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Anjum Ibrahim

Partly Facetious: What is arrogance?

"Arrogance is the natural outcome of being elected as the prime minister."

Published 06 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Their English requires a revisit

"I heard the Nawalas, Nawaz Sharifs loyalists content to chip away a bite at a time, were extremely upset at you referring to Asad Umer as the lion. I mean the lion symbol belongs to Nawaz Sharif's party and...."

Published 04 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Qureshi-Tareen spat

"It was April Fool's day."

Published 03 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: It's not about Imran Khan's personal life

"Change Khan means you don't do what your predecessors did."

Published 02 Apr, 2019 12:00am

The LSM sector

The Khan administration has taken several fiscal and monetary measures during its less than eight month tenure, at an estimated cost of over 150 billion rupees to the treasury as per independent economists, to jump-start the manufacturing sector. The rati

Published 01 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Snow White's step mom

"You remember what Snow White's step mom used to do daily?"

Published 30 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Profundity of 'Ehsaas'

"Buzdaar paida karna, Dr Sania Nishtar stated during the launch of The Khan's poverty alleviation programme Ehsaas..."

Published 29 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds

"If you're happy and you mean it clap your hands."

Published 28 Mar, 2019 12:00am

PARTLY FACETIOUS: I don't know what you're referring to

"Too many cooks spoil the broth."

Published 27 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Similarities between Macron and Imran

"Macron of France won 66.1 percent of the vote becoming the youngest French President ever at age 39."

Published 26 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Markets

Sector-specific distortions in Pakistan

A World Bank study titled "Pakistan@100 Shaping the Future" indicates that in Pakistan distortions are manifest in different ways in sector specific policies, including agriculture, power sector, financial sector and foreign trade; and maintains that stru

Published 25 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : PM receives spiritual guidance

"Our Prime Minister receives spiritual guidance and need I add that keeps him in line."

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Bilawal's spoken English is the best

"His spoken English is the best."

Published 21 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : The Khan's Wife Number Three never said she admired Ataturk

"The Buzz stays or the Buzz goes?"

Published 20 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: It's a good start, long live IK

"So the Who's Who of the federal cabinet was at the stadium to watch the finals of Pakistan Super League though the prime minister (PM) himself was not present."

Published 19 Mar, 2019 12:00am

The reasons for market uncertainty

The pervasive air of economic uncertainty continues to prevail in the country in spite of repeated assurances by Prime Minister Imran Khan, faithfully echoed by Finance Minister Asad Umer, that the economy is on the path towards recovery. The reason: with

Published 18 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: But their children are not super rich

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 18	278.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 18	277.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 18	141.35
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 18	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 18	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 18	1.11

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 16	5,633.09
Nasdaq / Sep 16	17,592.13
Dow Jones / Sep 16	41,622.08
India Sensex / Sep 18	83,243.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 18	36,194.62
Hang Seng / Sep 18	17,660.02
FTSE 100 / Sep 18	8,272.52
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 18	18,716.28

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 16	18,935
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 18	70.77
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 18	229,510
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 18	2,566.05
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 18	72.30
Petrol/Litre / Sep 19	249.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Sep 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Sep 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Sep 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Sep 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Sep 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Sep 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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