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Dr Jamil Khan

Opinion

CPEC — a game changer for Pakistan

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project since its launch on April 20, 2015, by President Xi Jinping...

Updated 12 Aug, 2023 07:35am

Opinion

BRICS: a new future in the offing

After World War II, several bilateral and multilateral agencies (IMF, WB, ADB, WTO, WHO, Paris Club, etc.) were...

Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

Pakistan’s lifeline restored by IMF

Pakistan and IMF (International Monetary Fund) have reached a $3 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) to help the...

Updated 16 Jul, 2023 06:37am

Opinion

Struggling to get IMF’s booster shot

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) is a multilateral lender with a membership of over 195 countries, from ...

Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:53am

Opinion

IMF, the ‘lifeline’ of Pakistan

Since the creation of Pakistan, its policy makers, politicians, and the rulers, all have been struggling to manage...

Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am

Opinion

Maritime sector

Even after 75 years since its creation, Pakistan has never paid its utmost attention to its maritime sector. The ...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 05:55am

Opinion

A bitter cold European winter without Russian energy supplies

As the winter is approaching in Europe, pressure is mounting on the governments by their citizens and industrialists...

Published 06 Oct, 2022 05:59am

Opinion

Europe’s dependence on Russian natural gas

Since the start of the Russian-Ukraine war, Nord Stream gas pipeline has been the focus for energy supply to Germany...

Published 30 Jul, 2022 03:39am

Opinion

LNG procurement: global challenges

During the COP26 conference last November in Glasgow, LNG was identified as the transition fuel for migrating to the...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Opinion

FATF and its impact on country’s economy

Pakistan has gone through so many challenges and adversaries in its relatively short life span of 75 years that it ...

Published 03 Jul, 2022 05:39am

Opinion

How can Pakistan avoid Sri Lanka’s path?

Pakistan continues to burn its foreign exchange at an alarming rate and is exhausting all of its hopes to turn ...

Published 29 Jun, 2022 05:44am

Opinion

Emergence of new global currency

As the sun was settling down on the British Empire, the US was flexing its economic and arsenal might to get crowned...

Updated 17 Jun, 2022 03:45pm

Opinion

Emerging superpower and its bloc of nations!

During the Second World War, the US played a very pivotal role in its victory by financing the war efforts of many...

Published 25 May, 2022 04:40am

Opinion

PIA: fab past, grim present, vague future

Ivy league’s business schools are always looking for cases to study in-depth by their students about corporations...

Published 16 Feb, 2022 06:20am

Opinion

Cyberspace: new battleground

Digital era is not only making our daily lives easier and more productive, but it is also bringing new challenges to...

Published 29 Dec, 2021 06:57am

Opinion

Digital currency can make the financial system safer—II

The Bank of International Settlements in its own studies discovered that at least one-fifth of the world’s...

Updated 04 Dec, 2021 12:10pm

Opinion

Digital currency can make the financial system safer—I

Traditionally, banking industry has been very slow in adopting changes and embracing technology in its routine...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am

Opinion

LNG procurement crisis

During the entire pandemic period Pakistan has maintained some economic activities and now it is making good ...

Updated 03 Nov, 2021 10:03am

Opinion

Singapore & Shenzhen ports ‘Blueprints’ for Gwadar port success

The Gwadar Port (GP) is the golden opportunity for Pakistan to transform itself into a prosperous nation of the...

Published 09 Sep, 2021 03:56am

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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