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Move on from Afghan ‘trauma’ and address rising threat: US study

WASHINGTON: The United States must move on from the “trauma” of two decades of war and step up counterterrorism...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

World

Blast in north Afghanistan kills three Taliban security personnel

KABUL: Three Taliban security personnel were killed when a motorcycle carrying an explosive device blew up near a...

Updated 08 May, 2024 09:35pm

Pakistan

Taliban deny Afghan bomber involved in deadly attack on Chinese dam engineers

KABUL: The Taliban defence ministry on Wednesday denied Pakistan’s allegations that Afghans were involved in an...

Updated 08 May, 2024 07:20pm

World

Top Afghan diplomat in India quits after $2mn gold smuggling reports

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s top diplomat in India resigned days after she was reportedly caught by airport authorities...

Published 05 May, 2024 03:59pm

World

Taliban plan regional energy trade hub with Russian oil in mind

KABUL: The Taliban has agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build a logistics hub in western Afghanistan aimed...

Published 02 May, 2024 03:01pm

World

Taliban join climate change talks for first time: organisers

KABUL: The Taliban government has entered its first talks with the United Nations, donors and non-governmental...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 07:40pm

Pakistan

CPJ calls on Taliban govt to drop plans to restrict Facebook access in Afghanistan

NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that the Taliban plans to restrict or block...

Published 10 Apr, 2024 02:16am

World

Taliban supreme leader urges Afghans to respect Sharia in Eid message

KABUL: Afghanistan’s supreme leader on Saturday urged Afghans to respect Sharia law and called for good relations...

Updated 06 Apr, 2024 07:31pm

World

Taliban govt urges Islamabad to show restraint over Afghan migrants

KABUL: Taliban authorities urged Pakistan on Thursday not to make a unilateral decision on repatriating Afghan...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 05:42pm

Pakistan

US asks Kabul to conduct itself responsibly

WASHINGTON: The United States of America has warned the Taliban to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven ...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Zardari sahib has the best teeth in town

“Do you know what is the overarching focus on our airwaves?” “Our fatalities on the 16 March attack by the...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

Pakistan

Pakistan carries out anti-terrorist operations inside Afghanistan, confirms FO

Afghanistan's defence ministry says its security forces targeted Pakistani troops at border in response to air strike

Updated 18 Mar, 2024 11:39pm

World

Drifting with purpose: sports car enthusiasts rally in Afghanistan

KABUL: Mechanic Zabiullah Momand revs his sports car engine outside his garage in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul before...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 05:10pm

World

Afghanistan envoys aim for future meetings with Taliban: UN

DOHA: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said international envoys to Afghanistan hope for...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Editorials

Unrealistic expectations

EDITORIAL: Islamabad would be disappointed that Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s trip to Kabul didn’t quite prove ...

Published 14 Jan, 2024 03:13am

Opinion

Maulana tries, and fails

For what it’s worth, Fazlur Rahman’s trip to Kabul has left me five hundred rupees richer. I bet with a...

Published 11 Jan, 2024 06:15am

Opinion

Senators drop a bombshell

Whatever the Senate of Pakistan did yesterday was expected, it is highly disappointing nevertheless. With the...

Published 06 Jan, 2024 05:17am

World

Taliban balk at UNSC plan for special Afghan envoy

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) plan for a...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 03:04am

World

‘Alone’: Afghan women fault West for lack of support

PARIS: Afghan activist Rita Safi has harsh words for western governments she said have failed to deliver on promises...

Updated 28 Dec, 2023 06:57am

Pakistan

Pakistan-deported Afghans waiting for US resettlement

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s deportation drive has repatriated scores of Afghans awaiting resettlement in the...

Updated 26 Dec, 2023 09:30pm

Pakistan

‘Secret talks with TTP’: FO squashes rumours

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Thursday categorically rejected reports about any alleged secret talks between the...

Published 15 Dec, 2023 03:12am

World

Taliban intelligence forces detain Afghan journalist

NEW YORK: The Taliban must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Abdul Rahim Mohammadi and stop...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am

World

UK defence ministry fined for Afghan data breach

LONDON: The UK defence ministry has been fined £350,000 ($440,000) for disclosing personal information of 265...

Published 13 Dec, 2023 11:36am

Editorials

‘Gender apartheid’?

EDITORIAL: One cannot help but agree with Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai that the Afghan government has imposed ...

Published 10 Dec, 2023 03:33am

Pakistan

Afghans who worked with Washington: US says wants to accelerate visa processing

ISLAMABAD: The United States has conveyed to Pakistan that it is actively exploring all possible options to...

Published 07 Dec, 2023 04:35am

Editorials

‘Stern message’ to Afghanistan

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s “stern message” to Afghanistan, that any further cross-border attacks would elicit a...

Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am

World

Afghanistan’s Taliban government slams lack of invite to COP28

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Thursday condemned a decision not to invite its representatives to the...

Published 30 Nov, 2023 07:23pm

Pakistan

Long wait for freedom: Afghan refugees in limbo in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Abdullah was a well-known public figure in Afghanistan, a journalist and university lecturer respected by...

Updated 30 Nov, 2023 10:09pm

Pakistan

Taliban minister raises issue of refugee assets

ISLAMABAD: The Taliban’s acting commerce minister met foreign minister in Islamabad this week, an Afghan embassy...

Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am

Opinion

Enough is enough

Enough is enough. The growing belligerence of the interim Afghan government had become intolerable, to say the ...

Published 12 Nov, 2023 03:14am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 16	5297.10
Nasdaq / May 16	16698.32
Dow Jones / May 16	39869.38
India Sensex / May 17	73946.83
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Hang Seng / May 17	19525.75
FTSE 100 / May 17	8430.62
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18692.83

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 16	210562
Petrol/Litre / May 17	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Diesel/Litre / May 17	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 17 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 17 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 17 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 17 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 17 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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