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Farooq Hassan

Opinion

When AI becomes the influencer

For years, communication professionals and brand strategists operating from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad have...

Published 24 Jun, 2026 05:52am

Opinion

Man in uniform

“Clothes maketh the Man”, an old saying. Actually, it’s the Uniform that does it. If one takes a detached view of...

Updated 14 May, 2026 08:21am

Opinion

Brinkmanship: nuclear standoff eyeball to eyeball

It’s a time in history. Missiles are flying, drones are soaring, aircraft carrier groups are deploying, and people...

Published 10 Mar, 2026 06:09am

Opinion

Corporate and industrial espionage

Espionage is called the oldest profession in the world – not the other one! Earlier, kingdoms, empires, monarchs...

Updated 05 Mar, 2026 06:19am

Opinion

What does your car brand say about you?

Three years ago I went to the Suzuki outlet on Old Queen’s Road; an iconic street of Karachi. I needed to change my...

Published 11 Feb, 2026 04:48am

Opinion

An army marches on its stomach

Napoleon Bonaparte coined the phrase “An army marches on its stomach.” Napoleon was a great doer and observer....

Published 16 Jan, 2026 06:23am

Opinion

Expiry dates

Expiry dates have been related to a number of problems, internationally and domestically. A few years ago the market...

Published 19 Dec, 2025 06:07am

Opinion

Corporate Pakistan — market dynamics

Corporate Pakistan is in a flux. A shake-out of sorts. The current fixation is on Exits. And the elusive FDI. In the...

Published 13 Nov, 2025 06:42am

Opinion

A Muslim military alliance?

This is a good time to be an observer. The world is being repurposed but a bad time to be a participant or activist....

Published 12 Oct, 2025 05:32am

Opinion

First-mover advantage

Before we get to the basics, let’s acknowledge that “the Advantage” belongs to apple. Through history, apple...

Updated 09 Oct, 2025 08:43am

Opinion

Corporate jokes (strictly corporate)

-In a large Company, the Head of Department died. Next day at the funeral, as the casket was being carried for...

Updated 01 Oct, 2025 07:57am

Opinion

Why national crime syndicates essential?

National crime syndicates are essential because crime and related activity is the largest sector of the world...

Published 15 Sep, 2025 07:21am

Opinion

The ‘Keynote Speaker’

A keynote speaker is typically the main speaker at an event, conference or meeting, and their speech is often the...

Updated 06 Jun, 2025 06:34am

Opinion

The ‘Soft Power Brigade’

Soft Power. Hard Power. America is master of both. America’s soft power flows from Hollywood, Brands, ...

Published 30 May, 2025 06:13am

Opinion

How Las Vegas destroyed high-stakes gambling

The old Las Vegas evokes nostalgia. The Mob, Begsy Seigal, the High Rollers and the Bat Pack (Frankie, Deno, Sammy...

Updated 21 Feb, 2025 09:13pm

Opinion

Pak corporates – challenges to growth

Pak corporates have had a roller-coaster side up, down and sideways with field shots and slam dunks. By the...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:21am

Opinion

Protecting the ‘brand’

Brand valuations are upward bound through the stratosphere in the realm of dollar 150 billion, 200 billion, 350...

Published 28 Nov, 2024 06:27am

Opinion

Big business: significance of indulgences

In Pakistan being a big business person is not good news. Too much pressure, scrutiny and calls for political...

Updated 01 Nov, 2024 08:49am

Opinion

Israel, Palestine, the endgame

Before I tackle the article I seek permission to reproduce a joke that I read in the Reader’s Digest, Circa 1964:...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Opinion

Google or Ogle

I’m over the Hill! I’m from the Morris Minor’s generation or Hillman Minx’s. The fast moving IT industry has left me...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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