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Opinion

Afghan economy collapsing

Afghanistan is running out of money fast, its currency is in a tail-spin and prices across the board are going...

Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Opinion

Samuelson versus Friedman

Successive governments in Pakistan, since independence, have been promising to turn the country into a social ...

Published 27 Oct, 2021 04:50am

Opinion

Economic melt-down in the making?

Pakistan’s oil import bill has widened by over 97 percent to $4.59 billion in the first quarter of current fiscal...

Published 21 Oct, 2021 04:38am

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Belt and Road vs Build Back Better

The US has decided to confront China in every aspect of human endeavour to keep what Washington regards as the 'free...

Updated 13 Oct, 2021 06:15pm

Opinion

And now Pandora Papers

The Pandora papers, though revealing a gigantic store of hidden treasure of riches beyond the reach of the law and...

Published 06 Oct, 2021 04:17am

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3D-printed houses

In some parts of the world houses are being built using the 3d printing technology. Countries as rich as the US and...

Published 29 Sep, 2021 03:59am

Opinion

Don’t try to reinvent the wheel

At the fag-end of last month and with the next general elections only 23 months away, Finance Minister Shaukat ...

Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:48am

Opinion

‘Aid-to-Afghanistan Consortium’?

Afghanistan is facing a severe economic downturn that could throw many millions into poverty and hunger, may ...

Published 15 Sep, 2021 04:19am

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De-dollarisation can pick up speed

A new humanitarian crisis could be imminent in Afghanistan, as the World Food Programme of the United Nations has...

Published 08 Sep, 2021 04:06am

Opinion

The goal was endless war

According to the terms of the Washington-Taliban agreement signed in Doha in February 2020, the US is bound to...

Published 01 Sep, 2021 03:59am

Opinion

Kabul's economic challenges

Perhaps out of pique or anger for what has seemed as an ignominious defeat suffered at the hands of the ramshackle...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:43am

Opinion

The economy of relocation

Pakistan’s economy has remained predominantly import based all through the past seven decades. However, since the...

Published 18 Aug, 2021 04:00am

Opinion

China 'out-STEMs' the US

A large share of the best universities in the world is said to be in the United States and they are known for...

Published 11 Aug, 2021 04:27am

Opinion

Trading out of trouble

Last year China announced that it had eradicated extreme poverty. As of 2018 the number of people living in extreme...

Published 04 Aug, 2021 04:14am

Opinion

UK’s role in global illicit finance?

On the face of it, the UK government has made good progress in implementing the actions of its 2019 Economic Crime...

Published 28 Jul, 2021 04:45am

Opinion

Stop the war; ‘Mine’ the economy

Now that the last of the foreign occupying troops are seen leaving Afghanistan it is time to put an end to the...

Published 21 Jul, 2021 01:51am

Opinion

Socio-economic cost: Falling fertility rates in rich world

As we, in the developing countries like Pakistan, worry about perennial population explosion, the situation in the...

Published 14 Jul, 2021 03:59am

Opinion

It is the rich countries, stupid!

The sword of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is continuing to hang over the head of Pakistan, not because...

Published 07 Jul, 2021 04:28am

Opinion

A new kind of cold war in the offing?

The world is likely to witness a boom in physical infrastructure development activity as the Blue Dot Network (BDN),...

Published 30 Jun, 2021 03:54am

Opinion

An economic mishap in the making

Pakistan’s estimated population, according to the National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS), is 215.25...

Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 24	278.59
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 24	278.39
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 24	155.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 24	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
India Sensex / Apr 24	73852.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 24	38460.08
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Hang Seng / Apr 24	17201.27
FTSE 100 / Apr 24	8040.38
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 24	18088.70

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 24	82.83
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 24	2318.17
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 24	81.01
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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