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Soviet Union

Embracing change and the new order

Published 27 May, 2026 03:13am

Change and the speed of change have always been overwhelming. With each passing century and decades, the speed of...

Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Azerbaijan: Punjab government appreciated at world forum

Published 21 May, 2026 05:01am

Pakistan’s relations with Azerbaijan are not new; rather, the foundation of these strong ties was laid during Nawaz...

Russia to mark war anniversary with parade, but no equipment

Published 29 Apr, 2026 10:48am

The ministry said, no military hardware will pass through the square

Suez echoes in the Gulf

Published 29 Apr, 2026 05:57am

History seldom repeats itself exactly, but it often rhymes. The Suez Crisis of 1956 was a pivotal moment in global...

Possible impacts of Iran war

Published 08 Mar, 2026 02:16am

All the big powers, except China, are involved in direct or indirect hard conflicts. US scholars proposed the ‘the...

Why Faiz still matters in our transactional world

Published 13 Feb, 2026 05:47am

At first glance, Faiz Ahmad Faiz may appear distant from the hard arithmetic of today’s world—markets, balance...

Kyiv shivers without heat, but battles on

Published 12 Jan, 2026 05:55am

KYIV: Braving sub-zero temperatures, her heat cut off by Russian strikes on Kyiv, Natalia has to go to special tents...

Kazakh collector preserves Soviet tape recorders that defied musical ‘iron curtain’

Published 25 Nov, 2025 02:17pm

The Soviet Union, of which Kazakhstan was a part, collapsed in December 1991

Putin urges Central Asian states to step up trade with Russia

Published 10 Oct, 2025 06:12am

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged the leaders of five Central Asian states to boost their trade ...

How the Pakistani migrants adjusting to new realities: a perspective

Updated 06 Oct, 2025 07:01am

As imperialism destroys one country after the other, the phenomenon of primitive accumulation and accumulation...

American ‘jihad’ in Afghanistan: Indoctrination of extremism—I

Updated 20 Sep, 2025 06:42am

In the 1960s and 1970s, Pakistani society—including its universities and colleges—was largely shaped by secular...

Russia returns to Afghanistan

Published 11 Jul, 2025 03:20am

EDITORIAL: The irony could not be more exquisite. Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the...

Putin says Russia has the strength to finish Ukraine operation

Published 04 May, 2025 03:42pm

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Sunday that Russia had sufficient strength and...

Kyrgyzstan says to swap land with Tajikistan, ending years-long spat

Published 28 Feb, 2025 06:24am

BISHKEK, (Kyrgyzstan): Kyrgyzstan announced Thursday it would exchange territories disputed with Tajikistan since ...

Dialogue is the answer– what’s the issue?

Published 16 Jan, 2025 03:04am

While checking into a major international chain of Hotels in Cairo, a couple of years back, I was intrigued more by...

Kazakhstan votes on whether to build first nuclear plant

Updated 06 Oct, 2024 05:51pm

ALMATY: Kazakhstan votes in a referendum on Sunday on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, an idea...

Russian lawmakers back massive military spending increase

Published 27 Oct, 2023 05:16am

MOSCOW: Russian lawmakers backed a record increase in military spending to fund Moscow’s offensive on Ukraine, in ...

Putin: Russia expanding economic ties with CIS despite Western sanctions

Published 13 Oct, 2023 02:07pm

BISHKEK: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Russia was expanding its economic ties with countries of...

Putin meets former Wagner commander Troshev

Published 29 Sep, 2023 10:53am

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the...

In Russia’s Pacific port, residents await North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

Published 11 Sep, 2023 02:47pm

VLADIVOSTOK: In Russia’s Pacific port, residents said the stars may have aligned for a visit by North Korean leader...

Ukraine slams Putin plan to station Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus

Published 26 Mar, 2023 02:03pm

KYIV: A top security adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Russian plans to station...

Putin says Russia ‘not striving’ for return of Soviet Union

Published 30 Sep, 2022 06:59pm

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia was “not striving” to recreate the Soviet Union as...

Putin denies Gorbachev a state funeral and will stay away

Published 01 Sep, 2022 10:09pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, denying the...

