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Shahab Jafry

Opinion

We have met the enemy…

One would think that it couldn’t get any worse for a country overwhelmed by unprecedented political polarisation...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 05:48am

Opinion

No way around another recession?

This is turning out to be a sombre week for international markets as they digest the upside August inflation ...

Published 15 Sep, 2022 05:57am

Opinion

Sleepwalking into a nightmare

While the Pakistani press was too occupied with the latest storm unleashed by Imran Khan’s latest controversial...

Published 08 Sep, 2022 05:43am

Opinion

Elephant in the courtroom

The devastation from the floods has taken the shine off the resumption of the IMF (International Monetary Fund)...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am

Opinion

Because Imran said so

The social media rush that shares the front line with Imran Khan’s legions on the streets in his war against...

Published 25 Aug, 2022 06:09am

Opinion

Annus horribilis?

Mr Market clearly didn’t need more than a minute to believe Finance Minister Miftah Ismail when he said that the...

Updated 18 Aug, 2022 03:06pm

Opinion

‘Future ain’t what it used to be’

If political and economic crises feeding off of and into each other tend to characterize the last gasps of dying...

Updated 04 Aug, 2022 11:47am

Opinion

Irresistible force meets the immovable object

It was clear from the first few minutes of the Supreme Court’s proceedings that the pendulum was going to swing...

Published 28 Jul, 2022 04:41am

Opinion

A costly revolution, if ever there was one

You can almost see Imran Khan salivating at the prospect of storming his revolution back to power. With Punjab in ...

Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am

Opinion

SBP shocks but doesn’t surprise

Even those shocked by the SBP’s (State Bank of Pakistan’s) uber-hawkish posturing at the last MPC (Monetary...

Published 14 Jul, 2022 05:00am

Opinion

‘As warm as the weather in Riyadh’

Poor, oil-importing countries like Pakistan ought to wish US President Joe Biden well as the cold calculus of the...

Published 07 Jul, 2022 05:35am

Opinion

Say hello to the bullwhip effect

Wall Street knows better than to look the other way when Michael Burry, of the “Big Short” fame, casts doubts on...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 06:07am

Opinion

Will Fed chicken out of rate hike?

You can bet that US President Joe Biden expected better news out of Nato than its secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg...

Published 23 Jun, 2022 06:05am

Opinion

Democracy didn’t work either

So, there’s going to be no snap election. Imran Khan’s call for the second, decisive march on the capital never...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 06:03am

Opinion

Keeping them poor to keep them alive

A special report in Business Recorder the other day revealed that it might not suffice to cut subsidies to revive ...

Updated 02 Jun, 2022 07:34pm

Opinion

Circling the drain

The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) couldn’t be serious that the “business,...

Published 26 May, 2022 05:26am

Opinion

Won’t be long before default is on the table

SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) has no choice but to raise the interest rate, most likely by another 100 basis points,...

Published 19 May, 2022 05:29am

Opinion

It’s always about the party, never…

What does a leader do when what must be done is the last thing that can be done? That’s got to be what’s keeping...

Published 12 May, 2022 05:40am

Opinion

When it rains, it pours

‘Chinese Citizens Among 4 Dead in Pakistan Terror Attack’ had become the second most read story on Bloomberg.com...

Updated 28 Apr, 2022 11:13am

Opinion

Keep your eye on the bomb

All the time Imran Khan has been lobbing attacks on state institutions for his dishonourable discharge from the ...

Published 21 Apr, 2022 05:26am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.41 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	304 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	63.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	576.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Sep 25 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	77.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.41 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	304 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	63.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	576.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Sep 25 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	77.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume

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World
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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 23	240.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 23	239.75
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 23	143.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 23	0.98
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 23	1.09
Euro to USD / Sep 23	0.97
UK LIBOR % / Sep 22	2.32

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 23	3693.23
India Sensex / Sep 23	58098.92
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 23	27153.83
Nasdaq / Sep 23	10867.93
Hang Seng / Sep 23	17933.27
FTSE 100 / Sep 23	7018.60
Dow Jones / Sep 23	29590.41
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 23	12284.19
France CAC40 / Sep 23	5783.41

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 23	78.74
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 23	22735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 23	131902
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 23	1643.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 23	92.54

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