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Anjum Ibrahim

Where did MoF go so very wrong?

Prime Minister Imran Khan has replaced Asad Umar as the finance minister for one would assume poor performance. The question is how and when did he perform poorly?

Published 22 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Umar deserves full marks

"You have to give full marks to Asad Umar."

Published 20 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: A throne is throne...

"I heard all Maryam Nawaz Sharif's fans were annoyed at your equating her legal problems with Faryal Talpur who, they insist, should be compared to the treatment meted out to the Junior Sharif's wives and daughters."

Published 19 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Khan may have been bitten by power bug

"So how did British parliament react once it got an extension to leave the European Union?"

Published 18 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : What's in the offing?

"Informed sources say a cabinet reshuffle is in the making."

Published 17 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : 'Fatigue is the best pillow'

"I would just like to remind the cabinet that belabouring a point on the media leads to fatigue."

Published 16 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Budget deficit still not being dealt with!

The Khan administration inherited two unsustainable deficits that continue to plague its seven and a half months long tenure: current account and budget deficit. The current account deficit by end June 2018 was estimated at around 18 billion dollars, the

Published 15 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Abbasi's bail is second brick?

"Hanif E Abbasi is out on bail and that's interesting."

Published 13 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Tareen worked within the system

"There is one portfolio where a trust deficit always has disastrous results."

Published 12 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Buzdar is not known for his looks

"You know I have been thinking about this for a while and for the life of me I cannot find in adult or children's literature who the Sindh Chief Minister reminds me of."

Published 11 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : The challenge of arrogance

"Some professions breed arrogance."

Published 10 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Buzdar will fall in love

"There is something about a U turn that I have come to love."

Published 09 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Of continued uncertainty and market bedlam

Briefing the media on decisions taken during the cabinet meeting this Tuesday past Minister of Information Fawad Chaudhary stated that Finance Minister Asad Umer would soon present a comprehensive economic road map. On Friday Umer called a press conferenc

Published 08 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: What is arrogance?

"Arrogance is the natural outcome of being elected as the prime minister."

Published 06 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Their English requires a revisit

"I heard the Nawalas, Nawaz Sharifs loyalists content to chip away a bite at a time, were extremely upset at you referring to Asad Umer as the lion. I mean the lion symbol belongs to Nawaz Sharif's party and...."

Published 04 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Qureshi-Tareen spat

"It was April Fool's day."

Published 03 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: It's not about Imran Khan's personal life

"Change Khan means you don't do what your predecessors did."

Published 02 Apr, 2019 12:00am

The LSM sector

The Khan administration has taken several fiscal and monetary measures during its less than eight month tenure, at an estimated cost of over 150 billion rupees to the treasury as per independent economists, to jump-start the manufacturing sector. The rati

Published 01 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Snow White's step mom

"You remember what Snow White's step mom used to do daily?"

Published 30 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Profundity of 'Ehsaas'

"Buzdaar paida karna, Dr Sania Nishtar stated during the launch of The Khan's poverty alleviation programme Ehsaas..."

Published 29 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 6	279.87
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 6	279.67
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 6	147.69
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 6	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 6	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 6	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 6	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 6	5,738.52
India Sensex / Mar 6	74,340.09
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 6	37,008.43
Nasdaq / Mar 6	18,069.26
Hang Seng / Mar 6	24,277.85
FTSE 100 / Mar 6	8,682.84
Dow Jones / Mar 6	43,579.08
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 6	23,419.48
France CAC40 / Mar 6	8,197.67

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 6	66.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 6	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 6	260,630
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 6	2,908.29
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 6	65.21
Petrol/Litre / Mar 7	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 7	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Organic Meat (R) / Mar 6 The Organic Meat Company Limited (R)(TOMCLR)	3.93 ▲ 1 (34.13%)
F.Credit & Inv / Mar 6 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.28 ▲ 0.93 (12.65%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 6 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	75.20 ▲ 6.84 (10.01%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Mar 6 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	14.44 ▲ 1.31 (9.98%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Mar 6 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	11.48 ▲ 1.04 (9.96%)
Khairpur Sug. / Mar 6 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	129.98 ▲ 11.76 (9.95%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Mar 6 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	18 ▲ 1.6 (9.76%)
Imperial Limited / Mar 6 Imperial Limited(IML)	18.10 ▲ 1.6 (9.7%)
Int. Knit. / Mar 6 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	19.89 ▲ 1.74 (9.59%)
Ideal Sp. / Mar 6 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	15 ▲ 1.29 (9.41%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 6 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	50.20 ▼ -5.56 (-9.97%)
Sakrand Sugar / Mar 6 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.37 ▼ -1.37 (-9.97%)
Apna Microfin. / Mar 6 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.22 ▼ -1.13 (-9.96%)
Shadman Cotton / Mar 6 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	27.01 ▼ -2.69 (-9.06%)
First IBL Mod. / Mar 6 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	2.78 ▼ -0.27 (-8.85%)
Sapphire Textile / Mar 6 Sapphire Textile Mills Limited(SAPT)	1,180 ▼ -108.4 (-8.41%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Mar 6 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.75 ▼ -0.78 (-8.18%)
Gillette Pak / Mar 6 Gillette Pakistan Limited(GLPL)	148 ▼ -13.13 (-8.15%)
Blessed Tex. / Mar 6 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	281 ▼ -24 (-7.87%)
Grays Leasing / Mar 6 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	4.52 ▼ -0.37 (-7.57%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 6 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	53,572,239 ▲ 0.46
Fauji Cement / Mar 6 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	28,002,533 ▲ 2.04
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 6 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,567,256 ▲ 0.02
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 6 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	19,317,399 ▲ 1.56
Oil & Gas Dev. / Mar 6 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	17,968,303 ▲ 10.69
Pak Petroleum / Mar 6 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	16,507,306 ▲ 12.54
Sui South Gas / Mar 6 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	13,598,406 ▲ 1.3
B.O.Punjab / Mar 6 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	13,464,928 ▲ 0.3
Sui North Gas / Mar 6 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	11,312,267 ▲ 7.8
Power Cement / Mar 6 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	10,979,264 ▲ 0.18

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