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Shahab Jafry

Opinion

Establishment-e-Pakistan

A big thank you to my sister in Seattle for pointing out that Google translator translates ‘istehkam’ as...

Updated 22 Jun, 2023 06:07am

Opinion

The Fund strikes back

It didn’t take long for the IMF (International Monetary Fund) to red-flag the budget, did it? Just as feared in...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Opinion

It’s just too late

It’s impossible to reach the state of maximum uncertainty in Pakistan. Two caretaker provincial governments...

Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am

Opinion

It’s not the economy, stupid, it’s religion!

Even Erdogan’s staunchest supporters would have shorted the lira as he won the Turkish runoff presidential ...

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

Opinion

Riyal politic

Once again Saudi Arabia is using its position as the financial superpower of the Middle East – it sits on top of ...

Updated 25 May, 2023 07:12am

Opinion

Pakistan’s place in a changing world

It’s a shame that Pakistan is going down the gutter just when a changing, increasingly multipolar world is...

Published 18 May, 2023 06:10am

Opinion

Why’s everybody so surprised?

Why’s everybody so surprised that Imran Khan was finally arrested and PTI’s reaction lit up the whole country?...

Published 11 May, 2023 05:54am

Opinion

Dog-eat-dog season

Perhaps ordinary, concerned Pakistanis expecting the so-called audio leaks to pit one central state institution...

Updated 27 Apr, 2023 07:02am

Opinion

Yellen goes to school

Surely, you can’t be accused of being a pro-Putin conspiracy hack if you’re quoting the US treasury secretary...

Updated 20 Apr, 2023 06:52am

Opinion

Saudi reset and the new Arab order

Arab and Persian chieftains have been playing war and peace around the Persian Gulf since the great army of the...

Updated 13 Apr, 2023 07:13am

Opinion

Preparing for the ‘petroyuan’?

I wonder how long a certain Zoltar Pozsar, New York-based economist and investment research director at Credit ...

Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am

Opinion

Shock, awe and ICC warrants

It must be a coincidence that ICC (International Criminal Court) issued arrest warrants for Russian President...

Published 23 Mar, 2023 05:47am

Opinion

The MbS reset

The Arab press hasn’t buzzed like this since al Qaeda (AQ) hijacked the so-called Arab Spring in Libya and Syria,...

Published 16 Mar, 2023 06:01am

Opinion

Has US shot the dollar in the foot?

Who could’ve known that one of the unintended consequences of the Ukraine war would be the first signs of a shift...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Opinion

Past the point of no return!

For weeks noted economists and economic researchers have cited numerous indicators, like low foreign exchange...

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 06:51am

Opinion

Great hamam and the ‘naked’ elite

A journalist’s job is to ask questions, not give answers, said the late great foreign correspondent Robert Fisk....

Published 23 Feb, 2023 05:52am

Opinion

Better late than never, or just too late?

Too bad Finance Minister Ishaq Dar didn’t get to give Moody’s a “befitting reply” for downgrading...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Opinion

What about PTI’s ‘red line’?

Now it’s questioning the ‘jail bharo tehreek’ that triggers a torrent of online abuse where PTI’s (Pakistan...

Updated 09 Feb, 2023 06:22am

Opinion

When Imran wins the election

Fast forward to October, or November – or whenever the government calls the general election – and, ceteris paribus,...

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 12:01pm

Opinion

The Saudi snub, and after…

The prime minister’s decision to do whatever was needed to complete the 9th review of the stalled IMF programme ...

Updated 26 Jan, 2023 06:19am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 7	278.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 7	278.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 7	158.20
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 7	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 7	1.25
Euro to USD / Jan 7	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 7	5,909.03
India Sensex / Jan 7	77,947.47
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 7	40,058.48
Nasdaq / Jan 7	19,489.68
Hang Seng / Jan 7	19,135.88
FTSE 100 / Jan 7	8,245.28
Dow Jones / Jan 7	42,528.36
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 7	20,340.57

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 7	74.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 7	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 7	236,625
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 7	2,647.82
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 7	68.37
Petrol/Litre / Jan 8	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 8 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
JS Bank Ltd / Jan 8 JS Bank Limited(JSBL)	10.41 ▲ 1.00 (10.63%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 8 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.19 ▲ 0.30 (10.38%)
Idrees Tex. / Jan 8 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	15.68 ▲ 1.43 (10.04%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Jan 8 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	12.38 ▲ 1.13 (10.04%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 8 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	60.58 ▲ 5.51 (10.01%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Jan 8 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	296.12 ▲ 26.92 (10.00%)
JDW Sugar / Jan 8 JDW Sugar Mills Limited(JDWS)	904.95 ▲ 82.27 (10.00%)
Pakistan Cables / Jan 8 Pakistan Cables Limited(PCAL)	198.34 ▲ 18.03 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Mom. Factor ETF / Jan 8 JS Momentum Factor ETF(JSMFETF)	15.44 ▼ -1.89 (-10.91%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	78.82 ▼ -8.76 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 8 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	133.71 ▼ -14.86 (-10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 8 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	178.53 ▼ -19.84 (-10.00%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jan 8 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	43.50 ▼ -4.75 (-9.84%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 8 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.52 ▼ -0.78 (-9.40%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 8 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37.40 ▼ -3.85 (-9.33%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jan 8 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	27.10 ▼ -2.77 (-9.27%)
TPL Life Insur. / Jan 8 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	50.01 ▼ -4.56 (-8.36%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	80,583,371 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	76,600,722 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	45,707,217 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 8 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	36,987,542 ▲ 0.09
Sui South Gas / Jan 8 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,354,890 ▲ 1.91
Pak Stock Exchange / Jan 8 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	27,144,749 ▲ 0.97
Pak Refinery / Jan 8 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	23,513,012 ▲ 0.37
B.O.Punjab / Jan 8 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	22,768,455 ▲ 0.03
Pak Elektron / Jan 8 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	20,370,180 ▲ 0.68

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