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Syed Shabbar Zaidi

Opinion

India’s budget: a forward thinking, citizen friendly approach to salaried class

India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Indian Union Budget in the Lok Sabha in Delhi on February 1,...

Updated 04 Feb, 2025 07:10am

Opinion

Rental income from immovable properties situated outside Pakistan

The undesired event: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) through a letter dated October 31, 2022 has clarified that...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 03:12am

Opinion

The challenge of IPPs—V

Solutions
Revised accounting for government-owned IPP

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 07:23am

Opinion

The challenge of IPPs—IV

The second part of this story is the perceived cooperation from our Chinese brothers and friends. As per ...

Published 08 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Opinion

The challenge of IPPs—III

Nepra report further states: “2.3.7 Energy Charges vs. Capacity Charges: The consumer-end tariff comprises Energy...

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 06:39am

Opinion

The challenge of IPPs–II

Excess/unutilized generation capacity

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Opinion

The challenge of IPPs-I

Pakistan’s real economy is failing primarily on account of its energy sector. This author has been raising the alarm...

Published 04 Aug, 2024 02:47am

Opinion

Properties of Pakistanis in Dubai

In 2019 when I was the Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) I asked my Director General International Taxation...

Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am

Opinion

Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot of land incorrect—V

All the arguments and contentions made by the Sindh High Court in the aforesaid order which have been emphasised are...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Opinion

Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot of land incorrect—IV

For the sake of clarity we reproduce the gist of the Order passed by the Sindh High Court as under. This fundamental...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am

Opinion

Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot of land incorrect—III

Even if the Elahi Cotton Mills Limited is considered to be final on this subject there is a fundamental difference...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am

Opinion

Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot of land incorrect—II

Notwithstanding the fact that this author is not in agreement with the judgement and considers this order identical...

Published 14 Apr, 2024 03:33am

Opinion

Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot incorrect–I

The Finance Act, 2022 introduced a novel tax under Section (7E) of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. This is deemed...

Updated 13 Apr, 2024 04:11am

Opinion

Criticality of regional economic cooperation-III

Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline is still a live project. As per author’s information, the work on...

Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Opinion

Criticality of regional economic cooperation-II

However, it is now necessary to revisit the case and every sensible person will agree that two neighbours cannot...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am

Opinion

Criticality of regional economic cooperation-I

The size of Pakistan’s GDP was around USD 180 billion in 2010, which was around USD 400 billion in 2023. This is...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:22am

Opinion

Subject of taxation on farm income

This article discusses the issue of availability of food for the poor at affordable prices, economics of agriculture...

Updated 22 Nov, 2023 06:13am

Opinion

Why our exports still struggle to get meaningful boost?—II

Dynamics of documented and organised sector, The organised sector is mostly represented by listed and unlisted...

Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am

Opinion

Why our exports still struggle to get meaningful boost?—I

Many of us wonder why the Pakistani rupee is trading at 284 against one USD. A number of reasons are presented for...

Published 09 Nov, 2023 05:38am

Opinion

USD to PKR forecast for 2024 — III

In the earlier article on this subject, this writer discussed the projections for PkR exchange rate for 2024. In the...

Updated 03 Nov, 2023 07:17am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 25	280.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 25	280.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 26	150.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 26	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 25	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 25	5,776.65
Nasdaq / Mar 25	18,271.86
Dow Jones / Mar 25	42,587.50
India Sensex / Mar 26	77,971.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 26	38,027.29
Hang Seng / Mar 26	23,483.32
FTSE 100 / Mar 26	8,660.31
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 26	22,923.69
France CAC40 / Mar 26	8,042.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 25	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Petrol/Litre / Mar 26	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 26	69.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 26	3,018.44
Diesel/Litre / Mar 26	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 26	65.37

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 26 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	3.01 ▲ 1 (49.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1 (11.12%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 26 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.40 ▲ 1.04 (10.04%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 26 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	110.80 ▲ 10.07 (10%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 26 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	737.77 ▲ 67.07 (10%)
Data Agro / Mar 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	96.62 ▲ 8.78 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Mar 26 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	58.44 ▲ 5.31 (9.99%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 26 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	14.48 ▲ 1.31 (9.95%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Mar 26 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	340 ▲ 30.55 (9.87%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 26 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Mar 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.95 ▼ -1.38 (-9.63%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Mar 26 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	58.50 ▼ -5.48 (-8.57%)
Bela Auto / Mar 26 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	167 ▼ -14.94 (-8.21%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 26 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	28.15 ▼ -2.4 (-7.86%)
Jubilee Spinning / Mar 26 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.88 ▼ -0.89 (-7.56%)
Frontier Ceram / Mar 26 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	22.40 ▼ -1.82 (-7.51%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 26 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73.62 ▼ -5.95 (-7.48%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 26 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	900.16 ▼ -71.96 (-7.4%)
UDL International / Mar 26 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.11 ▼ -0.53 (-6.94%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,093,385 ▲ 1.6
P.S.O. / Mar 26 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,846,685 ▲ 1.38
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,825,615 ▼ -0.92
Cnergyico PK / Mar 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,176,390 ▲ 0.07
B.O.Punjab / Mar 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,063,012 ▼ -0.18
Pak Petroleum / Mar 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,868,233 ▲ 7.49
Engro Fert. / Mar 26 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,391,574 ▼ -1.85
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,412,844 ▲ 0.01
TPL REIT Fund I / Mar 26 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,002,839 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Cement / Mar 26 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	10,156,162 ▲ 1.41

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