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Fixing power sector

The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Power has spelled out a roadmap to fix Pakistan's power sector. It...

Published 21 Nov, 2020 02:44am

Opinion

Do away with subsidies

As reported in the press, the federal cabinet, in its meeting early this week, was surprised to learn that the...

Published 14 Nov, 2020 02:52am

Opinion

Political jalsas and fading public interest

Unlike the past, when political rallies by opposition led to uncertainty in markets, shutter-down and difficulty in...

Published 07 Nov, 2020 02:39am

Opinion

PIA under greater govt focus

Adviser to Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity, Dr Ishrat Husain has proposed to the federal...

Updated 24 Oct, 2020 03:12am

Opinion

Power sector in turmoil

Chairing a meeting on energy reforms a few days ago, prime minister Imran Khan expressed his grave concern over the...

Published 17 Oct, 2020 03:08am

Opinion

Business growth versus regulations

The businesses in Pakistan are strongly influenced and controlled by Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs). A favorable...

Published 10 Oct, 2020 03:02am

Opinion

Energy sector challenges

Prime Minister Imran Khan, while chairing a meeting this week to review progress of reforms in the energy sector, is...

Published 03 Oct, 2020 02:45am

Opinion

Gas load-shedding: new challenge

The advent of summer or winter, year after year, ushers in fears in the minds of people of Pakistan - fear of power...

Published 26 Sep, 2020 02:40am

Opinion

SOEs: most viable option

One of the IMF key benchmarks for the current Extended Fund Facility programme is the settlement of the fate of...

Published 19 Sep, 2020 02:44am

Opinion

Solutions based on creative thinking

ARTICLE: The incumbent government that has concluded 'business-as-usual' will not get the nation where PTI promised...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Opinion

Country needs FDI

ARTICLE: The Board of Investment (BoI) last week rolled out an investment promotion strategy for the next three...

Published 05 Sep, 2020 02:50am

Opinion

'Make in Pakistan'

ARTICLE: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week pledged to promote the local industry and pursue the policy of "Make in...

Published 29 Aug, 2020 02:49am

Markets

Two years in power

ARTICLE: The year 2020 will be recorded in history as a year of severe global economic and political turmoil and...

Published 22 Aug, 2020 03:24am

Opinion

Culture of licences, permits & NOCs

ARTICLE: In these times when countries around the globe are competing to excel in economic growth, perhaps, none of...

Published 15 Aug, 2020 02:41am

Markets

There's need for gap analysis

ARTICLE: In July 2020, the export proceeds grew by 5.8 per cent to $1.998 billion as per the data released by the...

Published 08 Aug, 2020 02:58am

Opinion

Impacts of Covid-19 on foreign investors

The Overseas Investors Chambers of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) conducted among its member companies a survey this...

Published 01 Aug, 2020 01:12am

Opinion

The rationale for subsidies

ARTICLE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed his adviser on finance Dr Hafeez Shaikh to form a "special cell" to...

Published 25 Jul, 2020 02:49am

Opinion

A 'solution' out of the box

ARTICLE: Presiding over a meeting of the Economic think tank early this week, Prime Minister Imran Khan called for...

Published 18 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Opinion

PIA: government's left with only one option

ARTICLE: The Federal Minister of Aviation, while making a statement on the floor of the National Assembly that a...

Updated 11 Jul, 2020 03:10am

Opinion

Oil sector

ARTICLE: In end May 2020, the federal government announced a big reduction in the price of petrol by Rs 7.06 per...

Published 04 Jul, 2020 03:02am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 14	279.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 14	279.07
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 14	152.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 14	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 14	1.26
Euro to USD / Feb 14	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Feb 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 14	6,114.63
India Sensex / Feb 14	75,939.21
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 14	39,149.43
Nasdaq / Feb 14	20,026.77
Hang Seng / Feb 14	22,620.33
FTSE 100 / Feb 14	8,732.46
Dow Jones / Feb 14	44,546.08
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 14	22,513.42
France CAC40 / Feb 14	8,178.54

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 14	70.74
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 14	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 14	262,517
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 14	2,882.53
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 14	68.31
Petrol/Litre / Feb 16	256.13
Diesel/Litre / Feb 16	263.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
At-Tahur Ltd. / Feb 14 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	35.26 ▲ 3.21 (10.02%)
Saritow Spinning / Feb 14 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	23.84 ▲ 2.17 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Feb 14 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	38.02 ▲ 3.46 (10.01%)
Lucky Cement / Feb 14 Lucky Cement Limited(LUCK)	1,366.37 ▲ 124.22 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Feb 14 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	108.35 ▲ 9.85 (10%)
Agriautos Ind. / Feb 14 Agriauto Industries Limited(AGIL)	115.49 ▲ 10.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Feb 14 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	20.48 ▲ 1.86 (9.99%)
Sindh Abadgar / Feb 14 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	50.08 ▲ 4.55 (9.99%)
Popular Islamic / Feb 14 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.37 ▲ 1.04 (9.18%)
F.Credit & Inv / Feb 14 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.39 ▲ 0.7 (9.1%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Textile / Feb 14 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	6.80 ▼ -0.99 (-12.71%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Feb 14 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	7.55 ▼ -0.93 (-10.97%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Feb 14 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	10.77 ▼ -1.2 (-10.03%)
Redco Textile / Feb 14 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	22.60 ▼ -2.51 (-10%)
Engro Powergen / Feb 14 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	25.78 ▼ -2.86 (-9.99%)
D.M. Textile / Feb 14 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Universal Ins. / Feb 14 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	12.91 ▼ -1.43 (-9.97%)
Sakrand Sugar / Feb 14 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.11 ▼ -1.34 (-9.96%)
Idrees Tex. / Feb 14 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	12.81 ▼ -1.41 (-9.92%)
Sui South Gas / Feb 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32.68 ▼ -3.56 (-9.82%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Feb 14 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	79,317,612 ▼ -0.66
Lotte Chemical / Feb 14 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	72,104,503 ▼ -1.12
Power Cement / Feb 14 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	40,290,839 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Feb 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,711,461 ▼ -3.56
Hascol Petrol / Feb 14 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	31,600,150 ▼ -0.41
Dewan Motors / Feb 14 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	31,281,602 ▼ -2.6
Cnergyico PK / Feb 14 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	20,508,125 ▼ -0.25
Fauji Foods Ltd / Feb 14 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	20,173,357 ▼ -0.24
Fauji Cement / Feb 14 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	16,904,777 ▼ -1.09
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,467,161 ▼ -0.04

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