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Anjum Ibrahim

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Ministry of Finance operates like President Trump

“So, is plausible deniability, people specific?” “I think the right question is whether it is individual...

Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:11am

Opinion

The assumptions in FY26 budget

The budget 2025-26 makes one implicit and three explicit assumptions that enable its architects to present a set of...

Updated 16 Jun, 2025 08:03am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: We in the Subcontinent don’t take preemptive actions

“So the operative word is pre-emptive.” “What?” “It’s a good word. It justifies taking an action that does not have...

Updated 14 Jun, 2025 07:56am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘We don’t talk shoes, we talk pages’

“The word blitzkrieg comes to mind.” “Whatever do you mean?” “Blitzkrieg means lightning war – an...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 05:59am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Why did FBR Chairman cancel usual press conference after budget speech?

“A universal rule prevails: lessons need not be learned if they go counter to a declared strategy.” “I would...

Updated 12 Jun, 2025 08:51am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Our economic signers have never required anger management courses

“Do we have any anger management classes in this country?” “I have never heard of such classes, why do you ask?”...

Published 11 Jun, 2025 07:56am

Budget 2025-26

Analysis Budget: foresight 20/20

Hindsight maybe 20/20 but Pakistani budgets epitomize foresight as being 20/20 – given previous budgets and with...

Updated 11 Jun, 2025 07:05am

Budget 2025-26

Analysis: Economic Survey

Economic Survey 2024-25, with most data limited to nine months as all previous surveys, emphasized progress...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 08:38am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS

‘Operation Spiderweb’ “I learnt that 10,000 additional votes are referred to as an injection.” “Really! Who said...

Updated 05 Jun, 2025 08:00am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: IG Sindh says Malir jail houses mainly drug users and…

“What’s the difference between judicious and judiciary?” “Hey, there is no relationship between the two...

Published 04 Jun, 2025 03:03am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: We don’t have royalty in this country

“There are reports that Prince Harry explored the option of taking his mother’s last name.” “Ooops.”...

Published 03 Jun, 2025 06:15am

Opinion

Low-cost housing: need for prudence

There is an ongoing housing crisis in several European countries attributed to locals renting out to tourists,...

Updated 02 Jun, 2025 07:42am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Budget will have to be approved by IMF

“I was wondering….” “Hey, a country’s survival always trumps the economy, so I reckon defence outlay will increase...

Published 30 May, 2025 06:06am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Zardari sahib is a master of micro economic management’

“So is there agreement or isn’t there agreement?” “On what?” “On the budget. Has the International...

Published 27 May, 2025 03:05am

Opinion

Pakistan’s flawed tax structure

Donor agencies have been clamouring for reforms in Pakistan’s unfair, inequitable and anomalous tax structure but...

Updated 26 May, 2025 07:18am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: An accountant’s common sense?

“One must change with the times, don’t you think!” “C S Lewis, the well-known author of children’s books said isn’t...

Updated 24 May, 2025 07:54am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: With AI one doesn’t even know what is fake or not

“I understand that politicians can no longer rely on optics to look good given the prevalence of social media.”...

Published 23 May, 2025 06:13am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Why doesn’t First Uncle get a new Chairman of PCB?

“You know there is so much the West can learn from us!” “Well, the food here is…” “They have Pakistani and Indian...

Updated 21 May, 2025 07:21am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Naming and shaming has lost its pungency worldwide

“Naming and shaming is a tool that is dead.” “It was not even birthed in the Land of the Pure. I mean, we go...

Published 20 May, 2025 05:58am

Opinion

The IMF speaks with a forked tongue

Uploading the first review report on the International Mone-tary Fund (IMF) website on the weekend (Saturday), eight...

Published 19 May, 2025 06:15am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 16	283.37
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 16	283.17
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 17	144.76
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 17	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 17	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Jun 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,976.97
Nasdaq / Jun 14	19,406.83
Dow Jones / Jun 14	42,197.79
India Sensex / Jun 17	81,649.49
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 17	38,502.10
Hang Seng / Jun 17	23,945.81
FTSE 100 / Jun 17	8,845.59
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 17	23,441.60
France CAC40 / Jun 17	7,694.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 16	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 16	310,613
Petrol/Litre / Jun 17	258.43
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 17	72.01
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 17	3,388.42
Diesel/Litre / Jun 17	262.59
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 17	67.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Cresent Jute / Jun 17 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	5.57 ▲ 1 (21.88%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 17 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	4.55 ▲ 0.67 (17.27%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jun 17 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	9.28 ▲ 1 (12.08%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jun 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	18.98 ▲ 1.73 (10.03%)
Merit Packaging / Jun 17 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	14.92 ▲ 1.36 (10.03%)
Service Textile / Jun 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	17.88 ▲ 1.63 (10.03%)
MACPAC Films / Jun 17 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	26.81 ▲ 2.44 (10.01%)
Bannu Woollen / Jun 17 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	57.71 ▲ 5.25 (10.01%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	57.33 ▲ 5.21 (10%)
Pak Datacom / Jun 17 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	378.26 ▲ 34.39 (10%)

Stock	Price
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 17 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.86 ▼ -0.74 (-16.09%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 17 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	3.31 ▼ -0.54 (-14.03%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 17 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	3.87 ▼ -0.52 (-11.85%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 17 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	77.10 ▼ -8.57 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 17 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	237.39 ▼ -26.38 (-10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 17 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	15,300.17 ▼ -1700.02 (-10%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 17 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	24.86 ▼ -2.76 (-9.99%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jun 17 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	43.34 ▼ -4.8 (-9.97%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 17 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,457.04 ▼ -158.06 (-9.79%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 17 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	2.95 ▼ -0.32 (-9.79%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	239,756,205 ▼ -0.01
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 17 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	97,496,465 ▼ -0.05
Sui South Gas / Jun 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	49,860,990 ▲ 1.54
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 17 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	49,081,749 ▼ -0.54
B.O.Punjab / Jun 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	43,532,329 ▲ 0.17
Bank Makramah / Jun 17 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	41,528,036 ▲ 0.2
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 17 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	37,900,841 ▼ -0.11
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 17 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	37,499,448 ▼ -0.52
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	25,538,700 ▼ -0.21
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 17 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	23,790,756 ▲ 0.67

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