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Afghanistan

Blast in north Afghanistan kills three Taliban security personnel

KABUL: Three Taliban security personnel were killed when a motorcycle carrying an explosive device blew up near a...

Updated 08 May, 2024 09:35pm

Pakistan

Taliban deny Afghan bomber involved in deadly attack on Chinese dam engineers

KABUL: The Taliban defence ministry on Wednesday denied Pakistan’s allegations that Afghans were involved in an...

Updated 08 May, 2024 07:20pm

World

Top Afghan diplomat in India quits after $2m gold smuggling reports

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s top diplomat in India resigned days after she was reportedly caught by airport ...

Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am

Export of goods to Afghanistan, CAR: KP exporters seek incentives in PKR

PESHAWAR: All Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Exporters Association during a meeting held at Landikotal city of Khyber District...

Updated 06 May, 2024 09:17am

Pakistan

FO responds to speculation: Govt has no plan to offer air bases to foreign govt

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday rubbished “speculations” of Pakistan giving “two airbases” to the United...

Updated 03 May, 2024 09:19am

World

Gunman kills six in attack on Afghan mosque: govt spokesman

KABUL: A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said Tuesday....

Published 30 Apr, 2024 11:41am

World

CPJ demands release of Afghan radio journalists

NEW YORK: Taliban authorities should immediately and unconditionally release radio reporters Ismail Saadat,...

Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am

Pakistan

PPP leader for change in Afghan policy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Akhunzada Chatan said that the state should change its policy with...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am

Pakistan

Pak envoy in Kabul spells out challenges facing Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Special Representative on Afghanistan Ambassador Asif Durrani on Wednesday highlighted that...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am

Pakistan

Bid to smuggle arms, ammunition foiled at Torkham border

PESHAWAR: Customs authorities on Sunday foiled a bid of smuggling of arms and ammunition from Afghanistan to ...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am

US aid shows Ukraine will not be ‘second Afghanistan’: Zelensky

WASHINGTON: The decision by the US House of Representatives to earmark $61 billion in long-delayed aid for Ukraine...

Updated 22 Apr, 2024 09:24am

World

One killed in explosion claimed by IS in Afghan capital

KABUL: One person was killed and three others wounded by an explosion in Kabul on Saturday evening, Afghan police...

Published 21 Apr, 2024 05:29pm

Pakistan

Gunmen kill 7 customs officials in western Pakistan in two attacks

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the two attacks

Updated 21 Apr, 2024 09:39pm

World

Another 29 killed in Afghanistan rains

KABUL: Ongoing downpours have killed another 29 people in Afghanistan over the past four days, the government...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 07:30pm

World

70 killed as Afghanistan hit by heavy rains

KABUL: Around 70 people have been killed by heavy rains lashing Afghanistan over the past five days, the...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 06:29pm

World

New US review says 2021 Kabul attack not preventable

WASHINGTON: A 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul that killed scores of people – among them 13 American troops – could not...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 05:59pm

World

Heavy rain and flash floods kill 33 in Afghanistan

KABUL: At least 33 people have been killed over three days of heavy rains and flash flooding in Afghanistan, the...

Published 14 Apr, 2024 07:52pm

World

Nine children killed by landmine blast in Afghanistan

KABUL: Nine children were killed in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan that was caused by a landmine laid during...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 12:41pm

World

UK minister threatened with jail over Afghanistan probe

LONDON: A UK government minister is on a collision course with the law over his refusal to reveal the sources of...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:24am

World

US says it doesn't support Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project going forward

WASHINGTON: The US said on Tuesday it does not support a Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project from going forward and...

Updated 27 Mar, 2024 09:30pm

Opinion

Massacre in Russia

The toll of the horrendous terrorist attack on March 23, 2024 at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow’s northern suburb...

Updated 26 Mar, 2024 04:43am

Editorials

Dialogue and cooperation?

EDITORIAL: Pakistan has made it very clear, and rightly so, that it does not want any sort of escalation in the...

Published 26 Mar, 2024 04:20am

Pakistan

Secy Commerce to visit Afghanistan today

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Commerce Khurram Agha will visit Afghanistan on Monday (today), media reported attributing to...

Published 25 Mar, 2024 05:47am

World

Vladimir Putin vows to punish those behind Russia concert massacre

MOSCOW: Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a...

Published 24 Mar, 2024 11:00am

Opinion

The Moscow massacre

The ISIS-K (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for a brazen attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall that killed at...

Published 24 Mar, 2024 03:02am

Editorials

Now Gwadar

EDITORIAL: The hit inside Afghanistan may have given TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) and the masters of their...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

World

20 killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing

KANDAHAR: The death toll from a suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar early Thursday has reached at least 20...

Published 22 Mar, 2024 04:57am

Opinion

‘A plethora of issues’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “A plethora of issues” carried by the newspaper on Tuesday. The ...

Published 22 Mar, 2024 04:57am

World

Three killed, 12 injured in Afghanistan suicide bombing: police

KABUL: A suicide bombing in front of a bank in Afghanistan’s Kandahar city killed at least three people and injured...

Published 21 Mar, 2024 11:24pm

Pakistan

We do not want armed conflict with Afghanistan: defence minister

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Pakistan does not want an armed conflict with Afghanistan, adding that...

Updated 21 Mar, 2024 09:29pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 9	278.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 9	278
USD to Japanese Yen / May 9	155.57
USD to Swiss Franc / May 9	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 9	1.25
Euro to USD / May 9	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 8	5187.67
Nasdaq / May 8	16302.76
FTSE 100 / May 8	8354.05
Dow Jones / May 8	39056.39
Germany DAX 30 / May 8	18498.38
France CAC40 / May 8	8131.41
India Sensex / May 9	72965.17
Tokyo Nikkei / May 9	38260.75

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 9	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 9	79.44
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 9	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 9	205075
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 9	2318.17
Diesel/Litre / May 9	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 9 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 9 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 9 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 9 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 9 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 9 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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