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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

Opinion

‘Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night…?’

It was in 1794 that one William Blake, a poet of his time, wrote that famous poem, equating the shining eyes of a...

Updated 18 Jan, 2025 06:37am

Opinion

The art of living in community

Karachi after Partition did not have the vertical inclination that dominates its landscape today. Residential...

Published 11 Jan, 2025 02:48am

Opinion

Fake news phenomenon

Fake news is the talk of the town these days. This form of communication is believed to have surfaced after the...

Updated 04 Jan, 2025 08:22am

Opinion

Tragedies on the high seas

It was in June just last year that 209 Pakistanis and 28 from Pakistan-administered Kashmir drowned off the Greek...

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 07:22am

Opinion

Rising traffic accidents

Deaths in traffic accidents have become such a serious matter that the Karachi police chief had to hold a press...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 07:33am

Opinion

Walking is a blessing

Walking is such a blessing. You realize when, for one reason or the other, this God given gift is restricted or...

Updated 14 Dec, 2024 08:36am

Opinion

Print making a comeback

Don’t have the exact date but print media first appearing in the form of newspaper dates back to the 17th ...

Updated 07 Dec, 2024 08:53am

Opinion

Some Karachi attractions

While working for a Swiss firm I had the opportunity to welcome several foreigners to Karachi and after taking care...

Published 30 Nov, 2024 06:26am

Opinion

Catch you later

In an attempt to seek her opinion, I sent an article to a colleague and in return got a short message or should I ...

Updated 23 Nov, 2024 06:54am

Opinion

Preparing for smog

In the early days of Pakistan, we did not have the luxury of Sui gas. I still remember my mother cooking on coals ...

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 08:20am

Opinion

Controlling container traffic

A horrible accident took place around the Native Jetty Bridge the other day. A truck with containers was crossing ...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 08:24am

Opinion

Diseases and pollution

It has been abnormally hot in the city of Karachi. The daytime temperatures have, at times, been above 40 degrees ...

Updated 02 Nov, 2024 07:59am

Opinion

Homeschooling in Pakistan

Do you know how many children are out of schools in Pakistan? In 2021 the number was 26.2 million, which reached 26...

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:51am

Opinion

A Safari in Karachi

There is an alarming increase in the number of some species of animals that dominate the landscape in Karachi. This...

Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am

Opinion

A book on your lap

Books that in days gone by had our undivided attention are now competing with many other competitors. There was a...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 08:36am

Opinion

Entire system needs a revamp

Looks and feels like good news but then there is many a slip between the cup and the lip as the saying goes. We will...

Updated 05 Oct, 2024 08:40am

Opinion

Old habits die hard

I wonder how many children in modern times have even seen a comic book. In my childhood comic books were the...

Updated 28 Sep, 2024 08:23am

Opinion

Trapped in circumstances

Poverty is found in different shapes and sizes in the country. Not many families can eat meat even a few times in a...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:14am

Opinion

Saga of motorcycle snatching

There is startling data regarding snatching of motorcycles in the city of Karachi. According to Citizen Police...

Updated 14 Sep, 2024 08:01am

Opinion

Who will bell the cat?

Traffic accidents have been the most disturbing news in the past weeks. There was this unfortunate accident in which...

Updated 07 Sep, 2024 07:26am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 20	278.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 20	278.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 20	156.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 20	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 20	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 20	77,231.09
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 20	38,932.72
Hang Seng / Jan 20	19,990.17
FTSE 100 / Jan 20	8,532.51
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 20	20,903.07

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Petrol/Litre / Jan 20	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 20	77.94
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 20	2,707.81
Diesel/Litre / Jan 20	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	3.61 ▲ 0.91 (33.70%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.60 ▲ 1.00 (13.16%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 20 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.50 ▲ 0.97 (10.18%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 20 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	11.61 ▲ 1.06 (10.05%)
Loads Limited / Jan 20 Loads Limited(LOADS)	17 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
AKD Securities / Jan 20 AKD Securities Limited(AKDSL)	24.93 ▲ 2.27 (10.02%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 20 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	18.24 ▲ 1.66 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Jan 20 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	254.47 ▲ 23.13 (10.00%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jan 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.44 ▲ 4.86 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Hussain Industries / Jan 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	31.09 ▼ -3.45 (-9.99%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	334.01 ▼ -35.89 (-9.70%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 20 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.61 ▼ -0.44 (-8.71%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	38.04 ▼ -3.46 (-8.34%)
MithchellsFruit / Jan 20 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	279 ▼ -24.10 (-7.95%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	19.26 ▼ -1.62 (-7.76%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 20 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	11.80 ▼ -0.99 (-7.74%)
Service Textile / Jan 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	13.82 ▼ -1.16 (-7.74%)
Masood Textile / Jan 20 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	52.02 ▼ -4.22 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	101,934,297 ▼ -0.01
Lotte Chemical / Jan 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,408,954 ▲ 1.94
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	57,604,421 ▲ 0.91
Hub Power Co. / Jan 20 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,888,747 ▲ 0.70
Hascol Petrol / Jan 20 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,496,536 ▲ 0.17
Dewan Motors / Jan 20 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,438,701 ▲ 1.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 20 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,244,731 ▲ 7.71
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	19,741,577 ▲ 2.08
The Searle Co. / Jan 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	17,062,686 ▲ 4.29

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