News stories for Anjum Ibrahim

Eight months after forming the government in the centre Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI), like the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was compelled to hire the same technocrat, Dr Hafeez Sheikh, to lead its economic team but with one critical difference: Sheikh

Published 03 Jun, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: First time I saw her wearing a black...

"What's so funny? You must be really rich..."

Published 03 Jun, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: The 'national' leaders

"M A Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, remains alive in our hearts even today."

Published 31 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: A go-getter

"He has certainly proved himself a go-getter, beyond a shadow of doubt."

Published 29 May, 2019 12:00am

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Partly Facetious: Hafeez criticising his critics

"The complete lack of logic amazed me! I mean really!"

Published 28 May, 2019 12:00am

IMF and NFC award

Criticism of the press release uploaded on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) website on 12 May 2019, amongst other considerably more socio-politicaly challenging prior conditions, also focused on the mention of the National Finance Commission (NFC) aw

Published 27 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Modi's narrative accepted?

"Narendra Modi has won and that too by a landslide."

Published 25 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Anger management courses

"I thought the deal was for Maryam Nawaz not to verbally attack anyone but The Khan..."

Published 24 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : 'Strong current'

"Talal Chaudhry did not surprise but Ahsan Iqbal's response did."

Published 23 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: The profundity of name selection

"Name selection is extremely important and sadly none of us is in a position to choose our names when we are born."

Published 22 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: The profundity of name selection

"Name selection is extremely important and sadly none of us is in a position to choose our names when we are born."

Published 22 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: The Iftar opportunity

"I am truly baffled."

Published 21 May, 2019 12:00am

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Best possible deal

Did Hafeez Sheikh get the best possible deal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) given Pakistan's unsustainable twin deficits, budget deficit estimated at 7.2 percent of GDP (though independent sources place it nearer to 8 percent) and a declining

Published 20 May, 2019 12:00am

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Treasuries given no indicative level

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) did not provide an indicative level to banks' treasuries within which the rupee dollar parity would be free to fluctuate for the second day on Thursday, leaving the commercial banks free to determine their own rates, highl

Published 17 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Who's the most popular leader in country?

"Polls show that The Khan is the most popular leader in the country today."

Published 17 May, 2019 12:00am

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Treasuries given no indicative level

Published 17 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: What is it all about?

"I don't understand taxes too well..."

Published 16 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Remember the Asian financial crisis

"So the locals remained unimpressed while foreigners invested in our stock market."

Published 15 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Technical appointments?

"There is something to be said about technical appointments."

Published 14 May, 2019 12:00am

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The IMF and Pakistan

At the time of writing this article staff level agreement between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan authorities had not been reached. The IMF mission expected to wind up on 10 May extended its departure as talks were to continue over the

Published 13 May, 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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