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Opinion

New IMF precondition

Strengthening of the anti-corruption institutional mechanism is said to be a new International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Published 09 Jul, 2022 03:57am

Opinion

How good is our foreign policy?

Pakistan appears to be losing out on its global outreach. The country’s national foreign policy is somehow not...

Published 02 Jul, 2022 04:10am

Opinion

Challenges beyond IMF

There is a widespread perception that the revival of the stalled IMF programme will help Pakistan move out of its...

Published 25 Jun, 2022 04:42am

Opinion

Blame game, once again

A successor government blaming its predecessor government for all the ills is nothing new. Therefore, Pakistan ...

Published 18 Jun, 2022 06:00am

Opinion

Economy and national security

The fragile state economy of the country is worrisome and has distressed all segments of society and pillars of ...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:14am

Opinion

Pessimism grows

The nation started the year 2022 under a euphoria of all good after moving out of the Covid pandemic largely...

Published 04 Jun, 2022 04:18am

Opinion

Criticality of business enabling environment

‘Business by the businessmen alone. There is little room for bureaucracy and politics in it’. This is the basic...

Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am

Opinion

The sands of time are running out

Perplexed and checkmated by coalition partners and in panic to stem the nose dive of the country’s economy over ...

Published 21 May, 2022 04:34am

Opinion

A free-for-all

There is an environment of free-for-all in state politics, economy and governance for the last two months. The ...

Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am

Opinion

A chaotic economy

While the incumbent finance minister Miftah Ismail was still in the air on his way back, having announced successful...

Updated 07 May, 2022 08:48pm

Opinion

They elect to play the blame game

It has become a practice for every incoming government to start its tenure by harping the narrative that “All bad...

Published 30 Apr, 2022 05:53am

Opinion

Paradigm shift

Political gaming that climaxed this month witnessed the ouster of Imran Khan as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the...

Updated 23 Apr, 2022 10:26am

Opinion

Economic challenges for new govt

Successive governments commenced their tenures by endlessly criticising the economic policies and delivery of their...

Updated 16 Apr, 2022 11:11pm

Opinion

A sham democracy?

Democracy by definition is a system of government in which laws, policies, leadership and major undertakings of a...

Published 09 Apr, 2022 04:39am

Opinion

Testing times

Moody’s rating on financial health of the country is widely considered as meaningful with consequences for the...

Updated 02 Apr, 2022 12:26pm

Opinion

Can OIC walk the talk?

The two-day 48th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, which was attended by as many as 40 foreign...

Updated 26 Mar, 2022 10:43am

Opinion

CPEC projects under stress

The government has reportedly failed to convince the Chinese government to restart suspended work on 300MW ...

Updated 19 Mar, 2022 09:57am

Opinion

Auto industry: the deletion programme

The automotive industry in Pakistan is one of the fastest-growing industries in the country. It provides job...

Published 12 Mar, 2022 04:08am

Opinion

Industrialisation is the way to go

With a little over a year and a half left at the disposal of the incumbent government, it is making yet another...

Published 05 Mar, 2022 04:10am

Opinion

The rudderless energy sector

The country’s print media this week brought to surface the prevailing state of affairs in the energy sector of the...

Published 26 Feb, 2022 04:37am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 28	281.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 28	279.71
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 1	149.58
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 1	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 1	1.29
Euro to USD / Apr 1	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 27	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 28	5,580.94
Nasdaq / Mar 28	17,322.99
Dow Jones / Mar 28	41,583.90
India Sensex / Apr 1	77,103.74
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 1	35,624.48
Hang Seng / Apr 1	23,206.84
FTSE 100 / Apr 1	8,653.57
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 1	22,445.60
France CAC40 / Apr 1	7,860.39

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 27	275,205
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 28	17,085
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 1	71.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 1	3,158.40
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 1	66.88
Petrol/Litre / Apr 2	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 2	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 27 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	4.01 ▲ 1 (33.22%)
Parmount Sp. / Mar 27 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.10 ▲ 0.59 (16.81%)
Shaheen Ins. / Mar 27 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	7.50 ▲ 0.97 (14.85%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 27 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.02 ▲ 1.37 (10.04%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 27 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	33.83 ▲ 3.08 (10.02%)
Sardar Chemical / Mar 27 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.95 ▲ 3.27 (10.01%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 27 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	69.58 ▲ 6.33 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Mar 27 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	106.28 ▲ 9.66 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	121.88 ▲ 11.08 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Mar 27 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,429.95 ▲ 130 (10%)

Stock	Price
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	11.60 ▼ -98.09 (-89.42%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 27 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 27 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.03 ▼ -0.87 (-9.78%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 27 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	874.01 ▼ -93.68 (-9.68%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 27 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	18.90 ▼ -1.75 (-8.47%)
Cordoba Logistics / Mar 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	12.61 ▼ -1.15 (-8.36%)
Sally Textile / Mar 27 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11.01 ▼ -0.99 (-8.25%)
Masood Textile / Mar 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.06 ▼ -4.27 (-8.01%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 27 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.57 ▼ -0.73 (-7.09%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	42 ▼ -3.1 (-6.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	45,325,056 ▲ 0.31
Pak Elektron / Mar 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,179,304 ▲ 0.67
P.S.O. / Mar 27 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,879,128 ▲ 1.58
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	20,499,919 ▼ -98.09
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,191,931 ▼ -0.03
B.O.Punjab / Mar 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,148,304 ▼ -0.2
Pak Petroleum / Mar 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,934,134 ▼ -1.85
Engro Fert. / Mar 27 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,419,464 ▲ 0.5
Fauji Cement / Mar 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,194,696 ▲ 0.53
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,282,647 ▲ 0.09

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