: The latest escalation of Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon, despite a US-brokered ceasefire...

Updated 04 Jun, 2026 06:48am

Editorials

The plight of PSDP

EDITORIAL: The allocation for next year’s Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), a prime mover of the country’s...

Published 03 Jun, 2026 02:34am

Editorials

Water cannot be weaponised

EDITORIAL: India’s attempt to weaken the sanctity of the Indus Waters Treaty has elevated a long-standing bilateral...

Published 03 Jun, 2026 02:34am

Editorials

When taxes punish formal businesses

EDITORIAL: While the minister of state for finance has assured a traders’ delegation during recently held...

Updated 02 Jun, 2026 05:37am

Editorials

Defined Contributory Pension

EDITORIAL: Reports suggest that the government intends to implement the Defined Contributory Pension (DCP) in the...

Updated 02 Jun, 2026 05:41am

Editorials

Undoing NFC Award’s population bias

EDITORIAL: A rare political consensus is emerging around one of Pakistan’s most sensitive fiscal questions: whether...

Updated 01 Jun, 2026 05:40am

Editorials

The pope’s AI’s warning

EDITORIAL: Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical “Magnificent Humanity” arrives as a timely moral reckoning with the...

Updated 01 Jun, 2026 05:45am

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A very harsh annual budget in the offing?

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its mission to Pakistan (13 to 20 May) and in a press...

Published 31 May, 2026 02:34am

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Bracing for Super El Nino

EDITORIAL: From record-breaking heat waves and destructive floods to prolonged droughts and crop failures, Pakistan...

Published 31 May, 2026 02:34am

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The cost of mismanagement

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s mega dam projects are once again becoming case studies in the same institutional failures that...

Updated 30 May, 2026 06:09am

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 22	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 22	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 22	161.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 22	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 22	1.32
Euro to USD / Jun 22	1.14
SOFR % / Jun 22	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 22	7,472.79
India Sensex / Jun 22	77,094.07
Nasdaq / Jun 22	26,166.60
FTSE 100 / Jun 22	10,437.85
Dow Jones / Jun 22	51,712.71
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 22	25,139.69
France CAC40 / Jun 22	8,400.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 23	71,682.16
Hang Seng / Jun 23	23,705.66

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 22	74.29
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 22	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 22	378,345
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 22	4,191.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 22	79.41
Petrol/Litre / Jun 23	299.50
Diesel/Litre / Jun 23	311.47

Stock	Price
Ghani Chemworld Limited (R) / Jun 23 Ghani Chemworld Limited Right(GCWLR)	7.01 ▲ 1 (16.64%)
Buxly Paints / Jun 23 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	228.84 ▲ 20.8 (10%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jun 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	19.69 ▲ 1.79 (10%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 23 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	24.75 ▲ 2.25 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jun 23 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	49.09 ▲ 4.46 (9.99%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Jun 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	36.80 ▲ 3.13 (9.3%)
S.G.Power / Jun 23 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	72.75 ▲ 5.85 (8.74%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jun 23 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	33.99 ▲ 2.67 (8.52%)
TPL Insurance / Jun 23 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	26.80 ▲ 2.08 (8.41%)
Kohat Textile / Jun 23 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	190 ▲ 14.14 (8.04%)

Stock	Price
Imperial Limited / Jun 23 Imperial Limited(IML)	24 ▼ -1.42 (-5.59%)
Berger Paints / Jun 23 Berger Paints Pakistan Limited(BERG)	128 ▼ -5.07 (-3.81%)
Agritech Limited / Jun 23 Agritech Limited(AGL)	51 ▼ -1.81 (-3.43%)
Suraj Cotton / Jun 23 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	136.20 ▼ -4.82 (-3.42%)
Adam Sugar / Jun 23 Adam Sugar Mills Limited(ADAMS)	65.06 ▼ -2.05 (-3.05%)
Zephyr Textile / Jun 23 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	22.40 ▼ -0.63 (-2.74%)
Sitara Energy / Jun 23 Sitara Energy Limited(SEL)	31 ▼ -0.7 (-2.21%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Jun 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.67 ▼ -0.08 (-2.13%)
IbrahimFibres / Jun 23 Ibrahim Fibres Limited(IBFL)	230 ▼ -5 (-2.13%)
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 23 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	16.19 ▼ -0.33 (-2%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jun 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	2,728,221 ▲ 0.97
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jun 23 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	1,602,634 ▲ 1.37
Sui North Gas / Jun 23 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	1,220,475 ▲ 3.93
S.G.Power / Jun 23 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	954,785 ▲ 5.85
Oilboy Energy / Jun 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	924,373 ▲ 0.33
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 23 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	627,894 ▼ -0.33
TPL Insurance / Jun 23 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	558,380 ▲ 2.08
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jun 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	548,573 ▲ 1.79
Sitara Petroleum Service / Jun 23 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	370,140 ▼ -0.02
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 23 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	363,045 ▲ 0.74

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