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Syed Bakhtiyar Kazmi

Opinion

Bad vision

Undoubtedly, there is someone out there who is far worse than I, when it comes to catching up on reading all the...

Published 19 Dec, 2020 03:02am

Opinion

Take off

If you are anything like me, you are probably eternally late on your reading, and throw most of the "to read stuff"...

Published 12 Dec, 2020 02:52am

Opinion

Private credit

Lately it was getting rather boring writing on the economy, which is the reason why there are already four episodes...

Published 05 Dec, 2020 03:01am

Opinion

Economic satire: episode IV: Money in the bank

"What would you call a neoliberal, someone who vehemently supports free markets, but at the same time is employed by...

Published 28 Nov, 2020 03:04am

Markets

Economic satire: Episode 3: Trading

Fatman muttered under his breath, "If you think about it, the Mercantilist had got it right." "Well then stop...

Published 21 Nov, 2020 02:44am

Opinion

In the foot

It was bad enough that we made a mess of an already horrible system of selecting a King, now the Americans seem to ...

Published 14 Nov, 2020 02:52am

Opinion

The barometer

It is not that I do not wish to keep learning, keep acquiring knowledge and someday perhaps get wise, and it is not...

Published 07 Nov, 2020 02:39am

Opinion

Economic satire: EP 2: Rich get richer

That was definitely not the reaction the Assistant had imagined; after all it would be demeaning to associate the...

Published 30 Oct, 2020 02:54am

Opinion

Consequences

Apropos a recent front page news in an English-language daily, that the Prime Minister was angered over delay in...

Updated 24 Oct, 2020 03:12am

Opinion

Economic satire: episode - I

In a library with wall to wall shelves stacked with books, the four gentlemen sat on vintage wingback chairs around...

Published 17 Oct, 2020 03:08am

Opinion

The taxman

Writing about the taxman can be injurious to your health; even if it is all praise, because the taxman, like the ...

Published 10 Oct, 2020 03:02am

Opinion

Impoverished by democracy?

Right after last week's title, this one probably is sufficient circumstantial evidence for many to argue that my...

Published 03 Oct, 2020 02:45am

Markets

What might have been

ARTICLE: Over the years, I distinctly recall that, at a minimum, twice have my columns flirted with "What if"...

Published 29 Aug, 2020 02:49am

Opinion

Nothing

ARTICLE: As the old joke goes, sometimes you don't feel like taking a dip in the pool; sometimes you really want to...

Published 22 Aug, 2020 03:24am

Opinion

Imports - Jamais Vu

ARTICLE: Fine, the title has nothing much to do with anything hereunder; unfortunately, imports should have been the...

Published 15 Aug, 2020 02:41am

Opinion

Coasian bargaining

ARTICLE: Dear Readers, Eid Mubarak! And the return of the lockdown! Notwithstanding that the Government's strategy...

Published 01 Aug, 2020 01:12am

Opinion

Fused

ARTICLE: On a roll here - actually followed the plan and read, or at least tried to read the "Report on the Power...

Published 25 Jul, 2020 02:49am

Markets

More sour than sweet

ARTICLE: The good news is that I finally got around to reading the "Report of The Commission of Inquiry constituted...

Published 18 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Opinion

Economy - the least problem

ARTICLE: This column, for the last couple of weeks or more, has been building arguments to support the view that the...

Updated 11 Jul, 2020 03:11am

Markets

So many keys

ARTICLE: To say that economic growth has been the most vexing problem for our national leadership for the last three...

Published 04 Jul, 2020 03:02am

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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