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Markets

UAE crude output nears record following OPEC exit, sources says

June’s output was the highest since April 2020

Published 06 Jul, 2026 05:49pm

Markets

Indian bond yields slide on rain relief, continued foreign demand

The benchmark 6.94% 2036 bond yield settled at 6.6851%

Published 06 Jul, 2026 05:45pm

Pakistan

DPM Dar expresses support for UN's central role in global affairs

Reaffirms Pakistan’s commitment for international law and treaties

Published 06 Jul, 2026 05:04pm

World

Hamas announces dissolution of Gaza governing body

Since a ceasefire took effect in Gaza last October, the group has repeatedly said it is prepared to step aside from day-to-day governance

Published 06 Jul, 2026 05:01pm

Markets

Pakistan purchases more expensive LNG as flows via Strait of Hormuz fail to recover: report

Pakistan pays double for LNG, facing urgent supply gaps due to disruptions in the critical Strait of Hormuz

Published 06 Jul, 2026 04:57pm

World

Lebanon state media says Israeli strike on south kills 4, including 3 women

An agreement signed by US, Iran on ending the regional war last month also established a ceasefire in Lebanon

Published 06 Jul, 2026 04:55pm

Markets

India aims to make it easier to short by nearly doubling stocks eligible for borrowing, sources say

Stock scam scandals led India to develop strict requirements for its cash equities market

Published 06 Jul, 2026 04:49pm

Markets

India's first debt issue with NaBFID's credit enhancement set to launch in July, sources say

The deal will be the first to use NaBFID’s partial credit enhancement facility

Published 06 Jul, 2026 04:46pm

Markets

Indian Oil, HPCL buy 7 million barrels of crude via tenders, trade sources say

The cargoes are scheduled for delivery between late August and early September

Published 06 Jul, 2026 04:41pm

Markets

Indian rupee hits three-week low as firmer dollar, NDF maturities pinch

The rupee closed at 95.3950 per dollar, down 0.2% on the day

Published 06 Jul, 2026 04:31pm

Markets

Indian shares rise to 10-week high; HDFC Bank leads after strong Q1 growth

Nifty 50 rose 0.66% to 24,430.35, while the BSE Sensex added 0.67% to 78,285.07

Published 06 Jul, 2026 04:12pm

Business & Finance

Chery Master Pakistan expands dealership network with grand opening of Chery South in Karachi

Chery Master Pakistan, introduced by Master Auto Engineering Private Limited, a Master Group company, has further...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:49pm

Pakistan

Rain, windstorms likely in upper, central Pakistan until July 8: PMD

Warns rainfall may cause urban flooding in Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:17pm

Business & Finance

FPCCI urges handover of Cotton Exchange Building to KCA

Says closure severely impacts Pakistan's cotton economy

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:09pm

Markets

Gold price drops by Rs2,400 per tola in Pakistan

International rate of gold declines by $24 to reach $4,150 per ounce

Published 06 Jul, 2026 02:28pm

World

Earthquake of magnitude 5.81 strikes Mindanao, Philippines, GFZ says

The Philippine seismology agency Phivolcs said no damage or aftershocks were expected ‌from ⁠the offshore tremor

Published 06 Jul, 2026 01:51pm

Pakistan

Trade, investment on agenda as President Zardari heads to Kyrgyzstan today

Two leaders to review entire spectrum of Pakistan-Kyrgyzstan relations

Published 06 Jul, 2026 01:10pm

Life & Style

What's in a song? The story behind the music playing at World Cup stadiums

The playlists give an interesting cultural snapshot of the World Cup, in which 48 teams participated for the first time in 2026

Published 06 Jul, 2026 12:44pm

Life & Style

F1 drivers amuse British GP crowd with Lego car chaos

A ⁠team of 20 designers, engineers and Lego builders at a factory in Kladno in the Czech Republic took more than 6,400 hours to create ⁠the cars

Published 06 Jul, 2026 12:37pm

Life & Style

A Minute With: Christopher Nolan on telling the epic 'Odyssey' story on the big screen

Nolan discussed ‌how he approached the sweeping story and discovered a way to adapt it from text to screen

