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Anjum Ibrahim

Partly Facetious: A new breed of politicians

"There is one man who has benefited from the most recent Indian adventurism or to be more accurate mis-adventurism."

Published 05 Mar, 2019 12:00am

The IMF and PTI's policies to-date

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not yet firmed up dates for its negotiating mission's visit schedule to Pakistan after the meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Fund's Managing Director Christine Lagarde on 10 February 2019 in Dubai,

Published 04 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: PM's speech was good one

"The Khan came out as a statesman for the first time I thought."

Published 02 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : PM raises his popularity rating

"What do you reckon? Did Prime Minister Imran Khan raise his popularity rating in the country after his two recent speeches and after..."

Published 01 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Bani Gala PM's camp office?

"I was wondering if The Khan's private residence, commonly referred to as Bani Gala, has been declared a camp office."

Published 28 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : The 'Naya' Pakistan debate

"You know what Naya (New) Pakistan means to me?"

Published 27 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Another 'clash of the Titans'

"You reckon another 'clash of the Titans' is in the making?"

Published 26 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan-India trade outlook

Prime Minister Imran Khan's speech, defiant in explicitly stating that Pakistan would retaliate if India takes any action against Pakistan's sovereignty, and conciliatory in offering resolution of all pending issues through talks including terrorism as we

Published 25 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: When Nawaz begins to act sort of crazy?

"You reckon the opposition can mount a viable threat to the Khan administration?"

Published 23 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: A Speaker in the jail

"So the latest jailbird is Siraj Durrani."

Published 22 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Modi deserves praise?

"I would like to thank Narendra Modi from the bottom of my heart and..."

Published 21 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Politicians' approach to health

"What protocol did Imran Khan provide to visiting world leaders that neither Zardari sahib nor Nawaz Sharif provided?"

Published 20 Feb, 2019 12:00am

The IMF conundrum

Prime Minister Imran Khan met with Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on 10 February on the sidelines of the seventh World Government Summit held in Dubai followed by the Federal Foreign Minister Shah M

Updated 19 Feb, 2019 07:54am

Partly Facetious : The Bilawis?

"What do you reckon is the most irksome prevalent state of affairs for the people of this country?"

Published 16 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: What about entertainment?

"So what entertainment is being planned for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia?"

Published 15 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Only a razor-thin majority

"So where is Moonis Elahi?"

Published 14 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Shift in the govt narrative?

"So what's the political narrative these days? Same-o, same-o?"

Published 13 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: 'Don't miss the boat'

"Miss the boat hunh! It's a maritime expression or so I would assume and for someone who was brought up in Lahore and not Karachi it perhaps reflects The Khan's intent to focus on Karachi as the engine of growth - I mean aren't most of his advisors from K

Published 12 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Inflation and PTI's responsibility

The federal cabinet decided on 7 February 2018 to constitute a committee headed by Minister of Defense Pervez Khattak, to develop a proper system for stabilization of prices of essential commodities and to check profiteering.

Published 11 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: The yellow vest contagion

"In the first week of May 2017, Macron won the elections by a landslide defeating the far right candidate..."

Published 09 Feb, 2019 12:00am

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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