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Dr Ikramul Haq

Opinion

Amendment in FATF Recommendation 23

Recommendation 18 of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) requires that financial institutions should implement...

Updated 03 Dec, 2021 05:25am

Opinion

Regulating emerging technologies—II

As per the Chainalysis adoption index for the market share of the investment in VAs, Pakistan is ranked as third in...

Published 27 Nov, 2021 05:08am

Opinion

Regulating emerging technologies—I

The technological landscape has changed massively in the last few years and this has also transformed the financial...

Updated 26 Nov, 2021 06:09am

Opinion

The quest for tax reforms

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) surpassed the revised targets for fiscal year (FY) 2020-2021 and for the first...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

Opinion

Institutional challenges

The majestic architecture of a state stands with the support of three main pillars, namely, Legislature, Executive,...

Published 12 Nov, 2021 04:46am

Opinion

FATF: no respite for Pakistan

Once again, our efforts towards the fulfillment of the agenda of Finical Action Task Force (FATF) have fallen short...

Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

PTI's manifesto: a betrayal of document?

We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our ...

Published 29 Oct, 2021 05:05am

Opinion

Compounding economic ‘crisis’

Rising need of petroleum and its heavy taxation leaves the common man stripped of his earnings, and renders the ...

Updated 22 Oct, 2021 04:46am

Opinion

Leaks and challenges-II

White collar crime investigations need special expertise to deal with different nature of financial crimes. However,...

Updated 16 Oct, 2021 01:23pm

Opinion

Leaks and challenges—I

The selective criteria of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in listing countries with strategic deficiencies ...

Updated 15 Oct, 2021 09:33am

Opinion

The 'leaks'

In The Panama Papers, the leaked data covered nearly 40 years, from the late 1970s throughout the end of 2015. It...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am

Opinion

FBR & tax appellate system

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is allegedly interfering in the quasi-judicial functions of Commissioners of...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

National Tax Academy—II

In the light of what was discussed in the first part, Case for All-Pakistan Unified Tax Service: PTI & ...

Published 24 Sep, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Need for National Tax Academy—I

On March 12, 2020, as per Press release of Ministry of Finance, the National Tax Council [NTC] was established and...

Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am

Opinion

Pathetic direct tax collection

The dismal share of income tax in overall collection of taxes during the last many decades testifies to the lack of...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Opinion

Road-map for Afghanistan

The global war on terror fought under the command of the United States of America (USA) in Afghanistan is expected ...

Published 03 Sep, 2021 04:58am

Opinion

New FBR chairman

On August 24, 2021, Dr Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad, a junior but highly competent officer of Internal Revenue Service ...

Published 27 Aug, 2021 04:52am

Opinion

FBR under cyberattack-II: Wake-up call

Interestingly, FBR is not only collecting taxes but is also responsible for dealing with Anti-Money Laundering and...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:43am

Opinion

FBR under cyberattack—I: Wake-up call

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the apex federal revenue collection body, is entrusted with the responsibility ...

Updated 19 Aug, 2021 02:08pm

Opinion

Independence Day reflections

Tomorrow, the nation will celebrate 75th Independence Day with a hope that the incumbent government is going to ...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 14	278.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 14	278.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 15	157.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 15	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 15	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 15	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 14	5,842.91
Nasdaq / Jan 14	19,044.39
FTSE 100 / Jan 14	8,201.54
Dow Jones / Jan 14	42,518.28
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 14	20,271.33
France CAC40 / Jan 14	7,423.67
India Sensex / Jan 15	76,746.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 15	38,379.49

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 9	237,483
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 14	18,785
Petrol/Litre / Jan 15	252.66
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 15	77.93
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 15	2,681.51
Diesel/Litre / Jan 15	258.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 15 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.55 ▲ 0.45 (10.98%)
Service Textile / Jan 15 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	15.13 ▲ 1.38 (10.04%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 15 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.29 ▲ 1.12 (10.03%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 15 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	11.65 ▲ 1.06 (10.01%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 15 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	60.96 ▲ 5.54 (10.00%)
BF Biosciences / Jan 15 BF Biosciences Limited(BFBIO)	231.30 ▲ 21.03 (10.00%)
Shezan Inter. / Jan 15 Shezan International Limited(SHEZ)	136.06 ▲ 12.37 (10.00%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 15 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	43.99 ▲ 3.99 (9.98%)
Sardar Chemical / Jan 15 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	37.30 ▲ 3.30 (9.71%)

Stock	Price
Universal Ins. / Jan 15 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.71 ▼ -1.08 (-10.01%)
Din Tex. / Jan 15 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	43 ▼ -4.10 (-8.70%)
Blessed Tex. / Jan 15 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	320.05 ▼ -24.46 (-7.10%)
Reliance Ins. / Jan 15 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	12 ▼ -0.85 (-6.61%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 15 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.16 ▼ -0.21 (-6.23%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jan 15 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	7.51 ▼ -0.49 (-6.13%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jan 15 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	2.90 ▼ -0.18 (-5.84%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	50.16 ▼ -2.99 (-5.63%)
GOC (Pak) / Jan 15 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	67 ▼ -3.99 (-5.62%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 15 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	42,527,928 ▲ 0.09
Pak Refinery / Jan 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,066,803 ▲ 2.63
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 15 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	33,447,471 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 15 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	29,525,333 ▼ -0.01
Sui South Gas / Jan 15 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	26,679,632 ▼ -0.47
Hascol Petrol / Jan 15 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	26,398,810 ▼ -0.05
TRG Pak Ltd / Jan 15 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	20,652,553 ▲ 4.61
Telecard Limited / Jan 15 Telecard Limited(TELE)	19,836,175 ▼ -0.01
Pak Stock Exchange / Jan 15 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	16,136,998 ▼ -0.03

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