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Anjum Ibrahim

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: What actually constitutes the national interest?

“Do you think if instead of the Brown Pope the man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless had been at the Dubai...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Tarar has the squeakiest voice in the cabinet?

“You have to give the Brown Pope credit where it’s due.” “OK so the International Cricket Council (ICC) championship...

Published 25 Feb, 2025 06:53am

Opinion

SOEs burden on taxpayers no surprise

Conventional economic theory argues that pursuit of privatisation is to enhance service quality, attract private...

Updated 24 Feb, 2025 07:14am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Now a new war of narratives

“I reckon the war of the narrative is over.” “How come?” “Well the Zelenskyy narrative is being fully and...

Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:31am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The world is drawing lessons from us

“A journalist from a Western media outlet sanctimoniously asked the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sergei...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 06:49am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Discussions on amendments to the amendment to the act

“Such chatter on our airwaves!” “Well let me assure you that abusive chatter will end after the passage of the...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 06:44am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The gathering of the do-nothings in Paris

“I love the new world order.” “Yeah it’s better to have more than one superpower – if you have just the one then the...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 06:21am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: In the fitness of things

“It was in the fitness of things…” “Not happening.” “It’s already happened…wait…what were you thinking I meant!” “I...

Published 18 Feb, 2025 03:01am

Opinion

The LSM sector

Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has been a major recipient of subsidies - utilities (electricity tariff) including...

Published 17 Feb, 2025 03:09am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Chips will fall wherever they are meant to fall

“What is the difference between a provincial head and a federal head?” “The provincial head hosts the wife and the...

Published 15 Feb, 2025 05:54am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Our stakeholders know everything about everything

“I want to educate our stakeholders…” “Are you out of your mind? I will have you know; our stakeholders know...

Published 14 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘He has taken to letter writing like a duck to water’

“I don’t understand our parliamentarians - when the rate of inflation was high they didn’t vote for a raise in...

Published 13 Feb, 2025 06:52am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Jail teaches you a lot’

“Jail teaches you a lot.” “Well, it depends on what crime you are in for.” “OK, but political prisoners are in a...

Published 12 Feb, 2025 06:17am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Silence of the Lambs?

“Monday saw all roads to Blue Area choked yet again…” “The lawyers are protesting the…the…” “Well left.” “Excuse...

Published 11 Feb, 2025 06:36am

Opinion

Goods and peoples: Trump’s opposition to free movement

Free movement of goods and peoples benefits all countries as it allows scarcity of products and skills to be met at...

Published 10 Feb, 2025 05:35am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: An ailing Maulana visited by PM, others

“The Maulana was visited by the Prime Minister, ostensibly to ask after his health.” “He went with flowers...

Published 08 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The quest for rapid dominance

“So shock and awe.” “Shock yes awe, not quite.” “But…but…” “Don’t splutter – history teaches us that shock and awe...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 06:32am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Wasn’t Netanyahu pulled out of Sabbath?

“So how did the letter get out of jail.” “Are you shallow or are you shallow.” “You seem to me to be a work-dayer.”...

Published 05 Feb, 2025 06:48am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: PML-N doesn’t work on weekends?

“My question: did someone tell the IMF that globalisation is on the out-and-out?” “That sounds like what we in the...

Published 04 Feb, 2025 06:29am

Opinion

The unraveling of power sector

Power sector is by far the most poorly performing sector of the economy – a sector that compromises the...

Updated 03 Feb, 2025 07:08am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 28	281.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 28	279.71
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 28	149.88
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 28	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 28	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 28	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 27	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 28	5,580.94
India Sensex / Mar 28	77,414.92
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 28	37,120.33
Nasdaq / Mar 28	17,322.99
Hang Seng / Mar 28	23,426.60
FTSE 100 / Mar 28	8,658.85
Dow Jones / Mar 28	41,583.90
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 28	22,461.52
France CAC40 / Mar 28	7,916.08

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 27	275,205
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 28	69.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 28	17,085
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 28	3,117.20
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 28	66.90
Petrol/Litre / Mar 30	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 30	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 27 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	4.01 ▲ 1 (33.22%)
Parmount Sp. / Mar 27 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.10 ▲ 0.59 (16.81%)
Shaheen Ins. / Mar 27 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	7.50 ▲ 0.97 (14.85%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 27 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.02 ▲ 1.37 (10.04%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 27 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	33.83 ▲ 3.08 (10.02%)
Sardar Chemical / Mar 27 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.95 ▲ 3.27 (10.01%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 27 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	69.58 ▲ 6.33 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Mar 27 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	106.28 ▲ 9.66 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	121.88 ▲ 11.08 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Mar 27 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,429.95 ▲ 130 (10%)

Stock	Price
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	11.60 ▼ -98.09 (-89.42%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 27 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 27 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.03 ▼ -0.87 (-9.78%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 27 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	874.01 ▼ -93.68 (-9.68%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 27 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	18.90 ▼ -1.75 (-8.47%)
Cordoba Logistics / Mar 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	12.61 ▼ -1.15 (-8.36%)
Sally Textile / Mar 27 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11.01 ▼ -0.99 (-8.25%)
Masood Textile / Mar 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.06 ▼ -4.27 (-8.01%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 27 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.57 ▼ -0.73 (-7.09%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	42 ▼ -3.1 (-6.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	45,325,056 ▲ 0.31
Pak Elektron / Mar 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,179,304 ▲ 0.67
P.S.O. / Mar 27 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,879,128 ▲ 1.58
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	20,499,919 ▼ -98.09
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,191,931 ▼ -0.03
B.O.Punjab / Mar 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,148,304 ▼ -0.2
Pak Petroleum / Mar 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,934,134 ▼ -1.85
Engro Fert. / Mar 27 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,419,464 ▲ 0.5
Fauji Cement / Mar 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,194,696 ▲ 0.53
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,282,647 ▲ 0.09

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