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Anjum Ibrahim

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

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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

"It's generational I reckon."

Published 16 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Gap is narrowing

"Ideologically the gap is narrowing with the International Monetary Fund, so said the Finance Minister?"

Published 15 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : What is an 'educated illiterate'?

"He is very shallow because his mind is very narrow - these are words uttered by a very famous Indian actor in a movie that can be applied to so many people."

Published 14 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Maryam's remarks linked to...

"I want to make a movie titled The Resurrection?"

Published 13 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Pakistani media being hailed

"Each one of us, according to our status, is eligible for some discount - the poor get cheaper electricity and gas, the bureaucrats get annual pay raises even in times of severe shortages like now as well as plots upon retirement, the middle classes wait

Published 12 Mar, 2019 12:00am

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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
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

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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