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Poverty of what?

Truth is told that a large number of socio-economic policies that benefit the rich are made by the rich in the name of t

Published 04 May, 2017 05:13am

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Mutual funds performance review: April 2017

The month of April was a story of two halves for the stock market. The first half was full of jitters, low volume an

Published 04 May, 2017 05:11am

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CPEC drives PSDP spending

Hounded left and right, the premier has been in a campaign mode for much of the fiscal thus far. And the numbers reflect

Published 04 May, 2017 05:04am

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Basmati exports up with Iran

Falling rice exports continue to further widen the current account deficit; for the nine months ended of the ongoing

Published 04 May, 2017 05:02am

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Trade: Lose-lose scenario

A lot is going well for the economy right now, but as this column has said earlier—and at expense of being repetitive—th

Published 03 May, 2017 04:39am

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Inflation gathers momentum

The inflation dragon has started showing teeth, as it exhibited highest monthly jump since April 2016. Apparently, April

Published 03 May, 2017 04:34am

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Restricting foreign tourists

Are all foreign tourists spies in disguise? Last week, the federal government reportedly asked the Gilgit-Baltistan

Published 02 May, 2017 04:36am

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‘Anti-targeting’

At a conference organized by Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) last week, Geof Woods, professor emeritus at Unive

Published 02 May, 2017 04:31am

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Rethinking renewable resistance

There is a major shift in paradigm taking place in the global energy landscape with renewables gaining popularity. T

Updated 28 Apr, 2017 11:13am

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Empowering the poor

In Islamabad yesterday, the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) wrapped up its two-day moot on research and learnin

Updated 27 Apr, 2017 06:59am

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Reluctant savers

Standard Chartered conducted a saving pattern survey of emerging affluent consumers in eight markets of Asia and Africa

Published 26 Apr, 2017 06:02am

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9MFY17: a mixed bag for PSEL

Pakistanâ€™s leading hotelier looks set to close another fiscal on a profitable note. Pakistan Services Limited (PSX: PS

Published 26 Apr, 2017 05:59am

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Climate Change Act: Cautious optimism

Climate change is no longer a myth but a gradually sinking reality with increasingly clear indications of its arrival. F

Published 25 Apr, 2017 06:27am

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USAID & USDA: promoting horticulture

Earlier this month, BR Research attended the graduation ceremony of the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) six-year p

Published 24 Apr, 2017 06:56am

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Political stability on the line once again

The Panama judgement has created a storm of fiery statements from opposing corners of the political spectrum. Beneath th

Updated 24 Apr, 2017 12:27pm

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Fixing Pakistanâ€™s democracy

Overshadowed by the hype of Panama Leaks judgment due today is a rather disturbing development that happened earlier thi

Updated 20 Apr, 2017 09:08am

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Packages Limitedâ€™s slower quarter

CY16 was a pleasant year for PKGPâ€™s as its earnings were up by 70 percent, year-on-year. The company showed a decent i

Updated 20 Apr, 2017 06:23am

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Unilever Foodsâ€™ strong 1Q

The FMCG multinational, Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited (PSX: UPFL) has reported outstanding first-quarter results for 2

Published 20 Apr, 2017 05:55am

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Attock and Fauji: Contrasting growth

This was going to be a difficult fiscal year for Fauji Cement (PSX: FCCL) long before the fiscal year even kicked off. I

Published 18 Apr, 2017 03:50am

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KP Industrial Zones: Galloping ahead

If one thing has become clear enough, it is that the success of the CPEC ultimately hinges upon Pakistanâ€™s ability to

Published 17 Apr, 2017 04:27am

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EFOODS feeling the competition

Engro Foods Limited (PSX: EFOODS) announced its 1QCY17 financial performance yesterday, and it hardly had any surpri

Published 14 Apr, 2017 05:47am

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Back to rising oil imports!

Earlier this week, the column talked about the petroleum sales (primarily furnace oil, diesel and petrol). A good ch

Published 13 Apr, 2017 03:55am

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Pakistanâ€™s tourism competitiveness

It is becoming clear that Pakistanâ€™s tourism industry, though surging on account of local tourism in recent years,

Updated 13 Apr, 2017 04:42am

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EMs back in favour

After the surprising outcome of the US last year, global markets started adjusting according to the rhetoric coming out

Published 12 Apr, 2017 04:50am

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Amnesty: will it be fourth time lucky?

Amnesty scheme is a fad nowadays. Tax and other amnesty schemes had been in offing for decades across the globe but with

Updated 12 Apr, 2017 05:58am

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Pakistan needs a humanities revolution

In Pakistan a new economic discourse seems to be emerging, though it is too early to say whether these voices will s

Updated 12 Apr, 2017 06:22am

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Limited Liability Partnership: Finally here

Traditionally, there have been three widely used corporate structures for incorporating a company in Pakistan which incl

Published 11 Apr, 2017 04:14am

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Cement: Tethered to local demand

Last month this column predicted that cement exports were soon entering a danger zone. It seems we have reached that sta

Updated 11 Apr, 2017 06:21am

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Pak Elektron off to a flying start

Pak Elektron (PSX: PAEL), one of the biggest manufacturer of white goods and power products in Pakistan, announced i

Published 11 Apr, 2017 04:10am

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Cement: anybody's game

In a latest announcement, Bestway Cement (PSX: BWCL) has pulled out of buying the Dewan (PSX: DCL) cement's Hattar plant

Updated 24 Jul, 2017 10:47am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 16	5297.10
Nasdaq / May 16	16698.32
Dow Jones / May 16	39869.38
India Sensex / May 17	73946.83
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Hang Seng / May 17	19525.75
FTSE 100 / May 17	8430.62
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18692.83

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 18	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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