News stories for Anjum Ibrahim

Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Buzz has ambitions

“I don’t like our system of government.” “You favour a presidential system? I don’t see what difference...

Published 23 Sep, 2020 02:48am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Profundity of social media

"Was The Khan's decision to allow Opposition speeches to be aired on television because Sharif would expose himself...

Published 22 Sep, 2020 02:39am

Opinion

Policy differences

This is the second of a two-part series on little change in policy in spite of different socio-economic manifestoes...

Published 21 Sep, 2020 03:09am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Advice has never come cheap in Pakistan

"Jehangir Tareen's son is also implicated in...in..." "In illegal activities that have cost the country hard cash...

Published 19 Sep, 2020 02:44am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: The Opposition still lost?

"Praise the Lord! Lotaism is alive and kicking in Naya Pakistan. The opposition lost even though it had a majority ...

Published 18 Sep, 2020 02:59am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: No heads rolled

ARTICLE: "Shibli Faraz, a gentleman, says..." "Excuse me but politics is not a gentleman's game, cricket now..."...

Published 17 Sep, 2020 02:30am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Ball tampering

ARTICLE: "Novak Djokovic was disqualified from US Open on 6 September because he accidentally hit a line judge, a...

Published 16 Sep, 2020 02:46am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Punjab CM delivering to PM

ARTICLE: "Incompetence due to lack of experience..." "What about the many, many, members of the cabinet who claim...

Published 15 Sep, 2020 02:27am

Opinion

Implementation differences

ARTICLE: Political parties within democracies propound different economic models to achieve the same objectives,...

Published 14 Sep, 2020 02:36am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Setback to tourism prospects?

ARTICLE: "I was devastated at the reaction of the man who holds the charge of Capital City Police Officer (CCPO)."...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: PM needs to take action immediately

ARTICLE: "The Khan really needs to take urgent action." "You need to narrow that down - I mean urgent action is...

Published 11 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Punjab and the police

ARTICLE: "Naya Pakistan is impressive." "I hope you are not being sarcastic." "Tut, tut, all this self imposed...

Published 10 Sep, 2020 02:29am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Intelligentsia out of power these days

ARTICLE: "So how is our Deputy Prime Minister?" "Well the former Deputy is in London and the present one is very...

Published 09 Sep, 2020 02:38am

Opinion

FBR performance

ARTICLE: The performance of the tax collecting wing of the Ministry of Finance, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR),...

Published 07 Sep, 2020 02:21am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Safdar can never be a Zardari?

ARTICLE: "Why is Captain Safdar (retired) an accused in the former First Daughter's property in London?" "He is ...

Published 03 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Maryam gets a lot of publicity

ARTICLE: "I simply cannot understand this debate on how to get Nawaz Sharif to return to the country." "I guess The...

Published 02 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Foreign proverbs

ARTICLE: "One disaster after another, pandemic and then urban flooding..." "There is one looming disaster that has...

Published 01 Sep, 2020 02:57am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Dog pound

ARTICLE: "So rains and pandemic and dog bites and...." "Only in Karachi and Sindh...." "If you are a member of the...

Published 29 Aug, 2020 02:49am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: What does ‘discretion’ mean?

ARTICLE: “I was so upset to see Shehzad Akber at his press conference…” “If you are worried that he may...

Published 28 Aug, 2020 02:02am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: CCoP means Catch Criminals of Previous years?

ARTICLE: "No NRO, so sayeth The Khan even if the country cannot meet the Financial Action Task Force's time bound...

Published 27 Aug, 2020 02:44am

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Stock	Price
First Equity Mod. / Sep 23 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	4.1900 ▲ 0.49 (13.24%)
Crescent Star / Sep 23 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	3.5000 ▲ 0.40 (6.13%)
Flying Cement Ltd / Sep 23 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	10.9875 ▲ 0.71 (4.57%)
Ist Paramount / Sep 23 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	6.3000 ▲ 0.31 (2.67%)
First Credit & Inv. / Sep 23 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	18.3900 ▲ 0.39 (2.17%)
Redco Tex. / Sep 23 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	7.0000 ▲ 0.11 (1.60%)
P. Datacom / Sep 23 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	67.7094 ▲ 3.01 (0.46%)
Thatta Cement / Sep 23 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	24.9000 ▲ 1.38 (0.34%)
Pak Oilfields / Sep 23 Pakistan Oilfields Limited(POL)	430.0000 ▲ 2.00 (0.12%)
Engro Polymer / Sep 23 Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited(EPCL)	45.5367 ▲ 1.49 (0.11%)

Stock	Price
PICIC Insurance / Sep 23 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.3300 ▼ 0.26 (-19.55%)
Shaheen Ins. / Sep 23 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	4.5000 ▼ 0.49 (-10.89%)
Bilal Fibres / Sep 23 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	1.6900 ▼ 0.18 (-10.65%)
Pervez Ahmed Cons. / Sep 23 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	1.1400 ▼ 0.12 (-9.65%)
First Cap. Sec. / Sep 23 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	1.7400 ▼ 0.16 (-9.20%)
Telecard / Sep 23 Telecard Limited(TELE)	2.0904 ▼ 0.15 (-7.18%)
Dewan Farooq. Spin. / Sep 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	1.9900 ▼ 0.09 (-6.53%)
Service Fab. / Sep 23 Service Fabrics Limited(SERF)	8.4971 ▼ 0.50 (-5.77%)
SILKBANK / Sep 23 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	1.0700 ▼ 0.07 (-5.66%)
Kohinoor Sp. / Sep 23 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	2.8000 ▼ 0.15 (-5.36%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd / Sep 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,128,000 ▼ 0.20
Unity Foods / Sep 23 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	12,816,000 ▼ 0.75
Hascol Petroleum / Sep 23 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	12,224,500 ▼ 0.61
SILKBANK / Sep 23 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	11,837,000 ▼ 0.07
P.T.C.L.A / Sep 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	9,927,500 ▼ 0.51
Pak Int.Bulk Ter / Sep 23 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Limited(PIBTL)	8,505,500 ▼ 0.35
Fauji Foods / Sep 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	5,256,500 ▼ 0.65
Aisha Steel / Sep 23 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	5,070,000 ▼ 0.47
TRG Pak. / Sep 23 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	4,705,500 ▼ 1.10
Pakistan Refinery / Sep 23 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	4,450,000 ▼ 0.89

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 23	166.25
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 23	166.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 23	104.93
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 23	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 23	1.27
Euro to USD / Sep 23	1.17

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 23	3317.49
India Sensex / Sep 23	37734.08
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 23	23360.30
Nasdaq / Sep 23	10963.64
Hang Seng / Sep 23	23716.85
FTSE 100 / Sep 23	5829.46
Dow Jones / Sep 23	27288.18
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 23	12504.39
France CAC40 / Sep 23	4772.84

Indicator	Value
Weekly Foreign Reserves / Sep 22	19959.00
GDPGROWTH / Sep 22	5.40
Foreign Debt / Sep 22	15087.50
Per Capita Income (CPI) / Sep 22	1516.00
Average CPI / Sep 22	11.11
UK LIBOR / Sep 23	0.08