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Unlocking the farming land potential

It is said that real estate development in urban areas has converted the cities into “Plot-istan”, as property has becom

Published 04 Apr, 2019 06:35am

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Eating words, learning lessons

“We will double the FBR tax from Rs4000 billion to Rs8000 billion in one year.” “Tax amnesty schemes penalise the honest

Updated 04 Apr, 2019 07:38am

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Inflation high but don’t panic

March 2019 recorded highest CPI since Dec 2013, but that does not mean that inflation will hit double digit in April. Ma

Published 03 Apr, 2019 06:45am

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PSDP: foreign aid dries up

The Rs675 billion federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) is under the weather. As per Planning Commission (P

Published 03 Apr, 2019 06:36am

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SYS had a blockbuster year

So the bourse was saving the best for last. At the tail-end of the result season for CY18, a prominent local software ho

Published 02 Apr, 2019 06:53am

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Time to talk population

In an interview published yesterday, Dr Mehtab Karim, one of Pakistan’s handful of demographers said something rather al

Published 02 Apr, 2019 06:40am

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Demystifying GM food crop

“Man fears what he does not understand”. Yeats immortal words are an apt description of commonly held attitude towards g

Published 01 Apr, 2019 05:15am

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Make in Pakistan and job creation dilemma

Domestic businesses create jobs, imports don’t. This is the go-to argument of businesses across the board (not just big

Published 01 Apr, 2019 05:04am

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Reading PTI’s economic management

When the PTI came into power last year, both the business community and the citizens at large could be categorised in tw

Published 29 Mar, 2019 06:01am

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No free water please!

Good news first. There is only one. There are serious talks going on in Punjab to bring legislation in the form of a com

Updated 29 Mar, 2019 07:04am

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Tax filers: zero return filers driving growth

It’s difficult to glean a lot of meaningful information from unsorted data dumps that the FBR does every year in the nam

Published 28 Mar, 2019 06:58am

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What’s going on in Punjab’s fertile crescent?

Shrinking area under cotton cultivation has everyone worried, except like all things Pakistani, the concern seems to be

Published 28 Mar, 2019 06:33am

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CPEC and manpower

lot has been said about CPEC’s ability in generating new employment avenues in the country. No doubt; as China Pakistan

Published 27 Mar, 2019 05:32am

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Another term for Trump?

Too much smoke, yet no fire. After nearly two years of frenzy surrounding investigations by Special Counsel Robert Muell

Published 27 Mar, 2019 05:28am

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Mediocrity Inc.

As if news on the fiscal front wasn’t dismal enough in FY19, the country is set for an all-around disappointing farming

Published 27 Mar, 2019 05:21am

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Loan from China – welcome change

Yesterday was a dull day at stock market - shares traded were at multi month low, the only good news come in after hours

Published 26 Mar, 2019 06:43am

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Export prices take a dent

Pakistan’s exports at $15 billion, growing at 1.86 percent year-on-year in 8MFY19 must be a worry. Only that the massive

Published 26 Mar, 2019 06:30am

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Uber: all about the IPO?

If Uber wed Careem, who is going to look after the dependents? Dependents, in this case, being ride users and drivers. B

Published 26 Mar, 2019 06:15am

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Promoting regional tourism

After visa-on-arrival (VOA) granted to 5 countries, the government has launched e-visa facility for 175 countries in a b

Published 26 Mar, 2019 06:02am

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Women in the workplace: it is not CSR!

Interloop Limited, the sock maker to giants like Nike, Puma and Adidas, and the latest to enter the stock market with a

Published 25 Mar, 2019 06:23am

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A good year – but what’s next?

It is often said that there are no bad ideas in brainstorming. And if the idea comes from the man-in-charge, even if lud

Published 22 Mar, 2019 06:26am

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Human capital 2.0

Back in 2017, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook told the world why Apple makes its iPhones in China, his raved review widely negating

Published 22 Mar, 2019 06:17am

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Is the future colonised?

Now that the heading has got your attention, let’s begin by saying that this note has got nothing to do with the archety

Published 21 Mar, 2019 06:32am

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Embracing the global value chain

Two third global of trade is in engineering goods while less than ten percent in textiles. It is the other way round in

Published 20 Mar, 2019 05:46am

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Two big think questions about productivity

Interloop’s hottest IPO has become the talk of the town. Anyone who knows even a tiny bit about stocks wants to take a b

Published 19 Mar, 2019 06:25am

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Economic direction: unclear and slow

The market is not clear on the direction of the government’s economic team. It is tough to make business decisions in su

Published 19 Mar, 2019 06:12am

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Rent seekers in farmers’ disguise

As sowing period for kharif crops draw closer, lobbying for institution of support price for cotton seems to be gaining

Published 19 Mar, 2019 06:02am

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Livestock lives matter!

Dairy and packaged meat industries have been getting some attention of late. Earlier this month, Commerce Minister Razak

Published 18 Mar, 2019 05:40am

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Nothing wrong with a new tax agency

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement to create a new tax collecting agency if need be, and the ensuing commentary (

Published 15 Mar, 2019 06:33am

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Sarmaye-e-Pakistan: in no hurry

Sarmaya-e-Pakistan’s (SLP) first board meeting had Ehsan Malik unanimously elected as its chairman. The idea of a holdin

Published 15 Mar, 2019 06:32am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 2	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 2	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 2	155.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 2	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 2	1.25
Euro to USD / May 2	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
India Sensex / May 2	74720.19
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
Hang Seng / May 2	18192.04
FTSE 100 / May 2	8149.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 2	17906.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 2	79.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 2	206619
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 2	2311.74
Cotton US¢/pound / May 2	77.01
Petrol/Litre / May 3	288.49

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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