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Following a terrorist attack in Pahalgam and escalating tensions with India, Pakistan's stock market experienced a significant crash, with the KSE-100 index plummeting over 7,100 points.

Following India's sanctions after the Pahalgam terror incident, the Pakistan Stock Exchange plummeted, with the KSE-100 index dropping 2.12%. India halted the Indus Waters Treaty, closed the Wagah-Attari border, and revoked Pakistani citizens' visa privileges.

Pakistan stands at a crossroads. It can choose to embrace a future of amicable relations with India, or risk a repetition of the circumstances that led to the breakup of the nation

Trading at the Pakistan Stock Exchange was halted for an hour as the KSE-100 index plunged over 8,000 points, driven by US tariffs and fears of a global recession. Despite the halt, the PSX saw an additional 2,000-point drop, closing at 114,909.48 points, down 3.27%. Analysts attribute the sharp decline to panic selling amid economic uncertainty.

KSE 100 touched a low of 37,330.38 (intraday) as against Tuesday's closing value of 38,821.67, falling as much as 3.85 per cent. As of 12:59 pm (Pakistan time), the index was trading down 3.04 percent lower at 37,675.08.

Pakistani shares rose to a new life high in early trade on Thursday on optimism that former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan will help bring stability, dealers said.

Pakistan's stock exchange shed nearly 800 points on the KSE 100-index after Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in the US presidential elections. Many Pakistanis consider Trump as no friend of Muslims or Pakistan and fear his reckless policies could wreck the world markets.

Pakistan's stock market, the KSE-100 Index, reached a six-year high due to optimism surrounding the strengthening currency and its potential impact on easing inflation. The index rose by 0.9% to 50,673.04, with a gain of almost 10% this month, making it one of the top-performing global equity indexes. Despite facing challenges such as high inflation and low foreign exchange reserves, the stock market's rally is expected to continue with the upcoming national elections and finalizing a new IMF program.

PM Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced a 10 per cent “super tax” on large-scale industries like cement, steel and automobile, a move he said was aimed at tackling spiralling inflation and saving the cash-strapped country from going "bankrupt."

Pakistan's benchmark share index breaches 60,000, reaches all-time high of 60,500.61 points. Investors expect central bank's policy interest rate cut due to slowing inflation. Despite political and economic difficulties, index gains over 48% this year. Analysts believe market is welcoming staff level agreement for IMF funds. Market valuation remains attractive with KSE100 index trading at 4.5 times price-to-earnings multiple.

Pakistan’s markets totted up the highest single-day gain Monday following an International Monetary Fund (IMF) accord on a bailout for the cash-strapped nation, with the benchmark KSE (Karachi Stock Exchange) 100 index vaulting 2,400 points.

He may have become the butt of ridicule after he withdrew his planned Islamabad lockdown, but Imran Khan backing down yesterday made Pakistan stocks shoot up, Dunya News reported. The Pakistan Stock Exchange rose more than 1,400 points, single largest increase in the history of the stock market.

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was sold to a Chinese consortium that now holds a 40 per cent but the arrangement relationship seems to have hit its first real stumbling block with some brokers and members of the PSX opposing China's nomination of Richard Morin as managing director.

NEW DELHI: It’s official. Pak President Pervez Musharraf is the biggest bug bear for the Indian markets. Thanks to his Monday-night tough talk on TV, the Sensex closed down 97 points.

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