Published 06 Jul, 2026 12:20pm

Pakistan

President, PM express grief over martyrdom of Group Captain Asim Tariq

Police arrest the suspected gunman

Published 06 Jul, 2026 12:19pm

Sports

Tuchel hails England heart as they battle through Mexican storm

The significance of the tie was not lost on the England manager, who said the size of the occasion had the feel of further ⁠on in the tournament

Published 06 Jul, 2026 12:16pm

Sports

Gauff beats Bencic and a curfew to reach first Wimbledon quarters

Bencic, a semi-finalist here last year and Olympic champion in 2021

Published 06 Jul, 2026 12:12pm

Sports

Australia dominate England to win T20 World Cup

Sciver-Brunt and Kemp upped the ante but the modest target was insufficient to ⁠test Australia

Published 06 Jul, 2026 12:09pm

Markets

Australian shares ease as banks, consumer stocks drag; commodity stocks limit losses

The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.2% to 8,826

Published 06 Jul, 2026 11:58am

Markets

Japan's Topix rises on lower oil prices, Nikkei weighed down by tech

The benchmark Nikkei 225, which is heavily weighted by tech shares

Published 06 Jul, 2026 11:54am

Markets

Thai baht/US dollar weaker on Monday

the baht was 0.12% lower at 33.19 versus the dollar, after trading in a range of 33.160 to 33.230

Published 06 Jul, 2026 11:46am

Markets

Benchmark JGB yields rise toward 30-year high as fiscal fears cloud auctions

The 10-year JGB yield climbed 2 basis points (bps) to 2.790%

Published 06 Jul, 2026 11:41am

Business & Finance

Pakistan launches InvestPak Portal, eyes to reduce govt reliance on banks

The government aims to free up banks for private sector lending

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 01:02pm

Markets

India bonds seen little changed with traders eyeing fresh cues

The benchmark 6.94% 2036 bond yield is expected to trade between 6.70% and 6.74%

Published 06 Jul, 2026 11:23am

Markets

Kiwi dollar drifts lower as RBNZ policy decision looms

The kiwi fell 0.4% to $0.5687, after climbing 1.3% last week to as high as $0.5727

Published 06 Jul, 2026 11:20am

Markets

South Korea shares drop on chip stocks valuation uncertainties

The benchmark KOSPI was down 240.93 points, or 2.98%, at 7,847.4

Published 06 Jul, 2026 11:18am

Markets

China's yuan eases against the dollar as traders search for direction

The dollar index was up 0.1% in Asia trade

Published 06 Jul, 2026 11:15am

World

Six killed in India's Mumbai as rains wreak havoc, disrupt travel

Two to three multi-storey houses in a slum collapsed in the Mankhurd area of Mumbai

Published 06 Jul, 2026 11:11am

Business & Finance

Khyber Tobacco inks MoU with Korea's KT&G

Informed stakeholders via a notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange

Published 06 Jul, 2026 11:04am

Markets

Aluminium rises on dwindling LME stocks

Benchmark three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.4% at $3,103 a metric ton

Published 06 Jul, 2026 10:53am

Markets

China, HK stocks gain as AI enthusiasm broadens to farming, biotech sectors

The blue-chip CSI300 Index gained 0.3% by the midday break

Published 06 Jul, 2026 10:50am

Markets

Turkiye opens sunflower seed, crude sunflower oil import quota

Turkiye has opened a tariff quota for imports of oilseed sunflower seeds and crude sunflower oil

Published 06 Jul, 2026 10:48am

Markets

Palm rises for first time in three sessions on stronger rival oils

Palm oil contract for September delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 51 ringgit, or 1.14%, to 4,531 ringgit ($1,111.36) a metric ton

Published 06 Jul, 2026 10:45am

World

Congo says confirmed Ebola cases rise to 1,561, including 506 deaths

Ebola cases in the country had reached 1,561

Published 06 Jul, 2026 10:42am

World

Chinese city of Nanning on top flooding alert due to Typhoon Maysak

Authorities in Nanning, a city of nearly 9 million people, have raised the flood control emergency response level to I from III

