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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

The fault is not in our stars but in ourselves!

Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has consistently pledged implementation of all agreed reforms in the...

Published 30 Dec, 2024 06:21am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: PPP has a plate that may have biryani, but they want barbecue

“Battles, battles everywhere and ne’er a war to win.” “Isn’t Coleridge’s quote; water, water everywhere...

Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: We have assassinated two of our prime ministers – Liaquat Ali Khan and Benazir Bhutto

“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” “I believe this much quoted...

Published 26 Dec, 2024 06:11am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Sufism requires a way of life that few can afford today

“To be or not to be an elite.” “You crazy! We aren’t Sufis!” “That’s some reference! Sufism requires a...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

IMF and provincial governments

Three provincial chief ministers from three competing political parties – Punjab (PML-N), Sindh (PPP) and Khyber...

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 08:25am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: There is no gang of three in the West

“Whatever we are subjected to in childhood, we bestow on our children.” “A blanket statement from someone with...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 07:31am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: He has done a US-given pre-conditions for talks

“To talk or not to talk, that is the question!” “Much less of a dire narrative than Shakespeare’s to be or...

Published 20 Dec, 2024 02:43am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Which country started the First Daughter concept?

“So one US media giant is facing criticism for being duped by a man who claimed to be an inmate of the notorious...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: There are quite a few nasal deliverers amongst the current batch of federal ministers

“When you defend your performance against mounting criticism, what is the best approach?” “Hmmm go on the...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 06:37am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The concept of flow and stock

“There is the concept of flow and then there is the concept of stock.” “Yes, I know – the stock of energy...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 08:19am

Opinion

Lack of awareness of IMF conditions

Pakistan’s private sector elite in industry and the farm sectors, major non-institutional recipients of budgeted...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:42am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Ex’ is not an epithet; it’s a prefix

“Do we have an award with the title of Person of the Year?” “Well, we have other much coveted titles.” “For...

Updated 14 Dec, 2024 08:30am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Learn the difference between talking figuratively and…

“So I don’t get it - who lost his source of power.” “If you mean The Man Who Must Remain Nameless and...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Where is the retired Captain Safdar?

“It’s not easy to let power go.” “Not relevant in the Land of the Pure. Here it is essential to first...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 06:01am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Third Wife has more influence than the top party leadership appointed by the founder

The clash of the Titans. “Well, the US had been trying to get rid of the Assad dynasty for decades, not years,...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 07:20am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Once a terrorist always a terrorist

“It depends on the epithets you use.” “What?” “See you could be a rebel for some, terrorist for some and...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 06:13am

Opinion

Poor FBR performance

The monthly Economic Update and Outlook was uploaded on the Finance Division website on 28 November 2024 with the ...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:11am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Good news at inflation front

“A milestone was achieved.” “Indeed, inflation is the lowest in years…” “True, though economists reckon...

Updated 07 Dec, 2024 08:45am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar briefs diplomats

“Greedy for Portfolios, Samdhi (GPS) invited diplomats to inform them of the government’s narrative. My question...

Updated 06 Dec, 2024 08:32am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Urdu word trup can be translated as trump?

“Sometimes a word has different meanings in a different language.” “Okayyyyy.” “There is no need to take...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 06:47am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 20	278.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 20	278.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 20	156.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 20	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 20	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 20	77,231.09
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 20	38,932.72
Hang Seng / Jan 20	19,990.17
FTSE 100 / Jan 20	8,532.51
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 20	20,903.07

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 20	77.94
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 20	2,707.81
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 20	67.60
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	3.61 ▲ 0.91 (33.70%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.60 ▲ 1.00 (13.16%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 20 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.50 ▲ 0.97 (10.18%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 20 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	11.61 ▲ 1.06 (10.05%)
Loads Limited / Jan 20 Loads Limited(LOADS)	17 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
AKD Securities / Jan 20 AKD Securities Limited(AKDSL)	24.93 ▲ 2.27 (10.02%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 20 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	18.24 ▲ 1.66 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Jan 20 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	254.47 ▲ 23.13 (10.00%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jan 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.44 ▲ 4.86 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Hussain Industries / Jan 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	31.09 ▼ -3.45 (-9.99%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	334.01 ▼ -35.89 (-9.70%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 20 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.61 ▼ -0.44 (-8.71%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	38.04 ▼ -3.46 (-8.34%)
MithchellsFruit / Jan 20 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	279 ▼ -24.10 (-7.95%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	19.26 ▼ -1.62 (-7.76%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 20 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	11.80 ▼ -0.99 (-7.74%)
Service Textile / Jan 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	13.82 ▼ -1.16 (-7.74%)
Masood Textile / Jan 20 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	52.02 ▼ -4.22 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	101,934,297 ▼ -0.01
Lotte Chemical / Jan 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,408,954 ▲ 1.94
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	57,604,421 ▲ 0.91
Hub Power Co. / Jan 20 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,888,747 ▲ 0.70
Hascol Petrol / Jan 20 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,496,536 ▲ 0.17
Dewan Motors / Jan 20 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,438,701 ▲ 1.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 20 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,244,731 ▲ 7.71
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	19,741,577 ▲ 2.08
The Searle Co. / Jan 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	17,062,686 ▲ 4.29

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