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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

Markets

Fixing power sector

The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Power has spelled out a roadmap to fix Pakistan's power sector. It...

Published 21 Nov, 2020 02:44am

Opinion

Do away with subsidies

As reported in the press, the federal cabinet, in its meeting early this week, was surprised to learn that the...

Published 14 Nov, 2020 02:52am

Opinion

Political jalsas and fading public interest

Unlike the past, when political rallies by opposition led to uncertainty in markets, shutter-down and difficulty in...

Published 07 Nov, 2020 02:39am

Opinion

PIA under greater govt focus

Adviser to Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity, Dr Ishrat Husain has proposed to the federal...

Updated 24 Oct, 2020 03:12am

Opinion

Power sector in turmoil

Chairing a meeting on energy reforms a few days ago, prime minister Imran Khan expressed his grave concern over the...

Published 17 Oct, 2020 03:08am

Opinion

Business growth versus regulations

The businesses in Pakistan are strongly influenced and controlled by Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs). A favorable...

Published 10 Oct, 2020 03:02am

Opinion

Energy sector challenges

Prime Minister Imran Khan, while chairing a meeting this week to review progress of reforms in the energy sector, is...

Published 03 Oct, 2020 02:45am

Opinion

Gas load-shedding: new challenge

The advent of summer or winter, year after year, ushers in fears in the minds of people of Pakistan - fear of power...

Published 26 Sep, 2020 02:40am

Opinion

SOEs: most viable option

One of the IMF key benchmarks for the current Extended Fund Facility programme is the settlement of the fate of...

Published 19 Sep, 2020 02:44am

Opinion

Solutions based on creative thinking

ARTICLE: The incumbent government that has concluded 'business-as-usual' will not get the nation where PTI promised...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Opinion

Country needs FDI

ARTICLE: The Board of Investment (BoI) last week rolled out an investment promotion strategy for the next three...

Published 05 Sep, 2020 02:50am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Punjab Mod. / Jan 25 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	2.70 ▲ 0.20 (14.89%)
Ghani Auto Ind. / Jan 25 Ghani Automobile Industries Limited(GAIL)	6.80 ▲ 0.69 (13.33%)
Habib Ins. / Jan 25 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	8.50 ▲ 0.69 (13.18%)
Bawany Air / Jan 25 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	22.38 ▲ 1.89 (11.34%)
Unicap Mod. / Jan 25 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.10 ▼ -0.01 (10.00%)
Hi-Tech Lubricants / Jan 25 Hi-Tech Lubricants Limited(HTL)	60.28 ▲ 7.55 (9.66%)
Pak Datacom Ltd / Jan 25 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	113.50 ▲ 4.58 (9.03%)
Fazal Cloth / Jan 25 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	229.68 ▲ 30.92 (7.50%)
Dewan Sugar / Jan 25 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	3.03 ▼ -0.10 (6.32%)
B.R.R. Mod. / Jan 25 B.R.R. Guardian Modaraba(BRR)	14.00 ▲ 0.46 (5.98%)

Stock	Price
Hala Enterpries / Jan 25 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	10.81 ▼ 0.97 (-11.76%)
Saritow Sp. / Jan 25 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	9.90 ▼ 0.86 (-11.61%)
Grays Leas. / Jan 25 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	5.17 ▼ 0.69 (-10.86%)
PICIC Insurance / Jan 25 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.38 ▼ 0.11 (-9.80%)
First Pak Modaraba / Jan 25 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	2.12 ▼ 0.27 (-9.40%)
First Prud Mod. / Jan 25 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	2.10 ▼ 0.35 (-8.70%)
Altern Energy / Jan 25 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	27.25 ▼ 1.75 (-8.40%)
Summit Bank / Jan 25 Summit Bank Limited(SMBL)	1.83 ▼ 0.14 (-8.04%)
Saudi Pak Leas. / Jan 25 Saudi Pak Leasing Company Limited(SPLC)	1.74 ▼ 0.25 (-7.94%)
Khurshid Spinng / Jan 25 Khurshid Spinning Mills Limited(KHSM)	19.86 ▼ 0.00 (-7.46%)

Stock	Volume
TRG Pak. / Jan 25 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,686,000 ▼ 8.01
K-Electric Ltd / Jan 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	25,544,000 ▼ 0.11
Invest Cap. Bank / Jan 25 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	17,052,500 ▼ 0.87
Unity Foods / Jan 25 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	16,920,978 ▼ 1.02
Fauji Foods / Jan 25 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	15,931,500 ▼ 0.35
Fauji Fert. Bin / Jan 25 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	12,716,500 ▼ 1.75
Pak Int.Bulk Ter / Jan 25 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Limited(PIBTL)	10,876,500 ▼ 0.31
Hum Network / Jan 25 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	10,747,500 ▼ 0.17
Aisha Steel / Jan 25 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	9,137,500 ▼ 1.32
Jahangir Sid. Co. / Jan 25 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	8,165,000 ▼ 0.75

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 23	160.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 23	160.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 23	103.81
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 23	1.37
Euro to USD / Jan 23	1.22

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 23	3850.96
India Sensex / Jan 23	48878.54
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 23	28631.45
Nasdaq / Jan 23	13559.29
Hang Seng / Jan 23	29447.85
FTSE 100 / Jan 23	6695.07
Dow Jones / Jan 23	31048.96
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 23	13873.97
France CAC40 / Jan 23	5559.57