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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Stay orders: a termite in justice system?

The federal minister for information and broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry while addressing a press conference this week...

Published 19 Feb, 2022 04:15am

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Pakistan stands a chance

In the midst of boycott of Beijing Olympics by the US and its allies, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan showed ...

Published 12 Feb, 2022 05:09am

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Container transportation by rail

Federal Minister for Railways Mohammed Azam Khan Swati has claimed that: “Pakistan Railways shall triple the...

Published 05 Feb, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

Flawed CPI?

As usual, the recent Transparency International’s report has caused quite a stir in the country as the loss of...

Updated 29 Jan, 2022 07:28am

Opinion

It’s about time govt enforced IPR

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is one subject that is consistently under the focus of Overseas Investors Chamber...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

Inflation — a world phenomenon

Consumers around the globe are experiencing higher prices for commodities and services. The reasons for this may ...

Published 15 Jan, 2022 05:50am

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Don’t scare the investor away, please—II

EPZA also had mobilised investment by promising the same to investors. If whole or part of this concession is...

Published 12 Jan, 2022 04:25am

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Don’t scare the investor away, please—I

In compliance with the conditions agreed with the IMF (International Monetary Fund), the government intends to ...

Published 11 Jan, 2022 06:33am

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In defence of IMF

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) firmness on its prior conditions in relation to levy of taxes and...

Published 08 Jan, 2022 03:59am

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EU’s ‘answer’ to BRI: Global Gateway

The European Commission has set out the Global Gateway, a new European strategy to boost smart, clean and secure...

Published 01 Jan, 2022 04:07am

Opinion

Renewable energy

The recently announced World Economic Forum’s Energy Transition Index 2021 has ranked Denmark, Finland and the...

Published 25 Dec, 2021 05:02am

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Biden’s democracy summit

One thing which emerged promising for the developing countries out of the “Democracy Summit” recently hosted by...

Published 18 Dec, 2021 04:33am

Opinion

Doing business in Pakistan: Perceptions and realities

Pakistan is just not there where it merits to be in terms of mobilising foreign direct investment (FDI) in spite of...

Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 3	278.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 3	27,843
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 3	157.28
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 3	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 3	1.03

Stock	Volume
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	39,894.54
S&P 500 / Jan 2	5,868.55
Nasdaq / Jan 2	19,280.79
FTSE 100 / Jan 2	8,260.09
Dow Jones / Jan 2	42,392.27
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 2	20,024.66
France CAC40 / Jan 2	7,393.76
India Sensex / Jan 3	79,739.02

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 2	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 2	242,888.30
Petrol/Litre / Jan 3	252.66
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 3	73.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 3	2,657
Diesel/Litre / Jan 3	258.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Power / Jan 3 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	6.87 ▲ 1.00 (17.04%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jan 3 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	28 ▲ 2.55 (10.02%)
Arpak Int. / Jan 3 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	76.89 ▲ 6.99 (10.00%)
GOC (Pak) / Jan 3 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	79.20 ▲ 7.20 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 3 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	200.37 ▲ 18.22 (10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 3 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	175.52 ▲ 15.96 (10.00%)
Dewan Automotive Eng. / Jan 3 Dewan Automotive Engineering Limited(DWAE)	41.71 ▲ 3.79 (9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 3 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	13.68 ▲ 1.24 (9.97%)
Hallmark Co. / Jan 3 Hallmark Company Limited(HCL)	1,199 ▲ 107.60 (9.86%)

Stock	Price
Frontier Ceram / Jan 3 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	31.28 ▼ -3.48 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 3 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	42.92 ▼ -4.77 (-10.00%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jan 3 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.81 ▼ -1.19 (-9.92%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 3 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37.20 ▼ -4.05 (-9.82%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jan 3 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	11.33 ▼ -1.17 (-9.36%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jan 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	27.30 ▼ -2.57 (-8.60%)
Pak Paper Prod / Jan 3 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	166.60 ▼ -14.78 (-8.15%)
Khalid Siraj / Jan 3 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.12 ▼ -0.71 (-8.04%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jan 3 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	32.01 ▼ -2.72 (-7.83%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	89,478,727 ▲ 0.26
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,001,410 ▼ -0.04
Telecard Limited / Jan 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	61,073,411 ▼ -0.20
Cnergyico PK / Jan 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	52,175,076 ▼ -0.24
B.O.Punjab / Jan 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	37,387,280 ▼ -0.14
Fauji Cement / Jan 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	35,164,265 ▼ -2.67
Pak Elektron / Jan 3 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	33,998,434 ▲ 0.75
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 3 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	31,794,537 ▲ 0.40
Bank Makramah / Jan 3 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	28,281,840 ▲ 0.17

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