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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity

“Martin Luther King said nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious...

Published 21 Jul, 2023 06:38am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: PML-N supremo never ever learns from his mistakes

“So one folly over another.” “Hey you know the PML-N supremo never ever learns from his past mistakes. Hey...

Published 20 Jul, 2023 03:12am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Sycophancy is alive and well in Pakistan

“Nawaz Sharif, Nawaz, Nawaz Sharif…” “Three times a lady, an old song by Lionel Richie…” “Nawaz Sharif...

Published 18 Jul, 2023 05:51am

Opinion

Economic policy consensus: It’s not always a good thing

There are two sides to a coin as they are to any argument – be it the result of informed debate and subsequent...

Published 17 Jul, 2023 03:47am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Slow fires they say smoulder for a long time

“There is an urgent need to table and approve a new law by parliament within 24 hours… I mean no delays and...

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Lies, damned lies and statistics

“You heard the quote - there are lies, lies and then there are statistics.” “Hey I am not Nawaz Sharif who ...

Published 14 Jul, 2023 06:23am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A picture of Nawaz Sharif with his nephews

“The fault lies with climate change.” “Well you can’t deny it – I mean the scale of losses due to floods...

Published 13 Jul, 2023 04:50am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A beleaguered economy

“Sad that!” “What? The state of the economy? The fact that simply getting a Fund program is the narrative, a...

Published 12 Jul, 2023 06:39am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: IMF’s rare contact

“Okaaay.” “What brought on that long drawn out sigh?” “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) contacted all...

Updated 11 Jul, 2023 07:29am

Opinion

Call a spade a spade

The refrain from the Prime Minister’s office prior to 23 June 2023 that all International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Updated 10 Jul, 2023 07:31am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘The Man Without A Portfolio’

“OK so what’s new?” “I heard someone is going to join the ranks of The Man Without A Portfolio.” “What...

Published 08 Jul, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS:‘The Pakistani Gang of Four’

“The air waves are inundated with the Panama papers these days.” “Indeed, I reckon to smooth the path towards...

Published 07 Jul, 2023 05:24am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Protocol has a range

“How will you define an elite?” “Someone with money and power – the one without the other is not an ...

Published 06 Jul, 2023 05:42am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Story of ain

“Is there any ain Arif Alvi?” “I understand that ain, the twenty fourth letter of the Urdu alphabet, in any...

Published 05 Jul, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A job badly done

“So what do you call someone who elicits spirited defense for a job extremely badly done?” “I am not sure, two...

Published 04 Jul, 2023 05:07am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: There’s no lame duck in Pakistan

“There is no lame duck in the Land of the Pure, you reckon but the Man Who Shall Remain Nameless is…” “Down...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am

Opinion

‘Plan B’: not an alternate to ‘Plan A’

‘Plan B’ was announced amid much fanfare, backed by the civilian administration (federal and provincial) and...

Published 26 Jun, 2023 06:38am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: An animal is not necessarily neutral

“Can you define lame duck?” “Good heavens what-ever for? It’s a concept that is alien in our part of the...

Published 24 Jun, 2023 06:02am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A long rigmarole about ‘Plan B’

“Plan B is really Plan A and Plan A is really Plan B.” “So saith the Pharmacist, the Great Defender of Plan...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Fox is a symbol of deception

“Uh oh.” “I agree. A camel is a horse designed by a committee…” “And three committees will be set up, so...

Published 22 Jun, 2023 05:45am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 3	278.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 3	27,843
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 3	157.28
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 3	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 3	1.03

Stock	Volume
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	39,894.54
S&P 500 / Jan 2	5,868.55
Nasdaq / Jan 2	19,280.79
Dow Jones / Jan 2	42,392.27
India Sensex / Jan 3	79,739.02
Hang Seng / Jan 3	19,713.10
FTSE 100 / Jan 3	8,250.97
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 3	19,945.18

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 2	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 2	242,888.30
Petrol/Litre / Jan 3	252.66
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 3	73.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 3	2,657
Diesel/Litre / Jan 3	258.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Power / Jan 3 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	6.87 ▲ 1.00 (17.04%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 3 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.60 ▲ 0.80 (11.76%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jan 3 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	3.20 ▲ 0.30 (10.34%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jan 3 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	28 ▲ 2.55 (10.02%)
Hussain Industries / Jan 3 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	29.44 ▲ 2.68 (10.01%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Jan 3 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	692.63 ▲ 62.97 (10.00%)
Arpak Int. / Jan 3 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	76.89 ▲ 6.99 (10.00%)
Chakwal Spinning / Jan 3 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	79.30 ▲ 7.21 (10.00%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 3 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	52.46 ▲ 4.77 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Frontier Ceram / Jan 3 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	31.28 ▼ -3.48 (-10.01%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jan 3 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.81 ▼ -1.19 (-9.92%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jan 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	27.30 ▼ -2.57 (-8.60%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	72.60 ▼ -6.60 (-8.33%)
Khalid Siraj / Jan 3 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.12 ▼ -0.71 (-8.04%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jan 3 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	32.01 ▼ -2.72 (-7.83%)
Habib Ins. / Jan 3 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	9.01 ▼ -0.76 (-7.78%)
Blessed Tex. / Jan 3 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.01 ▼ -23.96 (-7.37%)
Pak Paper Prod / Jan 3 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	168.20 ▼ -13.18 (-7.27%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	89,478,727 ▲ 0.22
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,001,410 ▼ -0.02
Telecard Limited / Jan 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	61,073,411 ▼ -0.12
Cnergyico PK / Jan 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	52,175,076 ▼ -0.16
Fauji Cement / Jan 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	44,048,634 ▼ -2.21
B.O.Punjab / Jan 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	37,387,280 ▼ -0.04
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 3 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	36,470,979 ▲ 0.35
Pak Elektron / Jan 3 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	33,998,434 ▲ 1.15
Bank Makramah / Jan 3 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	30,840,365 ▲ 0.24

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