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World

Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport killed three as war escalates

RIYADH/DUBAI: Thursday’s attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen’s...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 07:06am

Pakistan

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Friday (October 09, 2026) and the forecast for Saturday (October 10 2026)...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Editorials

Pro-growth policies

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for a shift from stabilization to pro-growth policies with a...

Updated 10 Oct, 2026 05:10am

Editorials

Democracy, terms and conditions apply

EDITORIAL: There should be no remaining excuse for delaying local government elections where the Election Commission...

Updated 10 Oct, 2026 05:10am

Pakistan

JI seeks audit of Rs1.26bn MDCAT fee collection

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Friday called on the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to conduct a...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

KWSC posts record Rs2.74bn monthly revenue in Sept

KARACHI: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) has recorded its highest-ever monthly revenue collection,...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Business & Finance

TPL insurance becomes JazzSure

KARACHI: JazzWorld has announced that TPL Insurance Limited has been renamed JazzSure Insurance Limited. JazzSure...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Business & Finance

AGTL enters Uzbek market through strategic tractor partnership

LAHORE: Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited (AGTL), the manufacturers of New Holland tractors in Pakistan, has entered the...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Business & Finance

APTMA, CAP to work on brand development

LAHORE: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) and the Chainstore Association of Pakistan (CAP) have...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

CAREC Tranche-3 project: Aleem, Leghari review progress

ISLAMABAD: A high-level joint meeting was held on Friday, co-chaired by the Federal Minister for Communications,...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

Sindh focuses on long-term flood resilience

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Irrigation, Planning and Development Jam Khan Shoro on Friday said the province is...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

BR senior employee Siraj passes away

KARACHI: A senior employee of Business Recorder Siraj Husain Jahagir passed away on Friday at the age of 78. He...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Business & Finance

Solar Pakistan 2026 inaugurated

KARACHI: Saquib Fayyaz Magoon, Senior Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Business & Finance

Misuse of dyes imported under EFS: FBR chairman takes notice of concerns raised by PCDMA

KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Rashid Mahmood Langrial has taken notice of concerns raised by the...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Business & Finance

Mian Zahid urges govt to address rising inflation

KARACHI: President of the Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) and All Karachi Industrial Alliance,...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Sports

Abbas Afridi to lead in HK Sixes

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the squad for the Hong Kong Sixes, with Abbas Afridi named...

Updated 10 Oct, 2026 05:41am

Pakistan

Anti-smog steps: Punjab has provided 10,000 subsidised super seeders to farmers: Marriyum

LAHORE: Punjab has provided 10,000 super seeders to farmers at a 60 percent subsidy and converted around 8,000 brick...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

CM lauds security forces

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has paid tribute to the security forces for their successful...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

Punjab to establish parks authorities in all districts

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved the establishment of Parks and Horticulture...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

Afridi directs officials to expedite work on new hospitals

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Sohail Afridi has directed the concerned authorities to...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

ATC rejects Imaan’s & Chattha’s adjournment request

ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday rejected a request by the lawyers of human rights lawyer Imaan...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

President calls for stigma-free mental healthcare

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has called for meaningful action to address mental health challenges,...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

NA Speaker advocates raising public awareness of mental health

ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has emphasised that mental health is fundamental to...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

Pak, Turkish interior ministers vow to bolster ties

ISTANBUL: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Istanbul on an official visit to Türkiye, where he...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

IHC judge recuses himself from a deputation case

ISLAMABAD: Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir of the Islamabad High Court recused himself from hearing a petition...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Business & Finance

National Technology Fund awards contract to ExD

ISLAMABAD: Ignite – National Technology Fund has awarded a contract to M/s Excellence Delivered (ExD) for training...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Business & Finance

PSO signs SPA with Oman’s OQT

KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has signed a Sale Purchase Agreement (SPA) with OQ Trading Limited (OQT) for the...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

World

26 women, 4 children killed in Sudan RSF drone strike

KHARTOUM: A drone strike launched by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed 26 women and four children on...

