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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘The cleverly dispersed Bilawal Houses are the White House’

“So where is the Third Wife these days?” “No longer in Adiala.” “I know, but is she being feted at the...

Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:36am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The concept of namak halali

“It’s no laughing matter.” “If you are brought up on the concept of namak halali (which can be translated ...

Published 29 Oct, 2024 03:27am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Plan D has been activated

“Ali Amin Gandapur – that name has how many ains– the twenty-fourth letter of the alphabet?” “Oh for...

Published 26 Oct, 2024 05:55am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: We refer to social media as a fake outlet

“So the ongoing summit in Kazan, Russia…” “Is being underplayed and on some Western channels dismissed as a...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:29am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The challenge of sifting truth from fake news

“Yayyy.” “What is that in aid for? The extent of divisiveness within the country and without is simply...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Cricket is not a game played at the Olympics

“You have reserves in national sports teams, and to my mind, reserves are the same as…” “Do reserves include...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The 26th Amendment

“So what do you think of the twenty-sixth amendment of our constitution – and need I add the amendments began...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘The Palestinians don’t operate like the PML-N high command’

“I have a theory…” “Oh dear me.” “What? Why such despondency over my having a theory?” “I bet you it’s a conspiracy...

Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Why in the world did you kick me out of the prime minister’s house?

“It reminds me of the Israel American relationship.” “I know the nature of that relationship – the tail wags...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Speaking of yellow and shallow…’

“There are two elements prevalent in the Land of the Pure that I simply cannot get my head around.” “Only...

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘I am guilty of being shallow and yellow’

“I plead guilty.” “Whether you plead guilty or innocent doesn’t matter - the nature of your crime merits a military...

Updated 16 Oct, 2024 07:24am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Adiala is our Guantanamo’

“He is an equal opportunity destroyer.” “Excuse me?” “I am marveling at God-given aptitude to a single...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 07:21am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Gandapur is a statesman unlike The Brown Pope’

“Who ordered the Brown Pope to go to Peshawar for the grand jirga? I mean, the guy’s body language seated next ...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:17am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Let’s plead with the Powers That Be: give talks a chance…’

“Two press conferences, and there was many a similarity.” “Well you know the life-long party heads brook no...

Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: PTI protesters hiding in hospitals?

“The case of the disappearance of Gandapur.” “Indeed, the way the airwaves are focused on his disappearance...

Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:03am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘I see you are enamoured of the Trenchman’

“I have another proverb for you: jack of all trades and master of none – does it relate to the people of the ...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 06:26am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Too much and too early

“I have come to the conclusion that proverbs are regional, if not country specific.” “Really, and this...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 06:46am

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Partly Facetious: Biden backpedals

“So Biden, now unambiguously a lame-duck president, said the US is in discussions with Israel on potential strikes...

Published 05 Oct, 2024 06:43am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The ME is smouldering

“Uh oh.” “I reckon it’s much more than an uh oh moment. The Middle East is smouldering, but you know I don’t see the...

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:18am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Freud’s theory was that group therapy can be successful

“I want to give some advice.” “There is no one here but us chickens, and we cluck and can’t absorb...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The contest between two deputy prime ministers

“So the visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister said we should resist pressure from the West like New Delhi.”...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: COA will be replaced with COD?

“Success has many fathers, so stated Irfan Siddiqui from the Nawala group, but failure is an orphan.” “Oh?...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: South Asians are extremely sensitive people

“One has to give due credit to those who teach journalism.” “Right, but their teachings fall by the wayside...

Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Parliament is supreme on paper?

“I think there is a need to distinguish between an outright war and a war of words.” “Sticks and stones may...

Updated 14 Sep, 2024 07:56am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Khawaja abandoned his narrative of the day before

“There are some narratives that are so flawed that I can’t understand why they not only continue but gain momentum.”...

Updated 13 Sep, 2024 07:59am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘I am ideologically on the same side as Harris…’

“I saw the Harris-Trump debate, and you know I don’t quite agree with the analysis by one major US news...

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The low-hanging fruit were the PTI parliamentarians

“What’s your take on all this?” “Well, the rats are away and the…” “Rats? It’s more like playing cops and robbers,...

Updated 11 Sep, 2024 08:24am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Comparisons must not be between apples and oranges

“I would like to give a few examples and then…” “Relating to?” “Relating to restive provinces in a...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A culture of freebies or a culture of defeat?

“Well, we do have very limited fiscal space, so I would strongly urge…” “Indeed we do and God bless the Sharifs -...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:24am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Who is the SHO in the Pakistan Cricket Board?

“The cricket team…” “Well, The Brown Pope diagnosed a hernia and the patient required an open-heart surgery...

Published 05 Sep, 2024 06:19am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 30	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 30	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 30	153.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 30	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 30	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 30	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 29	5,823.92
Nasdaq / Oct 29	18,712.75
Dow Jones / Oct 29	42,233.05
India Sensex / Oct 30	80,261.31
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 30	39,277.39
Hang Seng / Oct 30	20,369.49
FTSE 100 / Oct 30	8,198.17
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 30	19,360.95

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 29	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 29	244,342
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 30	67.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 30	2,787.26
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 30	70.63
Petrol/Litre / Oct 31	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 31 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 31 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 31 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 31 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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