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‘Goldsmith family’s assault’ on Pakistan’s national interests

Published 28 Mar, 2026 04:28am

Respect, honour, and prestige of one’s homeland and its national interests, especially the interests which are...

US intelligence chiefs face fresh scrutiny over Iran war

Published 20 Mar, 2026 02:33am

WASHINGTON: Top officials from US President Donald Trump’s administration returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday for a...

Trump accepts Nobel medal from Venezuelan opposition leader Machado

Published 16 Jan, 2026 10:09am

Maria presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect

Trump re-pardons jailed US Capitol rioter

Published 17 Nov, 2025 06:06pm

A presidential decree stated that the latest pardon was “full and unconditional”

US Senate advances bill to end federal shutdown

Published 10 Nov, 2025 11:15am

The vote to advance the bill passed by a 60-40 margin, the minimum needed to overcome a Senate filibuster

Donald Trump win to test limit of presidential power; Harris concedes but vows to ‘fight’

Updated 07 Nov, 2024 04:52pm

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA/WASHINGTON: Donald Trump recaptured the White House with a sweeping victory on Wednesday as tens...

Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after conviction verdict

Updated 31 May, 2024 11:23pm

Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury,...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to meet US House Speaker Mike Johnson

Published 11 Jan, 2024 11:36am

WASHINGTON: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will meet with Republican US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on...

Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot

Published 20 Dec, 2023 11:02am

LOS ANGELES: An appeals court in Colorado on Tuesday ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s presidential...

Musk, Zuckerberg, Gates to join US senators for AI forum

Published 13 Sep, 2023 02:12pm

WASHINGTON: The US Senate’s top Democrat is bringing US technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta...

US congressional committee set to weigh crypto bills By Hannah Lang

Published 26 Jul, 2023 10:25am

WASHINGTON: A key congressional committee is set to vote this week on several bills that would develop a regulatory...

France says ‘worried’ about ‘delays’ to Iran nuclear deal

Published 09 Mar, 2022 12:32pm

PARIS: France warned Tuesday that further delays could stymie a revived nuclear agreement between world powers and...

Angelina Jolie, at US Capitol, presses for domestic violence law

Published 10 Feb, 2022 10:38am

WASHINGTON: Film star Angelina Jolie was back on Capitol Hill Wednesday pleading with US lawmakers to immediately...

US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to block Capitol attack document release

Published 20 Jan, 2022 10:20am

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by former president Donald Trump to block the release ...

Biden to call out Trump's 'singular responsibility' for Jan. 6 attacks

Published 06 Jan, 2022 09:47am

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will tell Americans that his predecessor, Donald Trump carries "singular...

Trump White House chief held in contempt for defying Capitol riot probe

Published 15 Dec, 2021 10:09am

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers voted Tuesday to recommend criminal contempt charges against Donald Trump's former top aide...

2021: events that marked a tumultuous year

Updated 30 Nov, 2021 11:50am

PARIS: From the Covid pandemic to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and extreme weather, we look back on the key...

Empty seats, historic turns: Biden delivers unique speech to Congress

Published 29 Apr, 2021 10:22am

Biden used a strikingly personal tone, at times whispering as he did, when he urged corporate America and the nation's wealthiest to "pay their fair share" of taxes.

Without Trump, political disinformation dips -- for now

Updated 28 Mar, 2021 05:32pm

"It has removed a daily blizzard of misinformation from the ecosystem," Muirhead told AFP. "Not being bombarded is helping people's misinformation immune systems to reset themselves and recover."

FBI releases new footage of Washington pipe bomb suspect

Published 10 Mar, 2021 10:29am

Five people died in the course of the Capitol attack January 6, and more than 300 people have been arrested for their participation so far, including some charged with conspiracy.

US Senator Mitt Romney recovering after fall that led to a 'lot of stitches'

Published 02 Mar, 2021 09:48am

Romney told reporters he went to a hospital to get stitches.

US Capitol riot probe planned as Trump's legal woes mount

Published 16 Feb, 2021 09:54am

Last week, a prosecutor in Georgia revealed she was investigating Trump's efforts to subvert the state's results in the November 3 election by pressuring local officials to alter the vote count.

With Republican firewall, Senate acquits Trump of inciting deadly Capitol riot

Published 15 Feb, 2021 04:53am

WASHINGTON: The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday of inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol last ...

Senators vote to proceed with Trump's impeachment trial, but conviction may prove elusive

Published 10 Feb, 2021 12:10pm

Senator Josh Hawley, who helped lead the opposition in the Senate to the presidential election results, predicted that Tuesday's vote would ultimately reflect the chamber's final decision.

Trump refuses to testify in 'unconstitutional' impeachment trial

Published 05 Feb, 2021 10:26am

The Justice Department has suggested they could build a case for seditious conspiracy by some Trump-supporting extreme right groups in the attack.

Gold inches lower on firmer dollar, US stimulus worries

Published 26 Jan, 2021 10:13am

The US Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting is scheduled to begin later in the day.

FBI says Capitol rioter allegedly hoped to sell Pelosi laptop to Russia

Published 19 Jan, 2021 09:46am

The complaint says that after Williams returned home, she packed a bag and told her mother she was leaving "for a couple of weeks."

Trump condemns Capitol Hill violence in video that does not mention impeachment

Published 14 Jan, 2021 12:48pm

The article now will go to the Senate for an impeachment trial.

With some Republicans on board, U.S. House Democrats press forward on impeachment vote

Published 13 Jan, 2021 12:20pm

With at least five Republicans joining their push to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Democrats in the House of Representatives stood poised for a history-making vote to try to remove the president from office.
That would trigger a trial in the still Republican-controlled Senate, although it was unclear whether enough time or political appetite remained to expel Trump.

Pence rejects calls to oust defiant Trump, but impeachment looms

Published 13 Jan, 2021 10:02am

"I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our nation," Pence wrote in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shortly before the House was set to vote on a measure calling on Pence to use the amendment to strip Trump of power.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	77,672.21
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 20 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	246.36 ▲ 22.4 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 20 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	18.71 ▲ 1.7 (9.99%)
Shams Textile / Jul 20 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	63.50 ▲ 5.33 (9.16%)
Int. Knit. / Jul 20 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	98.79 ▲ 8.07 (8.9%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Nadeem Tex. / Jul 20 Nadeem Textile Mills Limited(NATM)	77 ▼ -8.16 (-9.58%)
J.K.Spinning / Jul 20 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	190.06 ▼ -19.94 (-9.5%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.50 ▼ -6.2 (-8.77%)
Arpak Int. / Jul 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	132 ▼ -12.01 (-8.34%)
Grays Leasing / Jul 20 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	20.61 ▼ -1.86 (-8.28%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	216.70 ▼ -19.39 (-8.21%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jul 20 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	20.51 ▼ -1.78 (-7.99%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	63,083,700 ▲ 0.39
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	27,437,762 ▲ 3.56
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	10,195,893 ▲ 0.08
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	8,062,551 ▼ -0.15
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	6,783,006 ▼ -0.01
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	6,375,966 ▼ -0.37
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	4,410,538 ▼ -0.3
Pak Stock Exchange / Jul 20 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	4,283,887 ▼ -0.88
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	3,828,805 ▲ 0
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	3,550,906 ▲ 0.06

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