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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

Fact-check on PML-N claim

The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, labelled delays in the International Monetary Fund’s...

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 07:46am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Parliament is supreme on paper?

“I think there is a need to distinguish between an outright war and a war of words.” “Sticks and stones may...

Updated 14 Sep, 2024 07:56am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Khawaja abandoned his narrative of the day before

“There are some narratives that are so flawed that I can’t understand why they not only continue but gain momentum.”...

Updated 13 Sep, 2024 07:59am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘I am ideologically on the same side as Harris…’

“I saw the Harris-Trump debate, and you know I don’t quite agree with the analysis by one major US news...

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The low-hanging fruit were the PTI parliamentarians

“What’s your take on all this?” “Well, the rats are away and the…” “Rats? It’s more like playing cops and robbers,...

Updated 11 Sep, 2024 08:24am

Opinion

An intriguing televised address

Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, in a televised address to the nation this Tuesday past claimed that the...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 07:59am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Comparisons must not be between apples and oranges

“I would like to give a few examples and then…” “Relating to?” “Relating to restive provinces in a...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A culture of freebies or a culture of defeat?

“Well, we do have very limited fiscal space, so I would strongly urge…” “Indeed we do and God bless the Sharifs -...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:24am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Who is the SHO in the Pakistan Cricket Board?

“The cricket team…” “Well, The Brown Pope diagnosed a hernia and the patient required an open-heart surgery...

Published 05 Sep, 2024 06:19am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Politicians must talk amongst themselves to resolve the deadlock

“The airwaves are full of discussions on who is agreeable to negotiating with whom?” “Well, The Man Who Must Remain...

Updated 04 Sep, 2024 07:23am

Opinion

Stability versus general well-being

Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb since he took oath ten days less than six months on 12 March 2024 has...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 07:16am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Country needs results not a litany of sacrifices…

“Terror attacks, horrendously cruel terrorist attacks…” “Right, and the sacrifices made by the law enforcement...

Updated 31 Aug, 2024 07:18am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The battle of wills is on again

“Ooopsy daisy.” “What?” “Well, like everything in the Land of the Pure, it’s damned if you do and...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:08am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: President Zardari with a PhD in Reconciliation…

“The Brown Pope was directed to go to Quetta and…” “Who dared to direct…” “Well it wasn’t the Prime...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Was 10-wicket loss to BD before the attacks in Balochistan?

“The ones that have been conferred two hats…” “There was no discussion – it was here, take it…” ...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:22am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The steady deterioration of our cricket team’s performance

“Didn’t anyone tell The Brown Pope that the security threat in Islamabad’s Blue Area has weakened considerably?”...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

Opinion

Electric Vehicles come to Pakistan

Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb claimed at the launching ceremony of BYD, a Chinese company globally ...

Updated 26 Aug, 2024 07:36am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: We dance to the tune of our own drummer

“I am less toxic of the two candidates was put forth by Kamala Harris in her acceptance speech.” “Well she...

Published 24 Aug, 2024 06:23am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Lewinsky presented an unwashed dress as evidence

“Freedom is valued by all.” “Indeed it is – be it lack of freedom due to external factors or internal...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:24am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The three principles of the French Revolution

“I was listening to the Democratic Party Convention and as Doug Emhoff, the husband of Kamala Harris, came on the...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 08:01am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 16	278.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 16	278
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 16	140.12
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 16	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 16	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 16	1.11

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 13	5,626.02
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 13	36,581.76
Nasdaq / Sep 13	17,683.98
Dow Jones / Sep 13	41,393.78
India Sensex / Sep 16	82,885.81
Hang Seng / Sep 16	17,373.83
FTSE 100 / Sep 16	8,275.77
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 16	18,647.93

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 16	68.86
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 16	18,935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 16	229,767
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 16	2,588.68
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 16	70.47
Petrol/Litre / Sep 17	249.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 17 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Sep 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Sep 17 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Sep 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Sep 17 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Sep 17 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Sep 17 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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