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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The retired are being left to their own devices

“There is one man who I simply cannot understand.” “Hey spend a night in jail where there is no air...

Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Was Nawaz consulted?

“So Kakar is in.” “Yes he has made history.” “As in how? Wait I think I have got it. It’s the ways of...

Published 16 Aug, 2023 05:50am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The seeds of discontent

“So what’s the most ill kept secret today?” “If someone wants to be enabled to raise the national flag on...

Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: There is Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, Plan D, maybe even up to Plan Z

“What is the difference between institutional thinking and political parties’ thinking?” “You are kidding me...

Updated 11 Aug, 2023 05:53am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: If push comes to shove

“There is an urgent need for those who receive a salary at the taxpayers’ expense to be trained on how to ...

Published 10 Aug, 2023 06:35am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: The intelligence provided is not a reflection of ground realities

“I really don’t understand why politicians with an overarching ambition to get elected would postpone elections...

Published 09 Aug, 2023 05:33am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Samdhi has no concept of economics

“How do you define a level playing field?” “Same o same o negative treatment to one’s opponents but those...

Published 08 Aug, 2023 06:37am

Opinion

LSM sector travails

Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector, as per data released by the Finance Division, registered negative 8.1 ...

Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: PM a devotee of Einstein’s theory?

“Will the real establishment man step forward.” “Shehbaz Sharif says he has been accused of being the...

Updated 05 Aug, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: An accountant’s approach to economy

“Hey what did you think of the passage of the bill establishing a sovereign wealth fund?” “In a country where...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Consensus is to appoint a ‘guided missile’

“I heard that your suggestion of Captain Safdar (retired) as the caretaker prime minister was rejected by all, and...

Published 03 Aug, 2023 05:54am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: NMN’s daddy is quiet too

“He is The Great Balancer.” “Well that’s a new one – I mean Zardari sahib is known as the Great Negotiator...

Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar lies or dark lies?

“Why the scepticism?” “I take strong exception to anyone who underrates my intelligence.” “Who did?”...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Opinion

Power sector remains Pakistan’s Achilles heel

The power sector continues to be a major source of concern with circular debt a high of 2.6 trillion rupees at...

Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Zardari sahib doesn’t play computer games

“So are they playing the same game at least?” “I don’t think so. Nawaz Sharif has developed a game on video...

Published 28 Jul, 2023 03:03am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Now politics is so boring

“It’s kinda boring these days.” “Get a life then?” “Politics used to be so entertaining and now it’s ...

Updated 27 Jul, 2023 06:54am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar to become caretaker PM?

“So a day of reckoning!” “Well excitement over a proposal that was shot down quicker than the time between...

Updated 26 Jul, 2023 06:53am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Why would you vote for Nawaz?

“I reckon Nawaz Sharif deserves my vote.” “Really? I thought after the Panama case, when it came to light that...

Published 25 Jul, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

The indictment of monetary policy

The Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) documents uploaded on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) website this Tuesday ...

Published 24 Jul, 2023 06:11am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: NMN doesn’t tango with anyone

“It takes two to tango.” “Indeed it does and while daddy can certainly tango to start with, yet, at the end he...

Published 22 Jul, 2023 06:06am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 3	278.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 3	27,843
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 3	157.28
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 3	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 3	1.03

Stock	Volume
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	39,894.54
S&P 500 / Jan 2	5,868.55
Nasdaq / Jan 2	19,280.79
Dow Jones / Jan 2	42,392.27
India Sensex / Jan 3	79,739.02
Hang Seng / Jan 3	19,713.10
FTSE 100 / Jan 3	8,250.97
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 3	19,945.18

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 2	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 2	242,888.30
Petrol/Litre / Jan 3	252.66
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 3	73.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 3	2,657
Diesel/Litre / Jan 3	258.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Power / Jan 3 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	6.87 ▲ 1.00 (17.04%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 3 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.60 ▲ 0.80 (11.76%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jan 3 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	28 ▲ 2.55 (10.02%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Jan 3 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	692.63 ▲ 62.97 (10.00%)
Arpak Int. / Jan 3 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	76.89 ▲ 6.99 (10.00%)
Chakwal Spinning / Jan 3 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	79.30 ▲ 7.21 (10.00%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jan 3 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	3.19 ▲ 0.29 (10.00%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 3 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	52.46 ▲ 4.77 (10.00%)
GOC (Pak) / Jan 3 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	79.20 ▲ 7.20 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Frontier Ceram / Jan 3 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	31.28 ▼ -3.48 (-10.01%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jan 3 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.81 ▼ -1.19 (-9.92%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jan 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	27.30 ▼ -2.57 (-8.60%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	72.60 ▼ -6.60 (-8.33%)
Khalid Siraj / Jan 3 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.12 ▼ -0.71 (-8.04%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jan 3 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	32.01 ▼ -2.72 (-7.83%)
Habib Ins. / Jan 3 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	9.01 ▼ -0.76 (-7.78%)
OLP Fin. Services / Jan 3 OLP Financial Services Pakistan Limited(OLPL)	34.16 ▼ -2.79 (-7.55%)
Blessed Tex. / Jan 3 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.01 ▼ -23.96 (-7.37%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	89,478,727 ▲ 0.22
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,001,410 ▼ -0.03
Telecard Limited / Jan 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	61,073,411 ▼ -0.07
Cnergyico PK / Jan 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	52,175,076 ▼ -0.14
Fauji Cement / Jan 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	44,122,174 ▼ -2.22
B.O.Punjab / Jan 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	37,387,280 ▼ -0.07
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 3 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	36,583,479 ▲ 0.34
Pak Elektron / Jan 3 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	33,998,434 ▲ 1.18
Bank Makramah / Jan 3 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	30,892,315 ▲ 0.24

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