Updated 10 Oct, 2026 06:52am

Business & Finance

UK flight operation: PIA strikes deal to acquire two Boeing Dreamliners

KARACHI: PIA has signed an agreement with Norse Atlantic, for acquiring two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners by next month...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

IAEA review helps build N-security framework: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has successfully concluded its first International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear security...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

World

IRG say struck tanker transiting Hormuz via ‘illegal route’

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Friday that they had struck a tanker attempting to take an “illegal...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Business & Finance

‘Govt needs to complement Customs tariff reforms with governance reforms’

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member Customs (Operations) Shakeel Shah said on Friday that the...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Business & Finance

Bid to evade over Rs683m in duties, taxes foiled

ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Transit Trade has foiled a major attempt to evade more than Rs683 million in...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

Legal Call Centre inaugurated at apex court

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court inaugurated the 1818 Legal Call Centre to provide citizens with a dedicated telephone...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Markets

Petrol price cut by 66 paise, HSD’s hiked by 52 paise

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced fuel prices for next three days; i.e., Oct 10-12. As per the latest...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

Bilawal, Sana inducted into JCP

ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has notified Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Pakistan

PIA temporarily suspends Riyadh operations

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) temporarily suspended its flight operations to Riyadh amid...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

FO says no airstrikes against Houthis

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Friday that the Makkah Alliance had been established for defensive purposes, rejecting...

Updated 10 Oct, 2026 07:39am

World

Yemen govt forces launch operation to retake Bab al-Mandab

SANAA: A Yemeni military source said Friday that government forces backed by Saudi Arabia had launched an operation...

Updated 10 Oct, 2026 05:03am

Business & Finance

EU-funded PAIDAR programme: Financing set to go up to Rs4.2bn

KARACHI: Financing under Phase II of the EU-funded Poverty Alleviation and Inclusive Development Across Rural Sindh...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

World

Trump says Putin agrees to major release of diesel to US, global markets

WASHINGTON, United States: US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had secured Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Over 10m beneficiaries availing fuel subsidy: PM

ISLAMABAD: More than 10 million people have benefited directly from the government’s fuel subsidy scheme, with...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Q1FY27 workers’ remittances post 14pc growth YoY

KARACHI: Workers’ remittances recorded a strong growth of 14 percent during the first quarter of the current fiscal...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Dar reviews fuel subsidy scheme

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (DPM/ FM) Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Friday chaired a joint...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Dutch investors urged to explore scope through PPPs

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has invited Dutch investors to explore investment opportunities, particularly through...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Q3: Fertiliser sector may post 20pc profit growth YoY

KARACHI: Profitability of listed fertiliser sector is expected to increase 20 percent year-on-year (YoY) and 7...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

‘Adverse impacts’ of Dasu project: World Bank warns of retaliation by locals

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has warned the Pakistani government against retaliation against people affected by the...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Markets

Weekly SPI inflation rises 0.57pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended on October 8 recorded an increase of...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

World

EU slams sanctions on ICC

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Friday called US sanctions on the International Criminal Court “deeply regrettable”...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

SBP asked to step up housing loan disbursements

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to accelerate housing...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

Markets

Oil prices settle higher

HOUSTON: Oil prices settled higher on Friday as Hurricane Isaias churned toward the northern Gulf of Mexico and oil...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

World

Strong earthquake rocks Panama

PANAMA CITY: A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Panama on Friday, damaging homes, cutting power, halting...

Published 10 Oct, 2026 04:39am

World

Trump says Russia to supply diesel to US and global market

Move comes as prices of diesel are near record highs ahead of November 3 congressional elections in US that will determine control of Congress

Published 10 Oct, 2026 12:55am

World

India rejects monopoly claim after Musk accuses Ambani of blocking Starlink launch

Musk's SpaceX unit is seeking entry into a telecom market with more than a billion internet users

Published 10 Oct, 2026 12:45am

World

Powerful quake hits Panama, damages homes; canal operations normal

The quake's epicenter was close to the rural community of La Pitaloza in a sparsely populated area of Herrera

Published 10 Oct, 2026 12:41am

Perspectives

Pakistan’s 5mn+ SMEs building on rented land

Pakistan’s digital economy is growing. Its commerce infrastructure isn’t. Our country’s more than five million small...

