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Dr Farid A Malik

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Technology prevails

Technology; the strongest resource of our times, is grossly mis-understood in the Islamic World. While technology...

Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:15am

Opinion

Political ‘surrender’ of 1958 that shook the foundations of Pakistan

History is full of accounts of surrender and retreat. In the American Civil war (1861-1865) Confederate General in...

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 07:18am

Opinion

Qarz Mubarak!

There is jubilation all around in government circles, The IMF has agreed on a $ 7 billion loan package at 5% per...

Published 03 Oct, 2024 07:14am

Opinion

Aaeen Saazi

It seems Aaeen Saazi (Constitution Making) is an unending struggle in the land of the pure. Perhaps the only...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am

Opinion

Struggle for steel continues

Steel is the basic building block of development. It was due to the influential import lobbies that Pakistan lagged...

Published 05 Sep, 2024 06:19am

Opinion

Selected or elected PMs?

Despite being a constitutional democracy since August 14, 1973, mass confusion prevails in the mechanism of...

Published 04 Sep, 2024 07:16am

Opinion

Customers are missing?

The entire quality movement is based on customer satisfaction. For an organization to grow and prosper it must have...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 07:08am

Opinion

Languishing losers

The American system is based on competition. Only the ablest and fittest survive, losers are cut to size and left to...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:59am

Opinion

Jinnah’s Pakistan is back?

With the fall of Hasina Wazed, the Prime Minister (PM), Bangladesh has started to move outside the Indian Halo....

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Opinion

When the courts surrender?

During the devastation of WW-II Winston Churchill said, “Thank God. If the courts are working, nothing can go...

Published 21 Aug, 2024 07:28am

Opinion

Muslim world should also introduce the concept of ‘Citizen Soldiers’?

“The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.”—General...

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 07:23am

Opinion

Moving the capital back to Karachi

To save Jinnah’s Pakistan, voices are being raised to move the capital back to his city from where the journey had...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 05:52am

Opinion

Business & politics: highly questionable relationship

States are run on compassion not commissions and kickbacks. People come before profits. Businesses must be...

Published 07 Jul, 2024 03:08am

Opinion

Election Commission of India saved Indian democracy?

The Election Commission of India (ECI) saved Indian democracy by holding free and fair, credible elections. While...

Published 05 Jul, 2024 03:17am

Opinion

Return of the East India Company?

In the year 1874 the East India Company was dissolved. The British Parliament took direct control of the Indian...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am

Opinion

Start manufacturing, stop assembling

In the year 1992 on my return from abroad, I wanted to book a Japanese car under ‘transfer of residence’. As I...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 04:38am

Opinion

The power of pen

Every tragedy comes with a lesson. Liaquat Ali Chattha, the then Commissioner of Rawalpindi division, held a press...

Updated 20 Mar, 2024 04:12am

Opinion

The President pleads for merit

In one of his last speeches as President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi pleaded for merit. Yes, no society can advance...

Published 15 Mar, 2024 04:14am

Opinion

Healing, not dealing, for civilian supremacy

In his very first speech after taking over the mantle in 1971 of what remained of Jinnah’s Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali...

Updated 28 Feb, 2024 10:06am

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Flood waters have reached Islamabad?

It seems that the flood waters are now gushing towards the capital of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. I remember ...

Published 25 Feb, 2024 04:51am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 1	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 1	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	145.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.30

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	5,597.12
India Sensex / Jan 1	80,752.79
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	37,805.35
Nasdaq / Jan 1	17,816.94
Hang Seng / Jan 1	17,356.67
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	8,273.32
Dow Jones / Jan 1	40,834.97
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 1	18,357.52

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	260.96
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	74.04
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	18,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	223,508
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	2,516.44
Diesel/Litre / Jan 1	266.07

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 14 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 14 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 14 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 14 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 14 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 14 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 14 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 14 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 14 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 14 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 14 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 14 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 14 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 14 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 14 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 14 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 14 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 14 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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