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Andleeb Abbas

Opinion

Role modelling values

Children do not follow what you say but what you do. What you value you emulate. Behaviour is the key to values...

Published 17 Jul, 2024 02:42am

Opinion

Don’t manage; coach them

Manage the crisis. Manage the budget. Manage the meeting. Manage the demand. All of this is the core of managing...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am

Opinion

A ship without the leader

Just a name. Just a designation. Just a title. Just a nobody. Imagine being in the highest seat and being powerless....

Published 04 Jul, 2024 06:38am

Opinion

Fear, fright, flight cultures

A team that was the most exciting cricket story in 2022 becomes a butt of jokes. A team that boasted of the most...

Published 26 Jun, 2024 03:15am

Opinion

Leadership crisis in the Muslim world

It is a massacre. It is a genocide. It is butchery. It is children. It is the new born. It is the unborn. Never has...

Updated 14 Jun, 2024 08:01am

Opinion

Clash of share values versus human values

It is a classic story. It is the good versus evil history. It is a fantasy. It is a script for a feel good movie. We...

Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:44am

Opinion

Race to view, to follow, to influence

IPads are for toddlers. A 10-month-old can scroll and choose his or her favourite cartoon. That maybe insane but...

Updated 30 May, 2024 06:55am

Opinion

From IMF to IT

Digital revolution. E-commerce. On line expansion. Artificial intelligence. This is what the world has been talking...

Updated 22 May, 2024 06:17am

Opinion

Protests, politics and the ‘un’-social media

The best way to control is to make people mindless. The best way to keep them mindless is to keep them illiterate...

Updated 15 May, 2024 06:34am

Opinion

No-cost expensive motivators

We have low attrition rates. Retention rates are high. These two claims by the top leaders of a company are big...

Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am

Opinion

Stirring up the soul, is it?

Is it déjà vu? Is it an illusion? Is it a knee-jerk? Is it real? Is it happening? These are all the questions that...

Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

Opinion

Reimagining corporate affairs

The outside department. The palm greasers. The scam controllers. The ghost busters. These were some informal...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am

Opinion

The blessed and the not-so-blessed economies

The world economy is in transition. The richest economies were exposed during Covid. Their might of resources was...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am

Opinion

Behind the glitter

It thrills but kills. They are people you love to hate but hate to leave. It is a fairy tale. It is a tragedy. It is...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am

Opinion

You are what you WhatsApp?

Letters are formal. Texts and chats are informal. Letters and emails are with a subject. Texts are boundaryless....

Updated 27 Mar, 2024 05:09am

Opinion

The big fat wedding business

OMG. Incredible. Astounding. Mindblowing. Stunning. Mesmerizing. And, you can go on and on with adjectives that...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Opinion

The half that matters

When you say it is your “better half”, but you treat it as the “worse half” the worst happens. Women are the...

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am

Opinion

What’s in a name?

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” This quotation by...

Published 06 Mar, 2024 04:18am

Opinion

Business strategy in downtimes

Business environment has been uncertain and unsure. That was to be. Any country before the elections is naturally...

Published 28 Feb, 2024 06:10am

Opinion

Change—accept, understand, adapt, grow

Depicting the glorious uncertainties of cricket, in a recent Test match between England and India, the first three...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

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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