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Andleeb Abbas

Opinion

Glorifiers of criminality

Human rights. Freedom of expression. Democracy. These are the cleverest labels for crafting false as true and vice...

Published 24 Jan, 2022 06:50am

Opinion

Hope glimmering through

2021 was tough. Virus became devious and devastating. Inflation sky-rocketed. Production was patchy. Unrest was...

Published 17 Jan, 2022 07:06am

Opinion

The echo of truth

“If 100 of us are ready to kill two million of them (Muslims), then we will win and make India a Hindu nation,”...

Published 03 Jan, 2022 06:42am

Opinion

Extraordinary, it has to be

The Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers on the “Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan”...

Published 27 Dec, 2021 06:45am

Opinion

VIP ‘criminals’

7 stars. C-Suite. Executive rooms. No, we are not talking about Royal Hyatt or Royal Crown hotels, we are talking...

Published 20 Dec, 2021 06:29am

Opinion

Ashamed

What has happened in Sialkot is simply beyond words. It is a ruthless, human-less example of using, abusing, and...

Published 13 Dec, 2021 06:45am

Opinion

Video leaks

Breaking. Videos. Affidavit. Notary stamps. Texts. Audio calls. Exposé. Communication these days is based on all...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:19am

Opinion

Beyond the game

The team that lost, won. The accolades just kept on coming. The story engaged. The visuals amazed. The conduct awed....

Published 22 Nov, 2021 05:31am

Opinion

Pakistan — leading in the crisis

A once a century event. A literal stunner. A killer. A devastator. Economies crumbled. Humans decimated. Governments...

Published 15 Nov, 2021 04:55am

Opinion

Rubbishing the earth

COP26 is the big meet. To save the planet. To make new promises. To sign new protocols. To handle the crisis. To...

Published 08 Nov, 2021 05:19am

Opinion

Why Afghanistan matters even more

Exit and forget. Escape and regret. These are the two modes and moods many countries are conducting themselves...

Published 01 Nov, 2021 05:02am

Opinion

'Shortage economy'

Oil prices spiraling. Gas disappearing. Coal burning. Freight hiking. Trucks overloading. Flights cancelling. ...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 05:33am

Opinion

The untreated pandemic

Frozen. Stalled. Broken down. Hazed. Fogged. Jammed. We are neither talking about the car engine nor the weather; we...

Published 18 Oct, 2021 04:42am

Opinion

The leaking 'Pandora's box'

The myth of Pandora is a virtual reality. In Greek mythology, Lady Pandora out of curiosity opened a container left...

Published 11 Oct, 2021 04:32am

Opinion

A special UNGA session

Come September, Come UNGA. The big gathering. Leaders speak. Diplomats meet. Global agenda is set. Challenges are...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 05:56am

Opinion

Intelligence without 'intelligence'

Imagine being smart but dumb. Imagine being visionary but blind. Imagine being intelligent but clueless. That is how...

Published 27 Sep, 2021 05:51am

Opinion

Cyber terrorism by India

Warnings. Threats. Deaths. Murders. Terror. For daring to speak against religion? Almost 9 out of 10 people would...

Published 20 Sep, 2021 05:23am

Opinion

The real weapons of mass destruction

Sorry, wrong number. That is exactly what Tony Blair said when confronted with the Chilcot report on going into a ...

Published 13 Sep, 2021 05:46am

Opinion

Colours of discrimination

Sometimes red, and sometimes grey, it is all on merit, that is what they say. Seriously. Probably Not. Like it or ...

Published 06 Sep, 2021 06:14am

Opinion

'As You Like It'

This timeless quotation from a famous Shakespearean play has been taken literally by residents of this world. The...

Published 30 Aug, 2021 06:57am

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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