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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Let’s plead with the Powers That Be: give talks a chance…’

“Two press conferences, and there was many a similarity.” “Well you know the life-long party heads brook no...

Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: PTI protesters hiding in hospitals?

“The case of the disappearance of Gandapur.” “Indeed, the way the airwaves are focused on his disappearance...

Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:03am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘I see you are enamoured of the Trenchman’

“I have another proverb for you: jack of all trades and master of none – does it relate to the people of the ...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 06:26am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Too much and too early

“I have come to the conclusion that proverbs are regional, if not country specific.” “Really, and this...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Opinion

Is de-dollarisation on the move?

This is the second of a two-part series on de-dollarisation. President Richard Nixon’s treasury secretary John...

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 08:24am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Biden backpedals

“So Biden, now unambiguously a lame-duck president, said the US is in discussions with Israel on potential strikes...

Published 05 Oct, 2024 06:43am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The ME is smouldering

“Uh oh.” “I reckon it’s much more than an uh oh moment. The Middle East is smouldering, but you know I don’t see the...

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:18am

Opinion

Is de-dollarisation on the move

**This is the first of a two-part series on de-dollarisation. An exclusive report carried by Business Recorder...

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 08:09am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Freud’s theory was that group therapy can be successful

“I want to give some advice.” “There is no one here but us chickens, and we cluck and can’t absorb...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am

Opinion

In-house instead of out-house reforms

Pakistan has received the most International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes (23 to date) than any other country in...

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 07:31am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The contest between two deputy prime ministers

“So the visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister said we should resist pressure from the West like New Delhi.”...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: COA will be replaced with COD?

“Success has many fathers, so stated Irfan Siddiqui from the Nawala group, but failure is an orphan.” “Oh?...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: South Asians are extremely sensitive people

“One has to give due credit to those who teach journalism.” “Right, but their teachings fall by the wayside...

Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am

Opinion

Fact-check on PML-N claim

The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, labelled delays in the International Monetary Fund’s...

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 07:46am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Parliament is supreme on paper?

“I think there is a need to distinguish between an outright war and a war of words.” “Sticks and stones may...

Updated 14 Sep, 2024 07:56am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Khawaja abandoned his narrative of the day before

“There are some narratives that are so flawed that I can’t understand why they not only continue but gain momentum.”...

Updated 13 Sep, 2024 07:59am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘I am ideologically on the same side as Harris…’

“I saw the Harris-Trump debate, and you know I don’t quite agree with the analysis by one major US news...

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The low-hanging fruit were the PTI parliamentarians

“What’s your take on all this?” “Well, the rats are away and the…” “Rats? It’s more like playing cops and robbers,...

Updated 11 Sep, 2024 08:24am

Opinion

An intriguing televised address

Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, in a televised address to the nation this Tuesday past claimed that the...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 07:59am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Comparisons must not be between apples and oranges

“I would like to give a few examples and then…” “Relating to?” “Relating to restive provinces in a...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

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

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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