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UK to call for toll-free Strait of Hormuz, wants Lebanon in ceasefire deal

Published 09 Apr, 2026 12:01pm

Iran has said it wants to charge fees for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz

Ceasefire, credit and the cost of illusion

Published 09 Apr, 2026 05:48am

Markets have swung back toward relief with almost mechanical precision, but relief is a trade, not a verdict. Oil...

Taliban govt says ceasefire to hold, despite talks failing

Published 09 Nov, 2025 03:22am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Saturday its ceasefire with Pakistan would remain even though their...

A push for Palestinian-led Gaza

Published 09 Nov, 2025 03:22am

EDITORIAL: The meeting in Istanbul on Monday of foreign ministers from seven Arab and Muslim-majority countries ...

Hezbollah says Lebanon is bound by ceasefire but rejects negotiations with Israel

Published 06 Nov, 2025 01:48pm

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun instructed the army to confront any Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon after Israeli forces crossed the border

Syria announces ‘comprehensive ceasefire’ with Kurds after clashes

Published 08 Oct, 2025 07:47am

DAMASCUS: Syria announced a comprehensive ceasefire with Kurdish forces after a meeting Tuesday between Syrian...

Trump rules out immediate ceasefire, pushes for peace deal

Published 17 Aug, 2025 02:53am

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump early Saturday ruled out an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine...

Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire

Published 20 Jul, 2025 03:02am

DAMASCUS: Sectarian clashes escalated in Syria’s predominantly Druze region of Sweida on Saturday, with machinegun...

Iran extends access to airspace for overflights after ceasefire

Published 29 Jun, 2025 02:36am

TEHRAN: Iran has expanded access to its airspace for international overflights following a ceasefire with Israel,...

Asif calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Updated 27 Jun, 2025 09:19am

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif strongly condemned Israel’s unconstitutional and unprovoked attacks on...

ME bourses advance on Iran-Israel ceasefire

Published 25 Jun, 2025 05:41am

DUBAI: Stock markets in the Middle East ended higher on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump announced a ...

Qatar PM persuaded Iran to accept ceasefire: source with knowledge of talks

Published 24 Jun, 2025 05:06pm

DUBAI/DOHA: Qatar’s prime minister persuaded Iran to agree to a US-proposed ceasefire with Israel after Iranian...

Israel reports waves of Iranian missiles, soon after Trump announced ceasefire

Updated 24 Jun, 2025 09:10pm

Iran says ceasefire only when Israel stops attacks

UNSC to meet on Iran as Pakistan, Russia and China push for a ceasefire

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:05am

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will meet Sunday to discuss US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites as Russia,...

Pakistan didn’t seek ceasefire: FO

Updated 22 Jun, 2025 10:21am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday refuted India’s assertion that it had requested a ceasefire following Indian...

Israel-Iran conflict: Pakistan, other Muslim states call for ceasefire

Published 18 Jun, 2025 06:10am

ISLAMABAD: A number of Muslim-majority countries including Pakistan have categorically rejected and condemned...

Leveraging the hope renewal

Updated 28 May, 2025 07:19am

Doomed. Lost cause. Over and gone. Done and dusted. Hopeless. This was the state of sentiments in the country till...

Challenging India on the world stage

Published 28 May, 2025 06:02am

EDITORIAL: Following its battlefield success, Pakistan is now all set to counter India’s diplomatic manoeuvres...

Pakistan ready for talks with India: PM

Updated 27 May, 2025 08:54am

TEHRAN: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during wide ranging talks on Monday...

Why Pakistan must prepare for ‘Round Two’?

Updated 26 May, 2025 07:32am

They say wars end when the guns fall silent — but sometimes, the real war begins when the headlines fade. That’s...

Keep talking

Published 26 May, 2025 05:56am

EDITORIAL: The recent agreement between Pakistan and India to pull back troops from forward positions along the Line...

Modi’s threat of water war serious disruption to regional peace, stability: Chinese scholar

Updated 25 May, 2025 10:01am

BEIJING: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempt to link “water rights” with so-called “counter-terrorism” and...

Grace in victory

Updated 21 May, 2025 07:43am

The world has acknowledged by expression and silence that it is India who was the aggressor in the current standoff...

Ceasefire has no expiry date: Pakistani, Indian officials

Published 20 May, 2025 05:58am

ISLAMABAD: Officials from both Pakistan and India have confirmed that the recently agreed ceasefire between the two...

India must be kept in check

Updated 19 May, 2025 07:13am

EDITORIAL: That India-Pakistan bilateral relationship has further nosedived is a fact. This development cannot be...

‘A war, a ceasefire, and a shattered Indian myth’

Published 19 May, 2025 06:15am

This is apropos letters to Editor carried by the newspaper on Friday, Saturday and yesterday. In my view, within...

Trump praises ‘brilliant’ Pakistanis, says Islamabad ‘would love to trade with US’

Updated 17 May, 2025 04:54pm

We don’t do much trading with them, and yet I have a good relationship with them, US president says

PTI chairman calls for a ‘political ceasefire’ in Pakistan

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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 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
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

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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