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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Our economic team in Washington

“Minister of Finance’s successful trip to Washington, DC…” “Why don’t you wait before passing judgement...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The difference between the Houses

“So what do you reckon is the difference between the House of the Bhutto Zardaris, the House of the Sharifs and ...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Looking at the West for the high moral ground

“I was so very disappointed!” “In what? That the bright, highly educated Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (SKA) is ...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Lawyers don’t have the charisma that politicians have

“So the dismemberment of the party of The Man Who Must Remain Nameless…” “One reality-check please: the more...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am

Opinion

Inflation: what the govt is doing wrong?

Inflation for the current year, so projected the then finance minister Ishaq Dar in his 9 June 2023 budget speech,...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A conspiracy theory

“Arsenic, arsenic, everywhere but never a drop for the needy.” “Excuse me? Arsenic as in needy.” “I am...

Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Social media rules the roost

“So what do you reckon? It’s out with the old, in with the new or old wine in new bottles?” “Tough one ...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 04:50am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Our system exacts a heavy price from spouses

“My question is why would anyone try to poison The Third Wife?” “She reckons some of you Khanzadehs are...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:56am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: You don’t give up on your children

“I find it absolutely baffling that in the event that a key slot becomes vacant there is hectic lobbying for the...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Unlike the Soviets, we have kingship here

“Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, analysts would rank individual Soviets in terms of their power and...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 04:38am

Opinion

Paradigm behind an ideal tax-to-GDP ratio

One point of commonality in all twenty-three International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes secured by Pakistan to ...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains

“We are a nation of naysayers or yaysayers.” “That’s fair right. You agree or disagree.” “One can...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 05:58am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Jefferson

“Why can’t we as a nation take a principled stand”? “That’s silly – since when did your principles ...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Honey bottle was tampered with?

“Nectar is food for the gods.” “Wow, have you crossed many, many, red lines.” “In ancient Greek and Roman...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 05:53am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Merit is the antonym of demerit

“Discuss merit and not…not…” “Demerit?” “Is that the opposite of merit? Merit is defined as value,...

Published 27 Mar, 2024 04:38am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar held a press conference with like-minded media

“So what do you reckon? Sp or Sa?” “I don’t get you! Sp as in sun protection cream or Sa as in music –...

Published 26 Mar, 2024 04:20am

Opinion

Pakistan and IMF

The second and final review of the nine-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Published 25 Mar, 2024 06:05am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar’s suits and his ties

“One can learn lessons from one’s predecessors.” “Agreed. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (SS) invited the...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: What about a ‘Lie Perception Index’?

“I have decided to launch my own survey company.” “Hmmm.” “Why the skepticism? I mean the work isn’t...

Published 22 Mar, 2024 04:57am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: In Pakistan, we do have royalty

“H and H have been vindicated.” “I am not sure about that, Her Highness the Princess of Wales doctored the...

Published 21 Mar, 2024 05:22am

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
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

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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