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Cold War

Deterrence without restraint

Published 03 Apr, 2026 06:08am

EDITORIAL: The surprising rise in the number of nuclear weapons ready for immediate use marks a clear shift away...

Global liberalism, local elites, and Pakistan’s development dilemma-I

Updated 30 Mar, 2026 06:54am

Many economists view competition among European empires for global territories as one of the underlying causes of...

Trump declines to rule out underground nuclear tests

Published 31 Oct, 2025 09:29pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump reaffirmed on Friday that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, and he did not...

Two grandmasters meet in Alaska

Updated 14 Aug, 2025 08:08am

I’ve always wondered why NATO, a Cold War relic built to contain communism, not only survived the collapse of the...

‘Global political, economic landscape more likely to deteriorate in 2025’

Published 04 Jan, 2025 07:44am

KARACHI: The Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President of the Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals...

How to ensure a prosperous, promising future for Pakistan

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am

Pakistan emerged from the shackles of colonialism, and as a result, the political, economic, and spiritual culture ...

Russia formally withdraws from key post-Cold War European armed forces treaty

Published 07 Nov, 2023 11:18am

Russia formally withdrew on Tuesday from a key post-Cold War security treaty designed to de-escalate potential...

Bilawal reiterates Pakistan opposed to any bloc politics

Published 17 Jun, 2023 06:13am

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday reiterated Pakistan’s opposition to join any bloc...

NATO meeting fails to approve first defence plans since Cold War

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:42pm

BRUSSELS: NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels have failed to reach agreement over the alliance’s first...

China, Europe must ‘oppose the Cold War mentality’: China FM

Published 12 May, 2023 07:27pm

OSLO: China and Europe must together reject “the Cold War mentality”, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on...

IMF chief urges world to avoid a ‘second Cold War’

Published 14 Apr, 2023 05:59am

WASHINGTON: Countries must do more to avert the costly consequences of growing global trade fragmentation, and help...

AMAN-23 under focus

Published 18 Dec, 2022 03:36am

Since 2007 a major international naval exercise called AMAN (Peace) organised every two years by Pakistan Navy with...

No new Cold War?

Published 22 Nov, 2022 03:23am

EDITORIAL: In their one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of the G20 the US and Chinese leaders adopted a conciliating...

Xi says Asia should not become arena for ‘big power contest’

Published 18 Nov, 2022 07:06am

BANGKOK: The Asia-Pacific is no one’s backyard and should not become an arena for a big power contest, China’s...

Biden, Xi cool Cold War rhetoric

Updated 15 Nov, 2022 09:43am

NUSA DUA, (Indonesia): Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping tried to take some heat out of their simmering superpower...

Terror-related incidents: KP govt should take responsibility: Asif

Published 15 Oct, 2022 05:38am

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Friday said the recent talks with the banned...

Biden to prioritize China competition amid ‘dangerous’ Russia

Published 14 Oct, 2022 03:39am

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s administration said Wednesday it would prioritize winning over China, seeing it...

US does not seek 'Cold War' or 'conflict' with China: Biden

Published 21 Sep, 2022 09:23pm

UNITED NATIONS: The United States is determined to promote its vision of global freedom and prosperity but does not...

US says Russia buying North Korea shells and rockets for Ukraine war

Published 06 Sep, 2022 11:36pm

WASHINGTON: Russia is buying millions of artillery shells and rockets from old Cold-War ally North Korea, according...

Gorbachev and Reagan: a friendship that ended the Cold War

Published 02 Sep, 2022 06:00am

Mikhail Gorbachev stepped onto a Washington street and began shaking hands to cheers and applause in 1990 — a bit...

Biden sending more weapons to Ukraine as NATO prepares for long fight

Published 30 Jun, 2022 11:23pm

MADRID: President Joe Biden said on Thursday the United States will provide another $800 million in weapons and...

Asia Distillates: Gasoil cracks gain, cash premiums soar to record high

Published 05 Apr, 2022 05:38am

SINGAPORE: Asian refining margins for 10 ppm gasoil climbed on Monday, while cash premiums for the industrial fuel...

Swiss Cold War bunkers back in vogue as Ukraine conflict rages

Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:34am

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reawakened interest in Switzerland’s concrete nuclear fallout shelters, built...

Inside Germany’s secret Cold War cash bunker

Published 14 Mar, 2022 07:01am

For many years, the residents of the leafy town of Cochem in the German Rhineland went about their daily business...

Putin nuclear threats ‘extremely dangerous’, ‘blackmail’: ICAN

Published 09 Mar, 2022 11:47am

GENEVA: Russian President Vladimir Putin is using nuclear “blackmail” to keep the international community from...

The Cold War 2.0.

Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am

A major city of Ukraine has fallen to the advancing Russian troops as the Russia-Ukraine war enters its second week....

Once upon a fault line

Published 24 Feb, 2022 06:34am

Few people would’ve noticed the irony in the PM going to the Moscow and the Credit Suisse expose, the ‘Suisse...

Wang says no country should replace international norms with own will

Published 20 Feb, 2022 05:55am

BEIJING: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday said that no country, not even a superpower should replace...

NATO urges more Russia talks to defuse Ukraine crisis

Published 20 Feb, 2022 05:55am

MUNICH: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday he had sent a letter to Russian Foreign Minister...

Russian parliament’s call for east Ukraine independence sparks alarm

Published 20 Feb, 2022 05:55am

Possible Russian recognition of separatist “republics” independent from Kyiv is threatening to derail an already...

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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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