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rare earth minerals

Rare earth minerals: Pakistan’s economy

Updated 09 Sep, 2026 06:55am

The global race for critical minerals is reshaping trade, technology, and industrial policy. Can Pakistan convert...

Critical minerals: ADB’s financing facility

Published 05 May, 2026 06:01am

EDITORIAL: President Asian Development Bank (ADB) Masato Kanda launched a new financing facility to help member...

Rare earths: US to push for quicker action in reducing reliance on China

Updated 12 Jan, 2026 09:34am

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will urge Group of Seven nations and others to step up their efforts...

BOI chief, Nova Minerals’ team focus on rare earth minerals

Published 14 Nov, 2025 06:12am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Investment and Chairman of the Board of Investment (BOI), Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, held ...

G7 to launch ‘alliance’ countering China’s critical mineral dominance

Published 31 Oct, 2025 06:22am

TORONTO: G7 energy ministers meeting in Canada on Thursday planned to launch a new alliance to counter China’s...

Rare earth: politics, promise and peril

Published 25 Oct, 2025 05:54am

As China tightens its export grip, Pakistan’s mineral wealth is back in global focus. This puts to test...

The rare earth race

Updated 22 Oct, 2025 06:58am

Bill Emmott in his 2017 book “The Fate of the West” argued how America’s collapse almost certainly triggers ...

Old allies, new assurances

Published 22 Oct, 2025 06:13am

EDITORIAL: In an era defined by strategic realignments, it is quietly reassuring that Pakistan and China continue to...

Rare earths tensions rise as US and China trade barbs

Published 17 Oct, 2025 06:28am

BEIJING: Chinese state media on Thursday issued a seven-point rebuttal to US calls for Beijing to wind back its rare...

Mining cooperation with US: Pakistan keeps China in loop: Beijing

Updated 15 Oct, 2025 09:24am

KARACHI: China’s foreign ministry has said that Pakistan keeps its strategic ally aware of its cooperation with ...

Mari Energies engages global mining giants Rio Tinto, BHP to attract investment in Pakistan

Published 14 Oct, 2025 03:07pm

Mari Energies Limited (MARI), one of Pakistan’s largest exploration and production companies (E&P), has...

China defends rare earth curbs to US

Published 13 Oct, 2025 06:00am

BEIJING/HONG KONG: China called US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical on Sunday...

Trump ratchets up US-China trade war, promising new tariffs

Published 11 Oct, 2025 11:22am

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump revived the trade war against Beijing on Friday, ending an uneasy truce...

How US buyers of critical minerals bypass China’s export ban

Published 09 Jul, 2025 08:03am

BEIJING: Unusually large quantities of antimony - a metal used in batteries, chips and flame retardants - have...

Japan plans ‘world first’ deep-sea mineral extraction

Published 04 Jul, 2025 06:02am

TOKYO: Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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