Pakistan Stock Market Trading Resumes After Fire Forces Halt
- Blaze broke out at main building in Karachi on Monday
- Suspension was to allow brokers to connect to backup servers
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Pakistan Stock Exchange resumed trading after being suspended for two hours as a fire broke out at the main building in Karachi on Monday morning.
There were no casualties and the fire has been contained, Farrukh Khan, Chief Executive Officer at Pakistan Stock Exchange said in a message. The stock market opened on time and then halted between 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. local time to allow brokers to connect to backup servers.