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Opinion

Sinking revenues and IMF conditionalities

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistani authorities have been unable to reach a staff-level agreement...

Published 11 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Opinion

IMF and the ideal of accountability

The international lending agencies are often under criticism that they dole out loans to developing countries while...

Published 05 Feb, 2023 03:10am

Opinion

It’s too late in the day

Country’s decisions makers are known for not taking the right decisions at the right time. Two such late decisions...

Updated 28 Jan, 2023 06:47am

Opinion

A sad tale indeed – III

The last two columns mapped out Pakistan’s economic and political comparison with India and Bangladesh. To recap...

Updated 21 Jan, 2023 07:45am

Opinion

A sad tale indeed – II

A The political and economic events unfolding in Pakistan since April 2022 amidst an opportunistic power struggle...

Published 07 Jan, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

A sad tale indeed – I

Pakistan has been struggling ever since its emergence on the world map to achieve political and economic stability,...

Published 31 Dec, 2022 06:28am

Opinion

Circular debt – short-term remedies

The circular debt (CD) emerged as a perpetual menace ever since the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) surfaced on...

Updated 24 Dec, 2022 06:31am

Opinion

Shocking fall in workers’ remittances

Amidst falling exports and FDI the decline in remittances from Overseas Pakistanis is the last thing one expects at...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

Political instability has its toll on economy

It has been proved time and again that political stability plays a highly important role in the process of economic...

Published 10 Dec, 2022 06:00am

Opinion

Prospects of oil from Russia: much love lost

A delegation led by State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik, who wasd accompanied by the officials of Petroleum...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Opinion

Default imminent?

The mantra “Pakistan is heading for a default” and the counter narrative “that it is not going to default”...

Published 26 Nov, 2022 04:13am

Opinion

Misconceived ML-1 railway project

During a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif early this month, both sides...

Published 19 Nov, 2022 06:17am

Opinion

Energy sector—hiding behind the truth

Speaking on the occasion of signing of dollar 3 billion loan by World Bank to develop energy infrastructure and to...

Updated 12 Nov, 2022 06:51am

Opinion

PM’s China visit: main takeaways

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif concluded his two-day November 1-2 visit to China. With effectively on one day at his...

Updated 05 Nov, 2022 07:06am

Opinion

Pakistan’s exports in the doldrums

Subsidies such as those relating to power tariffs have been the lifelines of our export industry, notably the ...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Opinion

No more concessions from global lenders

The Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on his recent visit to Washington could not apparently get concessions from the...

Published 22 Oct, 2022 05:42am

Opinion

Future of CPEC projects

The high point of roll out-of mega projects under the CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor) was in the last tenure...

Published 15 Oct, 2022 05:38am

Opinion

The aftershocks of govt-IMF agreement

The aftershocks of the agreement with IMF are being felt by trade, industry and all segments of society....

Published 08 Oct, 2022 03:25am

Opinion

Dar: a solo flight no longer an option

The PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz) stalwart Ishaq Dar, after securing safe water for his return, landed at Nur...

Published 01 Oct, 2022 04:20am

Opinion

IMF’s questionable approach to govts

Minister of State for Finance and Revenue, Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha, while addressing an event at the Lahore Chamber of...

Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 16	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 16	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 16	154.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 16	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 16	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 16	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 15	5061.82
Nasdaq / Apr 15	15885.02
Dow Jones / Apr 15	37735.11
India Sensex / Apr 16	73041.46
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 16	38375.98
Hang Seng / Apr 16	16327.73
FTSE 100 / Apr 16	7851.82
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 16	17757.12

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Apr 16	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 16	85.94
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 16	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 16	214077
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 16	2387.66
Diesel/Litre / Apr 16	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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