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Opinion

American ‘jihad’ in Afghanistan: Indoctrination of extremism—I

In the 1960s and 1970s, Pakistani society—including its universities and colleges—was largely shaped by secular...

Updated 20 Sep, 2025 06:42am

Opinion

Changing narrative on suicide

Among other occasions which are earmarked each year globally, there is also 10th September on which date...

Updated 20 Sep, 2025 06:41am

Opinion

Pakistan and KSA redraw security map

The announcement of a mutual defence pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is more than a ceremonial gesture. It...

Updated 20 Sep, 2025 06:05am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The evolving new world order benefitting us

“Sometimes our enemies help us.” “India is not helping us though, to be honest, Indian pervasive influence in...

Published 20 Sep, 2025 05:43am

Letters

‘Pakistan’s voice of conscience at the UN’

This is apropos two back-to-back letters to the Editor carried by the newspaper on Thursday and yesterday. It was...

Published 20 Sep, 2025 05:43am

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 30	276.95 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 30	276.75 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 2	157.81 ▲ 0.25
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 2	0.82 ▼ -0.0016
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 2	1.34 ▲ 0.0008
Euro to USD / Nov 2	1.12 ▲ 0.0023
SOFR % / Oct 29	3.94 -

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 2	75,317.25
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 2	63,121.49
Hang Seng / Nov 2	23,412.78
S&P 500 / Oct 30	7,580.07
Nasdaq / Oct 30	25,437
FTSE 100 / Oct 30	10,729.78
Dow Jones / Oct 30	51,770.31
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 30	25,818.21
France CAC40 / Oct 30	7,969.42

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 2	377.91
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 2	100.58
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 2	3,911.11
Diesel/Litre / Nov 2	402.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 2	78.20
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 30	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 30	360,541

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 2 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	23.10 ▲ 2.1 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Nov 2 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	35.34 ▲ 3.21 (9.99%)
Burshane LPG / Nov 2 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	54.15 ▲ 4.92 (9.99%)
Frontier Ceramics / Nov 2 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	89.30 ▲ 8.11 (9.99%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Nov 2 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	20.02 ▲ 1.77 (9.7%)
Ideal Dynamics / Nov 2 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	61.48 ▲ 5.39 (9.61%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Nov 2 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	86 ▲ 6.98 (8.83%)
Arpak Int. / Nov 2 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	130 ▲ 10.3 (8.6%)
Crescent Fib. / Nov 2 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	60 ▲ 4.47 (8.05%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 2 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	71 ▲ 5.29 (8.05%)

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance (R) / Nov 2 Premier Insurance Limited (RIGHT)(PINLR)	1.08 ▼ -0.4 (-27.03%)
Bawany Air Products (R) / Nov 2 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	3.62 ▼ -1 (-21.65%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Nov 2 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	6.61 ▼ -1 (-13.14%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 2 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	15.35 ▼ -1.71 (-10.02%)
Ahmad Hassan / Nov 2 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	89.72 ▼ -9.97 (-10%)
Attock Refinery / Nov 2 Attock Refinery Limited(ATRL)	979.90 ▼ -108.88 (-10%)
National Refinery / Nov 2 National Refinery Limited(NRL)	499.90 ▼ -55.54 (-10%)
Sindh Modaraba / Nov 2 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	77.73 ▼ -8.64 (-10%)
Pakistan Refinery / Nov 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	87.39 ▼ -9.57 (-9.87%)
J.K.Spinning / Nov 2 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	381 ▼ -39.67 (-9.43%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Nov 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,412,186 ▼ -1.26
Pakistan Refinery / Nov 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	6,698,406 ▼ -9.57
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 2 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	1,614,007 ▼ -0.06
TPL Properties / Nov 2 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	1,437,744 ▲ 0.25
Clover Pakistan / Nov 2 Clover Pakistan Limited(CLOV)	1,426,491 ▲ 0.37
United BankXD / Nov 2 United Bank Limited(UBL)	1,075,033 ▲ 1.57
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	891,525 ▲ 0.01
Thatta Cement / Nov 2 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	620,639 ▲ 0.43
TPL Corp Ltd / Nov 2 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	609,657 ▼ -0.1
Maple Leaf Cement / Nov 2 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	577,928 ▲ 1.19