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Opinion

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

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 31	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 31	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 31	156.20
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 31	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 31	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 30	5,906.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 30	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Dec 30	19,486.79
Dow Jones / Dec 30	42,573.73
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 30	19,909.14
India Sensex / Dec 31	78,017.14
Hang Seng / Dec 31	20,059.95
FTSE 100 / Dec 31	8,125.32

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 30	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 30	241,430.80
Petrol/Litre / Dec 31	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 31	71.59
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 31	2,605.88
Diesel/Litre / Dec 31	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Hira Textile / Dec 31 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	3.75 ▲ 0.45 (13.64%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 31 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	8.33 ▲ 1.00 (13.64%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Dec 31 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.88 ▲ 0.88 (12.57%)
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	9.38 ▲ 1.00 (11.93%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 31 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.47 (11.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 31 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1.00 (11.12%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 31 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 31 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	39.33 ▲ 3.58 (10.01%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	65.45 ▲ 5.95 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 31 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.12 ▼ -0.98 (-16.07%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 31 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	7.60 ▼ -0.90 (-10.59%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 31 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	30.76 ▼ -3.42 (-10.01%)
Frontier Ceram / Dec 31 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	42.91 ▼ -4.77 (-10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Dec 31 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	78.50 ▼ -8.72 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Dec 31 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	203.81 ▼ -22.65 (-10.00%)
Noon Sugar / Dec 31 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	81.31 ▼ -9.03 (-10.00%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Dec 31 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	425.82 ▼ -47.31 (-10.00%)
Gammon Pak / Dec 31 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	45.59 ▼ -5.06 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	212,308,919 ▲ 0.42
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	111,551,930 ▼ -0.05
B.O.Punjab / Dec 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	84,182,656 ▲ 0.28
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 31 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	66,177,767 ▲ 1.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 31 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	55,597,038 ▲ 0.69
Pak Refinery / Dec 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	50,017,805 ▲ 3.54
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 31 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	48,777,302 ▼ -0.02
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	45,320,218 ▲ 0.24
Pak Elektron / Dec 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	36,348,761 ▼ -0.91

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