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Six injured in Tel Aviv after Iran missile alert: medics

US to continue Iran strikes, pause applies only to energy sites, Semafor reports

Pakistan

Pakistan ready to facilitate talks for settlement of Mideast conflict: PM Shehbaz

President Trump shares PM's statement on his Truth Social platform

Updated 24 Mar, 2026 08:43pm

Markets

KSE-100 Index gains over 1,200 points on Middle East diplomacy hopes

Updated 24 Mar, 2026 05:18pm

Ongoing hostilities in ME: PM conveys to Pezeshkian deep concern

Updated 24 Mar, 2026 09:34am

Business & Finance

March, April fuel cargoes secured as govt reviews supply stability

Published 24 Mar, 2026 07:23pm

Markets

Pakistan govt defends ‘calibrated’ fuel price hike

Updated 24 Mar, 2026 06:21pm

Pakistan

President Zardari confers military awards on armed forces personnel

Published 24 Mar, 2026 06:16pm

Pakistan

Karachi, Lahore brace for week-long rain spell from tomorrow: PMD

Published 24 Mar, 2026 12:13pm

Technology

Pakistan’s SadaPay goes offline after drone strikes damage infrastructure in Bahrain

Published 24 Mar, 2026 03:12pm

Markets

Rupee registers gain against US dollar

Updated 24 Mar, 2026 08:52pm

Markets

Gold price per tola gains Rs16,300 in Pakistan

Updated 24 Mar, 2026 07:17pm

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OGDCL commences oil production from horizontal well in Hyderabad

Published 24 Mar, 2026 01:41pm

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Ongoing hostilities in ME: PM conveys to Pezeshkian deep concern

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Thai baht/US dollar weaker on Monday

Appellate benches’ rulings back SECP

Gold price per tola plunges record Rs43,600 in Pakistan

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Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 19	279.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 19	279.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 24	158.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 24	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 24	1.34
Euro to USD / Mar 24	1.16
SOFR % / Mar 24	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 23	6,581
Nasdaq / Mar 23	21,946.76
Dow Jones / Mar 23	46,208.47
India Sensex / Mar 24	73,088.86
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 24	51,916.01
Hang Seng / Mar 24	24,687.43
FTSE 100 / Mar 24	9,897.04
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 24	22,684.54
France CAC40 / Mar 24	7,767.61

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 20	421,263
Petrol/Litre / Mar 24	321.17
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 24	91.56
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 24	4,334.30
Diesel/Litre / Mar 24	335.86
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 24	66.78

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mitchells Fruit (R) / Mar 24 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(R)(MFFLR1)	2.01 ▲ 1 (99.01%)
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Mar 24 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	6.40 ▲ 1 (18.52%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Mar 24 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	7.01 ▲ 1 (16.64%)
Abdullah Shah / Mar 24 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	8.54 ▲ 1 (13.26%)
Itanz Technologies / Mar 24 Itanz Technologies Limited(ITANZ)	32.84 ▲ 2.99 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
Supernet Tech. / Mar 24 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	126.45 ▼ -1252.9 (-90.83%)
Shadab Textile (R) / Mar 24 Shadab Textile Mills Limited(Right)(SHDTR1)	2.36 ▼ -0.55 (-18.9%)
United Insurance / Mar 24 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	13.16 ▼ -2 (-13.19%)
Jubilee Gen. Ins. / Mar 24 Jubilee General Insurance Limited(JGICL)	64.83 ▼ -8.93 (-12.11%)
Crescent Textile / Mar 24 The Crescent Textile Mills Limited(CRTM)	54.70 ▼ -6.08 (-10%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	35,830,953 ▲ 0.02
Unity Foods Ltd / Mar 24 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	31,582,874 ▼ -0.2
B.O.Punjab / Mar 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	24,517,649 ▲ 0.13
Cnergyico PK / Mar 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	12,866,482 ▲ 0.11
Fauji Cement / Mar 24 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	10,858,410 ▼ -0.8

Pakistan urges de-escalation in Middle East, expresses solidarity with Gulf countries

Ticket Wala CEO on transforming Pakistan’s ticketing and events industry

PODCAST: Can Pakistan-Canada annual trade hit $5bn?

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 19	279.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 19	279.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 24	158.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 24	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 24	1.34
Euro to USD / Mar 24	1.16
SOFR % / Mar 24	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 23	6,581
Nasdaq / Mar 23	21,946.76
Dow Jones / Mar 23	46,208.47
India Sensex / Mar 24	73,088.86
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 24	51,916.01
Hang Seng / Mar 24	24,687.43
FTSE 100 / Mar 24	9,897.04
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 24	22,684.54
France CAC40 / Mar 24	7,767.61

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 20	421,263
Petrol/Litre / Mar 24	321.17
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 24	91.56
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 24	4,334.30
Diesel/Litre / Mar 24	335.86
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 24	66.78

Ongoing hostilities in ME: PM conveys to Pezeshkian deep concern

KSE-100 Index gains over 1,200 points on Middle East diplomacy hopes

K-Electric appoints PSO boss Syed Taha as CEO

Gold price per tola gains Rs16,300 in Pakistan

Pakistan’s SadaPay goes offline after drone strikes damage infrastructure in Bahrain

Thai baht/US dollar weaker on Monday

Appellate benches’ rulings back SECP

Gold price per tola plunges record Rs43,600 in Pakistan

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