News stories for Anjum Ibrahim

Partly Facetious : Who's not home-grown?

"So who do you reckon was the best finance minister we have had?"

Updated 19 Sep, 2019 08:40am

Partly Facetious: The First Nephew

"I reckon it's harder to be number two than to be number one."

Updated 18 Sep, 2019 08:10am

Partly Facetious : Star-studded Muzaffarabad jalsa

"I have one suggestion for one person who participated in the star-studded jalsa in Muzaffarabad - the jalsa convened to express solidarity with the Kashmiris in India."

Updated 19 Sep, 2019 09:42am

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Prime Minister Imran Khan's farm policy announced by Jehangir Tareen flanked by the relevant minister is to increase output through raising the yield per hectare, considerably lower than in India, while his signature poverty alleviation programme envisage

Updated 16 Sep, 2019 07:33am

Partly Facetious : Houses for the homeless

"Welcome to Pakistan, the Medina ki riyasat (Medina administration) and our Prime Minister Imran Khan reckons such a riyasat can be defined as free facilities like education, health and cash support for the unemployed as provided by Western countries..."

Updated 14 Sep, 2019 09:19am

Partly Facetious : Plan B could be a U-turn

"Tell me about Plan b."

Updated 13 Sep, 2019 08:08am

Partly Facetious : Most pressing issue facing the economic team

"So what do you reckon is the most pressing issue facing the economic team??"

Updated 12 Sep, 2019 07:51am

Partly Facetious : The England of yesteryears

"Sometimes I wonder whether the England of today is the same as the England of yesteryear."

Published 06 Sep, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : PM must start reading files

"It was a slap on the face of some Khanzadehs."

Published 05 Sep, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Similarities between IK & Trump

"The Khan is acquiring characteristics common to Trump."

Published 04 Sep, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Even NS has dedicated support

"There is much in common between Trump and The Khan."

Published 03 Sep, 2019 12:00am

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Data mining

Data mining by governments is not unusual however Pakistani administrations, and to be more precise Pakistani finance ministers, have routinely engaged in this exercise - some considerably more than others.

Published 02 Sep, 2019 12:00am

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Partly Facetious: They deserve what?

"Joint Secretary Ministry of Energy and Deputy Managing Director Pakistan State Oil must be given a medal of...of..."

Updated 31 Aug, 2019 08:53am

Partly Facetious : IK grappling with cabinet colleagues

"I no longer subscribe to the view that an honest chief executive would clean the stables."

Published 30 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Understating budget deficit

"I reckon Hafeez Sheikh has surpassed his previous record."

Published 29 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: The Khan was extremely upset

"The Khan has two obsessions and the fault lies with Nawaz Sharif."

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Who is Top Cat?

"I have always liked FC who, granted, regards himself as TC..."

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:00am

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Good news though a bit adulterated

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff-level agreement was reached with Pakistani authorities on 12 May 2019, a Sunday. By Thursday 16 May the State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP's) Governor, appointed only a week before on 4 May, whose appointment is the

Published 26 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : 'Twitter is not for the lazy...'

"The most active federal minister is Shah Mehmud Qureshi."

Published 24 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : What does 'on condition of anonymity' constitute?

"But you know he is kind of lazy and..."

Published 23 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 31	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 31	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 31	156.20
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 31	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 31	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 30	5,906.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 30	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Dec 30	19,486.79
Dow Jones / Dec 30	42,573.73
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 30	19,909.14
India Sensex / Dec 31	78,017.14
Hang Seng / Dec 31	20,059.95
FTSE 100 / Dec 31	8,125.32

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 30	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 30	241,430.80
Petrol/Litre / Dec 31	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 31	71.59
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 31	2,605.88
Diesel/Litre / Dec 31	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Hira Textile / Dec 31 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	3.75 ▲ 0.45 (13.64%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 31 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	8.33 ▲ 1.00 (13.64%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Dec 31 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.88 ▲ 0.88 (12.57%)
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	9.38 ▲ 1.00 (11.93%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 31 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.47 (11.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 31 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1.00 (11.12%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 31 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 31 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	39.33 ▲ 3.58 (10.01%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	65.45 ▲ 5.95 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 31 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.12 ▼ -0.98 (-16.07%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 31 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	7.60 ▼ -0.90 (-10.59%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 31 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	30.76 ▼ -3.42 (-10.01%)
Frontier Ceram / Dec 31 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	42.91 ▼ -4.77 (-10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Dec 31 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	78.50 ▼ -8.72 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Dec 31 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	203.81 ▼ -22.65 (-10.00%)
Noon Sugar / Dec 31 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	81.31 ▼ -9.03 (-10.00%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Dec 31 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	425.82 ▼ -47.31 (-10.00%)
Gammon Pak / Dec 31 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	45.59 ▼ -5.06 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	212,308,919 ▲ 0.42
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	111,551,930 ▼ -0.05
B.O.Punjab / Dec 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	84,182,656 ▲ 0.28
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 31 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	66,177,767 ▲ 1.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 31 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	55,597,038 ▲ 0.69
Pak Refinery / Dec 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	50,017,805 ▲ 3.54
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 31 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	48,777,302 ▼ -0.02
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	45,320,218 ▲ 0.24
Pak Elektron / Dec 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	36,348,761 ▼ -0.91

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