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Taliban governor of Afghan province killed in blast: police

KABUL: The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province was killed in a blast at his office on Thursday, police...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 01:40pm

World

Afghanistan coffers swell as Taliban taxman collects

TORKHAM: A dusty logjam of trucks inches across a rut in the mountains splitting Pakistan and Afghanistan, teeming...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 11:59am

BR Research

Permanent pariah?

Be careful what you wish for! Pakistan’s economy and security seem to have suffered in the aftermath of the...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 07:24am

World

Afghan women ‘most repressed in the world’, says UN mission

KABUL: Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights,...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 02:17pm

World

Taliban’s persecution of women could be ‘crime against humanity’: UN report

GENEVA: The Taliban’s treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan could amount to a crime against humanity,...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:21pm

World

Afghan universities reopen but women still barred

KABUL: Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 12:17pm

Trade resumes after key border crossing reopens

Around 1,400 trucks on the Pakistan side still waiting to cross into Afghanistan, an official says

Updated 26 Feb, 2023 04:29pm

World

Taliban demand US return $3.5bn in Afghan assets after court ruling

KABUL: Taliban authorities called on Washington Wednesday to return $3.5 billion belonging to Afghanistan's central...

Published 22 Feb, 2023 11:57pm

World

Taliban sets up investment consortium with firms from Pakistan, Russia, Iran

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration has set up a consortium of companies, including some in Russia, Iran...

Published 22 Feb, 2023 06:57pm

World

US judge rules 9/11 victims cannot seize Afghan central bank funds

NEW YORK: The families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks cannot seize $3.5 billion in funds...

Published 22 Feb, 2023 11:44am

World

Taliban plans to turn former foreign bases into special economic zones

KABUL: The Taliban administration will move ahead with plans to turn former foreign military bases into special...

Updated 19 Feb, 2023 08:35pm

TTP warns of more attacks against LEAs

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Taliban warned Saturday of more attacks against law enforcement officers, a day after four...

Updated 19 Feb, 2023 09:33am

World

Taliban raid office of Tamadon TV in Afghanistan

NEW YORK: The Taliban must allow Tamadon TV to operate freely and independently and end its campaign of harassment...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Life & Style

Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: In a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 02:28pm

World

Refugee from Taliban offers virtual tours of her homeland

MILAN: Forced to flee by the Taliban, Fatima Haidari now offers virtual tours of Afghanistan from her new home in...

Published 15 Feb, 2023 11:38am

Pakistan to appeal to Taliban leader over mosque bombing

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad will ask the secretive supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban to rein in militants in Pakistan...

Updated 05 Feb, 2023 09:13am

World

New US restrictions against Taliban for bans on women

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new visa restrictions against the Taliban Wednesday in...

Published 02 Feb, 2023 12:16pm

Pakistan

Lawmakers demand formation of ‘truth, reconciliation commission’

ISLAMABAD: As a resurrected wave of terrorism has crippled the very socio-political fabric of the country, voices...

Published 02 Feb, 2023 06:12am

Pakistan

Afghan women’s rights: US SRA starts tri-nation trip

ISLAMABAD: The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan (SRA) Thomas West has started his tri-nation ...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

World

Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance exam: Taliban ministry

KABUL: The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education ordered private universities in Afghanistan not to allow female...

Published 28 Jan, 2023 11:28pm

World

UN aid chief asks Taliban for more exemptions to female NGO worker ban

KABUL: The UN aid chief said on Wednesday the humanitarian community was speaking with Taliban officials to try and...

Published 26 Jan, 2023 05:58am

World

UN aid chief asks Taliban authorities for more exemptions to female NGO worker ban

KABUL: The UN aid chief said on Wednesday the humanitarian community was speaking with Taliban officials to try and...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 07:34pm

World

UN highlights ‘huge step backwards’ for women following Afghanistan trip

UNITED NATIONS: Apparent exemptions granted by the Taliban to harsh restrictions placed on Afghan women are not...

Published 22 Jan, 2023 03:08am

World

Three foreign NGOs partially resume aid in Afghanistan

KABUL: At least three leading international aid agencies have partially resumed life-saving work in Afghanistan,...

