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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: PM didn’t leave the PM House till judgement

“The Man Who Shall Remain Nameless did the honourable thing by resigning.” “Shall or Must?” “Shall is in...

Published 21 Jun, 2023 05:21am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Who’s Snow White in this scenario?

“I would like to know which group of people have not yet gone to the Lahore Corps Commander’s official residence...

Published 20 Jun, 2023 03:16am

Opinion

Residual thoughts on FY24 budget

The budget 2023-24 envisages 23.7 billion dollars of external borrowing – an amount premised on a rupee dollar...

Published 19 Jun, 2023 07:12am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Sharifs don’t read books?

“I want to set up a fund.” “What; like the Chief Justice Saqib Nisar Dam Fund?” “Hey get your facts right...

Published 17 Jun, 2023 06:13am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Chicken price rising since Dar landed back

“There is no one left out there but us chickens.” “Excuse me? I resent being referred to as a chicken, there...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Trump following the examples of our leaders

“Once you engage a lawyer whatever you say is guided by that person.” “I am impressed – you exhibited gender...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Man Who Shall Remain Nameless is Chairman of the cricket board

“The co-protagonists…” “Who do you mean?” “You are a member of the IPP!” “You mean Independent Power...

Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A down is always down the road

“Oooops.” “A suicide bomber…” “Hey that’s not a topic I want to discuss. I find it extremely ...

Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Budget: Will money come as budgeted?

The key question from an economic perspective is not whether the budget 2023-24 is pro-poor, pro-business,...

Updated 12 Jun, 2023 07:06am

Opinion

Full of sound and fury

An exercise in futility at best, extreme folly at worst, are the most appropriate epithets for the budget 2023-24...

Updated 10 Jun, 2023 01:05pm

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: But there is no revolving door with The Khan

“Oooops.” “It was the unkindest cut of all I tell you.” “Ali Zaidi and Imran Ismail at Tareen’s…but ...

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 06:46am

Opinion

What does Economic Survey lack?

Economic Survey 2022-23, unlike previous surveys, raises more questions of competence as opposed to credibility,...

Published 09 Jun, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: How do you define the end of the road?

“I welcome visionaries because at least they can see the end of the road.” “Where at least 230 million out of...

Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Finally, IMF bailout in sight?

“Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister, sees the International Monetary Fund deal materializing this month.”...

Published 07 Jun, 2023 06:05am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: School of lies

“There are three kinds of lies, lies, damned lies and statistics.” “I have heard that one, many times before,...

Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am

Opinion

China as our lender of the last resort

Administrations/researchers in the West have been accusing China of being an unforgiving lender to developing...

Published 05 Jun, 2023 03:27am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Indeed, a ‘suicide attack’

“It’s nothing short of a suicide attack.” “What are you referring to? You must narrow it down – I mean...

Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: It was a big belly to big belly embrace

“You gotta play your cards right in life.” “Agreed but sometime the cards that are dealt are not winning...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: ‘The lady doth protest too much, methinks’

“Why do you think the International Monetary Fund (IMF) referred to the country’s politics while saying that we...

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Sticks and stones may break my bones…

“So who is taking the decisions?” “On what subject?” “Really! You live in the Land of the Pure and you ...

Published 31 May, 2023 03:57am

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%)
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%)
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%)
GOC (Pak) / Jan 3 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	79.20 ▲ 7.20 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 3 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	200.37 ▲ 18.22 (10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 3 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	175.52 ▲ 15.96 (10.00%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jan 3 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	13.75 ▲ 1.25 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Frontier Ceram / Jan 3 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	31.28 ▼ -3.48 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 3 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	42.92 ▼ -4.77 (-10.00%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jan 3 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.81 ▼ -1.19 (-9.92%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 3 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37.21 ▼ -4.04 (-9.79%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jan 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	27.30 ▼ -2.57 (-8.60%)
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%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Jan 3 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.70 ▼ -0.30 (-7.50%)
Blessed Tex. / Jan 3 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.01 ▼ -23.96 (-7.37%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	89,478,727 ▲ 0.40
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,001,410 ▼ -0.02
Telecard Limited / Jan 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	61,073,411 ▼ -0.07
Cnergyico PK / Jan 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	52,175,076 ▼ -0.10
Fauji Cement / Jan 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	40,134,480 ▼ -2.09
B.O.Punjab / Jan 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	37,387,280 ▼ -0.02
Pak Elektron / Jan 3 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	33,998,434 ▲ 0.86
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 3 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	33,536,312 ▲ 0.38
Bank Makramah / Jan 3 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	29,968,307 ▲ 0.26

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