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PARTLY FACETIOUS: In jail, all inmates are equal?

“So, what do you reckon is the lesson learned?” “It’s human to err, right?” “I am not sure what kind of errs you are...

Published about 10 hours ago

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Lahore Historical Heritage Revival

“One question: why didn’t Nawaz Sharif go to Saudi Arabia for the last ten days of Ramazan, as has been his...

Published a day ago

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A word that went out of style decades ago

“How can you tell the man with the power from others?” “Power?” “You know the real decision maker rather than...

Updated 21 Mar, 2025 06:07am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: It is difficult if you owe money all round

“Trump declared the South African Ambassador persona non grata, with instructions that he leave the country by this...

Published 19 Mar, 2025 05:54am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The growing challenge of terrorism

“There is much criticism about intelligence failures….” “Hey the criticism does not take account of the attacks...

Updated 18 Mar, 2025 06:43am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘The wheels on the bus go round and round…’

“Our political elite has been a trailblazer in so many ways, I think for once they can be the follower of a...

Published 15 Mar, 2025 05:22am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A war of narratives?

“Narrative is not always the same as ground reality, and sadly it is the narrative that prompts actions.” “If you...

Updated 13 Mar, 2025 07:18am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A rock is not a boulder; the boulder is in jail

“So what do you reckon? Between a rock and a hard place?” “Well you don’t challenge a much stronger adversary...

Published 11 Mar, 2025 06:10am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Are the two equal or one is more equal than the other?’

“All are equal, but some are more equal than others.” “Yep that’s a much quoted line from the book Animal Farm by...

Published 08 Mar, 2025 02:48am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Trump did follow us in some respects

“Was it a coincidence or did Trump addressed Congress and itemized his achievements since his inauguration on 20...

Published 06 Mar, 2025 06:42am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A revolutionary change is in the air?

“I find it amazing that people just don’t know how much leverage they have.” “Does Muhammad Aurangzeb…” “Oh, that...

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 07:10am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Truth or untruth is in the eyes of the beholder

“So The Rana refused to take responsibility for the conference by opposition leaders…” “Yes”! “There is no need to...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 06:58am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: PTI no longer a threat to status quo?

“So the narrative is…?” “That the party of the Man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless has no street power, that...

Published 27 Feb, 2025 06:44am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: What actually constitutes the national interest?

“Do you think if instead of the Brown Pope the man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless had been at the Dubai...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 06:30am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Tarar has the squeakiest voice in the cabinet?

“You have to give the Brown Pope credit where it’s due.” “OK so the International Cricket Council (ICC) championship...

Published 25 Feb, 2025 06:53am

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Partly Facetious: Now a new war of narratives

“I reckon the war of the narrative is over.” “How come?” “Well the Zelenskyy narrative is being fully and...

Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:31am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The world is drawing lessons from us

“A journalist from a Western media outlet sanctimoniously asked the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sergei...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 06:49am

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Partly Facetious: Discussions on amendments to the amendment to the act

“Such chatter on our airwaves!” “Well let me assure you that abusive chatter will end after the passage of the...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 06:44am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The gathering of the do-nothings in Paris

“I love the new world order.” “Yeah it’s better to have more than one superpower – if you have just the one then the...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 06:21am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: In the fitness of things

“It was in the fitness of things…” “Not happening.” “It’s already happened…wait…what were you thinking I meant!” “I...

Published 18 Feb, 2025 03:01am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Chips will fall wherever they are meant to fall

“What is the difference between a provincial head and a federal head?” “The provincial head hosts the wife and the...

Published 15 Feb, 2025 05:54am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Our stakeholders know everything about everything

“I want to educate our stakeholders…” “Are you out of your mind? I will have you know; our stakeholders know...

Published 14 Feb, 2025 06:30am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘He has taken to letter writing like a duck to water’

“I don’t understand our parliamentarians - when the rate of inflation was high they didn’t vote for a raise in...

Published 13 Feb, 2025 06:52am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Jail teaches you a lot’

“Jail teaches you a lot.” “Well, it depends on what crime you are in for.” “OK, but political prisoners are in a...

Published 12 Feb, 2025 06:17am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Silence of the Lambs?

“Monday saw all roads to Blue Area choked yet again…” “The lawyers are protesting the…the…” “Well left.” “Excuse...

Published 11 Feb, 2025 06:36am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: An ailing Maulana visited by PM, others

“The Maulana was visited by the Prime Minister, ostensibly to ask after his health.” “He went with flowers...

Published 08 Feb, 2025 06:30am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The quest for rapid dominance

“So shock and awe.” “Shock yes awe, not quite.” “But…but…” “Don’t splutter – history teaches us that shock and awe...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 06:32am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Wasn’t Netanyahu pulled out of Sabbath?

“So how did the letter get out of jail.” “Are you shallow or are you shallow.” “You seem to me to be a work-dayer.”...

Published 05 Feb, 2025 06:48am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: PML-N doesn’t work on weekends?

“My question: did someone tell the IMF that globalisation is on the out-and-out?” “That sounds like what we in the...

Published 04 Feb, 2025 06:29am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Is it the time to turn the page and start partying again?

The air waves are full of Zardari sahib bashing, he pledged to the Maulana that he will not sign on the Prevention...

Published 01 Feb, 2025 06:30am

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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