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Andleeb Abbas

Opinion

Family-owned enterprises: a perspective

Behind the success of every small business is a family. This is largely true. “Behind the failure of most large...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am

Opinion

Multigenerational challenge—clash of the 4 titans

The infamous four distinct eras; B, X, Y and Z had too many styles, multi mood swings, egos at work, clashing views,...

Updated 07 Feb, 2024 06:15am

Opinion

Culture — the real advantage, the real challenge

There is energy around. This tension is suffocating. It feels kind of comfy. It smells of toxicity. They aim and it...

Updated 31 Jan, 2024 06:23am

Opinion

Humans are humans, not mere resources

Human Resource (HR) is it. HR is the most important resource. Human capital counts. Humans are the assets. Human...

Published 24 Jan, 2024 05:07am

Opinion

How online business ventures can help deal with unemployment challenge

Business closures, downsizing, joblessness, recession, industry decline, market saturation, shutdowns, ...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

Opinion

2024—Business winds and waves

Goodbye 2023. A year that was tentative, testing and turbulent. The world became more uncertain and businesses more...

Published 11 Jan, 2024 06:15am

Opinion

AI - the bank of tomorrow

It is 2030. Imagine walking down I.I. Chundrigar Road Karachi. Imagine what will you see? Imagine if banking becomes...

Updated 03 Jan, 2024 05:58am

Opinion

AI – impact on healthcare industry

Mention artificial intelligence (AI) and the reaction varies from blank to reluctant to frightened to downright...

Updated 27 Dec, 2023 05:41am

Opinion

AI technology—an industrial disruption explosion

IRobot was the famous Hollywood movie which was released in 2004. This movie examined the relationship between ...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

New corporate mantra–‘DEI or DIE’

“Strength lies in differences”. Stephen Covey. Agreed; why then are we always searching for similarities. We ...

Published 13 Dec, 2023 05:33am

Opinion

Leader’s dilemma: exclusivity versus inclusivity

The tremors of the post pandemic Covid shakeup are still reverberating in the corporate corridors. The world ...

Published 04 Dec, 2023 05:35am

Opinion

The priceless sovereignty

To be free but dependent. To be independent yet not free. To be unethical but legal. To be illegal yet democratic....

Published 04 Apr, 2022 05:38am

Opinion

Situation causes us much soul-searching

“Do not sell your soul in exchange for anything. This is the only thing that you have brought into this world and...

Published 28 Mar, 2022 05:29am

Opinion

The new world ‘disorder’

The more things change the more they are the same. Wrong? Should be, but unfortunately it is right. The fright of ...

Published 21 Mar, 2022 06:39am

Opinion

PM’s Russia visit

No. Yes. Maybe. Go. Cancel. Postpone. Why. Why not. What for. What not. These are some remarks/questions raised on...

Published 07 Mar, 2022 06:07am

Opinion

‘#SaveDaughtersOfSindh’

8th March. International Woman’s Day. That’s it. Just a day. In some parts of Pakistan not even a day. Those ...

Published 28 Feb, 2022 06:44am

Opinion

UnVeiled, UnMasked, UnPlugged Indian Hindutva

Alone. Hounded. Sledged. Mobbed. Harassed. Heckled. Jeered. Harrowed. Threatened. Sieged. Terrorized. And many more....

Published 21 Feb, 2022 07:25am

Opinion

PM’s China visit: a visit beyond extraordinary

Some visits matter. Some visits matter more. The latest visit of Pakistani Prime minister to China matters most. ...

Published 14 Feb, 2022 06:47am

Opinion

Global acclaim, local defame

Wonderful, Awful. Best, Worst. Developing, Destroying. Rising, falling. Good, bad. This is not a test of opposites ...

Published 07 Feb, 2022 05:22am

Opinion

Genocide in waiting

“Genocide is not an event but a process, and that there are early “signs and processes” of genocide in the...

Published 31 Jan, 2022 05:28am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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