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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

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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

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Progress towards meritocracy

The Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin, while addressing a virtual meeting of the...

Published 04 Dec, 2021 04:23am

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PSEs: misplaced optimism

The government’s quest for turning around loss-making Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) continues in the fourth ...

Published 27 Nov, 2021 05:08am

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Is CPEC last chance for industrialisation?

The statement “the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is Pakistan’s last chance for industrialisation”...

Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am

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Power sector: no solution?

The power sector of the country or more specifically the Power Division (PD) of government of Pakistan continues to...

Published 13 Nov, 2021 04:08am

Opinion

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030

"Visions" are proliferating in the Arab sheikhdoms for quite sometime. The UAE embarked on "Vision 2021", Qatar...

Updated 06 Nov, 2021 04:44am

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Might is right

The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain...

Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am

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Pakistan and the global economy

The long-term effects of nearly two years of Covid-19 on the global economy have begun to unfold, biting ...

Published 23 Oct, 2021 04:01am

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IMF talks

With sleeves rolled up, Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has begun talks with the IMF (International Monetary...

Published 16 Oct, 2021 04:49am

Opinion

Tax havens

Prime Minister Imran Khan in his virtual address to the World Leaders Summit Dialogue, organised by the United...

Updated 09 Oct, 2021 12:02pm

Opinion

Mission impossible?

Prime Minister Imran Khan while chairing a meeting last Wednesday on how to increase country's exports, directed the...

Published 02 Oct, 2021 04:45am

Opinion

SAPMs & Advisers

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on power and petroleum Tabish Gauhar once again resigned from his ...

Published 25 Sep, 2021 04:59am

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Once again PSEs under the spotlight

In the 4th year of its tenure, the PTI government has diverted its focus to privatisation of Public Sector...

Published 18 Sep, 2021 04:02am

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Afghanistan under the global spotlight

Afghanistan is said to be a reality that is neither apparent to senses nor obvious to the intelligence. This...

Published 11 Sep, 2021 03:36am

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Significance of Planning Commission

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin, after four months in office, announced, in the presence of...

Published 04 Sep, 2021 06:04am

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Pakistan back in business

The overall Business Confidence Score (BCS) in Pakistan now stands at a positive score of 9 percent according to the...

Published 28 Aug, 2021 03:54am

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The dwindling sanctity of global regulators

Post-World War-II, the victorious nations, spearheaded by the US, pledged to make the world a safer place to live ...

Published 21 Aug, 2021 04:21am

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Pakistan has made its choice

Speaking nine days after the deadliest terrorist attacks in the history of the US on the sunny morning of 11 Sept...

Published 14 Aug, 2021 03:41am

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
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	68.02
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
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%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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