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Shahid Sattar

Opinion

Fix the EFS

Export-led growth is the mantra these days, but government seems uninterested in actually facilitating it. The...

Published 03 Mar, 2025 06:28am

Opinion

Export-led growth and effective tax management: Leveraging Digital Product Passport

As the EU tightens its regulations, many countries view compliance as a mere obligation, but the implications of ...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Opinion

Let the market decide

With an IMF (International Monetary Fund) determined to punish past misdemeanours and a government unwilling to...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 06:21am

Opinion

Energy crisis, industrial collapse

Pakistan’s industry is teetering on the brink of collapse, with policies that are actively dismantling it. Chief...

Published 20 Jan, 2025 05:31am

Opinion

Export growth not possible without policy reforms

While the government celebrates its ambitious five-year Transformation Plan: The URAAN Pakistan, (2024-2029), the...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:06am

Opinion

We are our own worst enemy

Almost three years into Pakistan’s economic crisis, the illusion of stability in indicators like the exchange rate...

Updated 09 Jan, 2025 07:47am

Opinion

USD25bn textile exports can be a reality

After a challenging year in 2023, Pakistan’s value-added textile sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience in...

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 08:51am

Opinion

CTBCM stillborn

Pakistan’s energy sector stands ensnared in inefficiencies, financial instability, and a chronic inability to...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:58am

Opinion

Unravelling of the Textile Sector

Pakistan’s textile industry, a key component of the economy and a full-spectrum value chain, is unravelling under...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:21am

Opinion

Implications of the US-China trade war

Six years after their imposition, the Section 301 tariffs under the US Trade Act of 1974 continue to significantly...

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 07:39am

Opinion

Smog: Who’s responsible?

Smog choking Pakistan’s major urban hubs is a tragedy that has been decades in the making, rooted in poor policy...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 08:51am

Opinion

Retaining export competitiveness through traceability

Traceability has become essential in the modern textile supply chain as buyers increasingly demand transparency,...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 07:25am

Opinion

Cost of misguided energy policies

“Elimination of captive power from the gas sector” has been committed to the IMF as a structural benchmark to be...

Updated 28 Oct, 2024 08:48am

Opinion

Country losing billions due to agri mismanagement—II

Outdated farming techniques: Pakistani farmers continue to rely on obsolete and labour-intensive farming techniques,...

Updated 16 Oct, 2024 08:34am

Opinion

Country losing billions due to agri mismanagement—I

Pakistan, an agrarian economy, is currently grappling with an alarming crisis of low crop yields, resulting in the...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 07:53am

Opinion

The impact of reduced cotton production on rural economies and country’s balance of payments

The basic rule of economics is clear: global demand drives global production, and countries with a comparative...

Updated 08 Oct, 2024 08:40am

Opinion

Country’s energy woes

Energy sector issues risk further deepening Pakistan’s socio-economic divides as recent years have witnessed an...

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 09:02am

Opinion

Utter madness

Pakistan’s economic management, particularly its treatment of export-oriented industries, is nothing short of...

Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am

Opinion

Overcrowded and underprepared: Pakistan’s crisis

Population growth can be a double-edged sword: it can either provide a growing labor force that drives economic...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 08:33am

Opinion

A requiem for manufacturing?

Amidst a deepening economic crisis, the government seems intent on pushing the economy’s most vital sector—the...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 07:25am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 11	280.02
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 11	279.82
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 11	147.18
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 11	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 11	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 11	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 10	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 10	5,614.56
Nasdaq / Mar 10	17,468.32
FTSE 100 / Mar 10	8,600.22
Dow Jones / Mar 10	41,911.71
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 10	22,620.95
France CAC40 / Mar 10	8,047.60
India Sensex / Mar 11	73,943.98
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 11	36,649.57
Hang Seng / Mar 11	23,539.43

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 10	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 10	262,345
Petrol/Litre / Mar 11	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 11	66.06
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 11	2,894.43
Diesel/Litre / Mar 11	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 11	65.78

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gen.Ins. / Mar 11 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	9.84 ▲ 0.99 (11.19%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Mar 11 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	35.37 ▲ 3.22 (10.02%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Mar 11 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	355.73 ▲ 32.34 (10%)
JS Investments / Mar 11 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	23.99 ▲ 2.18 (10%)
Supernet Ltd. / Mar 11 Supernet Limited (GEM)(GEMSPNL)	19.25 ▲ 1.75 (10%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 11 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	44.26 ▲ 4.02 (9.99%)
Kohinoor Mills / Mar 11 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	33.02 ▲ 3 (9.99%)
Barkat Frisian Agro / Mar 11 Barkat Frisian Agro Limited(BFAGRO)	24.22 ▲ 2.2 (9.99%)
Idrees Tex. / Mar 11 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	19.61 ▲ 1.78 (9.98%)
Hussain Industries / Mar 11 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	28.29 ▲ 2.48 (9.61%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 11 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	50.18 ▼ -5.58 (-10.01%)
Int. Knit. / Mar 11 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	16.18 ▼ -1.8 (-10.01%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Mar 11 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	9.90 ▼ -1.1 (-10%)
Ideal Sp. / Mar 11 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	14.53 ▼ -1.56 (-9.7%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 11 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	806.10 ▼ -85.33 (-9.57%)
Pakistan Cables / Mar 11 Pakistan Cables Limited(PCAL)	163.60 ▼ -16.64 (-9.23%)
IGI Life Ins / Mar 11 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	15.60 ▼ -1.28 (-7.58%)
Suraj Cotton / Mar 11 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	112.05 ▼ -8.93 (-7.38%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 11 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.32 ▼ -0.7 (-6.99%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 11 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73.52 ▼ -5.48 (-6.94%)

Stock	Volume
Power Cement / Mar 11 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	24,823,328 ▼ -0.24
Sui South Gas / Mar 11 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	23,920,430 ▲ 1.95
Fauji Cement / Mar 11 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	22,194,869 ▼ -0.31
B.O.Punjab / Mar 11 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	21,054,469 ▲ 0.03
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 11 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	19,750,525 ▼ -1.04
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,267,994 ▼ -0.02
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,661,305 ▼ -0.07
National Bank / Mar 11 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	12,432,804 ▼ -0.51
At-Tahur Ltd. / Mar 11 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	11,338,540 ▲ 3.22
P.S.O. / Mar 11 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	11,121,738 ▲ 22.11

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