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Opinion

Minimum wage revisited

Pakistan has an acceptable concept of minimum wage, just like many countries. The reason for imposing minimum wage ...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 07:20am

Opinion

Begrudging private sector

At the outset, the recent Independent Power Plants (IPPs) controversy has magnified the bitterness and grudges that...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Opinion

OSH compliance

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has always been strongly committed to the protection of workers’ ...

Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:45am

Opinion

Federal budget and business leadership

The federal budget is anxiously awaited every year and, as per tradition, the trade organizations get their act...

Published 25 Jan, 2024 04:23am

Opinion

Is textile sector ‘rent seeker’?

The textile exporters of Pakistan are fond of championing that textile is the backbone of the economy and that it is...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 06:28am

Opinion

Responsible management education

“We need to move from a global business education community which focuses on making our students the best in the...

Updated 10 Jun, 2023 05:46am

Opinion

Bikers of Karachi

As a student in the USA, I was fascinated with the capers of Evel Knievel, the American motorcycle stunt performer...

Updated 03 Jun, 2023 04:19am

Opinion

The need to give dialogue a chance

It’s time for a new Code of Conduct to uphold the Constitutional acceptance of, and adherence to, authority. Each...

Published 26 May, 2023 06:48am

Opinion

Homemaker’s wake-up call to businessmen

My spouse and I were sitting in our garden and enjoying the breeze on a hot day. Electricity was off in the area...

Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am

Opinion

Industrial relations in Bangladesh RMG

This article discusses the labour situation in Bangladesh. At the outset, it is important to understand that there ...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Opinion

The wages of wage

In the International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) architecture, the three social partners—workers, employers...

Published 26 Aug, 2021 04:52am

Opinion

Labour laws and productivity

Labour laws should also spotlight on productivity rather than the dampening effects of archaic laws from the times ...

Published 14 Aug, 2021 03:41am

Opinion

Steering the economic ship

The economic situation is still unsteadily swaying and could wobble because a lot of medium and small scale...

Published 05 Jun, 2021 04:08am

Opinion

Trade unions losing steam — II

Trade unions in private sector in Pakistan, by and large, can be aptly described as in-house unions, pocket unions,...

Published 11 Mar, 2021 05:25am

Opinion

Trade unions losing steam

A workers’ union is an integral part of an industrial or commercial unit’s working environment. The workers have...

Published 18 Feb, 2021 04:08am

Opinion

New dual nationality politicians

According to press reports, the government is introducing the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament that...

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:12am

Opinion

Share vaccine formula

A global effort is in process to rid the world from the scourge of COVID. Over two million people have died while...

Published 30 Jan, 2021 03:55am

Opinion

Please do not hide Covid-19

Why do families tend to hide the fact that one or more family members have tested COVID positive? It’s not a ...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Contract employment is here to stay

“Contract Labour is understood as covering all situations in which work is performed for a person who is not the...

Updated 14 Jan, 2021 04:11am

Opinion

Development of young entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship is now extensively being promoted and focused in business courses in academia. This is a much...

Published 03 Dec, 2020 03:04am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 3	278.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 3	27,843
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 3	157.26
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 3	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 3	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 3	5,942.47
India Sensex / Jan 3	79,223.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 3	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Jan 3	19,621.68
Hang Seng / Jan 3	19,760.27
FTSE 100 / Jan 3	8,223.98
Dow Jones / Jan 3	42,732.13
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 3	19,906.08

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 3	73.96
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 3	243,488.40
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 3	2,640.22
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 3	67.66
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 4	18,285
Petrol/Litre / Jan 5	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Power / Jan 3 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	6.87 ▲ 1.00 (17.04%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 3 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.50 ▲ 0.70 (10.29%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jan 3 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	28 ▲ 2.55 (10.02%)
Asim Textile / Jan 3 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	14.72 ▲ 1.34 (10.01%)
Bannu Woollen / Jan 3 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	39.34 ▲ 3.58 (10.01%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	87.12 ▲ 7.92 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Jan 3 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	692.63 ▲ 62.97 (10.00%)
Arpak Int. / Jan 3 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	76.89 ▲ 6.99 (10.00%)
Chakwal Spinning / Jan 3 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	79.30 ▲ 7.21 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 3 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	165.85 ▼ -18.43 (-10.00%)
Pak Paper Prod / Jan 3 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	163.24 ▼ -18.14 (-10.00%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jan 3 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.81 ▼ -1.19 (-9.92%)
National Silk / Jan 3 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	49.96 ▼ -5.48 (-9.88%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Jan 3 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	37.50 ▼ -3.95 (-9.53%)
Escorts Bank / Jan 3 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6.22 ▼ -0.63 (-9.20%)
Intermarket Securities / Jan 3 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	67.01 ▼ -6.76 (-9.16%)
Premium Textile / Jan 3 Premium Textile Mills Limited(PRET)	365.10 ▼ -34.90 (-8.72%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jan 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	27.30 ▼ -2.57 (-8.60%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	89,478,727 ▲ 0.26
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,529,816 ▼ -0.06
Telecard Limited / Jan 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	61,073,411 ▼ -0.38
Cnergyico PK / Jan 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	56,752,893 ▲ 0.01
Fauji Cement / Jan 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	54,319,935 ▼ -2.12
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 3 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	47,336,133 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	47,012,733 ▼ -0.21
B.O.Punjab / Jan 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	37,387,280 ▲ 0.11
Bank Makramah / Jan 3 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	34,237,257 ▲ 0.25

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