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Syed Asad Ali Shah

Opinion

The boardroom’s biggest blind spot

In the 1990s, exports of goods and services accounted for around 16 percent of Pakistan’s GDP. By 2025, according to...

Updated 12 Nov, 2026 06:49am

Opinion

Are the gas companies going concerns?

On October 19, the petroleum minister informed the National Assembly that Pakistan’s gas-sector obligations had...

Updated 06 Nov, 2026 08:09am

Opinion

Unfinished governance agenda

When the IMF mission arrives in Pakistan on September 23, discussion will inevitably focus on familiar macroeconomic...

Published 15 Sep, 2026 04:57am

Opinion

SOE reform: the way forward

This is the tenth and final article in a series on Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises and privatisation. The...

Updated 05 Sep, 2026 07:45am

Opinion

Privatisation: building the capacity to deliver

This is the ninth article of a ten-part series of articles on Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises and privatisation....

Updated 11 Aug, 2026 05:52am

Opinion

SOE reform: lessons from three decades

This is the eighth article in a ten-part series on Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises and privatisation. The...

Published 28 Jul, 2026 05:33am

Opinion

SOE reform: positive PIA privatisation

This is the seventh article in a ten-part series on Pakistan’s SOE reform. The previous article examined Pakistan...

Published 16 Jul, 2026 05:00am

Opinion

SOE reform: The Railways Pakistan forgot

This is the sixth article in a ten-part series on Pakistan’s SOE reform. The previous five articles examined the...

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 04:36am

Opinion

SOE reform: the cost of flawed privatizations

This is the fifth article in an eight-part series on Pakistan’s SOE reform. The previous article examined the...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 07:56am

Opinion

SOE reform: lessons from successful privatizations

This is the fourth article in a six-part series on Pakistan’s SOE reform. The first three examined the framework,...

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

Opinion

SOE reform: own less, govern better

This is the third article in a five-part series on Pakistan’s SOE reform. The first, SOE Reform: Strengths and...

Updated 02 Jun, 2026 05:53am

Opinion

SOE reform: from framework to consequences

Pakistan has now done the easier part of SOE reform. It has passed a law, issued a policy, created different forums...

Published 20 May, 2026 02:34am

Opinion

SOE reform: strengths and flaws

Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises have long been one of the weakest links in our economic governance. They have...

Published 14 May, 2026 05:59am

Opinion

Beyond economics: fracturing the global order

Trump’s warning — “48 hours before all hell will reign” — and Tehran’s response — “helpless and nervous” — are not...

Published 07 Apr, 2026 02:22am

Opinion

Energy import trap

Pakistan’s latest fuel price shock — with petrol and diesel rising by nearly Rs55 per litre overnight — is not...

Published 10 Mar, 2026 06:09am

Opinion

Powerless growth

For more than a century, one of the clearest signals of economic progress has remained constant: when economies...

Updated 17 Feb, 2026 06:39am

Opinion

Exorbitant tax on formal sector to make the nation poorer

The annual ritual of budget presentation was completed on June 29 with the passage of the Finance Act 2022 by the...

Published 05 Jul, 2022 05:19am

Opinion

Taxing nation’s savings – but at what cost?

The budget 2022-23 is continuation of a series of budgets for the last several years that have been increasing tax...

Updated 25 Jun, 2022 05:16pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 14	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 14	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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