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Dr Farid A Malik

Opinion

Awam Ka Muqadama

In all litigation (Muqadama) there is a ‘Complainant’ and ‘Respondent’ while the case is heard by the judge in an...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

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Easy money bane or boom?

While finishing up my Masters programme in the USA, I received an interesting letter from the bank which said:...

Updated 08 Jan, 2025 08:22am

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Essentials for foreign investments

Every investment carries risk, for which rule of law is essentially required. Agreements must be honoured and...

Published 26 Dec, 2024 07:03am

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Facing external pressures

On expiry of my term as Chairman Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) in August 2005, I paid a farewell visit to the...

Updated 18 Dec, 2024 07:51am

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Dealing with the undesirables

Protests of the undesirables are in the spotlight in the land of the pure, whose purity has been seriously tarnished...

Published 01 Dec, 2024 03:13am

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Behind Trump’s comeback: ballot or bullet?

The right to bear arms was enshrined in the US Constitution in the year 1787. Since then, the citizens have enjoyed...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 06:28am

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26th Amendment a ‘suicide attack’

The 1973 Constitution was enacted unanimously by a legislative assembly elected through free and fair elections held...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 06:51am

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Reserves increased from two weeks to two months, bravo!

A beaming Finance Minister and former President of the country’s largest bank proudly announced that the foreign...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 08:32am

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Democracy under attack

Despite its shortcomings democracy is widely hailed as the best-known system of governance known to mankind. It...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 06:33am

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Job description of Chief Justice

Writing the job description (JD) of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) was a daunting task. As Chairman, Pakistan...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

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Jamandru faults

Jamandru is a Punjabi word which means ‘At birth’. Pakistan was born on August 14, 1947, with serious birth...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:30am

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Technology prevails

Technology; the strongest resource of our times, is grossly mis-understood in the Islamic World. While technology...

Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:15am

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Political ‘surrender’ of 1958 that shook the foundations of Pakistan

History is full of accounts of surrender and retreat. In the American Civil war (1861-1865) Confederate General in...

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 07:18am

Opinion

Qarz Mubarak!

There is jubilation all around in government circles, The IMF has agreed on a $ 7 billion loan package at 5% per...

Published 03 Oct, 2024 07:14am

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Aaeen Saazi

It seems Aaeen Saazi (Constitution Making) is an unending struggle in the land of the pure. Perhaps the only...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am

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Struggle for steel continues

Steel is the basic building block of development. It was due to the influential import lobbies that Pakistan lagged...

Published 05 Sep, 2024 06:19am

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Selected or elected PMs?

Despite being a constitutional democracy since August 14, 1973, mass confusion prevails in the mechanism of...

Published 04 Sep, 2024 07:16am

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Customers are missing?

The entire quality movement is based on customer satisfaction. For an organization to grow and prosper it must have...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 07:08am

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Languishing losers

The American system is based on competition. Only the ablest and fittest survive, losers are cut to size and left to...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:59am

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Jinnah’s Pakistan is back?

With the fall of Hasina Wazed, the Prime Minister (PM), Bangladesh has started to move outside the Indian Halo....

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
FTSE 100 / Jan 20	8,520.54
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 20	20,990.31
France CAC40 / Jan 20	7,733.50
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	77.59 ▲ 7.05 (9.99%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 21 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	31.82 ▲ 2.89 (9.99%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.84 ▲ 9.84 (9.94%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 21 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.20 ▲ 0.74 (9.92%)

Stock	Price
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	22.51 ▼ -2.48 (-9.92%)
Kohat Textile / Jan 21 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	32.32 ▼ -2.58 (-7.39%)
Punjab Oil / Jan 21 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	147 ▼ -11.02 (-6.97%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 21 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.30 ▼ -0.31 (-6.72%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 21 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	106 ▼ -7.47 (-6.58%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.20 ▼ -0.61 (-6.22%)
GOC (Pak) / Jan 21 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	64.99 ▼ -4.10 (-5.93%)
Prosperity Weav / Jan 21 Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited(PRWM)	35 ▼ -2.00 (-5.41%)
Saritow Spinning / Jan 21 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	9.40 ▼ -0.53 (-5.34%)

Stock	Volume
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.10
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	57,800,421 ▲ 0.33
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	56,891,848 ▼ -0.02
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	38,375,069 ▲ 1.83
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	30,395,842 ▲ 0.26
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.18
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -1.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 21 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	21,405,956 ▼ -2.77
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	19,827,701 ▲ 2.70

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