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KSE-100 Pakistan Stock Exchange index
172,232.00
▲ up 830.00 points (+0.48%)
High 172,232Low 171,153
Aug 21Sep 24
US Dollar rupees per dollar Rs 277.50 +0.00% · rupee weaker
Gold Rs per tola Rs 453,936 -0.39% cheaper
Petrol Rs per litre Rs 390.12
Charts plot stored daily readings only; gaps are unrecorded days, not missing lines. Corroborated across two sources where available; last-good values held otherwise. Updated 2026-09-24 08:40:00 PKT.
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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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Petrol and Diesel Fall Again; Diesel Down Rs7.33 in Two Days
Petrol fell Rs1.93 to Rs390.12 a litre and high-speed diesel Rs4.21 to Rs414.75, the second consecutive daily cut. Diesel has come down Rs7.33 since Tuesday.
Gold at Rs453,936; KSE-100 Closed Wednesday at 172,232
Gold stands at Rs453,936 a tola, Rs1,800 below the rate reported yesterday morning. The KSE-100 closed Wednesday at 172,232.51, up 830.43 points, its second consecutive gain.
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