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Security insecure

Even a casual glance at the instances of attacks on the security forces in the country would indicate that a...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 06:10am

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‘Punishing’ Russia

The US-led west and Russia have been at loggerheads over Ukraine since 2014. Of late, the former has used escalating...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 04:07am

Opinion

The long arm of the establishment?

The trial in London of a Pakistani man, Gohir Khan, on charges of being hired to assassinate exiled Pakistani ...

Published 25 Jan, 2022 05:03am

Opinion

Myanmar testament to vulnerability of democracy

The military junta that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD) by...

Published 18 Jan, 2022 04:20am

Opinion

Bring me news of fresh disasters

Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Usman Buzdar, under fire along with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) federal ...

Updated 11 Jan, 2022 06:54am

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‘Deals’ in the air

Nothing in our blessed country is ever simple or straightforward. What appears to be ‘true’ very often turns out...

Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am

Opinion

OIC conference on Afghanistan

The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met in Islamabad on December 19, 2021 to discuss the...

Published 21 Dec, 2021 04:14am

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Slippery slope of descent into barbarism

The Sialkot incident in which a Sri Lankan factory manager, Priyantha Kumara, was brutally bludgeoned to death by an...

Updated 07 Dec, 2021 06:50am

Opinion

Asma Jahangir Conference 2021 — II

After the first day’s explosive inaugural session on the judiciary’s role, past and present, the run of sessions...

Published 30 Nov, 2021 05:23am

Opinion

Asma Jahangir Conference 2021 — I

After a hiatus of two years brought on by the Covid pandemic that forced postponement last year, the Asma Jahangir...

Published 23 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Opinion

Let the people speak

The situation in the country can only be described as the fortunes of the imposed government of the Pakistan...

Published 16 Nov, 2021 04:26am

Opinion

Lull before fresh storms

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) government is increasingly hemmed in by problems and issues, all crises largely...

Published 09 Nov, 2021 04:48am

Opinion

The wages of appeasement

Once again, the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has wrested a 'compromise' agreement from the sitting government...

Published 02 Nov, 2021 05:20am

Opinion

Trouble all round

Trouble has raised its disquieting head, or is looming, on diverse fronts for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI)...

Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

Colonial atrocities: belated reckoning

On October 16, 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron commemorated the 60th anniversary of a massacre of Algerian...

Published 19 Oct, 2021 03:52am

Opinion

The Chinese Republican Revolution 1911

On October 10, 2021, China marked the 110th anniversary of the October 1911 Republican (Xinhai) Revolution with a...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am

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Pandora's box

The Greek myth of Pandora's box seems to have come true with a vengeance by the revelations gleaned by the...

Published 05 Oct, 2021 04:34am

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Looming clouds on the horizon

The old saying about perspective inducing the view whether the glass is half full or half empty applies to the...

Published 28 Sep, 2021 05:12am

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A plethora of issues

Although Afghanistan currently looms large in the plethora of issues facing the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI)...

Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am

Opinion

Chickens coming home to roost

The anticipated uptick in Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist actions after the Taliban takeover of power in...

Published 07 Sep, 2021 06:25am

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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