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Jaffar Express resumes operations

PESHAWAR: The Jaffar Express, heading from Quetta to Peshawar, which had been taken hostage by the terrorists...

Updated 28 Mar, 2025 10:00am

Pakistan

Jaffar Express train attack: India’s role in destabilising Balochistan quite clear: FO

ISLAMABAD: India has yet to condemn the Jaffar Express train attack, reflecting New Delhi’s role in destabilising...

Published 21 Mar, 2025 05:42am

Pakistan

COAS says ‘no agenda, movement or personality’ above Pakistan’s safety

Addressing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir...

Updated 18 Mar, 2025 10:40pm

Pakistan

NSC meeting: PM Shehbaz urges national unity, political consensus to combat terrorism

Parliamentary committee expresses regret over absence of some opposition members during meeting

Updated 18 Mar, 2025 10:31pm

Opinion

‘Another brazen attack’

This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial “Another brazen attack” carried by the newspaper recently. No...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 07:12am

Pakistan

DG ISPR addresses media: India ‘main sponsor’ behind train hijacking

ISLAMABAD: The Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif...

Published 15 Mar, 2025 05:22am

Pakistan

Three new rail links: minister announces completion of work

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi has announced completing three new railway links including...

Published 15 Mar, 2025 05:22am

Pakistan

OIC secretary general condemns attack on Jaffar Express

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday “condemned in the strongest...

Published 14 Mar, 2025 11:54pm

Pakistan

India main sponsor of terrorism in Balochistan: DG ISPR

Lt Gen Chaudhry says India spreading misinformation about Jaffar Express hijacking

Updated 14 Mar, 2025 10:35pm

Editorials

Another brazen attack

EDITORIAL: The unprecedented nature of the terror attack on the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express, which had departed...

Published 14 Mar, 2025 06:16am

NA: Heated exchange over train hijacking

ISLAMABAD: The opposition and treasury benches in National Assembly on Thursday traded barbs against each other over...

Updated 14 Mar, 2025 08:41am

Pakistan

Jaffar Express: train hijack hostages end ordeal with arrival in Quetta

QUETTA: Dozens of people rescued from a train hijacked by terrorists in southwest Pakistan arrived on Thursday in...

Updated 13 Mar, 2025 02:01pm

US, EU condemn terrorist attack

ISLAMABAD: The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) have strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Jaffar...

Updated 13 Mar, 2025 08:42am

Opinion

‘Attack on Jaffar Express: Naqvi must become part of solution’

This is apropos a letter to the Editor carried by the newspaper yesterday. But first things first, minister of state...

Published 13 Mar, 2025 05:28am

Pakistan

‘Horrific act’: US condemns train attack in Pakistan’s Balochistan

The United States (US) Embassy in Islamabad on Wednesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Jaffar Express...

Updated 12 Mar, 2025 11:26pm

World

Jaffar Express hijacking: China vows stronger counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan

China on Wednesday condemned the terrorist attack involving the hijacking of an express train in Balochistan...

Published 12 Mar, 2025 07:20pm

Pakistan

Jaffar Express train attack: at least 3 lost lives as operation under way to rescue hostages

Security sources say 80 hostages freed, including 43 men, 26 women, and 11 children, while 13 terrorists killed

Updated 12 Mar, 2025 12:08am

Editorials

Train blast

EDITORIAL: Jaffar Express was on its usual route from Quetta to Peshawar on Thursday morning. When it reached near...

Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Pakistan

Two women killed in Jaffar Express blast

MULTAN: At least two passengers, both of them women, were killed and another five sustained injuries as result of...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

Blast derails train in Balochistan, at least 15 injured

QUETTA: At least 15 people were injured when a bomb blast derailed a passenger train in the southwestern Pakistani...

Updated 20 Jan, 2023 10:05pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	280.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	280.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 17	142.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 17	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 17	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 17	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 17	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
India Sensex / Apr 17	78,553.20
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
Hang Seng / Apr 17	21,395.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	8,275.66
Dow Jones / Apr 17	39,142.23
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	21,205.86
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7,285.86
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	34,730.28

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 17	64.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 17	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	300,068
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 17	3,326.85
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 17	67.13
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 19	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 18 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.45 ▲ 1 (40.82%)
Universal Ins. / Apr 18 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	10.37 ▲ 1 (10.67%)
Oilboy Energy / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.91 ▲ 1 (10.09%)
Popular Islamic / Apr 18 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.70 ▲ 1.25 (10.04%)
Bunnys Limited / Apr 18 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	26.91 ▲ 2.45 (10.02%)
Safe Mix Con.Lt / Apr 18 Safe Mix Concrete Limited(SMCPL)	18.11 ▲ 1.65 (10.02%)
Nimir Resins / Apr 18 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	46.70 ▲ 4.25 (10.01%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 18 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	269.05 ▲ 24.46 (10%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Apr 18 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	24.08 ▲ 2.19 (10%)
Indus Dyeing / Apr 18 Indus Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Limited(IDYM)	129.98 ▲ 11.82 (10%)

Stock	Price
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	0.58 ▼ -0.49 (-45.79%)
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 18 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.80 ▼ -1.37 (-19.11%)
Century Ins. / Apr 18 Century Insurance Company Limited(CENI)	41.20 ▼ -8.62 (-17.3%)
Escorts Bank / Apr 18 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	5.90 ▼ -0.94 (-13.74%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Apr 18 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.40 ▼ -0.89 (-10.74%)
Crescent Fib. / Apr 18 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.25 ▼ -5 (-9.95%)
Zephyr Textile / Apr 18 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.26 ▼ -1.22 (-9.78%)
Idrees Tex. / Apr 18 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	17.20 ▼ -1.85 (-9.71%)
Suraj Cotton / Apr 18 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	119.01 ▼ -12.62 (-9.59%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Apr 18 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	12.65 ▼ -1.32 (-9.45%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Apr 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	38,207,702 ▲ 1.49
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 18 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	30,924,422 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	22,825,989 ▲ 0.07
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,207,672 ▼ -0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 18 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	12,780,505 ▲ 0.93
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,578,802 ▲ 0
Pak Elektron / Apr 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	10,988,493 ▼ -0.53
Habib Bank / Apr 18 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	9,338,304 ▼ -5.73
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	9,054,335 ▼ -0.49
B.O.Punjab / Apr 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	8,925,360 ▼ -0.09

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