Published 06 Jul, 2026 10:38am

Markets

Positive momentum continues at PSX, KSE-100 gains over 1.1%

Benchmark index settles at 187,454.69

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 03:58pm

Markets

South Korea's SK Hynix to launch $28 billion US listing to ride global AI wave

The company will sell 17.79 million new shares in the depository receipt listing on the Nasdaq

Published 06 Jul, 2026 08:32am

World

Russian attack on Kyiv kills seven, hits apartments, other buildings

Rescue crews were pulling residents from buildings shattered by the overnight barrage, said Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko

Published 06 Jul, 2026 08:27am

Sports

Ten-man England survive Mexico comeback to reach quarter-finals

Jude Bellingham put England ahead, striking twice ⁠in the space of a minute

Published 06 Jul, 2026 08:22am

Sports

Neymar signals Brazil farewell after shock World Cup exit to Norway

Speaking briefly after ⁠the match to Bruno Formiga, a pundit for Brazilian channel ge tv, Neymar indicated that his tenure with Brazil had come to an end

Published 06 Jul, 2026 08:19am

World

Trump intervention sparks World Cup storm as FIFA clears Balogun to face Belgium

Balogun scored his third goal of the World Cup in the 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina but was shown a red card

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 10:50am

Markets

Record wave of IPO lock-up shares to hit Hong Kong market

Hong ⁠Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index is down 8.9% this year

Published 06 Jul, 2026 08:06am

Markets

Gold trades near two-week high on cooling US rate-hike bets

Spot gold was steady at $4,175.02 per ounce

Published 06 Jul, 2026 08:01am

Markets

ECB's T2 payment system back up after brief incident impacting payments

When central banks and financial institutions in Europe need to send and receive large-value payments, they rely on T2

Published 06 Jul, 2026 07:56am

Markets

Shares edge higher in Asia as oil dips, earnings loom

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.4%

Published 06 Jul, 2026 07:53am

Markets

Indian shares likely to open higher on strong business updates from lenders

GIFT Nifty futures were at 24,322.5

Published 06 Jul, 2026 07:49am

Markets

Indian rupee to track merchant flows, dollar; bonds await foreign buying cues

The Indian rupee declined nearly 1% last week to close at 95.21 per dollar on ‌Friday

Published 06 Jul, 2026 07:45am

Markets

Dollar near two-week lows as rate-hike bets recede, embattled yen in focus

The dollar index , which measures the US currency against six other units, was at 100.9 in early trading

Published 06 Jul, 2026 07:43am

Markets

Oil falls after OPEC+ agrees to raise output targets

Brent crude futures fell 41 cents, or 0.57%, to $71.71 a barrel at 0942 GMT

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 05:08pm

Sports

Haaland knocks Brazil out of World Cup as Norway reach quarters

Haaland scores twice late as Norway stuns Brazil 2-1, reaches first quarter-final

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:48am

Business & Finance

ABHI Microfinance Bank reports growth in revenues in 1Q 2026

KARACHI: ABHI Microfinance Bank Limited reported revenue of Rs4.874 billion by the end of the first quarter of 2026,...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

APS, PAAM form historic alliance

LAHORE: In a significant development aimed at organizing and elevating Pakistan’s alternative, homeopathic,...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Sports

UK, West Indies tours: Babar named skipper of Test squad

LAHORE: Batsman Babar Azam has been named skipper of the Test squads for the upcoming tours of West Indies and...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

Bilawal to attend GB CM’s oath ceremony today

GILGIT: Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, arrived in Skardu on Sunday ahead of...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

CM felicitates Americans on Independence Day

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has extended heartfelt felicitations to the people of the United...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

CM pays tribute to Capt Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Sunday paid rich tribute to Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed,...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

DCs directed to intensify anti-encroachment drive

KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Syed Hassan Naqvi has directed all Deputy Commissioners to continue and intensify...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Business & Finance

Domestic financing for improving railway’s network urged

KARACHI: Commenting on reports about the exclusion of the ML-1 railway project from the China–Pakistan Economic...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

Endowment fund for KP journalists approved

PESHAWAR: The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Sohail Afridi, has approved the establishment of an...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

