News stories for Andleeb Abbas

Andleeb Abbas

Opinion

Run, hit, slap

A family going happily for a walk. Screeches, hit, run, crash. In a matter of seconds the happy walk turns into...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Opinion

Of pandemic, environment and humility

Punishment it was. Punishment it will be. Pandemic was almost a revenge of nature on human arrogance. As the World...

Published 07 Jun, 2021 03:34am

Opinion

When good news is bad

GDP growth rate for fiscal year 2020-2021 decreases to -7.7%. Elation. But wait a minute this is not Pakistan, but...

Published 31 May, 2021 03:12am

Opinion

Callous and cruel realpolitik

Bombed. Razed. Blasted. Burned. Buried. Last two weeks have witnessed what we regularly witness every few years....

Published 24 May, 2021 04:03am

Opinion

Mission of the missions

Mission impossible. Pakistani foreign missions improving their attitude, no way. Embassies serving overseas...

Published 17 May, 2021 06:14am

Opinion

Resetting regional relations

The ‘World War III’ is on. It has already killed over half a million people. It is the battle of the century...

Published 10 May, 2021 04:54am

Opinion

Bonding in adversity

In sickness and in health, for better, for worse. These are the vows that the most sacred bond of a marital union...

Published 03 May, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

Spirit of self-discipline

Ramazan is a month of restraint and discipline. The ability to curb your instincts and desires is the motive behind...

Published 29 Apr, 2021 03:52am

Opinion

Coalition against accountability

Accountability is always for the others. This is a sentiment that is true for personal, professional and political...

Published 19 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Opinion

Life responsibility

“It’s my life” sung by Jon Bon Jovi was a Chart buster song in 2000. Everybody loved the theme. It started the...

Published 12 Apr, 2021 03:59am

Opinion

Pseudo literacy trap

Educated illiterate. Uneducated literate. Call it whatever it is this unnoticed cadre that has added chaos and ...

Published 05 Apr, 2021 03:56am

Opinion

Security without humanity

“Shocking how little has been done to avert an entirely predictable catastrophic moral failure,” said Director...

Published 29 Mar, 2021 06:05am

Opinion

Royal obsession

What was the biggest superhit melodrama in media? The Crown, No. Meray Pass Tum ho part 2, No. Bridgertons, No. It...

Published 22 Mar, 2021 04:18am

Opinion

Recrafting and Redrafting leadership

Foxy, wily and cunning. These are the sought after, admired, applauded, garlanded, aspired qualities to be a “role...

Published 15 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Opinion

Saviours of corruption

SOS. Save our Souls, No. Rather, Sell our Souls. That is the current status of the horse and cattle show in the...

Published 08 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Opinion

The ‘Pawri’ diplomacy

The “almost” blasphemous has happened. An Indian music composer Yashraj Mukhate gave music to the Pakistani...

Published 01 Mar, 2021 06:13am

Opinion

Electoral human trafficking

Human trafficking is a heinous crime. This is buying and selling of humans for illicit purposes of slavery or...

Published 22 Feb, 2021 04:25am

Opinion

Plugging off farmers, celebrities and sundry

Farmers’ protest is unplugged. So how will India unplug something that is already unplugged. Traditionally, the...

Published 15 Feb, 2021 04:53am

Opinion

‘Landed’ robber barons

Land is money. Land is power. Land is control. Land is status. Land is addiction. Owning land is perhaps the biggest...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

Opinion

Linguistic arrogance

Language is the mirror of a culture. Language is heritage. Language is literacy. Language is progress. Language is ...

Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:39am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Jahangir Siddiqui (R) / Jun 14 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd (R)(JSCLR1)	6.01 ▲ 1.00 (19.96%)
Crescent Textile (R) / Jun 14 Crescent Textile Mills Ltd.(R)(CRTMR2)	6.76 ▲ 1.00 (17.36%)
Al-Mali / Jun 14 Modaraba Al-Mali(MODAM)	8.99 ▲ 0.98 (12.23%)
A. Shah Ghazi / Jun 14 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Universal Ins. / Jun 14 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	6.11 ▲ 0.58 (10.49%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 14 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	11.00 ▲ 1.00 (10.00%)
Byco Petr. / Jun 14 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	12.83 ▲ 1.00 (8.45%)
Int. Ind. / Jun 14 International Industries Limited(INIL)	227.68 ▲ 15.88 (7.50%)
Int. Steel / Jun 14 International Steels Limited(ISL)	98.35 ▲ 6.86 (7.50%)
Khairpur / Jun 14 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	49.45 ▲ 3.45 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Power / Jun 14 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	6.30 ▲ -0.61 (-8.83%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 14 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	30.26 ▲ -2.45 (-7.49%)
Landmark Sp. / Jun 14 Landmark Spinning Industries Limited(LMSM)	26.14 ▲ -2.11 (-7.47%)
Agritech / Jun 14 Agritech Limited(AGL)	6.71 ▲ -0.53 (-7.32%)
Frontier Cer. / Jun 14 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	35.21 ▲ -2.74 (-7.22%)
Bilal Fibres / Jun 14 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	3.65 ▲ -0.25 (-6.41%)
HBL Inv.Fund / Jun 14 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	3.00 ▲ -0.20 (-6.25%)
Shahtaj Sug. / Jun 14 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	58.20 ▲ -3.75 (-6.05%)
First Pak Modaraba / Jun 14 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	2.81 ▲ -0.18 (-6.02%)
Colony Textile / Jun 14 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	6.55 ▲ -0.41 (-5.89%)

Stock	Volume
Byco Petr. / Jun 14 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	108,461,000 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / Jun 14 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	108,053,000 ▼ 0.00
Worldcall / Jun 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	97,886,000 ▼ 0.00
Aisha Steel / Jun 14 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	40,490,000 ▼ 0.00
Agritech / Jun 14 Agritech Limited(AGL)	38,947,000 ▼ 0.00
Pakistan Refinery / Jun 14 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,684,500 ▼ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 14 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	32,554,179 ▼ 0.00
Hascol Petroleum / Jun 14 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	30,033,280 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd / Jun 14 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	28,725,000 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Global Hold. / Jun 14 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	28,496,500 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 11	155.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 11	155.75
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 11	109.66
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 11	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 11	1.41
Euro to USD / Jun 11	1.21
UK LIBOR % / Jun 11	0.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 11	4247.44
India Sensex / Jun 11	52474.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 11	28948.73
Nasdaq / Jun 11	14069.43
Hang Seng / Jun 11	28842.13
FTSE 100 / Jun 11	7134.06
Dow Jones / Jun 11	34479.60
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 11	15693.27
France CAC40 / Jun 11	6600.66