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Politics, perseverance and public service: the leadership journey of Maryam Nawaz

Updated 07 Jun, 2026 06:16am

Politics is fundamentally a journey of struggle, perseverance, and public service. Unfortunately, a particular...

World Press Freedom Day: Govt urged to repeal PECA, lift curbs on media

Published 04 May, 2026 06:44am

KARACHI: Journalists, political leaders, labour representatives and civil society activists on Sunday marked ‘World...

PM holds meetings with MQM leaders

Published 27 Mar, 2026 08:55am

KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid on Thursday a one-day visit to Karachi, where he held separate meetings...

Grand Peace Jirga: KP CM for unified strategy to eradicate terrorism

Updated 13 Nov, 2025 08:51am

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Sohail Afridi has emphasized the urgent need for a...

Maryam Nawaz cannot be blackmailed or intimidated

Published 19 Oct, 2025 03:35am

A state simultaneously embodies the role of both a mother and a father. It cannot always behave with the tenderness...

PTI abstains: Political leadership briefed about situation

Updated 05 May, 2025 09:44am

KARACHI: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry and...

Leadership — intellect or wisdom?

Updated 09 Apr, 2025 06:27am

Intelligence matters for leadership. Its presence is seen as a guarantee for good leadership to prevail. The premise...

PM forms 8-member body

Published 23 Dec, 2024 06:03am

LAHORE: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday constituted an eight-member negotiations committee to hold...

NA speaker invites govt, opposition for talks

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 09:29am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Sunday invited both the government and opposition party...

PPP, PML-N, JUI-F leaders discuss proposed amendment

Updated 17 Oct, 2024 09:00am

LAHORE: The top leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl...

Political ‘surrender’ of 1958 that shook the foundations of Pakistan

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 07:18am

History is full of accounts of surrender and retreat. In the American Civil war (1861-1865) Confederate General in...

Establishment of constitutional court agreed upon by all leaders: Speaker

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:51am

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq emphasised that the initiative to establish a constitutional court...

Political turmoil & reset for unity

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am

As one of nine nuclear-armed states of the world, Pakistan plays a significant role in regional geopolitics. ...

Political art on trucks hurt by preference for posters

Published 08 Feb, 2024 05:02am

PESHAWAR: Colourful trucks with paintings of political leaders that once dotted country’s roads and highways ahead...

Security and stability in country: Religious leaders say fully support army

Updated 02 Oct, 2023 09:15am

LAHORE: The leaders from diverse religious backgrounds and schools of thought on Sunday convened at the ‘Seerat...

Asad Umar, Ali Wazir and Imaan Mazari arrested

Updated 21 Aug, 2023 08:54am

ISLAMABAD: The ‘crackdown’ on human rights advocates and political leaders continues — this time with the arrest of...

Hard reset and a lost generation

Published 20 Jul, 2023 03:12am

No better time than election season to make the case – very controversial one, it turns out – that Pakistan’s...

A grand dialogue

Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:58am

It has been generally noticed in the course of history of mankind that when a people face great upheavals and...

PM invites IK, others to APC on terrorism, economy

Updated 03 Feb, 2023 08:58am

ISLAMABAD: In a major development in the country’s political arena, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday called...

FPCCI holds another conference to formulate ‘national economic plan’

Published 11 Jan, 2023 07:11am

KARACHI: As the country grapples with severe economic challenges, the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce ...

Social engineering

Published 26 Dec, 2022 05:48am

The phrase ‘social engineering’ is basically about changing or influencing a person’s thinking, attitude, and...

Government slams assassination attempt

Updated 04 Nov, 2022 09:37am

ISLAMABAD: Political leaders belonging to the ruling coalition including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan...

A new political accord

Published 12 Oct, 2022 05:46am

Pakistan is now seventy-five. In these long years there were very few occasions when a genuine joy was felt by the...

In sum, President stresses urgency of election date

Updated 07 Oct, 2022 09:52am

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi said that political polarisation should be stopped and all political leaders and...

Political impasse can be ended only through dialogue: CJP

Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial said a purely political impasse does not have legal solutions...

Silver lining in sight?

Published 25 Jul, 2022 06:12am

The political drama continues. Arguments and moral positions switch in matter of days for politicians and media...

PTI urged to promote culture of civilised language among youths

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

ISLAMABAD: Political leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-N and Awami National Party on Saturday urged the leadership ...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 22	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 22	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 22	161.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 22	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 22	1.32
Euro to USD / Jun 22	1.14
SOFR % / Jun 22	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 22	7,472.79
India Sensex / Jun 22	77,094.07
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 22	72,353.96
Nasdaq / Jun 22	26,166.60
Hang Seng / Jun 22	23,768.52
FTSE 100 / Jun 22	10,437.85
Dow Jones / Jun 22	51,712.71
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 22	25,139.69
France CAC40 / Jun 22	8,400.11

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 22	74.29
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 22	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 22	378,345
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 22	4,191.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 22	79.41
Petrol/Litre / Jun 23	299.50
Diesel/Litre / Jun 23	311.47

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Ghani Chemworld Limited (R) / Jun 22 Ghani Chemworld Limited Right(GCWLR)	6.01 ▲ 1 (19.96%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jun 22 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	6.16 ▲ 0.63 (11.39%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jun 22 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	17.90 ▲ 1.63 (10.02%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 22 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	22.50 ▲ 2.05 (10.02%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jun 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	34.38 ▲ 3.13 (10.02%)
Oilboy Energy / Jun 22 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	21.97 ▲ 2 (10.02%)
Husein Industries / Jun 22 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	44.63 ▲ 4.06 (10.01%)
J.A.Textile / Jun 22 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	27.70 ▲ 2.52 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jun 22 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	24.72 ▲ 2.25 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jun 22 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	42.20 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Millat Tractors / Jun 22 Millat Tractors Limited(MTL)	312.38 ▼ -294.88 (-48.56%)
Agritech Limited / Jun 22 Agritech Limited(AGL)	52.81 ▼ -5.4 (-9.28%)
Pak Synthetics / Jun 22 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	132.45 ▼ -11.99 (-8.3%)
National Silk / Jun 22 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	207.79 ▼ -16.55 (-7.38%)
Quantum Data Tech. / Jun 22 Quantum Data Technologies Limited(QTECH)	42.84 ▼ -2.89 (-6.32%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jun 22 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	64.80 ▼ -4.27 (-6.18%)
Punjab Oil / Jun 22 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	169.88 ▼ -10.74 (-5.95%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jun 22 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	48.66 ▼ -2.88 (-5.59%)
Octopus Digital / Jun 22 Octopus Digital Limited(OCTOPUS)	36.20 ▼ -2.06 (-5.38%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	50.77 ▼ -2.71 (-5.07%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	59,558,108 ▼ -0.03
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 22 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	59,270,992 ▲ 0.8
TPL Properties / Jun 22 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	56,035,517 ▲ 0.71
Sui South Gas / Jun 22 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,023,298 ▲ 0.91
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jun 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	30,194,155 ▲ 3.13
Oilboy Energy / Jun 22 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	27,894,240 ▲ 2
Loads Limited / Jun 22 Loads Limited(LOADS)	23,907,499 ▲ 0.32
Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 22 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	21,866,447 ▼ -0.29
Dar-es-Salaam / Jun 22 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	18,768,017 ▲ 2.05
Service Long March / Jun 22 Service Long March Tyres Limited(SLM)	18,498,415 ▲ 0.21

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