Published 09 Oct, 2026 11:10pm

Business & Finance

RLNG supply constraints: KE warns of 'load management' during peak hours

Daytime power supply would remain largely stable, KE spokesperson says

Published 09 Oct, 2026 10:40pm

Business & Finance

Govt cuts petrol price by Re0.66, raises diesel by Re0.52 per litre

New prices to remain effective from Oct 10 to Oct 12

Published 09 Oct, 2026 10:40pm

World

UAE says Omani flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv flight

A flydubai co-pilot's plot to crash a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight into Ben Gurion airport, inspired by 9/11, was foiled by his colleague

Published 09 Oct, 2026 09:54pm

World

US imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court hours after former judge wins Nobel

Court denounces move as “assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order" and called on its 125 member states to take action to defend it.

Published 09 Oct, 2026 09:30pm

Technology

PTA proposes KYC checks, 90-day cap on foreign roaming SIMs

Travel eSIM aggregators to be registered; non-compliant connections may face blocking

Updated 09 Oct, 2026 09:26pm

Markets

Wall St climbs as oil slips; SpaceX spectrum deal weighs on telecoms

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 136.24 points

Published 09 Oct, 2026 07:51pm

Business & Finance

India's Jio Platforms targets $106 billion valuation in IPO, sources say

Mukesh Ambani's Jio Platforms, backed by Meta and Google, eyes a $106 billion valuation in India's largest-ever public listing

Published 09 Oct, 2026 07:47pm

Sports

Fury-Joshua showdown sells out in an hour as demand surges, reports

The highly anticipated Fury vs. Joshua fight in Cardiff saw all 80,000 tickets sell out in a record-breaking hour, underscoring its immense significance as a British boxing event

Published 09 Oct, 2026 07:35pm

Markets

Pakistan registers $3.6bn in remittances for September 2026

Workers’ remittances show 12.7% increase on year-on-year basis, 1.9% decrease on month-on-month basis in September

Published 09 Oct, 2026 07:19pm

Markets

UAE stocks end mixed as easing Iran tensions lift Dubai

Dubai’s benchmark index snapped a three-session losing streak to close 0.3% higher

Published 09 Oct, 2026 05:34pm

Markets

Utilities stocks lift Sri Lankan shares higher

CSE All-Share index settled 0.41% higher at 20,316.91 points

Published 09 Oct, 2026 05:29pm

World

Trump administration freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities

US suspends Microsoft and major IT firms from green-card programs, also probing top universities, to combat alleged visa fraud

Published 09 Oct, 2026 05:10pm

Markets

India bonds extend weekly slide; struggle to shake off RBI hike, hawkish stance shift

Benchmark 6.94% 2036 bond ended at 7.2994% on Friday

Published 09 Oct, 2026 05:01pm

Markets

Palm slips over 1% after no duty waiver but still log weekly gain

Dalian’s most-active soyoil contract rose 0.91%

Published 09 Oct, 2026 04:54pm

Markets

PSO inks SPA with Oman's OQ Trading for petroleum supplies

SPA aims to promote and develop cooperation between OQ Trading and PSO in the field of energy

Published 09 Oct, 2026 04:21pm

Pakistan

Pakistan working to narrow differences in Iran-US conflict, says DG ISPR

Says Pakistan has been an ‘honest broker’ in Iran-US conflict

Published 09 Oct, 2026 04:13pm

World

Trump envoy kept financial ties to firm behind $15 billion Hormuz-bypass oil pipeline plan

Diplomat Thomas Barrack faces ethics concerns for reportedly pushing his business partner's firm into a major Iraq-Syria oil pipeline project, violating federal impartiality rules

Published 09 Oct, 2026 03:59pm

Markets

World economic growth to slow to 2.6% in 2026, UN trade body says

Global economic growth is forecast to slow to 2.6% by 2026, with the Middle East crisis and AI boom creating significant challenges

Published 09 Oct, 2026 03:44pm

Markets

Rupee registers gain against US dollar

Settles at 277.00 against the greenback

Updated 09 Oct, 2026 08:10pm

Markets

India rupee posts weekly fall despite rate hike amid adverse flows, weak sentiment

