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artificial intelligence

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...

AI hiring outpaces overall IT recruitment in India, report shows

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:31pm

The sector's AI hiring rises 16% year-on-year in June

inDrive announces AI education initiative to empower youth

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

KARACHI: inDrive, the global mobility and urban services platform, has announced an initiative to deliver...

India, Japan sign pacts on AI, metals and energy after Modi-Takaichi talks

Published 02 Jul, 2026 04:28pm

'Japan and India will leverage each other’s strengths to grow strong and prosperous together,' Takaichi tells

Preparing future marketers for an AI-driven world

Published 28 Jun, 2026 10:00am

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming almost every industry, and marketing is among the fields experiencing...

Amazon to invest additional $13 billion in India cloud, AI

Published 25 Jun, 2026 04:10pm

The announcement follows a meeting between Amazon CEO and Indian Prime Minister

How AI can reshape Pakistani agriculture

Updated 25 Jun, 2026 08:05am

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered mobile agents are rapidly emerging as a game-changing technology for Pakistan’s...

Wikipedia won’t let AI edit articles: cofounder

Published 23 Jun, 2026 07:04am

LONDON: Wikipedia does not trust artificial intelligence enough to let it play a direct role in editing articles on...

Tech experts urge focus on five-layer AI stack to boost IT sector in Pakistan

Published 21 Jun, 2026 11:00am

Five-layer AI stack includes energy, chips, infrastructure, models and applications

Pakistan's AI moment: Rs9bn prescription for a structural problem

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Aug 13	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Aug 13	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Aug 14	159.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Aug 14	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Aug 14	1.35
Euro to USD / Aug 14	1.16
SOFR % / Aug 14	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Aug 14	7,785.76
India Sensex / Aug 14	78,009.25
Tokyo Nikkei / Aug 14	68,713.80
Nasdaq / Aug 14	26,729.16
Hang Seng / Aug 14	25,116.85
FTSE 100 / Aug 14	10,750.11
Dow Jones / Aug 14	53,732.41
Germany DAX 30 / Aug 14	26,440.31
France CAC40 / Aug 14	8,636.80

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Aug 13	18,580
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Aug 13	394,749
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Aug 14	82.40
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Aug 14	4,376.40
Cotton US¢/pound / Aug 14	84.80
Petrol/Litre / Aug 16	325.43
Diesel/Litre / Aug 16	383.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Gammon Pak / Aug 13 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	28.25 ▲ 2.57 (10.01%)
Ideal Dynamics / Aug 13 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	49.13 ▲ 4.47 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Aug 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	49.58 ▲ 4.51 (10.01%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Aug 13 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	79.51 ▲ 7.23 (10%)
Arctic Textile / Aug 13 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	47.19 ▲ 4.29 (10%)
Aisha Steel (CPS) / Aug 13 Aisha Steel Mills Limited (CPS)(ASLCPS)	114.83 ▲ 10.44 (10%)
Asim Textile / Aug 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	90.50 ▲ 8.23 (10%)
Buxly Paints / Aug 13 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	336.04 ▲ 30.55 (10%)
J.A.Textile / Aug 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	68.84 ▲ 6.26 (10%)
MACPAC Films / Aug 13 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	73.07 ▲ 6.64 (10%)

Stock	Price
Supernet Tech. / Aug 13 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	29.87 ▼ -11.86 (-28.42%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Aug 13 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	13.56 ▼ -1.51 (-10.02%)
Universal Ins. / Aug 13 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	20.71 ▼ -2.3 (-10%)
Mughal Energy / Aug 13 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	27.20 ▼ -2.72 (-9.09%)
Beco Steel Ltd / Aug 13 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	5.11 ▼ -0.46 (-8.26%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Aug 13 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	17.14 ▼ -1.43 (-7.7%)
Asia Ins. / Aug 13 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	39.82 ▼ -3.18 (-7.4%)
ARM Green Industries / Aug 13 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	55.60 ▼ -4.43 (-7.38%)
Shadman Cotton / Aug 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	64.02 ▼ -4.9 (-7.11%)
Pak Tobacco / Aug 13 Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited(PAKT)	1,364.29 ▼ -96.5 (-6.61%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Aug 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	247,072,281 ▲ 0.57
Beco Steel Ltd / Aug 13 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	103,802,064 ▼ -0.46
Pak Refinery / Aug 13 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	40,235,369 ▲ 5.93
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Aug 13 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	39,092,471 ▼ -1.51
WorldCall Telecom / Aug 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	26,025,744 ▲ 0.01
Thatta Cement / Aug 13 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	19,608,245 ▲ 3.36
B.O.Punjab / Aug 13 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,204,913 ▲ 0.18
Hascol Petrol / Aug 13 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	15,337,298 ▼ -0.48
TPL Properties / Aug 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	15,140,554 ▼ -0.31
TPL Corp Ltd / Aug 13 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	14,138,754 ▲ 0.53

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