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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

Opinion

The plight of a female elephant

Noor Jehan is sick to the extent that there is a fifty-fifty chance of her survival. No I am not referring to some...

Updated 15 Apr, 2023 07:39am

Opinion

Fruitless campaigns

My earliest recollection of a fruit chaat is the one that used to be sold to large crowds in Saddar in the lane that...

Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

Was it really worth the price?

Today I was once again reminded of the horrible tragedy in the Mediterranean where eight years ago the two-year-old...

Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:10am

Opinion

Save our children

As I stopped at the red light I glanced outside and there on the footpath was a beggar woman with her infant ...

Updated 25 Feb, 2023 07:01am

Opinion

Turkey-Syria earthquake: destruction should serve as a lesson to all of us

On Feb. 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Turkey near the northern border of Syria. This quake was...

Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am

Opinion

Don’t lose hope

Another woman was shot dead in the city by a young man who felt dejected after failing to win her hand for marriage....

Published 11 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Opinion

‘Each one feed one’

It was not long ago that there was this popular slogan “Each one teach one”. This slogan was originally an...

Published 04 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Opinion

Online ordering and delivery

If you are an average Pakistani family specially with teenaged children it is advisable to keep a reasonable amount...

Updated 28 Jan, 2023 06:49am

Opinion

Political turbulence has affected FDI inflows

Given its brittle balance of payments position and urgent need to boost industrial production, Pakistan must...

Updated 21 Jan, 2023 07:47am

Opinion

Islamic banking: a success story

Last week the largest transformation from conventional to Islamic banking was achieved as all the branches of the...

Published 14 Jan, 2023 06:22am

Opinion

Healthcare: the healing touch can’t be felt through high-tech gear

Healthcare around the world has changed dramatically over the years. While it has improved in detection of diseases...

Updated 31 Dec, 2022 06:33am

Opinion

Our traffic signals: there’s always a temptation to cut corners

My nephew who was visiting from US had never been to Pakistan before. After a few days of being driven around he ...

Updated 24 Dec, 2022 06:34am

Opinion

Transporting prisoners

It is so punctual this prison bus that passes by my residence every day at 8 in the morning. At the appointed time...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

The wedding season: no extravagance is too great

The wedding season is here. Planeloads of Pakistani families are arriving in the country every day from all parts of...

Published 10 Dec, 2022 06:00am

Opinion

Minimum wage: the wages of lack of empathy is social unrest

“I’m going to say something controversial, but I genuinely believe that Pakistan needs to move away from this...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Opinion

Game on hai

Football fever is sweeping the globe and its epicenter is the Qatari capital Doha. Major upsets like the Saudi win...

Published 26 Nov, 2022 04:13am

Opinion

The Covid saga

It was a nightmare that haunts many of us till today. The Covid pandemic that swept the country and whose lethal...

Published 19 Nov, 2022 06:25am

Opinion

The motorcycle scene

According to a survey in 2017, more than 700 new motorcycles were hitting the roads in Karachi every day, and the...

Published 12 Nov, 2022 06:30am

Opinion

Education with a mission

It was in 1847 that Reverend Henry Brereton, the first Chaplain of Karachi, established the Karachi Grammar School...

Updated 05 Nov, 2022 07:10am

Opinion

Billboards: the display of suggestive advertisements

On October 17, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the removal of all billboards and hoardings from public...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 14	279.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 14	279.07
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 14	152.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 14	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 14	1.26
Euro to USD / Feb 14	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Feb 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 14	6,114.63
India Sensex / Feb 14	75,939.21
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 14	39,149.43
Nasdaq / Feb 14	20,026.77
Hang Seng / Feb 14	22,620.33
FTSE 100 / Feb 14	8,732.46
Dow Jones / Feb 14	44,546.08
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 14	22,513.42
France CAC40 / Feb 14	8,178.54

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 14	70.74
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 14	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 14	262,517
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 14	2,882.53
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 14	68.31
Petrol/Litre / Feb 16	256.13
Diesel/Litre / Feb 16	263.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
At-Tahur Ltd. / Feb 14 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	35.26 ▲ 3.21 (10.02%)
Saritow Spinning / Feb 14 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	23.84 ▲ 2.17 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Feb 14 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	38.02 ▲ 3.46 (10.01%)
Lucky Cement / Feb 14 Lucky Cement Limited(LUCK)	1,366.37 ▲ 124.22 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Feb 14 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	108.35 ▲ 9.85 (10%)
Agriautos Ind. / Feb 14 Agriauto Industries Limited(AGIL)	115.49 ▲ 10.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Feb 14 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	20.48 ▲ 1.86 (9.99%)
Sindh Abadgar / Feb 14 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	50.08 ▲ 4.55 (9.99%)
Popular Islamic / Feb 14 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.37 ▲ 1.04 (9.18%)
F.Credit & Inv / Feb 14 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.39 ▲ 0.7 (9.1%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Textile / Feb 14 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	6.80 ▼ -0.99 (-12.71%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Feb 14 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	7.55 ▼ -0.93 (-10.97%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Feb 14 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	10.77 ▼ -1.2 (-10.03%)
Redco Textile / Feb 14 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	22.60 ▼ -2.51 (-10%)
Engro Powergen / Feb 14 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	25.78 ▼ -2.86 (-9.99%)
D.M. Textile / Feb 14 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Universal Ins. / Feb 14 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	12.91 ▼ -1.43 (-9.97%)
Sakrand Sugar / Feb 14 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.11 ▼ -1.34 (-9.96%)
Idrees Tex. / Feb 14 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	12.81 ▼ -1.41 (-9.92%)
Sui South Gas / Feb 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32.68 ▼ -3.56 (-9.82%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Feb 14 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	79,317,612 ▼ -0.66
Lotte Chemical / Feb 14 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	72,104,503 ▼ -1.12
Power Cement / Feb 14 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	40,290,839 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Feb 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,711,461 ▼ -3.56
Hascol Petrol / Feb 14 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	31,600,150 ▼ -0.41
Dewan Motors / Feb 14 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	31,281,602 ▼ -2.6
Cnergyico PK / Feb 14 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	20,508,125 ▼ -0.25
Fauji Foods Ltd / Feb 14 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	20,173,357 ▼ -0.24
Fauji Cement / Feb 14 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	16,904,777 ▼ -1.09
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,467,161 ▼ -0.04

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