Indian rupee closed at 96.73 per dollar

Published 09 Oct, 2026 03:38pm

Markets

Indian shares rise, end longest weekly losing streak in 25 years

Nifty 50 rose 1.3% to 22,520.45 and the BSE Sensex added 1.23% to 72,472.33

Published 09 Oct, 2026 03:34pm

Business & Finance

Drive fuel-free: Chery Master offers PKR 1.29 Million upfront savings on Tiggo 8 Super Hybrid AWD

Limited stock price lock offer with a complimentary 7 kW home charger worth PKR 100,000

Published 09 Oct, 2026 03:29pm

Life & Style

IIOJK filmmaker Arfat Sheikh released from US ICE detention, campaign says

IIOJK filmmaker Arfat Sheikh, detained by ICE, is now out on bond, with his deportation case still pending

Published 09 Oct, 2026 03:28pm

Markets

Gold price per tola surges by Rs5,900 in Pakistan

International rate of gold increases by $59 to reach $4,184 per ounce

Updated 09 Oct, 2026 11:34pm

World

South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 12 million Swedish crowns, or about $1.2 million, is due to ‌be ⁠presented in Oslo on December 10

Updated 09 Oct, 2026 03:01pm

Sports

Abbas Afridi to lead Pakistan in Hong Kong Sixes 2026

Pakistan placed in Pool C for 12-team tournament starting October 30

Published 09 Oct, 2026 02:13pm

Sports

New Zealand's Chapman, Foulkes ruled out of India T20s through injury

New Zealand host India in five T20s, five one-day internationals (ODIs) and two tests, with the opening T20 in Christchurch on October 22

Published 09 Oct, 2026 02:07pm

Markets

South African rand set to snap four-week losing streak

The currency fell 2% last week, its sharpest weekly decline during the recent run of losses

Published 09 Oct, 2026 02:04pm

World

Three Saudi nationals killed in attacks on Riyadh airport, aviation authority says

Yemen's Houthis said on Thursday they had attacked the airport with two cruise missiles

Published 09 Oct, 2026 01:59pm

Business & Finance

FBR proposes expanding tax rules from YouTube to all social media platforms

FBR has drafted notifications proposing amendments to the Income Tax Rules

Published 09 Oct, 2026 01:52pm

Sports

Australia fight back in first test before bad light ends opening day's play

Australia recovered to 187-6 on day one, with Cummins and Renshaw forging a vital 63-run partnership against South Africa

Updated 09 Oct, 2026 07:40pm

Markets

Apple cuts iPhone 18 Pro orders due to soft demand, Nikkei Asia reports

Apple has told some suppliers to cut production of components for its newly launched iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

Published 09 Oct, 2026 01:27pm

Business & Finance

The cheapest megawatt Pakistan isn't producing

Pakistan’s energy conversation has, for months, revolved around a single question: who should sell electricity to...

Updated 09 Oct, 2026 03:26pm

Pakistan

PIA suspends flights to Riyadh amid Middle East situation

Flight operations to Saudi Arabia continuing normally, PAA clarifies, dismissing social media speculation

Updated 09 Oct, 2026 04:29pm

Business & Finance

SECP registers 5,241 new companies in September

99.9% of the new registrations were completed online through the SECP’s eZfile portal

Published 09 Oct, 2026 12:32pm

Business & Finance

PTML challenges PTA order to suspend ONIC operations

Takes PTA to court over ONIC shutdown order

Published 09 Oct, 2026 12:31pm

World

India deploys thousands of police ahead of election protest

Protesters, including from the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party movement, are calling for mass rallies in New Delhi on Saturday

Published 09 Oct, 2026 12:22pm

Business & Finance

PIA and Norse Atlantic sign partnership for two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners

Under the partnership, Norse provides the aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance to PIA

Updated 09 Oct, 2026 07:09pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz calls on Houthis to immediately cease attacks on Saudi Arabia

Reaffirms Pakistan’s commitment to Saudi security under defence pact

Published 09 Oct, 2026 11:57am

Markets

China's blue-chip stocks hit over one-year low on AI-linked supply chain selloff

The CSI300 Index dropped 1.3% by the lunch break to its lowest level since August 2025

Published 09 Oct, 2026 11:54am

Markets

Australia, NZ dollars steady above lows; bonds get some relief

That helped the Aussie steady at $0.6960, having edged up from a $0.6933 trough overnight

