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Hibatullah Akhundzada

Intel document identifies RAW-Taliban terror network

Published 22 Sep, 2026 05:15am

ISLAMABAD: A classified intelligence document has revealed an alleged coordinated network involving India’s Research...

The Afghan challenge

Updated 31 Aug, 2026 05:59am

EDITORIAL: The latest UN Security Council-mandated report presents a deeply troubling picture of the evolving...

Pakistan has hit military facilities in Kandahar

Published 16 Mar, 2026 04:51am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Sunday its forces had attacked military facilities in southern Afghanistan, as well as...

UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression

Published 26 Feb, 2026 08:06pm

It provides for the use of corporal punishment for numerous offences, including in the home, legitimising violence against women and children

A notable development

Updated 16 Dec, 2025 06:55am

EDITORIAL: The resolution recently adopted by more than a thousand senior Afghan clerics marks a notable development...

Attend mosque or be punished, Taliban chief tells public workers

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

KABUL: Afghan government employees must attend mosque five times a day or face punishment, Taliban supreme leader...

Reclusive Taliban leader makes rare appearance on Eid: govt

Published 10 Apr, 2024 01:44pm

KABUL: The Taliban’s hyper-reclusive supreme leader made a rare public appearance Wednesday, an Afghan government...

Taliban supreme leader urges Afghans to respect Sharia in Eid message

Updated 06 Apr, 2024 07:31pm

KABUL: Afghanistan’s supreme leader on Saturday urged Afghans to respect Sharia law and called for good relations...

Thousands of Afghan salons to close as Taliban deadline bites

Published 25 Jul, 2023 11:21am

KABUL: Thousands of beauty parlours across Afghanistan were due to close permanently Tuesday following an order by...

Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban

Published 19 Jul, 2023 02:33pm

KABUL: Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting...

G7 urges reversal of Taliban ban on Afghan women in UN, NGOs

Published 18 Apr, 2023 01:33pm

KARUIZAWA: G7 foreign ministers on Tuesday demanded the “immediate reversal” of a Taliban government ban on Afghan...

Founder of Afghan girls’ school project arrested in Kabul: UN

Published 28 Mar, 2023 01:10pm

KABUL: The founder of a project that campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban...

Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas

Published 16 Mar, 2023 11:36am

KABUL: In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran...

Pakistan to appeal to Taliban leader over mosque bombing

Updated 05 Feb, 2023 09:13am

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad will ask the secretive supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban to rein in militants in Pakistan...

Brother and sister’s future separated after Taliban university ban

Published 25 Dec, 2022 01:22pm

KABUL: Marwa was just a few months away from becoming the first woman in her Afghan family to go to university –...

Afghan women stopped from entering universities after Taliban ban

Published 21 Dec, 2022 01:14pm

KABUL: Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a...

Afghan supreme leader orders full implementation of Islamic law

Published 14 Nov, 2022 03:28pm

KABUL: Afghanistan's supreme leader has ordered judges to fully implement aspects of Islamic law that include public...

Afghan clerics vow loyalty to Taliban, but no word on girls’ schooling

Published 03 Jul, 2022 05:39am

KABUL: Thousands of Afghan clerics pledged loyalty to the Taliban Saturday, but ended a three-day meeting without...

‘Stop interfering in Afghanistan’, says Taliban leader in rare appearance

Published 02 Jul, 2022 04:10am

KABUL: The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada called Friday for the world to stop telling...

Thousands gather at all-male meeting to rubber-stamp Taliban rule

Published 30 Jun, 2022 11:33am

KABUL: Thousands of Afghan religious scholars and tribal elders gathered in the capital Thursday for a men-only...

Women not wearing hijab ‘trying to look like animals,’ say Taliban posters

Published 17 Jun, 2022 06:37am

KANDAHAR: The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters across the southern Afghan city of Kandahar saying...

Taliban dismiss UN concerns on women's rights in Afghanistan

Published 27 May, 2022 03:20pm

KABUL: The Taliban on Friday rejected the UN Security Council's call to reverse heavy restrictions imposed on Afghan...

Taliban ‘making women invisible’ in Afghanistan: UN expert

Published 27 May, 2022 07:30am

KABUL: The Taliban government’s restrictions on women are aimed at making them “invisible” in Afghan society, ...

Women TV presenters defy Taliban order to cover faces on air

Published 22 May, 2022 06:03am

KABUL: Women presenters on Afghanistan’s leading TV channels went on air Saturday without covering their faces,...

Taliban promise ‘good news’ on girls’ education

Published 18 May, 2022 06:59am

WASHINGTON: Afghanistan’s interior minister promised “very good news” soon on the return of girls to secondary...

Afghan women protest Taliban decree to cover faces

Updated 10 May, 2022 04:53pm

KABUL: About a dozen women protested in the Afghan capital on Tuesday against the Taliban’s new edict that females...

Taliban announce women must cover faces in public, say burqa is best

Published 07 May, 2022 02:58pm

KABUL: The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group’s...

Taliban supreme leader urges world to recognise government

Updated 29 Apr, 2022 01:31pm

KABUL: Afghanistan's supreme leader called again Friday for the international community to recognise the Taliban...

Taliban chief orders ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:17pm

KABUL: The Taliban’s supreme leader on Sunday ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, warning that the...

Taliban dismiss 3,000 members for committing abuses

Published 16 Jan, 2022 04:17am

KABUL: The Taliban have dismissed about 3,000 members accused of abusive practices from its hardline Islamist...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 30	18,680
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 30	378,631
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.40
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	400.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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