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Canada’s Sikhs voice outrage over Modi G7 invitation

TORONTO: Members of Canada’s Sikh community who were warned by police that their lives were at risk and allege the...

Published 14 Jun, 2025 05:53pm

South Asia

Death toll in India plane crash rises to at least 279

AHMEDABAD: The death toll from the fiery crash of a London-bound passenger jet in an Indian city climbed to 279 on...

Published 14 Jun, 2025 05:02pm

South Asia

Bangladesh’s Yunus meets key party leader in London

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus met in London on Friday with the leader of the South Asian...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 05:11pm

South Asia

India, China agree to expedite resumption of direct flights as ties improve

India and China have agreed to expedite the resumption of direct air services and step up communication, the two...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 04:23pm

South Asia

Senior adviser to Iran’s Khamenei wounded in Israel attack: state media

TEHRAN: A senior adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was wounded during Israel’s deadly attack on Iran...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 02:41pm

South Asia

Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand after bomb threat; all passengers off plane

BANGKOK: An Air India flight from Phuket in Thailand to India’s capital New Delhi received an onboard bomb threat on...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 11:38am

South Asia

Israel hits Iran nuclear and missile facilities, appears to block retaliation

Iran promises a harsh response against Israel

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 02:12pm

South Asia

Iran Guards chief killed in strike outspoken opponent of Israel

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami, who was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran Friday,...

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 01:52pm

South Asia

Air India plane crash: reactions from across the world

Many people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after...

Published 12 Jun, 2025 06:19pm

South Asia

Air India Dreamliner crashes into Ahmedabad college hostel, kills over 290

At least one passenger known to have survived, police say

Updated 12 Jun, 2025 10:01pm

South Asia

Bangladesh’s Yunus says will step down after polls

LONDON: Bangladesh interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Wednesday that there was “no way” he wanted to continue in...

Published 11 Jun, 2025 05:55pm

South Asia

Fire at Iran petrochemical plant kills at least three: state TV

TEHRAN: A fire broke out at a petrochemical complex in southern Iran on Wednesday, killing at least three people,...

Published 11 Jun, 2025 03:10pm

South Asia

India and US advance toward interim trade deal after four-day talks

NEW DELHI: Indian and U.S. negotiators made progress in their latest round of talks in New Delhi on Tuesday on a...

Published 10 Jun, 2025 08:56pm

South Asia

India intensifies expulsion of suspected foreigners to Bangladesh

GUWAHATI, INDIA: India has started to push people it considers illegal immigrants into neighbouring Bangladesh, but...

Published 10 Jun, 2025 05:04pm

South Asia

Iran says to submit own nuclear proposal to US soon

TEHRAN: Iran said Monday it will soon present a counter-proposal on a nuclear deal with the United States, after it...

Published 09 Jun, 2025 02:23pm

South Asia

Restive Indian state orders curfew after fresh violence

IMPHAL, INDIA: An Indian state riven by ethnic tensions imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after protesters...

Published 08 Jun, 2025 08:32pm

South Asia

Iran says US travel ban shows ‘deep hostility’ for Iranians, Muslims

Tehran on Saturday blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’stravel ban on countries including Iran, saying it showed...

Updated 08 Jun, 2025 08:18pm

South Asia

India hails trade deal in talks with visiting British FM

NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Saturday a trade deal with Britain was “truly a...

Published 07 Jun, 2025 05:52pm

South Asia

New rail line links IIOJK to Indian network: Modi vows not to stop IIOJK development after attack

NEW DELHI: India is committed to efforts to develop its restive territory of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Prime...

Published 07 Jun, 2025 04:59am

South Asia

Indian PM Modi says he will go to Canada for G7 summit

NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he will attend the Group of Seven leaders summit in...

Published 06 Jun, 2025 07:33pm

South Asia

Bangladesh’s Yunus announces elections in April 2026

DHAKA: Bangladesh will hold elections in early April 2026 for the first time since a mass uprising overthrew the...

Published 06 Jun, 2025 07:23pm

South Asia

India, central Asian countries express interest in joint rare earths exploration

NEW DELHI: India and five central Asian countries have expressed interest in joint exploration of rare earths and...

Published 06 Jun, 2025 07:01pm

South Asia

Indian police arrest four people for cricket fans stampede

Police in India’s tech capital of Bengaluru have arrested four people, including an official of a top cricket...

