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KSE-100 Pakistan Stock Exchange index
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US Dollar rupees per dollar Rs 277.05 +0.00% · rupee weaker
Gold Rs per tola Rs 424,536 -3.30% cheaper
Petrol Rs per litre Rs 377.71
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Pakistani Among Injured as Dammam Airport and Shaybah Hit
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Opinion · Intellectual Voices
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The Word That Was Dropped
On 21 September the government said it had struck "the border region". On 24 September it said it had struck 10 locations in Afghanistan. Nothing was debated in between. A column on a two-word change that nobody voted for.
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Two Traders
The FBR offered shopkeepers a one-page return, no audit, no machine and one per cent of turnover. Two traders who were not already filing signed up. A column on what that result actually proves.
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As and When Needed
On 16 September Pakistan told the Security Council it would respond in self-defence as and when needed. On 18 September fifteen policemen were killed in Kohat. By the 21st, aircraft were over the border area. A column on a doctrine executed within five days.
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Four and Six
Two children, aged four and six, were taken from a house in Lahore with their father on Monday morning and later found safe. A thousand containers of food are rotting outside Rawalpindi. A column on who pays for a political confrontation.
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KSE-100 Closed Friday Down Another 1,549 Points
The index ended the week at 162,374.87, down 1,549.44 points, taking the two-session fall past 3,500 points.
Diesel Rises Again as Petrol Holds, Gap Hits Rs15.95
Diesel rose Rs1.91 to Rs393.66 a litre while petrol stayed at Rs377.71, opening the widest gap recorded.
