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Rashed Rahman

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Operation Shaban

The nationalist insurgency in Balochistan is assuming a heightened character that fits in with classic guerrilla war...

Published 14 Jul, 2026 05:00am

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Peace at last?

Ostensibly, the US and Iran have ironed out their differences sufficiently to allow the signing of a peace agreement...

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

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Trump’s constant goalpost shifting

Every day, the news from Washington about the Iran war is wearingly the same. President Donald Trump seems to be in...

Updated 02 Jun, 2026 05:49am

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On the verge of peace?

Indications from both sides of the US-Iran war point to progress towards an interim agreement to bring about a...

Updated 26 May, 2026 06:37am

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Cuba next?

The US is intensifying its long-standing campaign of collective punishment of the Cuban people for daring to resist...

Updated 19 May, 2026 06:34am

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Human rights missing

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP’s) annual report on the state of human rights in the country is...

Updated 08 May, 2026 08:38am

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No war, no peace?

Not entirely unexpectedly, the first ever face-to-face interaction in Islamabad between the protagonists of the Gulf...

Published 14 Apr, 2026 02:25am

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A new form of imperialism

Most commentators have puzzled over what is the end objective of the US-Israel war on Iran. That war has thrown the...

Published 24 Mar, 2026 03:00am

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New world disorder

In just one year of his second term as US President, Donald Trump has shaken the so-called ‘rules-based...

Published 10 Mar, 2026 06:09am

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US global hegemony drive in full swing

In its latest effort to annex the West Bank captured by it in 1967 and occupied since, Israel has now claimed West...

Updated 17 Feb, 2026 06:44am

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Insurgency, terrorism, literature and kites

The last week or so has been a very ‘busy’ one. On January 31, 2026, an unprecedented coordinated series of attacks...

Updated 10 Feb, 2026 09:39am

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Might is right

The world owes a vote of thanks to US President Donald Trump. If this sounds surprising given what Trump has been up...

Published 14 Jan, 2026 05:56am

Opinion

Six accords and a hangover

Bangladesh and Pakistan have been estranged ‘brothers’ off and on since East Pakistan broke away with Indian...

Published 26 Aug, 2025 05:32am

Opinion

Israel’s ‘Vietnam’?

Israel’s Gaza takeover plan has aroused a great deal of froth and indignant verbiage at the UN and in many...

Published 12 Aug, 2025 03:12am

Opinion

Decapitating PTI?

On July 31, 2025, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Faisalabad sentenced over 100 leaders and workers of the Pakistan...

Published 05 Aug, 2025 05:37am

Opinion

Israel’s expansionism

In the convoluted and strife-ridden terrain of the Middle East, one fact remains constant and easily discernible....

Published 22 Jul, 2025 06:37am

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The end of PKK’s armed struggle?

Thirty fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq on...

Updated 15 Jul, 2025 08:06am

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Taliban regime recognition

History is subject to strange twists and turns. One such is the decision by Russia to recognise the Afghan Taliban...

Published 08 Jul, 2025 06:15am

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Rogue states

The US-led west has created new forms and methods of exercising its hegemony over the rest of the world. The ...

Published 01 Jul, 2025 06:05am

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Back from the brink

Pakistan and India have managed to break out of the escalatory cycle that began on the night of May 6-7, 2025 after...

Updated 13 May, 2025 07:39am

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 27	278.06
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 27	277.86
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 28	163.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 28	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 28	1.33
Euro to USD / Jul 28	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 27	3.64

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 27	7,413.18
Nasdaq / Jul 27	24,932.08
Dow Jones / Jul 27	52,210.08
India Sensex / Jul 28	76,916.26
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 28	62,078.15
Hang Seng / Jul 28	25,254.48
FTSE 100 / Jul 28	10,802
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 28	25,507.27
France CAC40 / Jul 28	8,432.64

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 27	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 27	370,144
Petrol/Litre / Jul 28	334.18
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 28	82.05
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 28	4,040.61
Diesel/Litre / Jul 28	386.83
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 28	80.50

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Siddiqsons Tin / Jul 28 Siddiqsons Tin Plate Limited(STPL)	9.18 ▲ 1 (12.22%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jul 28 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	9.65 ▲ 1 (11.56%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jul 28 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	7.09 ▲ 0.7 (10.95%)
Khalid Siraj / Jul 28 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	14.80 ▲ 1.35 (10.04%)
Intermarket Securities / Jul 28 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	26.79 ▲ 2.44 (10.02%)
Adamjee Ins. / Jul 28 Adamjee Insurance Company Limited(AICL)	90.56 ▲ 8.23 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 28 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	546.95 ▲ 49.72 (10%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Jul 28 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	37.96 ▲ 3.45 (10%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 28 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,337.15 ▲ 121.56 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 28 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	304.10 ▲ 27.65 (10%)

Stock	Price
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 28 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	2.30 ▼ -0.3 (-11.54%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 28 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	44.51 ▼ -4.95 (-10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 28 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	140.34 ▼ -15.59 (-10%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 28 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	72.29 ▼ -8.03 (-10%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Jul 28 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	32.52 ▼ -3.5 (-9.72%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jul 28 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	23.50 ▼ -2.5 (-9.62%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 28 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	16.59 ▼ -1.71 (-9.34%)
First IBL Mod. / Jul 28 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	15.24 ▼ -1.43 (-8.58%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 28 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	88.84 ▼ -8.05 (-8.31%)
S.G.Power / Jul 28 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	70.57 ▼ -6.08 (-7.93%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 28 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	273,053,795 ▲ 0.19
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,249,659 ▼ -0.04
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 28 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	63,665,301 ▼ -0.3
Pak Refinery / Jul 28 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,899,025 ▲ 3.64
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	24,346,490 ▲ 0.35
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jul 28 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	22,754,780 ▲ 1.24
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 28 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	21,763,143 ▲ 0.21
Siddiqsons Tin / Jul 28 Siddiqsons Tin Plate Limited(STPL)	18,863,138 ▲ 1
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 28 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,390,222 ▼ -0.08
Intermarket Securities / Jul 28 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	14,668,681 ▲ 2.44

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