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Shahab Jafry

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

Opinion

Elite’s divorced from reality

It turns out that a ringside seat to a country plummeting into sovereign default – one of the few perks of an...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

Fatwas don’t work with terrorists

Pakistan’s establishment understands only too well why fatwas (religious edicts) against terrorism never work with...

Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am

Opinion

Slim chance of Asian equities rebounding

2022 turned out to be an annus horribilis for Asian equities as an uber-hawkish Fed and unrelenting dollar strength...

Updated 05 Jan, 2023 06:26am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 4	277.97
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 4	277.77
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 4	150.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 4	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 4	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 4	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 3	6,049.87
Nasdaq / Dec 3	19,480.91
FTSE 100 / Dec 3	8,359.41
Dow Jones / Dec 3	44,705.53
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 3	20,016.75
France CAC40 / Dec 3	7,255.42
India Sensex / Dec 4	19,739.03
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 4	39,276.39

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 2	235,340
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 3	17,685
Petrol/Litre / Dec 4	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 4	70.17
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 4	2,644.45
Diesel/Litre / Dec 4	258.43

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.37 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	627.86 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	68.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150.94 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,123.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.47 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.37 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	627.86 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	68.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150.94 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,123.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.47 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	246,707,903 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	89,419,070 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Dec 4 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	87,024,698 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Dec 4 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	67,806,935 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 4 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	61,811,720 ▲ 0.00
Power Cement / Dec 4 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	58,501,362 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	56,938,645 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 4 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	56,115,997 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Dec 4 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,870,990 ▲ 0.00

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