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Huzaima Bukhari

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

Opinion

Our national priorities

The claws of corruption have engulfed us, and its force is getting stronger with each passing day. Although the...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am

Opinion

Countering corrupt practices

Corporations around the world use bribery and demonstrate other unethical behaviours to generate business from local...

Published 30 Jul, 2021 05:10am

Opinion

Taxes and social democracy

“The perks culture has also held real estate development hostage for decades as officials seek to reward ...

Published 24 Jul, 2021 04:27am

Opinion

Pakistan: ML/CFT challenges in trade

Trade is used as an ally for money laundering by misdeclarations of goods, under-invoicing and...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:03am

Opinion

Overriding ‘doctrine of mutuality’

Through the Finance Act, 2021 [“the Act”], the Parliament has made an amendment with retrospective application ...

Published 09 Jul, 2021 04:25am

Opinion

Historic collection by FBR

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has surpassed the third-time revised target of fiscal year (FY) 2020-2021 and for...

Published 02 Jul, 2021 04:20am

Opinion

Taliban, Americans, terrorism & drug trade

Tomorrow, June 26, will mark the International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. The theme for 2021 is “Share facts on drugs, save lives”.

Published 25 Jun, 2021 04:20am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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