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Russia says it’s hard to believe IS could have launched Moscow attack

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that it was “extremely hard to...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:20am

Opinion

Massacre in Russia

The toll of the horrendous terrorist attack on March 23, 2024 at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow’s northern suburb...

Updated 26 Mar, 2024 04:43am

World

Death toll of IS-claimed Kabul blast rises to 5

KABUL: The death toll from an attack on a bus in western Kabul claimed by the Islamic State group rose from two to...

Published 08 Jan, 2024 05:23am

Pakistan

Govt speeds up Afghans’ repatriation

PESHAWAR: Pakistan opened more border centres on Friday to speed up the return of tens of thousands of undocumented...

Published 04 Nov, 2023 06:00am

Editorials

Afghan spillover

EDITORIAL: Islamabad understands the UN’s (United Nation’s) concerns about TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) and...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Pakistan

‘Afghan citizens’ helping suicide bombers: PM

ISLAMABAD: Militants behind a spate of suicide attacks in Pakistan were being helped by “Afghan citizens” across the...

Updated 03 Aug, 2023 08:51am

Editorials

Bajaur bombing

EDITORIAL: In one of the bloodiest terrorist attacks on Sunday at least 55 people have died thus far and more than...

Updated 03 Aug, 2023 06:36am

Pakistan

IS claims responsibility for Bajaur blast that killed 54

KHAR: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Monday for a suicide bomb blast in Bajaur that killed at least...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Syria payments: American families of IS victims sue cement maker Lafarge

ZURICH: Relations of a US aid worker and American soldiers - all killed or injured by Islamic State and Al-Nusra...

Updated 29 Jul, 2023 09:33am

World

US SC backs Big Tech over terror claims

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court handed a victory to Twitter and Google on Thursday, saying the social media giants...

Published 19 May, 2023 06:17am

Opinion

The MbS reset

The Arab press hasn’t buzzed like this since al Qaeda (AQ) hijacked the so-called Arab Spring in Libya and Syria,...

Published 16 Mar, 2023 06:01am

World

Bomb attack kills guard, wounds journalists in Afghan north

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, (Afghanistan): A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Pakistan

Afghanistan arrests ‘foreign IS member’ for embassy attack

ISLAMABAD: A foreign member of the Islamic State (IS) group has been arrested in connection with an attack last week...

Updated 06 Dec, 2022 09:25am

Pakistani embassy in Kabul: IS-KP claims responsibility for attack

KABUL: Islamic State -Khorasan Province (IS-KP) claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan’s embassy in the...

Updated 05 Dec, 2022 09:49am

World

At least 16 killed in Afghan madrassa blast

KABUL: At least 16 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan’s...

Published 01 Dec, 2022 07:03am

World

Top Taliban cleric killed in Kabul suicide blast

KABUL: A senior Taliban cleric known for his fiery speeches against the Islamic State (IS) was killed Thursday at ...

Published 12 Aug, 2022 05:44am

Bomb blast in Kabul kills eight, injures more than 20

KABUL: A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least eight...

Published 07 Aug, 2022 05:41am

World

Bomb kills two in Shia area of Afghan capital

KABUL: A bomb attached to a handcart exploded in Kabul on Friday, police said, killing two people in an area largely...

Updated 05 Aug, 2022 10:11pm

Editorials

Afghanistan ‘remains complex’

EDITORIAL: It seems the Taliban are going to celebrate the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan...

Published 27 Jul, 2022 05:23am

World

IS claims Kabul Sikh temple attack

KABUL: The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan that killed one...

Published 20 Jun, 2022 05:51am

World

IS claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian soldiers in Sinai

CAIRO: Islamic state on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that killed five Egyptian soldiers in ...

Published 15 May, 2022 06:43am

World

IS claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian soldiers in Sinai

CAIRO: Islamic State (IS) on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that killed five Egyptian soldiers...

Published 14 May, 2022 08:42pm

Opinion

‘A new wave of terror in Afghanistan’

This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial “A new wave of terror in Afghanistan”. The newspaper has argued,...

Published 08 May, 2022 05:25am

World

Taliban arrest IS ‘mastermind’ of Afghan mosque attack

KABUL: Taliban forces have arrested a suspected Islamic State militant who allegedly planned a bomb attack that...

Published 23 Apr, 2022 04:45am

World

Israel mourns four killed in attack by IS sympathizer

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel prepared to hold funerals Wednesday for four people killed in an attack by a convicted...

Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am

IS claims blast that martyred seven troops in Sibi

QUETTA: Seven paramilitary troops were martyred by a blast Tuesday near a site in Sibi where the president had...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 06:44am

World

US woman charged with aiding IS, planning attacks

WASHINGTON: An American woman who allegedly led an all-female Islamic State battalion in Syria has been charged with...

Published 30 Jan, 2022 04:04am

World

Deadly fighting between IS, Kurdish forces in Syria

HASAKEH: Fighting raged for a third day Saturday between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after ...

Published 23 Jan, 2022 05:17am

World

Afghan affiliate of IS: US blacklists 3 leaders, financial facilitator

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three leaders of Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:18am

Journalist killed as minibus hit by bomb in Kabul

The incident happened in Dasht-e Barchi, a Kabul suburb dominated by members of the mostly Hazara community

Updated 14 Nov, 2021 09:33am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 23	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 23	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / May 23	156.74
USD to Swiss Franc / May 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 23	1.27
Euro to USD / May 23	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 22	5307.01
Nasdaq / May 22	16801.54
Dow Jones / May 22	39671.04
India Sensex / May 23	74667.86
Tokyo Nikkei / May 23	39034.80
Hang Seng / May 23	18845.59
FTSE 100 / May 23	8373.47
Germany DAX 30 / May 23	18748.98

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 23	76.94
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 23	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 23	207476
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 23	2362.37
Cotton US¢/pound / May 23	79
Petrol/Litre / May 24	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 24 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 24 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 24 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 24 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 24 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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