News stories for Anjum Ibrahim

Partly Facetious: The 'national' leaders

"M A Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, remains alive in our hearts even today."

Published 31 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: A go-getter

"He has certainly proved himself a go-getter, beyond a shadow of doubt."

Published 29 May, 2019 12:00am

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Partly Facetious: Hafeez criticising his critics

"The complete lack of logic amazed me! I mean really!"

Published 28 May, 2019 12:00am

Criticism of the press release uploaded on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) website on 12 May 2019, amongst other considerably more socio-politicaly challenging prior conditions, also focused on the mention of the National Finance Commission (NFC) aw

Published 27 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Modi's narrative accepted?

"Narendra Modi has won and that too by a landslide."

Published 25 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Anger management courses

"I thought the deal was for Maryam Nawaz not to verbally attack anyone but The Khan..."

Published 24 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : 'Strong current'

"Talal Chaudhry did not surprise but Ahsan Iqbal's response did."

Published 23 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: The profundity of name selection

"Name selection is extremely important and sadly none of us is in a position to choose our names when we are born."

Published 22 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: The profundity of name selection

"Name selection is extremely important and sadly none of us is in a position to choose our names when we are born."

Published 22 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: The Iftar opportunity

"I am truly baffled."

Published 21 May, 2019 12:00am

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Best possible deal

Did Hafeez Sheikh get the best possible deal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) given Pakistan's unsustainable twin deficits, budget deficit estimated at 7.2 percent of GDP (though independent sources place it nearer to 8 percent) and a declining

Published 20 May, 2019 12:00am

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Treasuries given no indicative level

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) did not provide an indicative level to banks' treasuries within which the rupee dollar parity would be free to fluctuate for the second day on Thursday, leaving the commercial banks free to determine their own rates, highl

Published 17 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Who's the most popular leader in country?

"Polls show that The Khan is the most popular leader in the country today."

Published 17 May, 2019 12:00am

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Treasuries given no indicative level

Published 17 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: What is it all about?

"I don't understand taxes too well..."

Published 16 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Remember the Asian financial crisis

"So the locals remained unimpressed while foreigners invested in our stock market."

Published 15 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious: Technical appointments?

"There is something to be said about technical appointments."

Published 14 May, 2019 12:00am

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The IMF and Pakistan

At the time of writing this article staff level agreement between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan authorities had not been reached. The IMF mission expected to wind up on 10 May extended its departure as talks were to continue over the

Published 13 May, 2019 12:00am

Partly Facetious : Performance of PM's technocrats

"I want to give some advice to The Khan."

Published 11 May, 2019 12:00am

Talks with IMF: Specific time-bound structural benchmarks not yet been finalized

Talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission are continuing, and specific time-bound structural benchmarks have not yet been finalized, so stated a number of senior officials from the finance ministry and federal board of revenue. Media report

Published 10 May, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 8	278.28
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 8	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 8	155.51
USD to Swiss Franc / May 8	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 8	1.25
Euro to USD / May 8	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 8	5187.67
India Sensex / May 8	73466.39
Tokyo Nikkei / May 8	38202.37
Nasdaq / May 8	16302.76
Hang Seng / May 8	18313.86
FTSE 100 / May 8	8354.05
Dow Jones / May 8	39056.39
Germany DAX 30 / May 8	18498.38

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 7	19935
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 8	78.99
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 8	205075
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 8	2308.85
Cotton US¢/pound / May 8	80.06
Petrol/Litre / May 9	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 9 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 9 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 9 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 9 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 9 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 9 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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