Published 09 Oct, 2026 11:53am

Markets

Yuan firms as dollar slips, PBOC rejects undervaluation claims amid EU talks

The spot yuan opened at 6.7000 per dollar and was last trading at 6.6987

Published 09 Oct, 2026 11:51am

Markets

Thai baht/US dollar stronger on Friday

The baht was 0.2% higher at 33.58 versus the dollar, after trading in a range of 33.570 to 33.663

Published 09 Oct, 2026 11:48am

Markets

SoftBank seeks up to $100 billion from Gulf investors for AI push, FT reports

8 Son has held discussions in recent weeks with senior figures, including in the United Arab Emirates, about the potential fundraising

Published 09 Oct, 2026 11:46am

Editorials

Pro-growth policies

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for a shift from stabilization to pro-growth policies with a...

Updated 10 Oct, 2026 05:10am

Editorials

Democracy, terms and conditions apply

EDITORIAL: There should be no remaining excuse for delaying local government elections where the Election Commission...

Updated 10 Oct, 2026 05:10am

Editorials

IMF: We have secured the coveted agreement

EDITORIAL: The staff-level agreement on the fourth review of the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the...

Updated 09 Oct, 2026 03:34pm

Editorials

Renewed surge in violence

EDITORIAL: The figures reported by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) are deeply disturbing. At...

Updated 09 Oct, 2026 07:06am

Editorials

Retailers must not be allowed to evade taxes

EDITORIAL: The Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR’s) decision to begin nationwide mapping of markets and individual...

Updated 08 Oct, 2026 06:25am

Editorials

Protecting minors under Punjab’s vagrancy law

EDITORIAL: The Punjab government’s decision to raise the age threshold under the provincial vagrancy law from 14 to...

Updated 08 Oct, 2026 03:47pm

Editorials

IMF programme

EDITORIAL: Reports indicate that the visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) team will reach a staff-level...

Published 07 Oct, 2026 05:37am

Editorials

The ‘dead man’ turns up alive

EDITORIAL: India’s latest attempt to establish a Pakistani hand behind terrorism in occupied Kashmir has run into a...

Published 07 Oct, 2026 05:37am

Editorials

The provincial revenue problem

EDITORIAL: Sindh government spokesperson Sukhdev Hemnani’s recent observation that federal revenue shortfalls are...

Updated 06 Oct, 2026 05:48am

Editorials

Need for restraint

EDITORIAL: The federal government’s decision to open a dialogue with the opposition rather than resort to...

Updated 06 Oct, 2026 05:39am

Editorials

Remittance incentives

EDITORIAL: One of the prime reasons for balance of payments sustainability and the build-up of SBP’s forex reserves...

Updated 05 Oct, 2026 05:38am

Editorials

Democracy, subject to revision

EDITORIAL: The controversy surrounding India’s electoral-roll revisions has brought the independence of its Election...

Updated 05 Oct, 2026 05:37am

Editorials

PPRA rules: revamped framework

EDITORIAL: The government has notified the Public Procurement Rules 2026 with immediate effect and introduced a...

Published 04 Oct, 2026 02:23am

Editorials

Women and heart health

EDITORIAL: The finding that Pakistani women have the highest death rate from ischaemic heart disease among women in...

Published 04 Oct, 2026 02:23am

Editorials

ADB, World Bank and IMF: Pakistan's growth forecasts

EDITORIAL: Asian Development Bank has forecast Pakistan’s growth for the ongoing fiscal year at 3.7 percent – 0.3...

Updated 03 Oct, 2026 01:53pm

Editorials

Milk them, then cap them

EDITORIAL: Dairy and livestock farmers demanding a seat at the policy table are asking for something considerably...

Updated 03 Oct, 2026 06:17am

Editorials

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The September Update and Outlook has been uploaded by the Finance Division on its website and presents a...

Updated 02 Oct, 2026 05:58am

Editorials

An epidemic of street crime

EDITORIAL: One wonders whether there will ever come a time when the people of Karachi can go about their daily lives...

Updated 02 Oct, 2026 06:01am

Editorials

Ongoing IMF review

EDITORIAL: Reports on the discussions between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team and the government indicate...

