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Andleeb Abbas

Opinion

Pseudo literacy trap

Educated illiterate. Uneducated literate. Call it whatever it is this unnoticed cadre that has added chaos and ...

Published 05 Apr, 2021 03:56am

Opinion

Security without humanity

“Shocking how little has been done to avert an entirely predictable catastrophic moral failure,” said Director...

Published 29 Mar, 2021 06:05am

Opinion

Royal obsession

What was the biggest superhit melodrama in media? The Crown, No. Meray Pass Tum ho part 2, No. Bridgertons, No. It...

Published 22 Mar, 2021 04:18am

Opinion

Recrafting and Redrafting leadership

Foxy, wily and cunning. These are the sought after, admired, applauded, garlanded, aspired qualities to be a “role...

Published 15 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Opinion

Saviours of corruption

SOS. Save our Souls, No. Rather, Sell our Souls. That is the current status of the horse and cattle show in the...

Published 08 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Opinion

The ‘Pawri’ diplomacy

The “almost” blasphemous has happened. An Indian music composer Yashraj Mukhate gave music to the Pakistani...

Published 01 Mar, 2021 06:13am

Opinion

Electoral human trafficking

Human trafficking is a heinous crime. This is buying and selling of humans for illicit purposes of slavery or...

Published 22 Feb, 2021 04:25am

Opinion

Plugging off farmers, celebrities and sundry

Farmers’ protest is unplugged. So how will India unplug something that is already unplugged. Traditionally, the...

Published 15 Feb, 2021 04:53am

Opinion

‘Landed’ robber barons

Land is money. Land is power. Land is control. Land is status. Land is addiction. Owning land is perhaps the biggest...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

Opinion

Linguistic arrogance

Language is the mirror of a culture. Language is heritage. Language is literacy. Language is progress. Language is ...

Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:39am

Opinion

GoswamiGate opens

A careless moment. A reckless statement. A slip of the text. A step too soon. A pre-mature celebration. Call it what...

Published 25 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Opinion

Trumped, twittered and mobbed

The expected happened. Donald Trump’s trumpet of fighting till the end was literal and real. For most people in ...

Published 18 Jan, 2021 04:10am

Opinion

All unquiet on the western front

Deserted. Quiet. Forlorn. From London to New York Christmas and new year were painfully silent. These two occasions...

Published 11 Jan, 2021 02:58am

Opinion

Speechless conversations

Silence speaks. Non-verbal communicates. Words deceive. Expressions give away. Eyes talk. How many times have we ...

Updated 04 Jan, 2021 03:13am

Opinion

‘Referendum’ lost?

It is a referendum. It is the ultimate ultimatum. It is the decider. It is do or die. These are some of the slogans...

Published 28 Dec, 2020 02:51am

Opinion

News, lies and IndianLeaks

To cover a lie, falsify the roots. The web of fake news is “almost” real. Fraud appears to be authentic....

Updated 21 Dec, 2020 03:16am

Opinion

The real trials begin

The great day arrives. Vaccines are approved. Rollout starts as we write. A big sigh of relief. A ray of hope. All...

Published 14 Dec, 2020 02:49am

Opinion

Desperate and deadly

It is do or die. Rather do and die. After coronavirus, 'Trump virus' has reached Pakistan. Coronavirus does not...

Published 07 Dec, 2020 03:11am

Opinion

Reality that bites India

In the largest democracy in the world, autocracy flourishes. Known as Modi's India it has become a one-man show. A...

Updated 30 Nov, 2020 03:57am

Opinion

Voice of the vote

Rigged. Stolen. Cheated. Conspired. Pre and post-election such adjectives are common, by losers. From the remote...

Published 23 Nov, 2020 02:52am

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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