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Farhat Ali

Opinion

The fear of accountability

Accountability is something people do fear. Bureaucrats, politicians, businesspeople and others appear to be in the...

Published 10 Apr, 2021 04:35am

Opinion

The upcoming budget

The federal cabinet has undergone a major change hardly eight weeks prior to the presentation of the national budget...

Published 03 Apr, 2021 03:41am

Opinion

SBP bill causes major controversy

The federal cabinet early this week approved the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) ‘Amendment Bill 2021’. ...

Published 27 Mar, 2021 05:41am

Opinion

Economic statecraft

The concept of ‘economic statecraft’ is defined by Princeton’s Prof. David A. Baldwin as using economic means...

Published 20 Mar, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

SOEs: sell-off or liquidation

The federal cabinet has approved the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Bill 2021 proposing governance reforms in the...

Published 13 Mar, 2021 04:28am

Opinion

Signs of thawing in Pak-BD ties

For over four decades, the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh have been cold. Although the...

Published 06 Mar, 2021 05:01am

Opinion

The quest for CoE has intensified

The need for Charter of Economy is once again being voiced by businesspeople and politicians alike. Early this week,...

Updated 27 Feb, 2021 05:50pm

Opinion

Railways perennially off the track

The newly-appointed Railways Minister Azam Khan Swati is reported to have stated that Pakistan Railways is incurring...

Published 20 Feb, 2021 04:52am

Opinion

Energy sector

There were times when our energy sector was rated in the region as one of the best performing and forward looking...

Published 13 Feb, 2021 04:11am

Opinion

SOEs: forensic audit

The federal government, in the third year of its five- year tenure, is reported to have decided to conduct forensic...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

Opinion

State governance in 3rd year: challenges

The PTI government had distinguished itself from its predecessors by doing away with many subsidies and concessions...

Published 30 Jan, 2021 03:55am

Opinion

Civil service reforms

The Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mahmood, in his capacity as head of the ...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

Opinion

Supremacy of state institutions

In the last couple of days, much has happened in the United States of America. A politically charged mob, reported ...

Published 16 Jan, 2021 02:56am

Opinion

Privatising PSEs only solution?

The incumbent government, in its third year in office, appears to have concluded that restructuring and turnaround ...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:22am

Opinion

Power sector decline

Among the critical issues that are being carried forward, unresolved, to 2021, by the government of the day, is the...

Published 02 Jan, 2021 03:04am

Opinion

Once again electric utility up for sale - II

K-Electric (KE) is once again up for sale. This time the potential bidder to buy KE majority shares is Shanghai...

Updated 26 Dec, 2020 04:31am

Opinion

Once again electric utility up for sale - I

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) (now K-Electric) has an interesting history. In 1913, it was formed as a...

Published 19 Dec, 2020 03:02am

Opinion

Emerging business independence

There is something unique in the air of Sialkot which makes this city different from the rest in the country, if not...

Published 12 Dec, 2020 02:52am

Opinion

Civil servants

Prime Minister Imran Khan early this week approved the Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 2020 with a...

Published 05 Dec, 2020 03:01am

Opinion

The lost art of losing gracefully

In American politics, Democrat William Jennings Bryan is reported to have started it all in 1896 with a telegram ...

Published 28 Nov, 2020 03:04am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
A. Shah Ghazi / Apr 16 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	7.25 ▲ 1.00 (16.00%)
Sana Ind. (R) / Apr 16 Sana Industries (R)(SNAIR)	8.01 ▲ 1.00 (14.27%)
Universal Ins. / Apr 16 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	4.89 ▲ 0.59 (13.72%)
Ashfaq Textile / Apr 16 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	8.50 ▲ 1.00 (13.33%)
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 16 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	4.19 ▲ 0.39 (10.26%)
Popular Islamic Mod. / Apr 16 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	5.50 ▲ 0.50 (10.00%)
Bal. Glass / Apr 16 Balochistan Glass Limited(BGL)	11.01 ▲ 1.00 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Apr 16 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	11.50 ▲ 1.00 (9.52%)
Pervez Ahmed Cons. / Apr 16 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	1.27 ▲ 0.11 (9.48%)
B.R.R. Mod. / Apr 16 B.R.R. Guardian Modaraba(BRR)	10.38 ▲ 0.85 (8.92%)

Stock	Price
Flying Cement (R) / Apr 16 Flying Cement Company (R)(FLYNGR)	2.48 ▲ -0.51 (-17.06%)
Saif Power / Apr 16 Saif Power Limited(SPWL)	15.56 ▲ -2.85 (-15.48%)
Waves Singer / Apr 16 Waves Singer Pakistan Limited(WAVES)	21.18 ▲ -2.41 (-10.22%)
Unicap Mod. / Apr 16 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.30 ▲ -0.35 (-9.59%)
Dawood Equities / Apr 16 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	5.81 ▲ -0.51 (-8.07%)
AKD Capital Ltd / Apr 16 AKD Capital Limited(AKDCL)	439.49 ▲ -35.63 (-7.50%)
Punjab Oil / Apr 16 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	204.00 ▲ -16.00 (-7.27%)
Frontier Cer. / Apr 16 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	28.13 ▲ -2.17 (-7.16%)
Ghani Global Hold. / Apr 16 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	31.24 ▲ -2.38 (-7.08%)
Data Agro / Apr 16 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	16.00 ▲ -1.18 (-6.87%)

Stock	Volume
Telecard / Apr 16 Telecard Limited(TELE)	72,537,500 ▼ 0.00
Worldcall / Apr 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,648,500 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / Apr 16 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	17,335,000 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Global Hold. / Apr 16 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	12,825,000 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pak. / Apr 16 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	10,962,901 ▼ 0.00
Pakistan Refinery / Apr 16 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	9,359,000 ▼ 0.00
Netsol Tech. / Apr 16 NetSol Technologies Limited(NETSOL)	8,978,000 ▼ 0.00
Attock Ref. / Apr 16 Attock Refinery Limited(ATRL)	8,108,800 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods / Apr 16 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	8,093,633 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Global Glass / Apr 16 Ghani Global Glass Limited(GGGL)	7,194,500 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 13	152.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 13	152.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 14	108.96
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 14	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 14	1.38
Euro to USD / Apr 14	1.20
UK LIBOR % / Apr 14	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 14	4124.66
India Sensex / Apr 14	48544.06
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 14	29620.99
Nasdaq / Apr 14	13857.84
Hang Seng / Apr 14	28900.63
FTSE 100 / Apr 14	6939.58
Dow Jones / Apr 14	33730.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 14	15209.15
France CAC40 / Apr 14	6939.58