Islamabad and Haripur: F’abad Agri University team visits key institutions

FAISALABAD: A high-level delegation from University of Agriculture Faisalabad visited key national innovation and...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

Flour prices surge nationwide, burdening households

ISLAMABAD: The flour prices have registered a fresh increase across country, putting additional financial pressure...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Business & Finance

IFC, MRA Bangladesh team visit SAFCO to Study Housing Finance

HYDERABAD: A high-level delegation from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

July 5 will forever remain darkest wound on democratic soul: Bilawal

KARACHI: Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that July 5 will forever remain...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

KP CM directs official machinery to move into ‘execution mode’

PESHAWAR: The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Sohail Afridi, has set out the provincial government’s...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Business & Finance

LCCI organises 11th session of Financial Advisory Baithak

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry organized the 11th session of its Financial Advisory Baithak,...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Markets

Weekly cotton review: Market witnesses return of bullish sentiment

KARACHI: The cotton market witnessed a return of bullish sentiment on Saturday after a period of price decline, as...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

New buses for Peshawar BRT ready for shipment

PESHAWAR: A total of 52 new buses procured for the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system are now ready for...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

University of Sindh: Over 700 candidates appear in pre-entry test for MPhil, PhD

HYDERABAD: More than 700 candidates appeared in the pre-entry test conducted by the University of Sindh on Sunday...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

AJK LA-23: PPP candidate withdraws in favour of JUI-F

ISLAMABAD: The candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has withdrawn in favour of the hopeful of Jamiat...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Business & Finance

PSDF, FPCCI sign MoU to strengthen collaboration

LAHORE: The Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) and the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

Railways Police foil smuggling of non-duty-paid goods

LAHORE: On the directions of Inspector General Railways Police, Muhammad Wisal Fakhar Sultan, Railways Police Sukkur...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

SALU committee recommends Rs4.58bn budget

HYDERABAD: The 45th meeting of the Finance and Planning Committee (FPC) of the Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU),...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

Shalimar Express derails at Khanewal

ISLAMABAD: A bogie of the Shalimar Express derailed at Khanewal Junction on Sunday afternoon while traveling from...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Business & Finance

Gulf Cooperation Council: Suttar concerned at disruption to shipping, customs operations

KARACHI: Ismail Suttar, Founder Chairman of the Salt Manufacturers Association Pakistan (SMAP), has voiced concern...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

Tobacco growers to hold sit-in against heavy taxes on 20th

PESHAWAR: The Tobacco Dealers Association has announced an indefinite sit-in in front of the Parliament House in...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

Transfers and postings in PRA

LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has carried out a major reshuffle, transferring and appointing 19...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

Two suspected militants held in Gwadar

GWADAR: Two suspected militants were arrested during a joint operation carried out by police and law enforcement...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Pakistan

Work on projects of youth engagement plan underway: Balochistan CM

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said work is underway on several projects under the Youth...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

World

‘Very dangerous’ super typhoon nears US Pacific islands

UNITED STATES: Howling winds and lashing rains battered Guam and the Northern Marianas late Sunday hours before the...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Maritime sector undergoing huge reform drives

ISLAMABAD: From modernising ports and digitising customs operations to reviving ship recycling and strengthening...

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 09:02am

Socioeconomic transformation: Ahsan seeks role of overseas Pakistanis

ORLANDO, (USA): During his visit to the United States, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

World

Germany may withhold info from AfD-led state govts

BERLIN: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Sunday that the federal government is considering withholding...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Business & Finance

PAF Group captain killed while trying to protect woman

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Group Captain was shot dead on Sunday after intervening to protect a woman...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

FTO bars public bodies from exceeding legal powers

ISLAMABAD: In a landmark judgment expected to guide the conduct of statutory institutions for years to come, the...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

‘AI-powered assistant’: Karandaaz, DTC enter into strategic partnership

KARACHI: Karandaaz Pakistan has entered into a strategic partnership with D-Tech & Consultancy Private Limited...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

World

Jewellery worth millions stolen in French museum burglary

STRASBOURG, (France): Jewellery worth millions of euros was stolen in a burglary at the museum of French luxury...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Telenor-Ufone merger may trigger job cuts

ISLAMABAD: Pakis-tan’s biggest telecom merger of Telenor and Ufone, has entered a new and difficult phase, with the...