Khomeini invited Gorbachev to embrace Islam in 1989 letter

Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am

TEHRAN: Two years before the fall of the Soviet Union, its leader Mikhail Gorbachev would receive an unusual letter...

Gorbachev: ‘reformist’ Soviet leader

Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am

EDITORIAL: Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who was loved abroad and loathed at home and is held responsible by President...

Putin says Gorbachev had ‘huge impact on world history’

Published 31 Aug, 2022 03:40pm

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union...

Defiant Ukraine marks Independence Day six months after invasion

Published 24 Aug, 2022 12:17pm

KYIV: Ukrainians mark 31 years since they broke free from the Russia-dominated Soviet Union on Wednesday in what is...

Two pilots killed as Soviet-era fighter jet crashes in India

Published 30 Jul, 2022 03:39am

NEW DELHI: Two pilots have been killed in India after a Soviet-era fighter jet crashed during a training sortie, the...

FATF and its impact on country’s economy

Published 03 Jul, 2022 05:39am

Pakistan has gone through so many challenges and adversaries in its relatively short life span of 75 years that it ...

Historical and socio-cultural antecedents: Russo-Ukrainian war (2022) — II

Updated 30 Jun, 2022 06:35am

During the rule of imperial Russia and under the Soviet Union, Russian was the common language of public life in...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 28	278.05
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 28	277.85
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 29	163.55
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 29	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 29	1.33
Euro to USD / Jul 29	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 28	3.64

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 28	7,428.78
Nasdaq / Jul 28	24,876.91
Dow Jones / Jul 28	52,747.32
India Sensex / Jul 29	77,603.30
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 29	61,689.86
Hang Seng / Jul 29	25,684.44
FTSE 100 / Jul 29	10,884.40
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 29	25,391.76
France CAC40 / Jul 29	8,409.58

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 28	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 28	366,457
Petrol/Litre / Jul 29	335.81
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 29	82.20
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 29	4,042.26
Diesel/Litre / Jul 29	388.38
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 29	80.52

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Reliance Ins. / Jul 29 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	13.37 ▲ 1.22 (10.04%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)
Trust Mod. / Jul 29 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	19.99 ▲ 1.82 (10.02%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jul 29 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	32.20 ▲ 2.93 (10.01%)
Prosperity Weav / Jul 29 Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited(PRWM)	68.05 ▲ 6.19 (10.01%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 29 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	18.25 ▲ 1.66 (10.01%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 29 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	25.19 ▲ 2.29 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jul 29 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	161.39 ▲ 14.67 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 29 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	154.37 ▲ 14.03 (10%)
Suraj Cotton / Jul 29 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	151.82 ▲ 13.8 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 29 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,203.44 ▼ -133.71 (-10%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jul 29 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	157.19 ▼ -17.47 (-10%)
National Silk / Jul 29 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	274.90 ▼ -29.2 (-9.6%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 29 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	30.48 ▼ -2.78 (-8.36%)
Khalid Siraj / Jul 29 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	13.58 ▼ -1.22 (-8.24%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Jul 29 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	35.41 ▼ -2.55 (-6.72%)
Premier Sugar / Jul 29 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	500 ▼ -34.5 (-6.45%)
JS Investments / Jul 29 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	43.05 ▼ -2.78 (-6.07%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jul 29 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	50.11 ▼ -3.17 (-5.95%)
AN Textile Mills / Jul 29 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	52.72 ▼ -3.28 (-5.86%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	47,023,214 ▼ -0.02
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	41,588,641 ▼ -0.02
Siddiqsons Tin / Jul 29 Siddiqsons Tin Plate Limited(STPL)	31,344,704 ▲ 0.82
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 29 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	30,743,944 ▲ 0.03
TPL Properties / Jul 29 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	16,661,350 ▲ 0.04
Samba Bank / Jul 29 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	15,557,122 ▲ 0.74
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 29 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	15,326,640 ▼ -1.06
Pak Refinery / Jul 29 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	14,182,589 ▼ -1.15
Itanz Technologies / Jul 29 Itanz Technologies Limited(ITANZ)	9,348,754 ▲ 2.37
At-Tahur Ltd. / Jul 29 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	8,689,909 ▲ 1.37

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