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Syed Akhtar Ali

Opinion

Prices of POL products

New petroleum prices have been announced; there is no big increase in prices of Petrol and HSD. However, the...

Published 11 Sep, 2022 03:51am

Opinion

Deregulating the oil sector — II

The two biggest risks are demand-supply manipulation, creating shortages and manipulate prices. Shortages can be...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am

Opinion

Deregulating the oil sector – I

There has often been talk of deregulating the petroleum sector. There are pros and cons which have been hotly...

Published 20 Aug, 2022 03:41am

Opinion

Petroleum prices: an analysis

From August 1, the GoP (government of Pakistan) has reduced gasoline’s price by Rs 3.05 to Rs 227.19/litre....

Published 08 Aug, 2022 05:41am

Opinion

Will low oil prices sustain?

New price of gasoline is 230.24 Rs/liter (7.44% decrease) and diesel’s is 236 Rs/L (14.66% decrease). Gasoline’s...

Published 27 Jul, 2022 05:23am

Opinion

Oil price rise

There are two recent and important developments that are worth discussion. Firstly, petrol prices were increased on...

Published 13 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Opinion

Oil, gas prices: need for stabilisation fund

Oil prices go up and down. Now gas prices are also linked with oil prices. While lower oil prices go unnoticed and...

Published 22 Jun, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

Towards a fast track solar programme

A fast track solar programme appears to be the need of the hour for reducing electricity cost. At least 1000MW ...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

Oil prices – what to do? – II

Classification of crude oil is based on viscosity (lightness or heavy) and sulfur level (sweet and sour/high, medium...

Published 09 Jun, 2022 06:18am

Opinion

Oil prices – what to do? – I

Petroleum prices have been increased once again. New prices are: petrol Rs209.86 and High Speed Diesel (HSD)...

Updated 08 Jun, 2022 08:11pm

Opinion

Power blackout 2021: inquiry report

On 9th January 2021, 23:40hrs, a major power blackout occurred which engulfed almost entire Pakistan, including...

Published 12 May, 2022 05:40am

Opinion

Towards petroleum pricing and subsidies

Petroleum prices have been maintained at status quo, but as it appears that it may not be possible to maintain the...

Published 06 May, 2022 05:03am

Opinion

Prices of POL and products—I

Petrol prices have been increased again to cross the mark of Rs 147 per litre, while diesel remains cheaper by a few...

Published 23 Jan, 2022 05:17am

Opinion

Diversifying gas use

A gas crisis has been caused by continuously depleting local gas resources, and rising LNG prices. Cheaper local gas...

Published 06 Jan, 2022 04:13am

Opinion

Glasgow agreement and Pakistan—II

Coal gasification Major energy source remains to be Thar coal. Thar coal can be liquefied to produce gas (SNG). It...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am

Opinion

Glasgow agreement and Pakistan—I

Glasgow Climate Conference has ended with a renewed commitment of 200 nations to climate change goals amid ...

Published 25 Nov, 2021 03:53am

Opinion

Nepra's 'State of Industry Report': An analysis-I

Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has released its annual State of Industry Report-21 (SOI-21)....

Updated 09 Oct, 2021 12:06pm

Opinion

An ugly IGCEP

A rather ugly situation is developing with respect to the IGCEP (Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan)....

Published 23 Sep, 2021 04:35am

Opinion

Towards a hydrogen policy

Hydrogen is the most abundant element found in nature. It is a fuel of the future promising carbonless economy....

Published 18 Sep, 2021 04:02am

Opinion

Oil refining policy: a refined approach needed

New Oil Refinery Policy (NORP) is at an advanced stage of processing and approval. There are some risks and issues ...

Updated 08 Sep, 2021 11:21pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 14	279.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 14	279.07
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 14	152.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 14	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 14	1.26
Euro to USD / Feb 14	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Feb 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 14	6,114.63
India Sensex / Feb 14	75,939.21
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 14	39,149.43
Nasdaq / Feb 14	20,026.77
Hang Seng / Feb 14	22,620.33
FTSE 100 / Feb 14	8,732.46
Dow Jones / Feb 14	44,546.08
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 14	22,513.42
France CAC40 / Feb 14	8,178.54

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 14	70.74
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 14	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 14	262,517
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 14	2,882.53
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 14	68.31
Petrol/Litre / Feb 16	256.13
Diesel/Litre / Feb 16	263.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
At-Tahur Ltd. / Feb 14 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	35.26 ▲ 3.21 (10.02%)
Saritow Spinning / Feb 14 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	23.84 ▲ 2.17 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Feb 14 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	38.02 ▲ 3.46 (10.01%)
Lucky Cement / Feb 14 Lucky Cement Limited(LUCK)	1,366.37 ▲ 124.22 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Feb 14 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	108.35 ▲ 9.85 (10%)
Agriautos Ind. / Feb 14 Agriauto Industries Limited(AGIL)	115.49 ▲ 10.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Feb 14 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	20.48 ▲ 1.86 (9.99%)
Sindh Abadgar / Feb 14 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	50.08 ▲ 4.55 (9.99%)
Popular Islamic / Feb 14 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.37 ▲ 1.04 (9.18%)
F.Credit & Inv / Feb 14 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.39 ▲ 0.7 (9.1%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Textile / Feb 14 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	6.80 ▼ -0.99 (-12.71%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Feb 14 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	7.55 ▼ -0.93 (-10.97%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Feb 14 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	10.77 ▼ -1.2 (-10.03%)
Redco Textile / Feb 14 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	22.60 ▼ -2.51 (-10%)
Engro Powergen / Feb 14 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	25.78 ▼ -2.86 (-9.99%)
D.M. Textile / Feb 14 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Universal Ins. / Feb 14 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	12.91 ▼ -1.43 (-9.97%)
Sakrand Sugar / Feb 14 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.11 ▼ -1.34 (-9.96%)
Idrees Tex. / Feb 14 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	12.81 ▼ -1.41 (-9.92%)
Sui South Gas / Feb 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32.68 ▼ -3.56 (-9.82%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Feb 14 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	79,317,612 ▼ -0.66
Lotte Chemical / Feb 14 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	72,104,503 ▼ -1.12
Power Cement / Feb 14 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	40,290,839 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Feb 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,711,461 ▼ -3.56
Hascol Petrol / Feb 14 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	31,600,150 ▼ -0.41
Dewan Motors / Feb 14 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	31,281,602 ▼ -2.6
Cnergyico PK / Feb 14 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	20,508,125 ▼ -0.25
Fauji Foods Ltd / Feb 14 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	20,173,357 ▼ -0.24
Fauji Cement / Feb 14 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	16,904,777 ▼ -1.09
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,467,161 ▼ -0.04

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