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 08:59am

Telecom bill protects private land: ministers

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Sunday...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Business & Finance

Iran and Qatar resume maritime trade

DUBAI: Maritime trade between Iran and Qatar has resumed after a roughly five-month suspension, Iran’s commercial...

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 08:58am

Revenue forecasting approach realistic: FBR chief

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Rashid Mahmood Langrial has said that the revenue forecasting...

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 08:59am

IESCO delivers exceptional FY2025-26 performance

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has delivered an exceptional performance during the...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Consumers: AGP speaks of RLNG diversion burden

Auditors cite unjustified RLNG diversion, Rs 73.03bn subsidy, Rs 100.9bn total loss

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 09:03am

Pakistan

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Sunday (July 05 2026) and the forecast for Monday (July 06 2026)....

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

BR Research

Petroleum pricing: FY27 starts on a defensive note

The first fuel price notification of FY27 was expected to set the tone for the year. Instead, it has raised more...

Published 06 Jul, 2026 03:13am

Editorials

Two economic updates and outlooks

EDITORIAL: The Finance Division released May and June Economic Update and Outlook on the last day of the fiscal year...

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 04:25am

Editorials

Protecting children beyond parental compromise

EDITORIAL: The Lahore High Court’s recent judgment in a child maintenance case reaffirms a principle that should...

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 04:28am

Editorials

Keeping protected areas protected

EDITORIAL: The deliberations at a recent webinar on the Margalla Hills National Park have once again brought into...

Published 05 Jul, 2026 02:44am

Editorials

Relentless settlement expansion

EDITORIAL: The recent debate at the United Nations Security Council underscored a reality that has become...

Published 05 Jul, 2026 02:44am

Editorials

The missing accountability after the audit

EDITORIAL: Every few weeks, another audit report exposes billions of rupees in irregularities somewhere within...

Published 04 Jul, 2026 02:29am

Editorials

The perils of diluting constitutional safeguards

EDITORIAL: The recent judgment by a five-member Supreme Court bench on the admissibility of forensic experts’...

Published 04 Jul, 2026 02:29am

Editorials

Dilution of monetary policy

EDITORIAL: A webinar titled ‘Managing Stability During Uncertain Times: Role of Monetary Policy in Pakistan’...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Editorials

A tragedy of negligence

EDITORIAL: The collapse of the roof of a private tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area, which claimed the lives of...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Editorials

FBR: Barely exceeding twice-reduced target

EDITORIAL: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected 12.957 trillion rupees last fiscal year (1 July 2025 to 30...

Published 02 Jul, 2026 05:45am

Editorials

No refuge for terror

EDITORIAL: Cross-border terrorism cannot become an accepted feature of Pakistan’s security environment. The latest...

Published 02 Jul, 2026 05:45am

Editorials

The local govt void

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s democratic evolution is in many ways the story of its failure to truly devolve power, which...

Published 01 Jul, 2026 05:57am

Editorials

Rights of way, rights at risk

EDITORIAL: The government’s ambition to accelerate digital connectivity and expand telecommunications infrastructure...

Published 01 Jul, 2026 05:57am

Editorials

The ‘missing’ economic update, outlook

EDITORIAL: The Finance Division has yet to upload its May 2026 Economic Update and Outlook, a document that would...

Updated 30 Jun, 2026 06:25am

Editorials

Treaties, when convenient

EDITORIAL: A treaty that survives wars, crises and decades of political hostility only to be set aside unilaterally...

Updated 30 Jun, 2026 06:26am

Editorials

The cost of administered pricing

EDITORIAL: With international oil prices retreating after the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the government’s...

Published 29 Jun, 2026 02:36am

Editorials

Waste-to-energy projects: better late than never

EDITORIAL: It’s encouraging that Pakistan has finally moved to develop a comprehensive national policy for...

Updated 30 Jun, 2026 04:23pm

Editorials

The cost of impunity

EDITORIAL: The unusually apologetic tone adopted by senior Punjab Police and Crime Control Department (CCD)...