Published 06 Jun, 2025 10:44am

South Asia

France’s Dassault and India’s Tata to produce Rafale fuselage in Hyderabad

India looking to modernise its military and boost domestic weapons’ production, particularly to strengthen its defences against neighbours Pakistan and China

Published 05 Jun, 2025 08:21pm

South Asia

IPL’s Bengaluru pledge financial aid for victims of crowd surge

BENGALURU: Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru have pledged one million Indian rupees...

Published 05 Jun, 2025 06:49pm

USA

India, US push to finalise interim tariff deal as Trump’s deadline nears

NEW DELHI: Indian and U.S. are holding high-level talks this week, aiming to finalise tariff cuts in sectors such as...

Published 05 Jun, 2025 05:42pm

South Asia

Sustainable Switch: Deadly floods hit Nigeria, India and Bangladesh

Fatal floods have wreaked havoc across Nigeria, India and Bangladesh this week and Romania is dealing with the...

Published 04 Jun, 2025 09:51pm

South Asia

India sets date of population and caste census

NEW DELHI: The world’s most populous nation India will conduct a census in 2027, its first since 2011, the...

Published 04 Jun, 2025 07:07pm

South Asia

At least 11 die in crowd chaos outside Indian cricket stadium

BENGALURU: At least 11 people died on Wednesday in a crowd surge outside a cricket stadium in the Indian city of...

Updated 04 Jun, 2025 09:44pm

South Asia

Bangladesh says India pushes back 1,200 people

DHAKA: Bangladesh said Wednesday that neighbouring India has pushed more than 1,270 people across its border in the...

Published 04 Jun, 2025 05:38pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 13	283
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 13	282.75
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 14	144.07
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 14	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 14	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 14	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,976.97
India Sensex / Jun 14	81,118.60
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 14	37,834.25
Nasdaq / Jun 14	19,406.83
Hang Seng / Jun 14	23,892.56
FTSE 100 / Jun 14	8,850.63
Dow Jones / Jun 14	42,197.79
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 14	23,516.23
France CAC40 / Jun 14	7,784.68

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 14	72.98
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 14	16,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 14	310,007
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 14	3,432.34
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 14	67.84
Petrol/Litre / Jun 15	253.63
Diesel/Litre / Jun 15	254.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	2.93 ▲ 1 (51.81%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 13 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	3.06 ▲ 0.94 (44.34%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 13 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	3.39 ▲ 1 (41.84%)
Media Times Ltd / Jun 13 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.71 ▲ 0.58 (27.23%)
Invest Bank / Jun 13 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	7.11 ▲ 1 (16.37%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.65 ▲ 0.48 (15.14%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 13 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	3.56 ▲ 0.36 (11.25%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 13 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	25.70 ▲ 2.34 (10.02%)
AN Textile Mills / Jun 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	15.49 ▲ 1.41 (10.01%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	47.38 ▲ 4.31 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Shaheen Ins. / Jun 13 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	4.75 ▼ -0.65 (-12.04%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jun 13 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	12.20 ▼ -1.36 (-10.03%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 13 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	37.98 ▼ -4.22 (-10%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 13 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,794.55 ▼ -199.39 (-10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 13 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	18,889.10 ▼ -2098.79 (-10%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jun 13 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	11.23 ▼ -1.24 (-9.94%)
Arctic Textile / Jun 13 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	39.72 ▼ -4.26 (-9.69%)
Crescent Cotton / Jun 13 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	50.41 ▼ -5.4 (-9.68%)
Shahtaj Textile / Jun 13 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	78.62 ▼ -8.32 (-9.57%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 13 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	30.69 ▼ -3.23 (-9.52%)

Stock	Volume
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	116,655,242 ▲ 1
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	100,891,108 ▲ 0.08
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 13 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	85,324,384 ▲ 0.94
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 13 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	30,960,243 ▲ 0.62
B.O.Punjab / Jun 13 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	27,555,139 ▼ -0.26
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	27,294,482 ▲ 0.17
Media Times Ltd / Jun 13 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	27,189,737 ▲ 0.58
Cnergyico PK / Jun 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	26,834,469 ▼ -0.35
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 13 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	23,063,464 ▲ 1
Sui South Gas / Jun 13 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	21,700,047 ▼ -0.4

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