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Updated 18 Feb, 2026 02:01pm

Positive sentiments return, KSE-100 up over 4,000 points

Benchmark index was hovering above 177,000 level

PM calls for sustainable uplift, justice

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 01:14pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s chemical manufacturers seek policy reset amid cost pressures

Published 18 Feb, 2026 11:33am

Markets

Gold rises from one-week low ahead of FOMC minutes

Published 18 Feb, 2026 10:25am

Markets

Gold per tola gains Rs1,300 in Pakistan

Published 18 Feb, 2026 12:23pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s mobile phone imports surge 31.4% to $1.139bn in first seven months of FY2025–26

Published 18 Feb, 2026 11:57am

Markets

Oil trims losses as traders weigh progress in US–Iran talks

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 10:41am

Digital Economy Enhancement: World Bank-funded project struggling to deliver results on ground

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 09:23am

Textile exports rise 1.25% to $10.9bn in July–January FY26

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 09:05am

Business & Finance

Samba appoints Rashid Jahangir as full-time pesident/CEO

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 10:46am

Govt slaps Rs1,243/mmbtu new levy on off-grid captive power plants

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 09:08am

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Weather turns pleasant as hailstorms, rain lash parts of Karachi

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

PM Shehbaz rolls out measures to boost industry, trade and exports

PODCAST: We will be one of Pakistan’s first unicorns, says Swich founder

PM calls for sustainable uplift, justice

Govt slaps Rs1,243/mmbtu new levy on off-grid captive power plants

Positive sentiments return, KSE-100 up over 4,000 points

Textile exports rise 1.25% to $10.9bn in July–January FY26

Sindh enforces CNIC-based number plates under Motor Vehicles Act

HBL unveils refreshed brand identity

Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp to exit Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited with 11% stake sale

Stock market battered

BR100
BR30
KSE100
KSE30
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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 17	279.80
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 17	279.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 18	153.47
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 18	0.77
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 18	1.36
Euro to USD / Feb 18	1.18
SOFR % / Feb 17	3.65

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 17	6,843.22
Nasdaq / Feb 17	22,578.38
Hang Seng / Feb 17	26,705.94
Dow Jones / Feb 17	49,533.19
India Sensex / Feb 18	83,419.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 18	57,143.84
FTSE 100 / Feb 18	10,590.70
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 18	25,162.32
France CAC40 / Feb 18	8,401.88

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 17	15,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 17	441,325
Petrol/Litre / Feb 18	258.17
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 18	62.38
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 18	4,933.81
Diesel/Litre / Feb 18	275.70
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 18	63.67

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital (R) / Feb 18 LSE Capital Limited.(Right)(LSECLR)	1.61 ▲ 0.52 (47.71%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Feb 18 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8 ▲ 1 (14.29%)
Media Times Ltd / Feb 18 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	5.84 ▲ 0.68 (13.18%)
Itanz Technologies / Feb 18 Itanz Technologies Limited(ITANZ)	10.49 ▲ 1 (10.54%)
Dewan Textile / Feb 18 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	11.83 ▲ 1.08 (10.05%)

Stock	Price
Gulshan Sp. / Feb 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.46 ▼ -0.53 (-10.62%)
786 Invest Ltd / Feb 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	17.70 ▼ -1.97 (-10.02%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Feb 18 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	21.31 ▼ -2.37 (-10.01%)
Arpak Int. / Feb 18 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	62.11 ▼ -6.9 (-10%)
Sindh Abadgar / Feb 18 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	243.01 ▼ -26.34 (-9.78%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Feb 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	108,203,080 ▲ 0.62
B.O.Punjab / Feb 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	56,733,599 ▲ 1.53
Pak Petroleum / Feb 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	24,703,939 ▲ 0.94
Engro Powergen / Feb 18 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	22,738,307 ▼ -2.37
P.T.C.L. / Feb 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	21,449,215 ▲ 5.32

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

PM Shehbaz rolls out measures to boost industry, trade and exports

PODCAST: We will be one of Pakistan’s first unicorns, says Swich founder

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 17	279.80
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 17	279.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 18	153.47
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 18	0.77
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 18	1.36
Euro to USD / Feb 18	1.18
SOFR % / Feb 17	3.65

