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India says Afghan embassy still open

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s embassy in New Delhi continues to function, India’s foreign ministry said on Thursday,...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

World

Taliban mark two years since return to power in Afghanistan

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban on Tuesday marked the second anniversary of their return to power, celebrating their...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 02:10pm

Pakistan

Pakistan conveys to Taliban: No mood to hold any talks with TTP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has conveyed to the Taliban interim government authorities that it is in no mood to hold any...

Published 28 Jul, 2023 03:03am

Pakistan

21 months of Taliban govt in Kabul: Pakistan braves 73pc more terrorist attacks

ISLAMABAD: The number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan has posted a phenomenal increase of 73 percent during the 21...

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

World

Taliban mark turbulent first year in power

KABUL: The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a national holiday...

Published 15 Aug, 2022 11:15am

World

Ghani unlikely to have fled Kabul with millions in cash: US watchdog

WASHINGTON: Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani almost certainly did not flee Kabul as it fell to the Taliban with...

Published 08 Jun, 2022 07:39am

World

Former president Ashraf Ghani unlikely to have fled Kabul with millions: US watchdog

Although SIGAR found that some cash was taken from the grounds of the palace and loaded onto these helicopters, evidence indicates that this number did not exceed $1 million and may have been closer in value to $500,000, says report

Published 07 Jun, 2022 01:26pm

Opinion

The priceless sovereignty

To be free but dependent. To be independent yet not free. To be unethical but legal. To be illegal yet democratic....

Published 04 Apr, 2022 05:38am

US should have pushed Ashraf Ghani harder: Khalilzad

WASHINGTON: The United States did not put enough pressure on former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to share power ...

Updated 25 Oct, 2021 09:34am

World

US should have pushed ex-Afghan president Ghani harder: Khalilzad

WASHINGTON: The United States did not put enough pressure on former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to share power ...

Updated 24 Oct, 2021 09:31pm

Transit trade talks with India under way: Dawood

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Advisor on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood said on Thursday that talks with...

Updated 22 Oct, 2021 10:32am

World

US envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad steps down

Khalilzad will be replaced by his deputy, Tom West, says Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Updated 20 Oct, 2021 08:42am

Pakistan

PACF warns of looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: "Millions of Afghan internally displaced people (IDPs) are at the risk of a serious humanitarian crisis,...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am

Pakistan

Any wait-and-see approach on Afghanistan tantamount to abandonment: NSA Moeed

Urges regional and Western countries to sit together and draw specific plans for immediate humanitarian relief

Published 08 Oct, 2021 01:01am

World

'No more hope': Afghan Hazaras live in fear under Taliban rule

BAMIYAN: A black and white Taliban flag flies over the blown-up statue of a revered Hazara chief at the entrance to...

Published 07 Oct, 2021 07:58pm

US watchdog to look into allegations Ghani took money from country

WASHINGTON: John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said on Wednesday his office...

Published 07 Oct, 2021 03:32am

World

Taliban say four Islamic State members captured near Kabul

The raid, in Paghman district just outside the Afghan capital, follows a bomb attack on a mosque on Sunday claimed by Islamic State

Published 06 Oct, 2021 09:47pm

Afghan failure: Mazari rebukes US for introducing bill targeting Pakistan

KARACHI: Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari has warned that Pakistan will be made to “pay heavy price” for...

Updated 29 Sep, 2021 09:24am

World

Unusual UN meet to close without Taliban, Myanmar speeches

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly in New York ends Monday but without speeches by those in power in ...

Published 28 Sep, 2021 05:12am

World

Unusual UN meet to close without Taliban, Myanmar speeches

The UN representative of Afghanistan's former regime was expected to defy the Taliban with an address Monday after the group requested its new foreign minister be allowed to speak instead

Published 27 Sep, 2021 10:01am

Pakistan

Fawad draws parallels between Nawaz, Ghani

JHELUM: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday said Nawaz Sharif and...

Published 26 Sep, 2021 03:23am

Afghanistan: Pakistan regrets US’ ungratefulness

New York: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Tuesday regretted that the United States has not recognised...

Updated 23 Sep, 2021 09:38am

World

Taliban ask to address UN General Assembly, name new envoy

Ambassador of the Afghan government ousted by the Taliban last month has also requested to speak, with the UN yet to decide who will represent the country at the world body

Updated 22 Sep, 2021 11:17am

World

Afghan envoys marooned abroad after Taliban's sudden return

KABUL: The Taliban's abrupt return to power has left hundreds of Afghan diplomats overseas in limbo: running out of...

Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am

Exiled Ghani apologises to Afghan people

Former Afghan president says leaving was the only way to keep the guns silent and save Kabul

Updated 09 Sep, 2021 09:23am

Opinion

Exhausted and abandoned: why Afghanistan’s army collapsed

When the Taliban swept into Kabul last month, capturing Afghanistan’s capital without a fight, the sheer speed of...

Published 08 Sep, 2021 04:06am

Opinion

Events in Afghanistan

The current Afghan situation is to be seen on a bigger canvas not limited to events after the Soviet invasion in...

Published 02 Sep, 2021 04:21am

Opinion

The goal was endless war

According to the terms of the Washington-Taliban agreement signed in Doha in February 2020, the US is bound to...

Published 01 Sep, 2021 03:59am

Pakistan, Germany for common global strategy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Germany, on Tuesday, urged the international community to develop a common strategy on...

Published 01 Sep, 2021 03:46am

Opinion

'As You Like It'

This timeless quotation from a famous Shakespearean play has been taken literally by residents of this world. The...

Published 30 Aug, 2021 06:57am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.58 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	510 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	85.66 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	479.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.53 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 5 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	99.63 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.58 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	510 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	85.66 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	479.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.53 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 5 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	99.63 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	57,079,786 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Dec 5 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	41,984,500 ▲ 0.00
Oil & Gas Dev. / Dec 5 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	23,810,103 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Dec 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	23,518,237 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Dec 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	22,669,534 ▲ 0.00
Maple Leaf Cement / Dec 5 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	22,423,667 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Dec 5 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	21,755,000 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 5 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	20,839,226 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Dec 5 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	20,714,512 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Dec 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	18,687,005 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 4	284.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 4	284.55
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 4	147.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 4	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 4	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 4	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Dec 1	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 4	4569.78
India Sensex / Dec 4	68865.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 4	33231.27
Nasdaq / Dec 4	14185.50
Hang Seng / Dec 4	16646.05
FTSE 100 / Dec 4	7512.96
Dow Jones / Dec 4	36204.44
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 4	16404.76
France CAC40 / Dec 4	7332.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 1	17235
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 4	73.31
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 4	191701
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 4	2029.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 4	78.68

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