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US to hand Bagram base to Afghan forces in 20 days

KABUL: The US military will hand over its main Bagram Air Base to Afghan forces in about 20 days, an official said...

Published 02 Jun, 2021 04:29am

World

Ball in Moscow's court to improve ties with NATO, says Germany

"Our message remains clear: We are prepared for dialogue, and we have made proposals, but the key to a better relationship lies clearly with Moscow," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told reporters before a video call with his NATO counterparts.
"We are there to prevent conflict and war. But the best way of doing that is to send a clear message to any potential adversary that if one ally is attacked, the whole alliance will be there," Stoltenberg said.

Published 01 Jun, 2021 07:07pm

World

NATO ambassadors to discuss Belarus 'forcible landing'

"Allies are consulting on the forcible landing of the Ryanair plane by Belarus and ambassadors will discuss it tomorrow," a NATO official told AFP Monday.

Published 24 May, 2021 05:46pm

World

Poland to become first NATO country to buy Turkish drones

WARSAW: Poland will buy 24 armed drones from Turkey, the Polish defence minister said on Saturday, becoming the ...

Published 23 May, 2021 03:06am

World

First US-Russia meet since Biden took office

REYKJAVIK: The US and Russian foreign ministers are meeting in Iceland on Wednesday evening to gauge the enormous...

Updated 20 May, 2021 09:23am

World

First US-Russia meet since Biden took office

The Russian foreign minister at the same time accused Norway of "trying to justify the need for NATO to come into the Arctic".

Published 19 May, 2021 04:52pm

World

First US-Russia meeting ahead of Biden-Putin summit

He insisted Russian military activity in the region is "absolutely legal."

Published 19 May, 2021 11:09am

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Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

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US military chief warns Israel-Palestinian conflict destabilising 'beyond Gaza'

Palestinian militants have fired around 3,350 rockets toward Israel, which has responded with relentless air strikes it says are targeting top Hamas commanders and military infrastructure.

Published 18 May, 2021 10:10am

World

No reduction in foreign fighters in Libya

UNITED NATIONS: Libya has seen "no reduction of foreign fighters or of their activities" in the centre of the...

Updated 16 May, 2021 10:42am

Editorials

TTP resurgence

EDITORIAL: Four FC soldiers were martyred and six others wounded while busy constructing border fence in Zhob...

Published 09 May, 2021 03:20am

World

European allies urge U.S to delay Afghanistan withdrawal, amid heightened security concerns

European allies are pushing the United States to delay its withdrawal from Afghanistan, in order to give NATO more time and support to leave, according to American officials.
Officials from the United States have mentioned that their departure could be delayed by two weeks or longer, in an effort to accomodate their allies' requests.

Updated 08 May, 2021 08:17pm

World

EU opens ‘military mobility’ project to US, allies

BRUSSELS: EU defence ministers on Thursday approved the participation of NATO members the United States, Canada and...

Updated 07 May, 2021 10:04am

Thousands of Afghans flee homes as fighting erupts after US pullout

KANDAHAR, (Afghanistan): Thousands of Afghans were forced to flee their homes as fierce fighting erupted between...

Updated 05 May, 2021 10:37am

World

Surge in insider attacks in Afghan army as Americans prepare to go: US govt

Some contractors are crucial to keeping the Afghan military's aircraft flying, the report noted.

Published 30 Apr, 2021 10:42am

World

‘Sham’ Libya trials sentence 22 to death: Amnesty

TRIPOLI: Eastern Libyan military courts have sentenced at least 22 people to death and jailed hundreds more since...

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:09am

World

'Sham' Libya trials sentence 22 to death: Amnesty

Trials were sometimes held without lawyers or even the defendants, "undermining any semblance of justice", Eltahawy added.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 10:44am

World

Germany’s Greens chancellor candidate vows to get tough on Russia and China

BERLIN: Germany must increase pressure on Russia following its military buildup at the Ukrainian border and strive...

Published 25 Apr, 2021 03:13am

World

Biden recognizes Armenian genocide, defying Turkey in watershed

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as...

Published 25 Apr, 2021 03:13am

World

Biden, Erdogan agree to meet at NATO summit in June: White House

Biden is expected to formally recognize the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War One as an act of genocide, but the statement made no mention of the issue.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 11:13pm

World

NATO 'in full solidarity' with Czechs over Russia standoff

Russia retaliated by ordering out 20 Czech diplomats -- sparking an angry ultimatum from Prague for Moscow to let them return or face further expulsions from its embassy.

Published 22 Apr, 2021 04:33pm

World

NATO leaders to meet for Brussels summit June 14

This is a unique opportunity to reinforce NATO as the enduring embodiment of the bond between Europe and North America.

Published 22 Apr, 2021 12:40pm

World

Biden to recognize massacre of Armenians as genocide: reports

"Mr President, as you said last year in your April 24 statement, 'Silence is complicity.' The shameful silence of the United States government on the historic fact of the Armenian Genocide has gone on for too long, and it must end," the letter said.

Published 22 Apr, 2021 10:55am

World

Germany plans to pull troops out of Afghanistan by July 4

BERLIN: Germany's defence ministry on Wednesday said it planned to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by early...

Updated 22 Apr, 2021 09:50am

World

Germany plans to pull troops out of Afghanistan from July 4

NATO had agreed last week to begin their troop drawdown by May 1.

Published 21 Apr, 2021 03:53pm

World

Russia says Ukraine and NATO are continuing military preparations

On Tuesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy challenged his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

Published 21 Apr, 2021 11:49am

World

Russia will soon have over 120,000 troops on Ukraine's borders, Kyiv says

Russia will soon have more than 120,000 troops on Ukraine's border, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday, calling for new Western economic sanctions on Moscow.
Kyiv, Washington and NATO have been alarmed by the large build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine and in Crimea, the peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 06:23pm

World

Norway and US sign new defence deal

OSLO: Norway and the United States on Friday signed a defence agreement paving the way for the Pentagon to invest in...

Published 17 Apr, 2021 03:28am

World

UN to maintain Afghanistan mission after US, NATO withdrawal

US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday the unconditional withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, naming September 11 as the deadline by which the last soldiers will have finally departed. The pullout will begin on May 1.

Published 16 Apr, 2021 10:32am

World

Greek, Turkish ministers clash

ANKARA: The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey on Thursday clashed on a wide range of issues during a volatile...

Updated 16 Apr, 2021 09:56am

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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