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Middle East

Lebanese health ministry says death toll from Israeli strikes up to 394

Israel has launched multiple waves of strikes across Lebanon and sent ground troops into border areas

Published 08 Mar, 2026 08:05pm

Middle East

Tehran plunged into darkness by smoke from burning oil

Fuel depot strikes are first time Iranian oil infrastructure has been targeted during the nine-day war

Published 08 Mar, 2026 07:19pm

Middle East

Iran prepares to name new supreme leader as fuel dumps burn

Vote to appoint the leader has taken place and the leader has been chosen, says member of the Assembly of Experts

Published 08 Mar, 2026 06:05pm

Middle East

Three Indonesian crew missing after UAE tugboat sinks in Strait of Hormuz

The Mussafah 2 had seven crew members from Indonesia, India and the Philippines

Published 08 Mar, 2026 06:04pm

Middle East

Iran Guards say struck US base in Bahrain in response to desalination plant bombing

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Saturday it had struck the United States’ Juffair base in Bahrain,...

Published 08 Mar, 2026 04:54pm

Middle East

Israeli settler attack in West Bank kills three Palestinians

Palestinian vice president Hussein al-Sheikh condemned the “brutal attack on innocent citizens”, saying three were killed and seven others injured

Published 08 Mar, 2026 01:41pm

Middle East

Two Kuwait fire officers killed ‘while performing duties,’ Fire Force says

Kuwait's Fire Force said on ‌Sunday that two of its officers were killed "while performing duties"

Published 08 Mar, 2026 01:00pm

Middle East

Four killed in Beirut hotel strike, Israel says it targeted Iranian commanders

The attack marked the first Israeli strike to hit the heart of Beirut since Israel-Hezbollah hostilities resumed last week

Published 08 Mar, 2026 12:17pm

Middle East

Majority consensus reached on Iran’s next supreme leader, Mehr news reports

A majority consensus over a successor to Iran's slain ‌Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has more or less been reached

Published 08 Mar, 2026 11:49am

Middle East

Iran’s president says his remarks were ‘misinterpreted by enemy’

Masoud Pezeshkian said his remarks were “misinterpreted by the enemy that seeks to sow division with neighbours”

Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:41am

Middle East

Trump rejects settling Iran war, raises prospect of killing all its potential leaders

Israel and Iran traded numerous attacks on Saturday as the US-Israeli war against Iran entered a second week

Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:33am

Middle East

Netanyahu says Israel will carry on Iran war ‘with all our force’

“We have a systematic plan to eradicate the Iranian regime and achieve many other objectives,”

Published 08 Mar, 2026 02:53am

Middle East

Iran security chief says US, Israel seeking ‘disintegration of Iran’

“Their issue was… the fundamental disintegration of Iran,”

Published 08 Mar, 2026 02:41am

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World
Commodity

Currency	Rate

Stock	Volume

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 17	386.30
Diesel/Litre / Oct 17	396.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Unicap Modaraba / Oct 16 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Atlas Battery / Oct 16 Atlas Battery Limited(ATBA)	175.82 ▲ 15.98 (10%)
Bolan Casting / Oct 16 Bolan Castings Limited(BCL)	77.33 ▲ 7.03 (10%)
Bannu Woollen / Oct 16 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	66.19 ▲ 6.02 (10%)
Crescent Fib. / Oct 16 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	68.95 ▲ 6.27 (10%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 16 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	22.22 ▲ 2.02 (10%)
Exide (PAK) / Oct 16 Exide Pakistan Limited(EXIDE)	424.51 ▲ 38.59 (10%)
F.Credit & Inv / Oct 16 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	65.02 ▲ 5.91 (10%)
Fateh Ind. / Oct 16 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	510.87 ▲ 46.44 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Oct 16 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	191.50 ▲ 17.41 (10%)

Stock	Price
Shahtaj Textile / Oct 16 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	135.55 ▼ -18.86 (-12.21%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Oct 16 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	20.14 ▼ -2.24 (-10.01%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 16 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	34.65 ▼ -3.85 (-10%)
J.A.Textile / Oct 16 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	55.42 ▼ -6.16 (-10%)
Kohat Textile / Oct 16 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	104.16 ▼ -11.57 (-10%)
MACPAC Films / Oct 16 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	100.33 ▼ -11.15 (-10%)
Century Insurance (R) / Oct 16 Century Insurance Company Limited (Right)(CENIR)	22.43 ▼ -2.49 (-9.99%)
Data Agro / Oct 16 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	114.32 ▼ -12.39 (-9.78%)
Ghandhara Tyre / Oct 16 Ghandhara Tyre & Rubber Company Limited(GTYR)	26.49 ▼ -2.83 (-9.65%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Oct 16 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	57.59 ▼ -6.08 (-9.55%)

Stock	Volume
Pakistan Refinery / Oct 16 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,424,845 ▲ 3.19
Cnergyico PK / Oct 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,138,368 ▲ 0.05
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 16 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,980,081 ▲ 0.18
Wasl Mobility Mod. / Oct 16 Wasl Mobility Modaraba(WASL)	15,691,917 ▲ 0.37
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Oct 16 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	12,304,071 ▲ 0.13
Treet Battery / Oct 16 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	12,042,605 ▼ -0.2
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,026,198 ▼ -0.02
LSE Financial Serv.(R) / Oct 16 LSE Financial Services Limited Right(LSEFSLR)	8,792,570 ▼ -0.07
MACPAC Films / Oct 16 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	8,762,417 ▼ -11.15
Saif Power Ltd. / Oct 16 Saif Power Limited(SPWL)	8,457,304 ▲ 0.35