News stories for Anjum Ibrahim

Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: One-on-one meetings

"Nawaz Sharif has decreed that no one from his party will meet with the army high command secretly." "I don't get...

Published 26 Sep, 2020 02:40am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A recent up for IK and a down for JKT

"Relationships evolve over time and they needn't get better." "Hey that's a given in this life. I mean there are ...

Published 25 Sep, 2020 02:45am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: APC didn’t mention Covid-19?

“When The Khan is no longer the country’s chief executive who do you reckon….” “That is an...

Published 24 Sep, 2020 02:47am

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

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Al-Mali / Sep 26 Modaraba Al-Mali(MODAM)	6.2500 ▲ 1.10 (21.36%)
Invest Cap. Bank / Sep 26 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	1.1800 ▲ 0.17 (16.83%)
PICIC Insurance / Sep 26 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.3900 ▲ 0.18 (14.88%)
First Prud Mod. / Sep 26 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	1.3100 ▲ 0.15 (12.93%)
Pak Gen. Ins. / Sep 26 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	3.2400 ▲ 0.37 (12.89%)
Media Times / Sep 26 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	1.6400 ▲ 0.18 (12.33%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 26 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	2.5500 ▲ 0.28 (12.33%)
Kohinoor Power / Sep 26 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	2.2000 ▲ 0.20 (10.00%)
Grays Leas. / Sep 26 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	7.8500 ▲ 0.69 (9.64%)
Byco Petr. / Sep 26 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	11.0100 ▲ 1.19 (9.04%)

Stock	Price
Indus Dyeing / Sep 26 Indus Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Limited(IDYM)	598.9900 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Millat Tractors / Sep 26 Millat Tractors Limited(MTL)	888.8788 ▼ 8.88 (0.00%)
Murree Brewery / Sep 26 Murree Brewery Company Limited(MUREB)	650.0000 ▼ 0.01 (0.00%)
TPL Corp / Sep 26 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	6.0500 ▼ 0.05 (0.00%)
Kohinoor Mills / Sep 26 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	36.8000 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Sep 26 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	3.7900 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Orix Leas. / Sep 26 Orix Leasing Pakistan Limited(OLPL)	26.5100 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
SILKBANK / Sep 26 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	1.0900 ▼ 0.01 (0.00%)
Dandot Cement / Sep 26 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	8.0542 ▼ 0.00 (0.05%)
Atlas Ins / Sep 26 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	57.9900 ▼ 0.04 (0.07%)

Stock	Volume
Hascol Petroleum / Sep 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	31,993,500 ▼ 1.13
Unity Foods / Sep 26 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	28,546,500 ▼ 0.47
Byco Petr. / Sep 26 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	18,485,500 ▼ 1.19
Pak Int.Bulk Ter / Sep 26 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Limited(PIBTL)	11,168,500 ▼ 0.39
TRG Pak. / Sep 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	8,788,500 ▼ 1.22
Kot Addu / Sep 26 Kot Addu Power Company Limited(KAPCO)	7,793,000 ▼ 1.73
Arif Habib Corp. / Sep 26 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	6,980,000 ▼ 2.25
P.T.C.L.A / Sep 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	6,769,000 ▼ 0.25
Pakistan Refinery / Sep 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	6,326,500 ▼ 0.72
Power Cement / Sep 26 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	4,990,000 ▼ 0.30

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 26	165.80
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 26	165.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 26	105.58
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 26	0.93
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 26	1.27
Euro to USD / Sep 26	1.16

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 26	3298.46
India Sensex / Sep 26	37388.66
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 26	23204.62
Nasdaq / Sep 26	10913.56
Hang Seng / Sep 26	23235.42
FTSE 100 / Sep 26	5842.67
Dow Jones / Sep 26	27173.96
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 26	12469.20
France CAC40 / Sep 26	4729.66

Indicator	Value
Weekly Foreign Reserves / Sep 24	19959.00
GDP Growth % / Sep 24	5.40
Foreign Debt (PKR billions) / Sep 24	15087.50
Per Capita Income USD (CPI) / Sep 24	1516.00
Average CPI % / Sep 24	11.11
UK LIBOR % / Sep 26	0.08