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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Belief is extremely partisan concept

“So who do you believe?” “I reckon belief is an extremely partisan concept - I don’t think the Khanzadehs...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

Opinion

Domestic and foreign savings: Government must cease reliance

National savings rate is an important indicator of an economy’s financial health, and its identity with investment...

Published 29 May, 2023 04:27am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Beware the Ides of March’

“I am sad.” “Is it the 9 May…” “Nope but speaking of the month of May, Shakespeare warned of the ides of...

Updated 27 May, 2023 07:16am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: We all do what our conscience dictates?

“Conscience is good and bad and…” “OK so not an animal thingy.” “Hey this is neither the time nor the...

Published 26 May, 2023 06:48am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Murshed always trumps the guided

“The Khan’s twitter account is increasingly in Urdu instead of English.” “Hmmm, that’s because reportedly...

Published 25 May, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Crazy glue or super glue’

“The Khan can dump The Man with the Plane, he can dump The Man on whom he bestowed a senatorship against quite a...

Published 24 May, 2023 05:57am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Offering arguments in favour of IK, NS, SS, NMN

“I am not an apologist for The Khan but…” “Stop right there – my experience is whenever anyway distances...

Published 23 May, 2023 06:14am

Opinion

Let next elected govt present budget

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, unconditionally backed by Nawaz Sharif, the party supremo, as well as by Prime Minister...

Published 22 May, 2023 06:23am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Khan has lost the battle

“Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone is an English proverb…” “Stop right there. The...

Updated 20 May, 2023 06:26am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: There’s a need for dialogue now

“Dialogue and not monologue is what is needed.” “Well both sides are engaged in monologues – and government...

Published 19 May, 2023 06:17am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Political workers must not be tried under Army Act

“I see the same pattern.” “What pattern? Disclaiming responsibility by a party head, and for good measure...

Published 18 May, 2023 06:10am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Spiritual guidance is person specific

“I always thought we are a nation that believes in getting a second opinion.” “My mother was diagnosed with...

Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Einstein’s theory doesn’t explain the black hole

“The theory of relativity is close to the hearts of the people of the Land of the Pure.” “Well I for one...

Published 16 May, 2023 03:23am

Opinion

Dwindling forex reserves and bravado

Consumer Price Index rose to 36.4 percent in April - a rise of one percent from March 2023, 23.7 percent from March...

Updated 15 May, 2023 08:15am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A chocolate chip cookie reminds me of the Khan

“Such bravado!” “Indeed, bravado outside and silence bordering on cowardice inside!” “Ha ha, that’s the...

Updated 13 May, 2023 06:33am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Sunak’s interesting take

“Rishi Sunak, the accidental UK Prime Minister, stated that UK is carefully monitoring the situation in...

Published 12 May, 2023 05:59am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A performance analysis of murshids

“Why are you shaking your head? It’s not as if former heads of government have never been arrested.” “Yes...

Published 11 May, 2023 05:54am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The unfortunate IK-army spat

“So The Khan says he tried to nominate the army officer in he FIR who he suspected of being behind the attempt on...

Published 10 May, 2023 06:03am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: It’s not what you say in this country that matters it’s who says it

“Ooopsy daisy.” “There are too many ooopsy daisy moments in this country today so you will have to narrow it...

Published 09 May, 2023 05:37am

Opinion

The budget 2023-24

The government’s negotiators are citing the pending International Monetary Fund (IMF) ninth review as well as the...

Published 08 May, 2023 06:40am

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)	3.23 ▲ 0.33 (11.38%)
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%)
Blessed Tex. / Jan 3 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.01 ▼ -23.96 (-7.37%)
Pak Paper Prod / Jan 3 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	168.19 ▼ -13.19 (-7.27%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Jan 3 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	72.20 ▼ -5.60 (-7.20%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	89,478,727 ▲ 0.28
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 ▼ -0.17
Fauji Cement / Jan 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	43,979,288 ▼ -2.22
B.O.Punjab / Jan 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	37,387,280 ▼ -0.04
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 3 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	36,250,979 ▲ 0.34
Pak Elektron / Jan 3 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	33,998,434 ▲ 1.25
Bank Makramah / Jan 3 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	30,745,857 ▲ 0.25

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