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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Sanitizers and our MPs

“I would like to know if sanitizers are provided to our parliamentarians at the tax payers’ expense or they buy...

Published 18 Jun, 2021 04:16am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The longest running series

“Reminded me of the sit-com Orange is the New Black.” “Orange is the New Black is not a situation comedy –...

Published 17 Jun, 2021 03:27am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Ganging up against China

"So what's up with the G-7?" "Ganging up against China!" "Hmmm, so Biden is doing a Trump!" "Well, he is doing a...

Published 16 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: New govt in Israel: there’s been no horse-trading

“Netanyahu is out after 12 years…” “Yes, but the new government has been formed with a razor thin majority...

Published 15 Jun, 2021 03:30am

Opinion

FY22 budget: a work in progress

The budget 2020-21 is, at best, a work in progress - more so than previous budgets reliant on an over dose of...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Budget 2021-22

Extremely generous Eidi?

The budget 2021-22 can best be described as an extremely generous Eidi to the people of this country: 10 percent...

Updated 12 Jun, 2021 01:43pm

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The fault always lies with previous govts

“Third down…” “Hey back off, true that The Khan’s third year is about to be completed but the fault lies...

Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am

Growth versus inclusive growth

The Economic Survey, a document presented with much fanfare by the finance minister a day before the budget speech,...

Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Mafiaistan’

“So what is the unifier in the Land of the Very Pure?” “Don’t be facetious…” “About what?”...

Published 10 Jun, 2021 03:22am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Heirlooms?

"Speaking of substitutes and complements you would advise The Perennial Confrontationist (TPC) to not act as a...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Bilawal and his dad complement each other

“In economics the concept of complement and substitute are very important.” “And that would interest me...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

Opinion

Is economic thinking changing for the better?

Pakistan is currently on its twenty third International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and faces the most stringent...

Published 07 Jun, 2021 03:34am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: It’s not cricket!

“They are playing tennis…”

Updated 06 Jun, 2021 03:47am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Some tricky relationships

“If you are not the top honcho in a Pakistani political party you have to run with the hare and hunt with the...

Published 04 Jun, 2021 05:06am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Nearly 4pc GDP growth no joke

“So why in the world doesn’t the opposition put up or shut up? A 3.94 percent growth rate during a pandemic year...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Neither Triple X nor Triple H

“The LLL of the PML-N…”

Published 02 Jun, 2021 04:29am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: What's dangerous?

"Too much exposure is dangerous..." "Agreed, too much exposure to the sun is a known cause of skin cancer."...

Published 01 Jun, 2021 04:59am

Opinion

The growth rate controversy

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has claimed Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 3.94 percent in the...

Published 31 May, 2021 03:12am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A frog or a toad?

"Yaaaay."

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Khiraaj-e-Tehseen’

“Yet another victory, I say!”

Updated 28 May, 2021 05:06am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 10	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 10	278.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 10	158.39
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 10	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 10	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 10	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 9	5,918.25
Nasdaq / Jan 9	19,478.88
Dow Jones / Jan 9	42,635.20
India Sensex / Jan 10	77,645.98
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 10	39,265.97
Hang Seng / Jan 10	19,069.63
FTSE 100 / Jan 10	8,317.44
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 10	20,333.83

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 9	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 9	237,483
Petrol/Litre / Jan 10	252.66
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 10	74.32
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 10	2,674.40
Diesel/Litre / Jan 10	258.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd / Jan 10 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	8.34 ▲ 1.00 (13.62%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 10 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.67 ▲ 0.89 (11.44%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 10 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	8.76 ▲ 0.88 (11.17%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jan 10 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.22 ▲ 0.22 (11.00%)
Sakrand Sugar / Jan 10 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.27 ▲ 1.12 (10.04%)
Dadex Eternit / Jan 10 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	70.40 ▲ 6.40 (10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 10 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	137.50 ▲ 12.50 (10.00%)
Mehmood Tex / Jan 10 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	658.91 ▲ 59.90 (10.00%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 10 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	11.47 ▲ 1.04 (9.97%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 10 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.52 ▼ -0.67 (-10.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 10 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	8.47 ▼ -1.00 (-10.56%)
JS Mom. Factor ETF / Jan 10 JS Momentum Factor ETF(JSMFETF)	13.42 ▼ -1.58 (-10.53%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 10 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	144.61 ▼ -16.07 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 10 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	32.40 ▼ -3.60 (-10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 10 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	126.67 ▼ -14.07 (-10.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.85 ▼ -7.09 (-9.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 10 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	55.40 ▼ -6.15 (-9.99%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jan 10 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	11 ▼ -1.20 (-9.84%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	195,296,323 ▼ -0.06
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 10 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	48,682,503 ▼ -0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 10 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,460,848 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 10 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	31,825,296 ▲ 0.77
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 10 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	23,629,459 ▲ 0.34
Pak Elektron / Jan 10 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	23,144,464 ▲ 1.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 10 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	19,944,268 ▼ -0.24
Air Link Com. / Jan 10 Air Link Communication Limited(AIRLINK)	15,918,682 ▼ -5.65
B.O.Punjab / Jan 10 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	15,645,082 ▲ 0.01

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