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Sirajuddin Aziz

Opinion

Leadership crisis

Pakistan, my (our) beloved country is older than me. It is only with great reluctance that I placed ‘our’ within...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Opinion

Economic colonialism

European historians, with their own sense of bias, which on occasions reaches its zenith, to convert into prejudice,...

Published 26 Jun, 2022 05:44am

Opinion

India: a great deception

I salute, at the outset, our Quaid-e-Azam, Mr. M.A. Jinnah, for founding an independent county for the Muslims of ...

Updated 19 Jun, 2022 06:32am

Opinion

What’s right?

Perhaps a lot. Certainly more Right than what’s wrong. Pakistan came into existence about 75 years back, which in...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

What’s wrong?

Perhaps a lot. Fundamentally, it would be incorrect to claim that nothing is wrong. For the last almost 75 years we...

Updated 08 Jun, 2022 07:04am

Opinion

Perennial hostage: the electorate

Democracy, conceptually challenges, basic human intelligence and wisdom. The power of majority can alter facts....

Published 29 May, 2022 05:50am

Opinion

Political circus: will this ever end?

Perhaps, the immediate answer from any of my compatriots to this interrogative caption is, no. A vehement, no. There...

Published 22 May, 2022 06:03am

Opinion

Decay and decline in rebuttals

In this toe-curling period of political, economic and social instability and chaos the interaction between...

Published 15 May, 2022 05:35am

Opinion

Desire of a nation

This is essentially a piece that is apolitical. More of history and philosophy. It is about the desire of the...

Published 08 May, 2022 05:25am

Opinion

Up for grabs: Karachi

Politics makes strange bed fellows. This is adapted from a line in the play, ‘The Tempest’ by William ...

Published 24 Apr, 2022 05:36am

Opinion

An interview with Dr Zameer — II

Question INT: Dr. Zameer, do you have any competitors? Any enemies? Answer Dr Zee: To be honest almost none. No...

Published 10 Apr, 2022 05:49am

Opinion

An interview with Dr Zameer—I

Dear readers, in the life of those who are in print or electronic media, the impelling urge every single day is to...

Published 06 Apr, 2022 05:53am

Opinion

Economy is the victim

Economic stability is dependent upon political and social stability. While only economic stability is the major...

Published 27 Mar, 2022 05:40am

Opinion

Patriotism unchallenged

Patriotism is an open concept to debate. It is determined by the standpoint of which side of the fence is acceptable...

Published 08 Dec, 2020 02:57am

Opinion

US presidential election

“Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it” (wit and opinion of Douglas Jerrold)....

Published 12 Nov, 2020 02:50am

Opinion

From ahinsa to terror

ARTICLE: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is known in history, by and large as being a noble person. In fact the founding...

Published 09 Jul, 2020 02:43am

Opinion

Leadership in the midst of Covid-19

ARTICLE: The real test of leadership or the character of a leader emerges only when faced with challenges emanating...

Published 25 Jun, 2020 02:50am

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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