News stories for Muhammad Waqar Rana

Muhammad Waqar Rana

Opinion

Judicial independence after 26th Amendment

26th Constitutional Amendment after a hyped political drama now stands part of the constitution. It has been acted...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 06:41am

Opinion

Sharifuddin Pirzada: a legend grossly misunderstood

A lawyer’s fame is like a writing on a sand beach. In the turbulent political and constitutional history of...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am

Opinion

The farce of caretaker govts

The preamble to the constitution and the Objectives Resolution (1949) clearly mandate that state shall exercise its...

Updated 29 Mar, 2023 07:19am

Opinion

A grand dialogue

It has been generally noticed in the course of history of mankind that when a people face great upheavals and...

Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

Politics of narratives and redlines

Baroness Onora O’ Neill, in her Reith lectures on BBC (2002), published in book form by the Cambridge University...

Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:05am

Opinion

Judicialization of politics

Judicialization of politics means that courts exercise judicial power to decide political questions. Superior courts...

Updated 26 Oct, 2022 11:46am

Opinion

A new political accord

Pakistan is now seventy-five. In these long years there were very few occasions when a genuine joy was felt by the...

Published 12 Oct, 2022 05:46am

Opinion

Taxation power and democracy

In the wake of an apparent economic crisis, caused by multiple reasons, particularly a killing self-inflicted...

Updated 27 Jun, 2022 06:30am

Opinion

An economic doomsday?

Economy is the most important aspect of a modern state’s life. Pakistan faces an unprecedented and deep economic...

Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am

Opinion

Estranged federation

The federation of Pakistan faces an unprecedented estrangement and discontent from its people in different ...

Published 02 May, 2022 05:46am

Opinion

Hostile no-confidence motion

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led federal government ended on 10 April 2022 with the passing of a no-confidence...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 05:12am

Opinion

Indian secularism and Islamophobia

India pretends to the world that it is a socialist, secular and democratic republic. These great but equally elusive...

Published 20 Mar, 2022 06:04am

Opinion

New electoral reforms — II

The second and more important reason for the failure of democracy in Pakistan is that the electoral process has been...

Published 22 Dec, 2021 06:13am

Opinion

New electoral reforms—I

Reforms are a process of improvement whereby political institutions are revitalized for better performance and...

Updated 08 Dec, 2021 06:48am

Opinion

Politics and judiciary

Pakistan’s judiciary is in the eye of a political storm. A former Chief Justice has been accused of his ...

Updated 04 Dec, 2021 01:38pm

Opinion

Legislation in joint sitting

Pakistan’s Parliament in an unprecedented move passed a number of controversial bills in a hurriedly summoned ...

Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am

Opinion

Season of change?

Political dramas have identical plots like Greek tragedies. An unusual movement on the political stage of Pakistan...

Published 28 Oct, 2021 04:06am

Opinion

Media and rule of law

Freedom of speech and press are the hallmarks of a free society. Media educates and informs people. It helps them...

Published 30 Sep, 2021 04:15am

Opinion

Public offices and partymen

A constitutional government on a liberal tradition is established where political power is exercised subject to...

Published 10 Jul, 2021 03:42am

Opinion

The Afghan conundrum

On 14 April 1988 when the Geneva Accords were being signed to end the war and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan,...

Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am

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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