Published 28 Jun, 2026 05:03am

Editorials

The anaemia challenge

EDITORIAL: The findings of the WOMAN-2 study, presented in the report “The Missing Evidence: Anaemia, Postpartum...

Published 28 Jun, 2026 05:03am

Editorials

HIV: Time to act

EDITORIAL: The concerns raised at the recent community dialogue in Karachi over the growing number of HIV infections...

Updated 26 Jun, 2026 06:20am

Editorials

Women’s inheritance rights

EDITORIAL: The landmark ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on women’s inheritance rights is a timely...

Updated 26 Jun, 2026 06:23am

Editorials

Finance Act 2026

EDITORIAL: The Finance Bill 2026 was passed by the National Assembly with 35 amendments, including extending sales...

Updated 25 Jun, 2026 06:53am

Editorials

Borrowing prosperity

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s central government debt rose by Rs1.4 trillion in April alone, pushing the total debt stock to...

Updated 25 Jun, 2026 06:54am

Editorials

Population ‘bomb’

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s annual population growth rate is estimated at 2.55 percent which implies the addition of...

Published 24 Jun, 2026 05:52am

Editorials

Open for exits

EDITORIAL: An economy that loses more foreign exchange through profit repatriation than it gains through foreign...

Published 24 Jun, 2026 05:52am

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

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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

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 3	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 3	278.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 6	161.95
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 6	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 6	1.33
Euro to USD / Jul 6	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 5	3.66

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 2	7,483.24
Nasdaq / Jul 2	25,832.67
Dow Jones / Jul 2	52,900.07
India Sensex / Jul 6	78,246.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 6	69,476.37
Hang Seng / Jul 6	23,555.72
FTSE 100 / Jul 6	10,714.13
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 6	25,870.97
France CAC40 / Jul 6	8,560.38

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 2	17,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 3	378,031
Petrol/Litre / Jul 6	297.53
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 6	68.68
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 6	4,152.05
Diesel/Litre / Jul 6	309.50
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 6	77.12

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 6 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	5.42 ▲ 1 (22.62%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 6 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	10.51 ▲ 1 (10.52%)
Habib Insurance / Jul 6 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Tri-Star Power / Jul 6 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	18.12 ▲ 1.65 (10.02%)
Aruj Industries / Jul 6 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	11.54 ▲ 1.05 (10.01%)
Cordoba Logistics / Jul 6 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	22.41 ▲ 2.04 (10.01%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 6 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	32.87 ▲ 2.99 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 6 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	44.83 ▲ 4.08 (10.01%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jul 6 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	19.68 ▲ 1.79 (10.01%)
Ansari Sug. / Jul 6 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	34.43 ▲ 3.13 (10%)

Stock	Price
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Jul 6 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	44.02 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jul 6 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	21.63 ▼ -2.4 (-9.99%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jul 6 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	18.05 ▼ -1.97 (-9.84%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jul 6 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	12.02 ▼ -1.23 (-9.28%)
HBL Total Tre. ETF / Jul 6 HBL Total Treasury ETF(HBLTETF)	104.67 ▼ -8.9 (-7.84%)
Asim Textile / Jul 6 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	25.43 ▼ -2.09 (-7.59%)
Paramount Mod / Jul 6 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	14.82 ▼ -1.17 (-7.32%)
Dewan Textile / Jul 6 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	11.23 ▼ -0.87 (-7.19%)
Kohat Textile / Jul 6 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	151.23 ▼ -11.49 (-7.06%)
Redco Textile / Jul 6 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	32.85 ▼ -2.24 (-6.38%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jul 6 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	66,770,551 ▲ 0.9
Lotte Chemical / Jul 6 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	42,069,179 ▲ 1.18
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 6 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	36,545,201 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Jul 6 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,865,720 ▲ 0.18
B.O.Punjab / Jul 6 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	28,228,777 ▲ 0.28
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jul 6 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	27,957,329 ▲ 0.84
Sitara Petroleum Service / Jul 6 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	26,304,562 ▼ -0.01
Pak Elektron / Jul 6 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	22,354,525 ▲ 1.33
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 6 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	19,843,892 ▲ 2.34
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 6 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	18,767,081 ▲ 0.36

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