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Foreign grants: taken for granted?

The term “development partners” has been in vogue for quite some time in the donor circles of Islamabad. It’s a euphemis

Updated 05 Dec, 2019 11:29am

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Stewardship through refuge-in-a-bag

Central to the criticism of genetically modified crops is the fear that weeds and pests may develop resistance against b

Updated 05 Dec, 2019 08:19am

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All roads lead to tariffs, none to growth

No dull day in international politics where U.S. President Donald Trump is involved. The President lives in a steady sta

Published 05 Dec, 2019 05:44am

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Peaking food inflation

The headline inflation stood at 12.7 percent in Nov-19, in line with the expectations. On monthly basis, the toll is up

Published 05 Dec, 2019 05:32am

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Bt. Cotton: global experience

The standard complain of Pakistan's textile industry is that cotton production is witnessing a freefall, led by a secula

Published 04 Dec, 2019 07:38am

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The clock is ticking for FBR

What should have been announced through a formal detailed data release by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) came in fac

Published 04 Dec, 2019 07:28am

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Macro obsessions

Despite the increasingly powerful reign of chicken in Pakistan, the country is unable to competitively export chicken to

Updated 03 Dec, 2019 11:10am

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Rise of multilateral financing

Amid improving macroeconomic stability and fiscal prudence, another green shoot is the healthy inflows from official, mu

Updated 03 Dec, 2019 11:24am

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How not to write FBR’s revenue yearbook?

The FBR released its FY19 revenue yearbook a few days ago. As is the case each year, the revenue yearbook is a motely mi

Updated 02 Dec, 2019 11:22am

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Need for higher development spending

With the fiscal and current account deficits under control, probably earlier than some observers had thought, there is a

Updated 02 Dec, 2019 11:36am

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Support prices: where is the change?

In the past week alone, the economic wizards of federal government have twice sat together to deliberate commodity suppo

Updated 02 Dec, 2019 11:39am

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Price control in Riyasat-e-Madina

Milton Friedman is quoted to have said that "if the federal government were put in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five

Updated 23 Oct, 2019 12:59pm

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The future of work

Businesses in Pakistan may be put into three kind of boxes: the aging legacy types, corporates or family-owned SMEs, th

Updated 23 Oct, 2019 01:01pm

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Exports: High volumes alone won’t cut it

The current account deficit for September 2019 at $259 million would have sounded extremely outlandish a year ago. But i

Updated 23 Oct, 2019 01:06pm

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Pakistan needs PPP

Governments in Pakistan, including provincial ones, do not have money to spend on development. Private sector is cash ri

Updated 23 Oct, 2019 01:43pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 25	277.83
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 25	277.73
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 27	152.46
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 27	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 27	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 27	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 26	6,021.63
India Sensex / Nov 26	80,004.06
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 26	38,152.61
Nasdaq / Nov 26	19,175.58
Hang Seng / Nov 26	19,249.91
FTSE 100 / Nov 26	8,258.61
Dow Jones / Nov 26	44,860.31
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 26	19,295.98

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 26	17,685
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 26	239,716
Petrol/Litre / Nov 27	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 27	68.80
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 27	2,637.94
Diesel/Litre / Nov 27	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.48 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	610.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	68.52 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	125.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	917.87 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	11.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.48 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	610.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	68.52 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	125.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	917.87 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	11.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	101,636,133 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	92,023,190 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 27 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	73,320,431 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	54,116,789 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	54,088,119 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 27 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	49,797,748 ▲ 0.00
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Nov 27 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	47,465,434 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	44,206,223 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	34,058,498 ▲ 0.00

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