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 17	6,843.22
Nasdaq / Feb 17	22,578.38
Hang Seng / Feb 17	26,705.94
Dow Jones / Feb 17	49,533.19
India Sensex / Feb 18	83,419.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 18	57,143.84
FTSE 100 / Feb 18	10,590.70
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 18	25,162.32
France CAC40 / Feb 18	8,401.88

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 17	15,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 17	441,325
Petrol/Litre / Feb 18	258.17
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 18	62.38
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 18	4,933.81
Diesel/Litre / Feb 18	275.70
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 18	63.67

PM calls for sustainable uplift, justice

Govt slaps Rs1,243/mmbtu new levy on off-grid captive power plants

Positive sentiments return, KSE-100 up over 4,000 points

Textile exports rise 1.25% to $10.9bn in July–January FY26

Sindh enforces CNIC-based number plates under Motor Vehicles Act

HBL unveils refreshed brand identity

Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp to exit Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited with 11% stake sale

Stock market battered

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Financial

Gold per tola gains Rs1,300 in Pakistan

10-gram gold sold at Rs442,439

Published 18 Feb, 2026 12:23pm

Pakistan’s mobile phone imports surge 31.4% to $1.139bn in first seven months of FY2025–26

Total value of mobile phone imports stands at Rs 321.137 billion

Published 18 Feb, 2026 11:57am

Beyond banks and aarthis: the missing intermediary in agricultural finance

Pakistan keeps misdiagnosing the agricultural credit problem. It is framed as a pricing question, a morality play...

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 08:09am

Pakistan’s chemical manufacturers seek policy reset amid cost pressures

Kamal suggested that Pakistan can seek preferential market access for selected domestic products

Published 18 Feb, 2026 11:33am

Samba appoints Rashid Jahangir as full-time pesident/CEO

Appointment subject to approval of the State Bank of Pakistan

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 10:46am

Stocks

Positive sentiments return, KSE-100 up over 4,000 points

Benchmark index was hovering above 177,000 level

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 02:01pm

Indian data center firm Yotta to build $2 billion AI hub with Nvidia’s Blackwell chips

The investment also comes amid US export controls that have reshaped global supply chains for advanced AI chips

Published 18 Feb, 2026 11:45am

Microsoft says it is on pace to invest $50 billion in ‘Global South’ AI push

The announcement was made at the AI summit in New Delhi, where top executives from global AI giants meet several world leaders this week

Published 18 Feb, 2026 11:48am

BR Research

PSO: resilient 1H, weak 2Q

Pakistan State Oil’s (PSX: PSO) 1HFY26 results reflect a familiar PSO pattern: earnings resilience supported by...

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 08:16am

Electricity consumers: when the numbers don’t add up

The regulator has approved the government’s motion for changes in electricity tariffs, following the base tariff...

Updated 17 Feb, 2026 09:16am

Telecard Limited Company

Telecard Limited Company (PSX: TELE) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1992. The company...

Updated 17 Feb, 2026 07:46am

Net-metering vs net-billing: another case of elite capture?

The recent controversy surrounding amendments to the prosumer regulations by the National Electric Power Regulatory...

Published 16 Feb, 2026 04:22am

Pakistan

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Fourteen security personnel, three civilians martyred

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Meeting condemns Indian ‘water aggression’

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Jurisdiction under Article 199 is discretionary: SC

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Senate body slams CDA over missing house file

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Govt sets Zakat Nisab

KARACHI: The federal government has fixed the “Nisab for Zakat” for the year 1446-47 A.H. at Rs 503,529 for... Published 18 Feb, 2026 07:09am

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Former cricket captains join humanitarian plea for IK

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South Asia

Bangladesh PM names cabinet after election win

Rahman was sworn into office on Tuesday after a landslide election victory

Published 18 Feb, 2026 12:04pm

USA

US envoys juggle two crisis talks, raising questions about prospects for success

Iran was the opening act in a carefully choreographed diplomatic dance in Geneva

Published 18 Feb, 2026 10:51am

Energy

Global Energy Alliance seeking to raise $100 million by 2028 to digitise India’s electric grids, CEO says

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Published 18 Feb, 2026 11:05am

USA

Cambodian PM says Thailand is occupying territory after Trump-brokered ceasefire

Thailand has said it is maintaining troop positions as part of de-escalation measures and denied it is occupying territory

Published 18 Feb, 2026 10:59am

USA

Ten skiers missing, six stranded in California avalanche

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Published 18 Feb, 2026 08:07am

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