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Anjum Ibrahim

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Flawed IMF programme design

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) analysis and prescriptions in the second and final review document...

Updated 20 May, 2024 06:19am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The King is alive and will remain alive and…

“So now what?” “Now no amendment to the constitution is possible as the court has suspended the distribution of...

Updated 18 May, 2024 06:16am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Who’s Tom Taraba?

“I heard our GPS called Tom Taraba.” “Remind me who GPS is and who in the world is Tom Taraba?” “GPS is ...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘It’s never what you say, but in which language you say that is important’

“So all hail to the gods of legality.” “Excuse me!” “I was referring to the recurring nightmare of the...

Published 16 May, 2024 06:28am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘Patience is wearing thin!’

“Indeed and I define patience as the ability to count down before losing one’s cool and the people of Azad Jammu...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Samdhi who is so very greedy for hats

“I am a firm believer that only one hat must ever be worn!” “Hmmm that’s a sheer waste – what about the other hats...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

Opinion

Growth model needs to be long term

Pakistan has never achieved impressive growth rates in its history with the highest rate (average) achieved in the...

Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: Maryam far better than Buzdar?

“So is power talking to power?” “Will you give a break to Notification Maryam Nawaz (NMN). She is better than...

Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Maryam has shown her mettle

“I haven’t seen the apple of Nawaz Sharif’s eye for quite a few days now!” “You mean Notification Maryam...

Published 10 May, 2024 04:17am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Maryam should give motorbikes to her own daughters

“What do you think of Notification Maryam Nawaz (NMN) issuing a notification to provide free motorbikes to girls,...

Published 09 May, 2024 03:11am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Orange a colour that really doesn’t suit women in Punjab

“I can’t understand this obsession with colours.” “Well, some colours suit one skin type and doesn’t...

Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar the SSP

“What do you think of the performance of the Samdhi in Search of Portfolios (SSP)?” “Brings to mind a rather...

Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am

Opinion

Redemption of the power sector

A host of sectoral lacunas prevailing in the energy sector have yet to be tackled leave alone overcome and the...

Updated 06 May, 2024 07:04am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The best way forward is to show the rattler that you are not rattled

“Social media attacks can rattle anyone.” “Indeed, but isn’t it important not to let the rattler know that you are...

Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Ishaq Dar’s affidavit was the longest

“I reckon Nawaz Sharif was stopped because he was going to surpass Julius Caesar.” “Are you out of your mind! Caesar...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Maryam a trailbrazer

“You Know Notification Maryam Nawaz (NMN) is a trailblazer.” “Right she was the very first who was labelled as...

Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: All legal pledges to Nawaz have been honoured

“Greed is a sin.” “And if greed is fed through corruption, then…” “Right, but that’s greed for asset...

Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am

Opinion

The LSM sector

Large scale manufacturing (LSM) registered negative 0.52 (cumulative) July-January 2024 against negative 2.67 ...

Updated 29 Apr, 2024 05:25am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Maryam looked a lot better in police uniform than in her usual clothes

“What’s with our Brothers Karamazov?” “Excuse me?” “It’s a novel by Dostoevsky. The father ...

Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Our stakeholders do not have a history of poisoning the unseated…

“Seriously, do you really think that The Third Wife’s allegations of slow poisoning is a political ploy by The...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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