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Afghan women

Women's share of Afghan labour market shrinks to 5% under Taliban, UN says

Published 18 Aug, 2026 05:57pm

Female labour force participation fell to less than a third of its previous level, to 5.1% in 2026

UN urges Afghan Taliban to end arrests of women over dress rules

Published 08 Jun, 2026 01:52pm

'We remind the de facto authorities that all people have the right to freedom of movement and that all persons, both women and men,' UNAMA says

UN calls on Taliban to lift ban on women in its offices

Published 08 Dec, 2025 02:51am

KABUL: The United Nations called on the Taliban authorities on Sunday to lift its ban on Afghan women working in its...

Afghan women return to international stage in FIFA tournament

Published 27 Oct, 2025 01:32pm

An Afghan women’s refugee team lost 6-1 to Chad in a FIFA-organized tournament in Morocco on Sunday but for the...

We’re still here: Afghan women refugees find freedom, voice through football

Published 30 Aug, 2025 11:01am

BURTON UPON TRENT, ENGLAND: Elaha Safdari was 17 and had just earned her maiden call-up as a goalkeeper for...

UN urges pressure on Taliban over girls’ education ban

Published 15 Aug, 2025 12:28am

PARIS: The United Nations urged countries Thursday to maintain diplomatic pressure on the Taliban authorities in...

Afghan women risk Taliban wrath over hair trade

Published 26 Mar, 2025 05:25am

KABUL: Until Taliban authorities took power in Afghanistan, women like Fatima were able to freely sell their hair to...

New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa

Published 19 Mar, 2025 12:42pm

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a...

Malala takes centre stage at girls moot

Updated 12 Jan, 2025 10:25am

ISLAMABAD: As Afghanistan chose to stay away from International Girls Conference, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala...

UN condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working at NGOs

Published 31 Dec, 2024 05:07pm

GENEVA: UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that Afghanistan’s governing Taliban authorities must reverse...

France denounces Taliban move to block Afghan women’s medical training

Published 05 Dec, 2024 05:00pm

PARIS: France on Thursday condemned as “unjustifiable” the Taliban government’s reported plan to ban Afghan women...

‘Unpacking misconceptions about Trump’

Published 23 Nov, 2024 06:19am

This is apropos three letters to the Editor titled “Unpacking misconceptions about Trump” carried by the...

Afghan women not barred from speaking to each other: morality ministry

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 09:47pm

KABUL: Women in Afghanistan are not forbidden from speaking to each other, the Taliban government’s morality...

Afghan women can seek refugee status based on nationality, gender: EU top court

Updated 05 Oct, 2024 07:06am

VIENNA: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Friday that nationality and gender are “sufficient” for an EU...

Afghan women continue medical studies in Scotland after Taliban ban

Published 18 Sep, 2024 11:02am

GLASGOW: When the Taliban banned women from attending university in Afghanistan, Zahra Hussaini thought her dream of...

Afghan women filmed singing in protest of ban on their voices

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:51pm

KABUL: An Afghan woman sings in a video showing just a sliver of her face, one of dozens of women taking part in an...

Afghan refugee athlete disqualified for slogan on cape

Updated 10 Aug, 2024 04:54pm

PARIS: Afghan B-Girl Manizha Talash, a member of the refugee Olympic team at the Paris Games, was disqualified after...

Taliban told to ‘include women’ in public life at UN talks

Published 02 Jul, 2024 05:07am

DOHA: Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary...

Afghan women stage rare, private protests on International Women’s Day

Published 08 Mar, 2024 05:57pm

KABUL: Small groups of Afghan women on Friday staged rare demonstrations to mark International Women’s Day in...

Afghanistan special envoys to meet in Doha

Published 18 Feb, 2024 12:20pm

DOHA: National and regional special envoys to Afghanistan are to convene in Doha Sunday in the second UN meeting of...

Afghan women detained over improper hijab: Taliban official

Published 11 Jan, 2024 06:15am

KABUL: A Taliban official has said several girls and women were detained recently in Kabul for not covering...

‘Alone’: Afghan women fault West for lack of support

Updated 28 Dec, 2023 06:57am

PARIS: Afghan activist Rita Safi has harsh words for western governments she said have failed to deliver on promises...

‘Dying every two hours’: Afghan women risk life to give birth

Published 21 Dec, 2023 11:01am

KHOST: Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity...

Pakistani vocational school helps Afghan women refugees build businesses

Updated 28 Sep, 2023 12:38pm

PESHAWAR: In a small workshop in the bustling northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, a dozen Afghan women sit...

Dozens of Afghan women blocked from departing for studies in UAE

Published 25 Aug, 2023 06:34am

KABUL: Dozens of Afghan women granted scholarships to study in the United Arab Emirates have been blocked from...

Worry, relief, despair, pride: Afghans on life two years under the Taliban

Published 14 Aug, 2023 11:30am

KABUL: Two years since the Taliban stormed back to power in Afghanistan after 20 years of war against the United...

Art therapy offers relief to Afghan women struggling with mental health

Published 10 Aug, 2023 02:22pm

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: At home in northern Afghanistan, 19-year old Khushi draws a self-portrait - a figure enveloped by a...

US delegation presses Taliban at Doha meeting on women’s rights

Published 01 Aug, 2023 01:48pm

WASHINGTON: US officials denounced the deteriorating human rights situation in Afghanistan – particularly for women...

Afghan Taliban order women’s beauty parlours to shut

Published 04 Jul, 2023 06:25pm

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have ordered beauty parlours across the country to shut within a month, the...

Budget for Afghanistan aid plan revised down to $3.2 billion

Updated 05 Jun, 2023 06:23pm

The United Nations and humanitarian agencies have revised the budget for Afghanistan’s aid plan for 2023 to $3.2...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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