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Rashed Rahman

Opinion

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

Opinion

Anti-Taliban resistance

As the full impact and import of the US-led west’s departure from Afghanistan unfolds, there is no dearth of...

Published 24 Aug, 2021 05:02am

Opinion

Chronicle of a debacle foretold

The collapse of the Afghan government’s military and security forces in the face of the Taliban offensive in ...

Published 17 Aug, 2021 04:42am

Opinion

The ‘peace’ mantra

Pakistan’s leaders, civilian and military, have been piping the ‘peace in Afghanistan’ tune for some time now,...

Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:35am

Opinion

Bring me news of fresh disasters

At precisely the conjuncture when Pakistan is in the process of attempting to recreate a new avatar for itself as a...

Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:14am

Opinion

Portents of a disaster foretold

For all the apparent angst being displayed by Pakistan’s ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) regarding...

Published 29 Jun, 2021 03:24am

Opinion

Water conflicts

The reasons for the collapse of the ancient Indus Valley riverine Civilisation are unclear, but most experts are...

Published 01 Jun, 2021 04:59am

Opinion

Betrayal of the Palestinians

The current round of violence in Palestine was triggered by the Israeli security forces trying to quell protests...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Opinion

Religious extremist terrorism’s spread

Recent events in Mozambique centring on religious extremist terrorists seizing Pemba, the capital of the northern...

Published 11 May, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

World Press Freedom Day

May 3, 2021 passed as World Press Freedom Day in relative quietude given the damper on all aspects of life wrought ...

Published 04 May, 2021 04:26am

Opinion

TLP: the state’s continuing blunders

The violent clashes in the past few days between the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and the law enforcement...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Opinion

PPP’s solo flight

On the occasion of the 42nd death anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on April 4, 2021, Pakistan People’s Party...

Published 06 Apr, 2021 04:23am

Opinion

PDM, Aurat March, Myanmar and all that

The long title of today’s column does not reflect the lack of an important subject that can stand alone, but the...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Opinion

Aurat March and its ‘critics’

As every year, this year too Pakistan’s women joined their sisters round the globe in rallying for their rights on...

Published 16 Mar, 2021 04:43am

Opinion

International Mother Language Day

February 21 is celebrated worldwide as Mother Languages Day. In Pakistan too, even a cursory glance at the ...

Published 23 Feb, 2021 05:20am

Opinion

Anti-corruption mantra, anyone?

Amidst the hectic to and fro of nominations for the upcoming Senate elections, the video scandal showing some...

Published 16 Feb, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

Military coup in Myanmar

On a cold, wintry morning of Monday, February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military proved the weeks-long rumours of an...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Opinion

Afghanistan ‘peace’ deal review

With the change from Donald Trump to Joe Biden at the helm in Washington, the expected review if not reversal of ...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

Opinion

Darkness descends

The people of Pakistan had barely had opportunity to recover their breath after the horrendous massacre of 11 Hazara...

Published 12 Jan, 2021 03:01am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 30	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 30	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 30	156.45
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 30	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 30	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 30	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 30	5,906.94
India Sensex / Dec 30	78,248.13
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 30	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Dec 30	19,486.79
Hang Seng / Dec 30	20,111.38
FTSE 100 / Dec 30	8,121.01
Dow Jones / Dec 30	42,573.73
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 30	19,909.14

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 30	71.36
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 30	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 30	241,430.80
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 30	2,604.69
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 30	68.76
Petrol/Litre / Dec 31	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 31 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	4.78 ▲ 0.56 (13.27%)
Chenab Ltd / Dec 31 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	10.28 ▲ 1.00 (10.78%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 31 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Liven Pharma / Dec 31 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	150.54 ▲ 13.69 (10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 31 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	131.86 ▲ 11.99 (10.00%)
Pak Stock Exchange / Dec 31 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	27.75 ▲ 2.52 (9.99%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 31 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	21.04 ▲ 1.91 (9.98%)
TPL Insurance / Dec 31 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	12.98 ▲ 1.16 (9.81%)
Pak Datacom / Dec 31 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	167 ▲ 14.81 (9.73%)

Stock	Price
Khyber Textile / Dec 31 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	520.86 ▼ -57.87 (-10.00%)
Nazir Cotton Mills / Dec 31 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	11.51 ▼ -1.24 (-9.73%)
Jubilee Spinning / Dec 31 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.55 ▼ -0.95 (-8.26%)
Bank of Khyber / Dec 31 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	13.93 ▼ -0.90 (-6.07%)
Data Agro / Dec 31 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	126.10 ▼ -7.88 (-5.88%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Dec 31 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	9.19 ▼ -0.53 (-5.45%)
St.Chart.Bank / Dec 31 Standard Chartered Bank (Pak) Ltd(SCBPL)	52.05 ▼ -2.43 (-4.46%)
Dost Steels Ltd. / Dec 31 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	6.45 ▼ -0.26 (-3.87%)
Arif Habib Corp / Dec 31 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	67.50 ▼ -2.48 (-3.54%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	125,613,935 ▲ 0.23
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	111,551,930 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Dec 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	84,182,656 ▲ 0.11
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 ▲ 0.07
Pak Elektron / Dec 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	36,348,761 ▲ 0.47
Sui South Gas / Dec 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	30,315,237 ▼ -0.41
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 31 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	29,105,477 ▼ -0.06
Telecard Limited / Dec 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	26,616,811 ▲ 0.16

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