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Shahab Jafry

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

Opinion

Market on the knife-edge

The market’s poised on a knife-edge as the new prime minister holds meetings and spells out priorities in a...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

Opinion

Banana republic?

So the law of the land is really so wrapped up in minute technicalities that it is very easy to exploit it even when...

Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:15am

Opinion

Pot calling the pot black

You could say that the last few weeks have brought out the best in our political elite. It’s when push comes to...

Published 31 Mar, 2022 05:11am

Opinion

Hawkish Fed haunts SBP

Now you know why the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) implied that the monetary policy committee (MPC) might meet before...

Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am

Opinion

‘One step forward, two steps back’

There you have it. The IMF (International Monetary Fund) poured cold water on the PM’s so-called relief package at...

Published 17 Mar, 2022 04:53am

Opinion

Chavez would be turning in his grave

If Washington does not officially recognise President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Venezuela, then why did a...

Published 10 Mar, 2022 06:30am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 29	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 29	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 29	156.41
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 29	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 29	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 29	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
India Sensex / Apr 29	74257.68
Hang Seng / Apr 29	17861.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 29	8179.85
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 29	18202.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Petrol/Litre / Apr 29	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 29	83.16
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 29	209105
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 29	2332.70
Diesel/Litre / Apr 29	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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