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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Miftah Ismail is the new Shabbar Zaidi?

“Prime Minister and his band of merry cabinet members are off to China and I think this may be an appropriate time...

Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:41am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Prosecution’s cases are falling by the wayside’

“So the same o same o.” “Yep, but there is one major change.” “Oh, that a former president of the US has...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Opinion

Budget: govt between a rock and a hard place

Contrary to earlier reports that the budget for next fiscal year will be presented to parliament on the 7June it is...

Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Black sheep in English means someone who has done something bad…

“What’s the difference between a black goat and a black bumblebee?” “For your information, there are black...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Maneka’s claim

“I hear Greedy for Portfolios Samdhi (GPS) has his heart set on it.” “He ain’t getting the Finance Ministry...

Published 31 May, 2024 06:58am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘She should fire her tailor’

“So tell me why was the notification for a countrywide holiday on 28 May so late in the coming. I mean, it was well...

Updated 30 May, 2024 06:51am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Countrywide tree-plantation is a must

“We are resilient.” “Indeed, with record high temperatures in the country….” “Well, it’s damned if the government...

Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am

Opinion

Budget projections for FY25

There is overwhelming evidence that approval of the budget for next fiscal year, reportedly to be presented to...

Updated 27 May, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: We have achieved stability?

“So a grand state owned entity (SOE) sale is on the cards.” “Indeed and this means incoming dollars,...

Published 25 May, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Raoof Hassan has done a Third Wife’

“It’s not as if I don’t have much sympathy for Raoof Hassan after his attack.” “He suffered, I wouldn’t...

Published 24 May, 2024 05:49am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: What actually constitutes defamation?

“So explain the Punjab defamation bill to me.” “An aggrieved person can go to the one-man tribunal, appointed by the...

Updated 23 May, 2024 05:43am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Nawaz Sharif needs companionship

“The Greedy for Portfolios Samdhi (GPS) is in Kazakhstan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ...

Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘A non-Muslim can come up with a wise proverb’

“Gautama Buddha is credited with a wise saying, do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate...

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

Opinion

Flawed IMF programme design

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) analysis and prescriptions in the second and final review document...

Updated 20 May, 2024 06:19am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The King is alive and will remain alive and…

“So now what?” “Now no amendment to the constitution is possible as the court has suspended the distribution of...

Updated 18 May, 2024 06:16am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Who’s Tom Taraba?

“I heard our GPS called Tom Taraba.” “Remind me who GPS is and who in the world is Tom Taraba?” “GPS is ...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘It’s never what you say, but in which language you say that is important’

“So all hail to the gods of legality.” “Excuse me!” “I was referring to the recurring nightmare of the...

Published 16 May, 2024 06:28am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Patience is wearing thin!’

“Indeed and I define patience as the ability to count down before losing one’s cool and the people of Azad Jammu...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Samdhi who is so very greedy for hats

“I am a firm believer that only one hat must ever be worn!” “Hmmm that’s a sheer waste – what about the other hats...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

Opinion

Growth model needs to be long term

Pakistan has never achieved impressive growth rates in its history with the highest rate (average) achieved in the...

Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am

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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