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World War II

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Many economists view competition among European empires for global territories as one of the underlying causes of...

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ZURICH: US President Donald Trump has made an astonishing series of attacks apparently designed to humiliate allies...

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Updated 10 Oct, 2025 09:08am

This article takes a closer look at the often-overlooked role that migrants have played in shaping the success of...

Combating climate chaos: call to action

Published 06 Jul, 2025 02:42am

EDITORIAL: Speaking at the opening of an aid conference in Seville city of Spain on Monday, UN Secretary-General...

Japan’s economic journey: lessons from rise and stagnation

Updated 21 May, 2025 07:39am

Japan’s economic story is a rollercoaster of triumph and cautionary tales. From the ashes of World War II to ...

Netanyahu slams Iran, Hamas as Israel commemorates the Holocaust

Published 24 Apr, 2025 12:20am

JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking Wednesday at an annual Holocaust commemoration, said...

PM lays wreath at Victory Monument of Minsk

Updated 11 Apr, 2025 08:50am

MINSK (Belarus): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday laid a wreath at the Victory Monument of Minsk...

Latest round of Gaza truce talks expected in Egypt

Published 05 May, 2024 12:34pm

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Hamas considering latest Gaza truce offer in ‘positive spirit’

Published 03 May, 2024 12:32pm

GAZA STRIP: Hamas says it is considering in a “positive spirit” a Gaza truce deal, while the UN warned rebuilding...

Deja vu or real fear? NATO grapples with Trump threats

Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am

BRUSSELS: Donald Trump sparked outcry by threatening not to defend NATO members who do not spend enough, but for...

Henry Kissinger, singular US diplomat, dead at 100

Updated 30 Nov, 2023 04:26pm

WASHINGTON: Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power...

D-Day: the 6th of June 1944

Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am

A terse low-key announcement from General Eisen-hower’s Head Quarters told the world that the long-awaited ...

US backs special tribunal on Russia 'aggression' against Ukraine

Published 28 Mar, 2023 11:05pm

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday threw support behind a special international tribunal to try Russia for...

Records that tumbled in 2022

Published 27 Dec, 2022 12:09pm

PARIS: From roasting temperatures to rocketing energy prices and millions of refugees fleeing Ukraine, 2022 was a...

Xi travels to Saudi for three days of Mideast outreach

Published 07 Dec, 2022 01:12pm

RIYADH: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for three days of meetings with regional...

Noor Inayat Khan: the spy princess

Published 25 Aug, 2022 12:59am

Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, also known as Nora Inayat Khan and Nora Baker, was a British spy in World War II who ...

Japanese ministers visit controversial war shrine

Published 15 Aug, 2022 09:43am

TOKYO: Two Japanese ministers paid respects Monday at a controversial war shrine seen by neighbouring countries as a...

Memorials held five years on from London fire tragedy

Published 14 Jun, 2022 10:19am

LONDON: Survivors and families of the victims of Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II will on Tuesday...

Eid Mubarak from PAF: its first air engagement

Published 06 May, 2022 11:43pm

10 April, 1959 was a red-letter day in the history of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). It was the day that the PAF...

PM lays wreath at Russia’s war memorial

Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:19am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday laid a wreath at ‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’, a war memorial...

England must defy Ashes history to survive Australia's 'Gabbatoir'

Published 05 Dec, 2021 10:52am

BRISBANE: England haven't won a Test at Brisbane's 'Gabbatoir' since 1986 and will need to conquer those...

Glasgow: industrial canal's climate-fighting future

Published 14 Nov, 2021 04:12am

Glasgow was a vital cog in the machine of Britain's Industrial Revolution, which brought the baleful impact of ...

Indian WWII veteran, 97, wins pension battle

Published 12 Nov, 2021 04:46am

NEW DELHI: A 97-year-old Indian veteran whose leg was blown off in Italy in World War II has won a battle for a...

The dwindling sanctity of global regulators

Published 21 Aug, 2021 04:21am

Post-World War-II, the victorious nations, spearheaded by the US, pledged to make the world a safer place to live ...

China's model of state governance

Published 10 Jul, 2021 03:42am

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday praised the Communist Party of China (CPC) describing it as an alternative to...

EU deficit rules to remain suspended in 2022

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

BRUSSELS: Rules against overspending by EU governments will remain suspended through 2022, leaving more time for...

Pandemic pushes UK annual borrowing to £303.1bn

Published 24 Apr, 2021 03:21am

LONDON: Emergency pandemic support measures sent UK annual borrowing rocketing to the highest level since World War...

UK unveils £50 banknote

Updated 26 Mar, 2021 09:26am

LONDON: The Bank of England on Thursday unveiled a new design for Britain's top-value banknote featuring gay World...

Dutch court orders govt to lift Covid curfew

Published 17 Feb, 2021 04:24am

THE HAGUE: A Dutch court on Tuesday told the government to immediately lift a nationwide coronavirus curfew that...

Luxembourg agrees to pay Holocaust reparations

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday by signing an “historic” agreement to...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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