News stories for Anjum Ibrahim

State-owned entities (SOEs) continue to be a source of serious concern to not only the Khan administration, like its predecessors, but also to international financial institutions engaged in Pakistan through programme/budget support and/or project financi

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 10:43am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The art of negotiation

"What makes a good negotiator?"

Published 01 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: The Maulana's march is a gamble

"Politics is a gamble."

Published 31 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Opinion

Partly Facetious : PM doesn't read papers

"So the needle remains stuck at the same point, precisely..."

Published 30 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Opinion

Partly Facetious : The song by Lionel Ritchie

"Did anyone tell Ijaz Shah that the Maulana and his marchers are still in Sindh and that's a long way from Islamabad?"

Published 29 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Opinion

Ease of doing business is not standalone

The World Bank ranked Pakistan as one of the top 20 improvers in Doing Business 2019 with a 28 point improvement - from 136 to 108 out of 190 countries. Prime Minister Imran Khan promptly tweeted that, "another of our manifesto commitments fulfilled, this

Updated 28 Oct, 2019 07:01am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: The bar was very, very low

"Compassion, justice, adherence to democratic norms..."

Published 26 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Opinion

Partly Facetious : PM presents his narrative

"On Wednesday, The Khan interacted with the media and presented his narrative as the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."

Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Opinion

Partly Facetious Government narrative no longer compelling

"Why is it that once in government the narrative is no longer that compelling?"

Published 24 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Opinion

Partly Facetious Abuse of power visible everywhere

"America eat your heart out, Pakistan has beaten you yet again."

Published 23 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Opinion

Partly Facetious : Trump being impeached

"The world is changing."

Published 22 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Opinion

Growth versus high discount rate

Pakistan will experience the lowest growth rate in the region in fiscal year 2020 (ending 30 June 2020) at 2.4 percent, lower than Afghanistan's 3 percent, Sri Lanka's 3.3 percent, Maldives' 5.5 percent, Nepal's 6.4 percent and India's projected growth of

Updated 21 Oct, 2019 08:56am

Opinion

Partly Facetious : The Ashiq lady

"So has The Buzz turned into a Wasim Akram yet?"

Published 19 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Opinion

Partly Facetious : PIA needs capacity building

"I would like to say with extreme trepidation and no disrespect that ILS..."

Updated 18 Oct, 2019 05:54am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 2	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 2	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 2	155.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 2	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 2	1.25
Euro to USD / May 2	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
India Sensex / May 2	74720.19
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
Hang Seng / May 2	18192.04
FTSE 100 / May 2	8149.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 2	17906.01

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 2	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 2	79.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 2	206619
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 2	2311.74
Diesel/Litre / May 2	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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