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Huzaima Bukhari

Opinion

SCO, IMF & reforms

Hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Islamabad by Pakistan on October 15-16, 2024 was a ...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:38am

Opinion

True riba-free Islamic banking

The motivation to provide interest- (riba) free financial services is derived from the desire of Muslim communities...

Updated 11 Oct, 2024 08:20am

Opinion

IMF programme & reform priorities

The long-awaited US$ 7 billion 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF), finally approved by the Executive Board of the...

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:28am

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FATF evaluations

India’s progress in combating illicit finance was brought into focus on September 18, 2024, with the release of ...

Updated 27 Sep, 2024 08:13am

Opinion

Political turmoil & reset for unity

As one of nine nuclear-armed states of the world, Pakistan plays a significant role in regional geopolitics. ...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am

Opinion

Renewing foreign relationships

Pakistan and the United States have a multifaceted historic relationship marked by noteworthy cooperation across...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:53am

Opinion

Challenges before FBR’s new chairman

FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) has failed to meet original tax targets for the last six fiscal years, three of the...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:23am

Opinion

Digitization key to revenue growth

Pakistan has been facing the perpetual challenge of expanding its tax base without any tangible results, a situation...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 07:19am

Opinion

The challenge of disinformation

The internet has led the world to an unprecedented revolution, fundamentally transforming how we access and share...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:33am

Opinion

Constitutionalism the only remedy

“Even the most ardent purposivists must first and foremost primarily respect the actual text of a statute and should...

Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Opinion

Lessons from illusionary revolutions

Amid escalating student-led protests and mounting unrest, Bangladesh’s long-serving Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Opinion

IMF programme & challenges

Pakistan’s economic journey took a momentous turn after it bid farewell to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...

Published 02 Aug, 2024 05:55am

Opinion

OECD, Pakistan & tax evasion

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international organization dedicated to...

Updated 26 Jul, 2024 08:22am

Opinion

Old wine in new bottles

The incumbent government, as all earlier ones, is jubilant over securing a staff-level agreement with International...

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 07:04am

Opinion

Regressive taxes, neglected reforms

Pakistan’s reliance on bilateral, trilateral, and friendly countries to fulfill its financial requirements not only...

Published 05 Jul, 2024 03:17am

Opinion

Country needs Operation Azm-e-Istehkam

The ghastly attacks of September 11, 2001, on Twin Towers, tragically claimed lives of innocent Americans, who left...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 06:42am

Opinion

Fixing fiscal imbalances

Though Pakistan’s fiscal imbalances have been persisting since its inception, yet no serious efforts are yet in ...

Updated 21 Jun, 2024 07:26am

Opinion

Budget: an analysis

Flanked by the Deputy Prime Minister, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, once hailed as the PM-N’s (Pakistan Muslim...

Updated 14 Jun, 2024 07:56am

Opinion

Budget: rationalise taxation

On the eve of another ritual exercise of announcing federal budget, official date has yet to be finalised, expected...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Opinion

Budget & tax policy

‘The impact of economic growth on the lives of people is partly a matter of income distribution, but it also depends...

Updated 31 May, 2024 07:29am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 21	277.82
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 21	277.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 22	150.86
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 22	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 22	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 22	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 21	5,853.98
Nasdaq / Oct 21	18,540.01
FTSE 100 / Oct 21	8,318.24
Dow Jones / Oct 21	42,931.60
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 21	19,461.19
France CAC40 / Oct 21	7,536.23
India Sensex / Oct 22	80,819.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 22	38,436.98

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 21	242,027
Petrol/Litre / Oct 22	247.03
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 22	70.33
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 22	18,085
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 22	2,734.40
Diesel/Litre / Oct 22	251.29

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 22 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 22 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 22 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 22 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 22 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 22 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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