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Kashif Mateen Ansari

Opinion

Echoes of empires

I am reminded of an old Mel Gibson film “Apocalypto”. It represented a great ancient society brought down by the...

Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:32am

Opinion

Will Pakistan ever break free from the IMF cycle?

“You can’t solve a problem with the same mindset that created it.” This quotation, attributed to Albert...

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:34am

Opinion

Looking for hope!

Pakistan has faced challenges of epic proportions since its inception, yet as a nation, we are endowed with a rich...

Updated 24 Jul, 2024 08:01am

Opinion

Pakistan’s elite and the art of deception

“The ends justify the means,” Machiavelli’s famous adage, permitting rulers to forsake moral high grounds in...

Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am

Opinion

The grid and energy sustainability

In the ambitious quest for a sustainable future, the conversation about energy often revolves around the creation of...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 04:50am

Opinion

It’s turtles all the way down

There is an anecdote oft repeated in university environments and I am copying it from Neuroscientist Robert...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 06:42am

Opinion

In search of reasonable thinking

Benjamin Franklin said, “Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.”...

Published 06 Feb, 2024 05:00am

Opinion

Get rich before getting old

It is said, “The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.”...

Published 30 Nov, 2023 04:53am

Opinion

Rising again

Confucius said, “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” We find ...

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 06:32am

Opinion

The quick fix

The people of Pakistan are beaten by frightening inflation and rising prices, and now the terror attacks on the...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

Opinion

Moving from failure to failure successfully?

Winston Churchill said, ‘Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm’....

Published 18 Sep, 2023 07:14am

Opinion

Elephant in the room

To understand strategy in a simple manner three questions are quite helpful. When deciding on a course of action ask...

Published 24 Jul, 2023 06:11am

Opinion

Don’t take IMF seriously?

“Alice in wonderland” is an all time classic and one of my favourite books. It is about the story of a ...

Updated 17 Jun, 2023 07:08am

Opinion

‘Pakistan paradox’

Argentina is a country that is well known for its football talent and Maradona is a name that most of the people ...

Published 22 May, 2023 06:23am

Opinion

Pakistan: the scourge of inequality

Wealth inequality in Pakistan is overwhelming. According to a World Inequality Database report, the top 10% of...

Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am

Opinion

After all, it’s the transmission, stupid!

During Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign for presidency, James Carville famously coined the phrase “it’s the...

Updated 25 Mar, 2023 07:03am

Opinion

Energy security of Pakistan

It is said, “Never waste a good crisis” … and Hilary Clinton added, “Don’t waste it when it can have a very positive...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Opinion

Democratisation of energy

“Democracy is an impossible thing until the power is shared by all,” Gandhi said this, and it supports the...

Published 19 Feb, 2023 03:19am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 30	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 30	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 30	153.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 30	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 30	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 30	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 29	5,823.92
Nasdaq / Oct 29	18,712.75
Dow Jones / Oct 29	42,233.05
India Sensex / Oct 30	80,261.31
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 30	39,277.39
Hang Seng / Oct 30	20,369.49
FTSE 100 / Oct 30	8,198.17
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 30	19,360.95

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 29	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 29	244,342
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 30	67.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 30	2,787.26
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 30	70.63
Petrol/Litre / Oct 31	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 31 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 31 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 31 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 31 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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