Published 17 Jan, 2023 01:52pm

Sports

Human rights are not politics, Cricket Australia chief says on withdrawal

Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley defended the decision to withdraw its men’s team from a one-day...

Published 13 Jan, 2023 12:03pm

Editorials

‘Tremendous efforts against terrorism’?

EDITORIAL: Increased TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) terrorism, its open threat to leaders of parties in the ruling...

Published 13 Jan, 2023 06:05am

Sports

Australia withdraw from men’s ODI series against Afghanistan in March

Australia’s one-day international (ODI) series against Afghanistan in March has been called off following further...

Updated 12 Jan, 2023 02:19pm

BR Research

Between a rock and a hard place

Be careful what you wish for! The Taliban’s victorious Kabul return (rather a walkover) back in August 2021 was...

Published 05 Jan, 2023 07:58am

Taliban govt issued stern warning

ISLAMABAD: In an apparent warning to the Taliban interim government of Afghanistan for providing shelter to the...

Updated 03 Jan, 2023 09:03am

World

G7 calls on Taliban to ‘urgently reverse’ women aid workers ban

LONDON: G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on Afghanistan to “urgently reverse” a ban on women working in the...

Published 29 Dec, 2022 03:09pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Power / Mar 31 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	4.38 ▲ 0.63 (16.80%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Mar 31 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.69 ▲ 0.08 (13.11%)
Supernet Ltd. / Mar 31 Supernet Limited(GEMSPNL)	11.90 ▲ 1.00 (9.17%)
Asim Textile / Mar 31 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	6.48 ▲ 0.53 (8.91%)
Bata (Pak) / Mar 31 Bata Pakistan Limited(BATA)	2084.87 ▲ 145.45 (7.50%)
Khyber Tex. / Mar 31 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	427.22 ▲ 29.80 (7.50%)
Pak Engineering / Mar 31 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	325.40 ▲ 22.70 (7.50%)
Janana D Mal / Mar 31 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	44.42 ▲ 3.09 (7.48%)
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 31 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	14.50 ▲ 1.00 (7.41%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 31 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	8.75 ▲ 0.60 (7.36%)

Stock	Price
Pak Gulf Leasing / Mar 31 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	5.31 ▼ -0.89 (-14.35%)
Samba Bank / Mar 31 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	6.75 ▼ -0.85 (-11.18%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Mar 31 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	3.96 ▼ -0.49 (-11.01%)
Equity Modaraba / Mar 31 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	6.10 ▼ -0.50 (-7.58%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Mar 31 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	270.73 ▼ -21.95 (-7.50%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 31 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	426.43 ▼ -34.57 (-7.50%)
Tri-Pack Films / Mar 31 Tri-Pack Films Limited(TRIPF)	126 ▼ -10.14 (-7.45%)
Khairpur / Mar 31 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	67.26 ▼ -5.41 (-7.44%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Mar 31 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	210 ▼ -15.90 (-7.04%)
Bunnys Limited / Mar 31 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	15.81 ▼ -1.19 (-7.00%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	12,120,000 ▲ 0.26
Pak Elektron / Mar 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	6,523,000 ▲ 0.36
Telecard Limited / Mar 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	6,211,500 ▼ -0.18
Engro Corp / Mar 31 Engro Corporation Limited(ENGRO)	5,429,492 ▼ -4.49
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	4,946,279 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Mar 31 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	4,863,500 ▲ 0.20
Pakgen Power / Mar 31 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	4,421,500 ▲ 1.50
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	4,361,174 ▲ 0.00
Agha Steel Ind. / Mar 31 Agha Steel Ind.Ltd(AGHA)	3,689,500 ▲ 0.07
Waves Corporation / Mar 31 Waves Corporation Limited(WAVES)	3,477,000 ▲ 0.45

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 31	283.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 31	283.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 31	132.94
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 31	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 31	1.24
Euro to USD / Mar 31	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Mar 30	4.81

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 30	4050.83
Nasdaq / Mar 30	12013.47
Dow Jones / Mar 30	32859.03
India Sensex / Mar 31	58991.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 31	28047.34
Hang Seng / Mar 31	20427.56
FTSE 100 / Mar 31	7628.03
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 31	15561.26
France CAC40 / Mar 31	7285.79

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 30	18935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 30	178241
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 31	74.31
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 31	1979.09
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 31	83.42

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