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Robotics in Pakistan gaining momentum

Published 24 Sep, 2026 05:47am

Pakistan’s robotics ecosystem is entering a new phase of growth, fuelled by universities, research laboratories,...

Trump slams AI critics urging caution

Published 13 Sep, 2026 09:48pm

Comments come a few days after AI researcher decided to leave the industry

ICMAP calls for turning Google’s entry into a digital growth opportunity

Published 11 Sep, 2026 06:00am

KARACHI: The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMA), in its latest Economic Signal, “Can...

India plans AI registry as it looks to roll out agentic payments, sources say

Published 10 Sep, 2026 07:55pm

NPCI is building an AI agent registry for India's payment network, enabling automated transactions and monitoring AI agent behavior for security

Pakistan’s AI education challenge is about more than technology

Published 09 Sep, 2026 10:52pm

As a co-founder of an education technology company, I spend a great deal of time thinking about how technology can...

Time to rein in the ‘unbridled horse’ of social media

Published 04 Sep, 2026 05:29am

Social media has become a ruthless and unbridled horse that now needs to be reined in. Several countries around the...

Beyond traditional PSPs: the rise of AI-powered payment gateways and merchant platforms

Published 03 Sep, 2026 11:57pm

Payment gateways and service providers were built to process transactions. Today, the market demands far more...

Bridging the AI divide for smallholder farmers

Published 03 Sep, 2026 10:13pm

Every crop season begins with a familiar calculation for Pakistan’s farmers. Will fertilizer prices rise again? Will...

Google expands Gemini AI platform for law firms, lawyers

Published 25 Aug, 2026 05:34pm

Google expands Gemini AI for law firms, enabling them to streamline operations, cut costs, and empower lawyers to focus on higher-value services

Strategic pause – missing-in-action leadership skill

Published 18 Aug, 2026 08:36pm

“Fast and faster. Rapid response. The race is on. This is a world of change like never before. Those who wait will...

5G standalone – the next step toward an AI-driven future

Published 17 Aug, 2026 09:56pm

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes industries, companies are investing heavily in data centers and optical...

AI arriving in Pakistan as mirror

Updated 10 Aug, 2026 05:30am

Pakistan’s relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) is usually framed as a question of adoption: how fast can...

The profundity of AI challenge

Updated 10 Aug, 2026 05:25am

EDITORIAL: A recent World Bank report on global development has highlighted that artificial intelligence (AI) could...

Integration of AI in defence and private sector

Published 07 Aug, 2026 09:48pm

As Pakistan hosted the Indus RAS (Robotics and Autonomous Systems) Expo 2026 in Islamabad, the event served as more...

AI adoption may hit Pakistan’s job market, World Bank warns

Updated 05 Aug, 2026 09:13am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s already strained job market could face fresh pressure from artificial intelligence (AI), as...

EU gets new powers over powerful AI from today

Published 02 Aug, 2026 04:02am

BRUSSELS, (Belgium): The European Union will from Sunday have the power to enforce landmark artificial intelligence...

Smart climate-budgeting: digitizing the architecture of green finance in Pakistan

Updated 02 Aug, 2026 05:30am

Pakistan is facing an estimated USD 348 billion climate financing gap through 2030; therefore, it’s imperative to...

Curriculum of Daanish schools: PM for incorporating IT, AI, robotics technologies

Published 30 Jul, 2026 07:43am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed authorities to incorporate information technology,...

Tech giants launch open-source AI security alliance after attack

Published 28 Jul, 2026 05:33am

SAN FRANCISCO, (United States): Nvidia and more than 30 tech companies on Monday launched an alliance to develop...

PM, CDF inaugurate AI cloud Sky47 Karakorum-01 data centre

Published 25 Jul, 2026 04:38am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said the newly inaugurated Sky47 Karakorum-01 Data Centre would...

The new East India Company won't arrive by Sea

Published 20 Jul, 2026 07:03pm

Last year, I attended a meeting where entrepreneurs were engaged in a debate that resembled an engineering...

Xi says AI should not be dominated by one country

Published 18 Jul, 2026 06:46am

SHANGHAI: Artificial intelligence should not be dominated by a single country, China’s President Xi Jinping said...

Pakistan’s path in the AI age

Published 17 Jul, 2026 09:42pm

AI educationist and scientist Andrew Ng has rightly dubbed artificial intelligence (AI) as “the new electricity”....

29 states sign agreement to establish global AI cooperation body

Updated 17 Jul, 2026 09:08am

BEIJING: Twenty-nine countries on Thursday signed an agreement to establish the World AI Cooperation Organization,...

Can AI solve Pakistan's insurance penetration gap?

Published 16 Jul, 2026 10:00am

For decades, the insurance industry has tried and failed to reach the developing world’s unprotected billions. The...

The conviction paradox

Updated 16 Jul, 2026 07:17am

There is something rather unusual happening in financial markets. The more uncertain the future of artificial...

Kaspersky recommends avoiding sharing personal data with AI tools

Published 11 Jul, 2026 05:06am

ISLAMABAD: A global cybersecurity company on Friday strictly directed the individuals and companies to avoid sharing...

Data centres and Pakistan’s AI future

Published 10 Jul, 2026 09:23pm

The global technological landscape is entering a transformative era. After the ‘dot-com’ revolution of the 1990s,...

AI adoption drives Pakistan’s call centre exports beyond $300mn

Published 07 Jul, 2026 10:27pm

Industry experts attribute much of this growth to technological transformation, particularly integration of artificial intelligence into customer support operations

AI’s effect on the legal sector: benefits and drawbacks

Published 04 Jul, 2026 07:24pm

Technological revolutions typically have a limited impact on the legal profession due to the industry’s entrenched...

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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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