Updated 01 Oct, 2026 07:22am

Editorials

Tackling the smog challenge

EDITORIAL: As the smog season approaches, Punjab’s preparations show a welcome shift from seasonal alarm to...

Updated 01 Oct, 2026 07:23am

Editorials

Water shortage

EDITORIAL: Reports suggest that Pakistan is bracing for 25 percent water shortage during rabi season that has raised...

Updated 30 Sep, 2026 06:09am

Editorials

Terrorism, with plausible deniability

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s accusation at the UN General Assembly that India has turned terrorism into an instrument of...

Updated 30 Sep, 2026 06:10am

Editorials

Information, upon request

EDITORIAL: When the best-performing provincial government in a national assessment complies with only 59 percent of...

Updated 29 Sep, 2026 06:02am

Editorials

Why FDI remains elusive

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s improving external position and better sovereign credit profile have yet to translate into the...

Updated 29 Sep, 2026 06:06am

Editorials

The civil service challenge

EDITORIAL: Pakistan does not lack ideas for civil service reform; what it has long lacked though is the political...

Published 28 Sep, 2026 04:13am

Editorials

A temporary breather in RLNG import

EDITORIAL: The recent international oil price crisis due to the ongoing war, which has engulfed the Gulf region, is...

Published 28 Sep, 2026 04:13am

Editorials

Drill now, drown later

EDITORIAL: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ accusation that Big Oil has treated the atmosphere as an “open...

Published 27 Sep, 2026 02:24am

Editorials

Closing the gap, from the bottom

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s strongest annual improvement in gender parity in a decade would ordinarily be cause for...

Published 27 Sep, 2026 02:24am

Editorials

Global trade disruptions

EDITORIAL: The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) recently uploaded report dated 2026 titled A Critical Juncture of...

Published 26 Sep, 2026 05:19am

Editorials

Converging crises

EDITORIAL: Just when Pakistan could have done with a little less uncertainty, the security and political temperature...

Published 26 Sep, 2026 05:19am

Editorials

A tax scheme in trouble

EDITORIAL: The latest figures on the Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme expose the familiar failure of yet another attempt to...

Published 25 Sep, 2026 05:45am

Editorials

Export-led growth?

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a meeting with prominent industrialists and businessmen on Tuesday...

Published 25 Sep, 2026 05:45am

Editorials

Include planning ministry in IMF negotiations

EDITORIAL: International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme is a whole of the government programme engaging federal and...

Updated 24 Sep, 2026 06:35am

Editorials

Is Pakistan open for business?

EDITORIAL: When 91 percent of respondents say that doing business in Pakistan is difficult, there is little room...

Updated 24 Sep, 2026 01:32pm

Editorials

Aurangzeb's press briefing: No questions asked

EDITORIAL: Federal finance minister Muhammad Aurangzeb called a press briefing—during which he entertained no...

Updated 23 Sep, 2026 11:19pm

Editorials

Illegal immigration: No ticket to Europe

EDITORIAL: A 64 percent decline in illegal immigration from Pakistan to Europe is an achievement worth...

Updated 23 Sep, 2026 01:23pm

Editorials

Sound governance: the key to growth

EDITORIAL: The contrasting views of two key cabinet members at an event held recently have brought into focus a...

Updated 22 Sep, 2026 06:46am

Editorials

A welcome change of scenery

EDITORIAL: Transferring more than 3,000 patwaris across Punjab in a single day is the sort of administrative...

Updated 22 Sep, 2026 06:48am

Editorials

SOEs: Govt must reduce footprint

EDITORIAL: Reportedly, the financial health of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) is deteriorating fast, as net fiscal...

Updated 21 Sep, 2026 05:35am

Editorials

AI needs rules

EDITORIAL: The decision by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to jointly develop an AI standards body is a telling...

Updated 21 Sep, 2026 05:38am

Editorials

Backbone, badly bent

EDITORIAL: Calling the district judiciary the backbone of Pakistan’s justice system is entirely appropriate, because...

Published 20 Sep, 2026 02:22am

Editorials

A state failing its children

EDITORIAL: That 1,914 cases of violence and abuse against children were reported across Pakistan in just the first...

