KARACHI: After bearish trend gripped the stocks market for the whole week, the KSE 100-Index took a fantastic start on Friday by gaining 994.58 points to 28,769.01, recording a positive change of 3.58 percent in early trading of the morning session.
Political deadlock still prevails in the capital city due to sit-ins by Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri. However, lodging of an FIR against Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and reportedly making of COAS Raheel Sharif as a ‘mediator’ by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to end political crisis eased the panic at the market.