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Millions vote as India begins series of state elections

Published 09 Apr, 2026 12:12pm

Opinion polls predict an easy win for an alliance led by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in one state and tight contests in two others

Awami Theatre Festival: ‘Dukhtar-e-Kashmir’ steals spotlight

Published 09 Feb, 2026 05:11am

KARACHI: The ongoing Awami Theatre Festival at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi delivered one of its most...

Trade or surrender? Congress compares US-India deal to Pakistan ceasefire

Updated 03 Feb, 2026 11:59pm

"Simply put, we will be an American colony," it says

India’s weaponisation of water to inflame tensions in already hostile ties: Sherry Rehman

Published 29 Dec, 2025 12:29pm

It is neither sane nor acceptable, says PPP senator

UN experts slam India’s unilateral actions of May 7 inside Pakistan

Updated 19 Dec, 2025 04:59pm

They say India failed to provide evidence that Pakistan was involved in Pahalgam attack.

Rhetoric over reason

Published 14 Oct, 2025 06:12am

EDITORIAL: Political expediency has once again overtaken restraint in India. The renewed war rhetoric from senior...

Mushaal writes letter to Priyanka Gandhi

Published 13 Sep, 2025 07:05am

ISLAMABAD: Kashmiri leader Mohammad Yasin Malik’s wife Mushaal Hussein Mullick wrote a letter to India’s ...

RSS chief urges three-child families

Published 30 Aug, 2025 06:00am

NEW DELHI: The head of India’s powerful Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said that Indian...

India’s Election Commission under fire from opposition

Published 27 Aug, 2025 06:14am

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India, long regarded as the impartial guardian of the world’s largest...

A price one has to pay

Published 03 Aug, 2025 02:55am

A deeply frustrated Godi media has stepped up criticism of US President Donald Trump for imposing tariffs on Indian...

Ex-Indian minister slams Modi over Pahalgam: ‘Don’t blame Pakistan without proof’

Published 29 Jul, 2025 05:59am

NEW DELHI: Former Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that there is no evidence of Pakistan’s involvement...

Military and diplomatic: ‘India under intense mental stress after facing repeated failures’

Published 02 Jul, 2025 08:35am

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

Indian bid to stop water will be considered act of war: Bilawal

Published 13 Jun, 2025 05:59am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said if India attempts to cut off Pakistan’s...

Pakistan rejects Modi’s misleading remarks

Updated 07 Jun, 2025 02:59pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday firmly rejected the baseless and misleading remarks made by the prime minister of...

India arrests 81 for ‘sympathising’ with Pakistan

Published 02 Jun, 2025 06:12am

GUWAHATI, (India): Indian police have arrested scores of people for “sympathising” with Pakistan, a month after...

A saffron-clad sly old devil

Updated 28 May, 2025 07:20am

The animal kingdom will most likely protest and take a serious offence if they were to be compared with the ...

‘India should demonstrate maturity’: Pakistan rejects PM Modi’s ‘provocative allegations’

Updated 23 May, 2025 11:36am

Pakistan rejected on Friday Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks “baseless, provocative, and irresponsible...

Uptick in terrorists’ activities

Updated 23 May, 2025 07:38am

EDITORIAL: The elimination of 12 militants in intelligence-based operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and...

‘Modi re-emerges: humbled, hurt, and unreformed’

Published 22 May, 2025 06:08am

This is apropos two back-to-back letters to the Editor from this writer carried by the newspaper on Tuesday and...

Dreams of hegemony

Updated 21 May, 2025 07:40am

Hegemony is the political, economic, and military predominance of one state over other states, either regional or...

‘Modi re-emerges: humbled, hurt, and unreformed’

Published 21 May, 2025 06:28am

This is apropos a letter to the Editor from this writer carried by the newspaper yesterday. Crucially, India’s...

Modi re-emerges: humbled, hurt, and unreformed

Published 20 May, 2025 06:38am

When tragedy struck in Pahalgam on April 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi seized the moment—not for justice or...

Modi jeopardizing lives of 1.7bn people

Published 18 May, 2025 06:14am

Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank, has said the following about Indus Water Treaty: “There is no...

Well-deserved celebrations

Published 18 May, 2025 06:10am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s decisive triumph in the recent military confrontation with India has sparked a wave of...

Ceasefire marks dawn of new era of peace in region: minister

Updated 12 May, 2025 08:30am

LAHORE: Punjab's Minister for Sports, Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar, in a statement, said that the recent ceasefire has...

Modi faces domestic criticism over sudden ceasefire

Published 12 May, 2025 05:51am

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan have stepped back from the brink of all-out war, with a nudge from the US,...

Taking stock of situation

Updated 12 May, 2025 06:51am

EDITORIAL: It’s a ceasefire, however fragile, for now. India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, under pressure from...

Azma raps Indian media for twisting facts

Published 10 May, 2025 06:59am

LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari has said that Godi media has become a disgrace under the guise of...

West ignores Modi’s terror links for economic gains, says Pakistan’s Asif

Updated 08 May, 2025 11:06pm

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif blasted the West for hypocrisy in its treatment of Indian Prime Minister...

Hostage to narrative

Published 08 May, 2025 06:54am

It’s interesting and instructive how modern communication technologies – twitter feed, real time video – just...

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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 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	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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