Published 20 Sep, 2026 02:22am

Editorials

State of the economy: a mixed picture

EDITORIAL: Recent data releases indicate a marked improvement in critical macroeconomic indicators that reinforce...

Updated 19 Sep, 2026 05:30am

Editorials

Cleaning up the game

EDITORIAL: It seems the rapid expansion of online gaming and gambling has created a remarkably convenient new...

Updated 19 Sep, 2026 05:34am

Editorials

Tax system: Persuasion cannot replace enforcement

EDITORIAL: When the head of the country’s tax authority must ask business leaders to persuade retailers to comply...

Updated 18 Sep, 2026 02:47pm

Editorials

Devolved, only on paper?

EDITORIAL: It turns out that sixteen years after the 18th Constitutional Amendment transferred major...

Updated 18 Sep, 2026 05:47am

Editorials

Relief on petrol price for optics only?

EDITORIAL: The Economic Coordination cabinet has approved a 75 billion-rupee relief package for three months (24.6...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 9	277.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 9	277
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 9	158.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 9	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 9	1.32
Euro to USD / Oct 9	1.12
SOFR % / Oct 8	3.87

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 9	7,811.54
India Sensex / Oct 9	72,472.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 9	69,030.92
Nasdaq / Oct 9	27,366.17
Hang Seng / Oct 9	24,211.35
FTSE 100 / Oct 9	10,552.05
Dow Jones / Oct 9	51,654.95
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 9	25,087.27
France CAC40 / Oct 9	7,803.33

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 9	91.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 9	18,680
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 9	378,031
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 9	4,194.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 9	80.54
Petrol/Litre / Oct 10	398.30
Diesel/Litre / Oct 10	396.24

Stock	Price
Unicap Modaraba / Oct 9 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	6.98 ▲ 1 (16.72%)
ARM Green Industries / Oct 9 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	55.19 ▲ 5.02 (10.01%)
B. F. Modaraba / Oct 9 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	21.43 ▲ 1.95 (10.01%)
Sitara Peroxide / Oct 9 Sitara Peroxide Limited(SPL)	50.89 ▲ 4.63 (10.01%)
Aisha Steel (CPS) / Oct 9 Aisha Steel Mills Limited (CPS)(ASLCPS)	84.62 ▲ 7.69 (10%)
Data Agro / Oct 9 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	111.99 ▲ 10.18 (10%)
F.Credit & Inv / Oct 9 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	40.37 ▲ 3.67 (10%)
Fateh Ind. / Oct 9 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	317.22 ▲ 28.84 (10%)
J.K.Spinning / Oct 9 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	403.61 ▲ 36.68 (10%)
Kohat Textile / Oct 9 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	93.29 ▲ 8.48 (10%)

Stock	Price
Asim Textile / Oct 9 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	66.20 ▼ -7.35 (-9.99%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Oct 9 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	14.45 ▼ -1.6 (-9.97%)
Olympia Mills / Oct 9 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	61.12 ▼ -6.69 (-9.87%)
Reliance Weaving / Oct 9 Reliance Weaving Mills Limited(REWM)	157.10 ▼ -14.44 (-8.42%)
Crescent Fib. / Oct 9 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	51 ▼ -4.26 (-7.71%)
Paramount Mod / Oct 9 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	13.15 ▼ -1.07 (-7.52%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Oct 9 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.06 ▼ -0.57 (-7.47%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 9 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	33 ▼ -2.66 (-7.46%)
Arpak Int. / Oct 9 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	114.60 ▼ -8.98 (-7.27%)
Sally Textile / Oct 9 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	14.50 ▼ -0.94 (-6.09%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Oct 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	26,918,048 ▲ 0.11
Pak Refinery / Oct 9 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	23,923,984 ▲ 1.78
Treet Corp / Oct 9 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	22,826,318 ▲ 1.37
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,514,311 ▲ 0
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 9 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	13,281,421 ▲ 1.64
Waves Home Appliances / Oct 9 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	10,542,427 ▼ -0.12
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	8,893,691 ▲ 0.11
TPL Properties / Oct 9 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	7,476,411 ▲ 0.6
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 9 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	7,146,048 ▲ 0.01
TPL REIT Fund I / Oct 9 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	6,216,364 ▲ 0.73

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