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Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

CPEC and CPEC Authority

The Pakistan-China Relations Steering Committee in its meeting, held early this week under its Chairman Asad Umar,...

Published 07 Aug, 2021 04:01am

Opinion

Economic growth: Pakistan — a frontrunner

The global economic revival appears to be staging a comeback from the pandemic crisis faster than expected....

Published 31 Jul, 2021 04:05am

Opinion

PSGP project

The signing of an agreement between Pakistan and Russia on construction of $2.5 billion Pakistan-Stream Gas Pipeline...

Published 24 Jul, 2021 04:27am

Opinion

The quest for higher exports

The federal government has constituted the prime minister-led National Export Development Board (NEDB). The board...

Published 17 Jul, 2021 04:21am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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