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Micro silver linings in macro abyss

The macro numbers are getting worse as the tightening measures are not reaping results – the impact is likely to come wi

Published 21 Aug, 2019 06:09am

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Kharif crops: who’s the thirstiest of all?

Bore a well in any part of Sindh, and eight out of ten times the aquifer will spurt out saline water unusable for irriga

Published 21 Aug, 2019 06:04am

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Sindh’s water volatility

During 1980-2000, the rural landscape of Punjab saw a revolution that led to over 25 percent increase in area under cult

Published 19 Aug, 2019 06:14am

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Chasing English

Next to 5 million children out of primary school in Pakistan— a number large enough itself to sound off some alarming be

Published 19 Aug, 2019 06:04am

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Reversing trends: cane-substitution in South Sindh

Unlike most of northern Indus basin where shortage of water in the canal system can be easily substituted by groundwater

Published 16 Aug, 2019 06:28am

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Will sacked doctors in Saudi dent remittance flows?

In latest dent to Pakistan’s image and possibly to remittance inflows, Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistani doctors and othe

Published 16 Aug, 2019 06:02am

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Changing landscape of Sindh’s sugarcane

Between 2006-16, 10 sugar mills came online in Sindh. During this period, sugarcane crushing by mills in the province in

Published 09 Aug, 2019 07:05am

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Punjab Spatial Strategy

Cities are engine of growth; and to attain the potential of resources, proper planning is at the core, and to plan, the

Published 09 Aug, 2019 07:05am

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Sindh’s governance at greater risk

A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court’s judge Justice Gulzar Ahmed said Sindh is the most corrupt province in Pakistan, sin

Published 08 Aug, 2019 08:06am

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Too soon to cheer for tax filer growth

According to media reports the number of tax filers for FY18 is 2.34 million – the highest figure ever. But that number

Published 07 Aug, 2019 06:52am

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Falling economic transactions

The fall in economic activities, including basic transactions, is yet to touch rock bottom. There are two reasons to sup

Published 07 Aug, 2019 06:48am

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CPI – will the PBS get it right (ever)?

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) seems to have no response on being pointed out at the faulty calculations of gas

Updated 07 Aug, 2019 07:21am

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What is the wheat consumption?

Pakistan’s wheat demand, in the words of Winston Churchill, “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery”. But equally difficult is

Updated 07 Aug, 2019 12:41pm

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Clean Karachi – and then?

Pakistanis are charitable people. Once again, and not for the last time, they have now been lured to ‘donate’ for a nobl

Published 06 Aug, 2019 05:36am

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CPI – correction time for PBS, again!

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) is the most important data collection and dissemination authority in Pakistan. I

Published 05 Aug, 2019 07:15am

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FBR’s July 2019 report card

FBR has missed its tax collection target for July 2019 by Rs14 billion. So went the headlines last week. Is that a huge

Published 05 Aug, 2019 06:48am

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Inflation in double digits

The last time monthly double digits CPI was in Nov 13 (10.9%) – 5 months into the PMLN tenure. In July 19, the headline

Published 05 Aug, 2019 06:38am

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Of wheat flour consumption

In ‘Is Pakistan wheat insecure?’ , it was established that per capita wheat availability in the country stands at an av

Updated 05 Aug, 2019 07:14am

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Resetting the economy

Are we subject to decimating the aggregate demand to reset the economy? The pricing adjustments are taking place more th

Published 02 Aug, 2019 06:40am

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Is corruption Pakistan’s biggest problem?

PM Khan’s container-like speeches and the ensuing actions by NAB against politicians and politically connected persons h

Published 02 Aug, 2019 06:40am

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Indo-Pak: what next?

Under PM Khan, Pakistan’s eagerness to restore normal relations with India is out in the open. But so far the overtures

Updated 01 Aug, 2019 07:09am

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Corruption: thinking beyond NAB & politicians

NAB has done this and NAB has done that. So goes the headlines these days. Or that a politically connected person has be

Published 01 Aug, 2019 06:10am

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Sucrose ratio driving mill utilization

In ‘ Set the cane market free’ , published in this space on July 29, 2019, it was surmised that installation of addition

Published 31 Jul, 2019 06:26am

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CPI rebasing : eagerly awaited

The IMF expects FY20 average inflation at 13 percent and period end at 11.8 percent, while the market is expecting lower

Published 30 Jul, 2019 08:20am

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Friends and foes

When the Khan government started its term a year ago, a number of foreign policy challenges confronted Pakistan. Erstwhi

Published 30 Jul, 2019 08:16am

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Set the cane market free*!

Some images become etched in memory. One such memory for many Pakistanis growing up in the cable TV era may be an image

Updated 30 Jul, 2019 10:15am

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Regulating tea prices

Recently there has been some noise over tea importers and suppliers planning to increase tea prices from next month espe

Updated 30 Jul, 2019 09:58am

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Sugar export: winners & losers

Sugar subsidy is a funny thing. Last year, when Sindh government announced a cumulative subsidy of Rs 20 per kg on expor

Updated 26 Jul, 2019 08:52am

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In pursuit of exports

Resolution of Pakistan’s perennial macroeconomic woes depends on growing exports and sustaining them on a high level. Al

Published 26 Jul, 2019 07:10am

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On the basis of tax distribution

That Pakistan should give lesser importance to population when it comes to the basis of distribution of taxes among the

Published 26 Jul, 2019 06:57am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 3	278.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 3	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 3	152.98
USD to Swiss Franc / May 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 3	1.26
Euro to USD / May 3	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
India Sensex / May 3	74412.88
Hang Seng / May 3	18417.07
FTSE 100 / May 3	8208.23
Germany DAX 30 / May 3	17993.66

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Petrol/Litre / May 3	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 3	79.12
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 3	205418
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 3	2308.69
Diesel/Litre / May 3	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 3 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 3 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 3 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 3 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 3 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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