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Shahid Sattar

Opinion

Pakistan’s export trap-I

Why a narrow, low-value and cotton-locked export base can no longer carry the economy Pakistan does not merely have...

Updated 25 Jun, 2026 08:04am

Opinion

Hemp denim and high-value apparel: the window for Pakistan is now

The establishment of the Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority (CCRA), together with the notification and...

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 06:42am

Opinion

Pakistan needs equity markets, not dynastic control

Pakistan’s problem is not only that the state owns too much. It is also that too many productive assets remain...

Published 22 Jun, 2026 05:36am

Opinion

Pakistan cannot tax its future to pay for its energy past

Legacy energy liabilities must be separated from current consumption tariffs if Pakistan wants affordable power,...

Updated 18 Jun, 2026 07:53am

Opinion

Privatization must create markets, not new oligarchs

Pakistan does need privatization. But privatization is not reform merely because ownership moves from the public...

Published 15 Jun, 2026 02:32am

Opinion

Pakistan cannot reform power tariffs without breaking up the DISCOs

Uniform national tariffs hide failure, destroy incentives, and make privatisation harder. But tariff reform will...

Published 08 Jun, 2026 02:29am

Opinion

‘Mirage’ of PSX: Why a rising index does not equal recovery?

Pakistan loves a good headline, and few headlines are more seductive than a stock market touching new highs. A...

Updated 01 Jun, 2026 06:02am

Opinion

Why selling Pakistan’s better DISCOs?

Privatisation without tariff truth, asset ring-fencing, and a competent regulator risks turning reform into...

Published 25 May, 2026 06:06am

Opinion

Pakistan’s gas market cannot survive reform delay

Pakistan’s gas sector is no longer facing a temporary imbalance. It has entered a structural decline. The continued...

Published 21 May, 2026 05:01am

Opinion

Pakistan’s greatest risk in ME crisis is social, not merely economic

Pakistan is no longer watching the Middle East crisis from a safe distance. Its effects are already here — in petrol...

Published 18 May, 2026 05:40am

Opinion

Pakistan’s gas upstream crisis

Pakistan’s gas crisis is usually narrated as a story of depletion. Fields matured, reservoirs declined, demand rose,...

Published 11 May, 2026 05:59am

Opinion

Pakistan mispriced gas and mispriced its future

Pakistan did not merely misprice gas. It mispriced its own future. For decades, the country treated natural gas not...

Updated 04 May, 2026 06:04am

Opinion

Pakistan’s power crisis also transmission crisis

Unless the grid is strengthened urgently, cheaper electricity will remain stranded, costly generation will keep...

Published 28 Apr, 2026 06:05am

Opinion

Global pressure on Pakistan’s energy landscape

At a time when global energy markets are under stress because of tensions involving Iran and the wider Gulf,...

Updated 21 Apr, 2026 07:38am

Opinion

IMF orthodoxy institutionalizing Pakistan’s economic decline

The history of sovereign insolvency is rarely just about ledger balances; it is a story of the erosion of the state...

Published 31 Dec, 2025 05:54am

Opinion

Rising consumption, declining exports: the C/A dilemma

As Pakistan’s imports begin rising again, some analysts take this as a sign of industrial revival, arguing the...

Updated 16 Dec, 2025 07:20am

Opinion

Economic self-sabotage

During the past few weeks, there have been many acknowledgements of the difficult conditions faced by businesses and...

Published 05 Dec, 2025 06:23am

Opinion

Taxing a shrinking economy

Excessive taxation is a dangerous pill, one that may be swallowed in the short term, but without structural...

Published 18 Nov, 2025 06:05am

Opinion

Pakistan faces massive diabetes burden

By 2050, Pakistan’s population is projected by the WHO to rise by almost 50 percent, reaching 372 million. A...

Updated 08 Nov, 2025 07:09am

Opinion

Pakistan’s pivot from exports to remittances

In the past three fiscal years (2023 to 2025), Pakistan received 95.8 billion dollars in remittances compared to 91...

Updated 24 Oct, 2025 06:34am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 24	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 24	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 26	161.74
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 26	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 26	1.32
Euro to USD / Jun 26	1.14
SOFR % / Jun 26	3.61

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Jun 25	77,100.47
S&P 500 / Jun 26	7,354.02
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 26	69,360.88
Nasdaq / Jun 26	25,297.62
Hang Seng / Jun 26	22,671.86
FTSE 100 / Jun 26	10,508.02
Dow Jones / Jun 26	51,876.11
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 26	24,671.22
France CAC40 / Jun 26	8,384.87

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 24	18,280
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 24	368,985
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 26	69.23
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 26	4,088.74
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 26	76.38
Petrol/Litre / Jun 27	299.50
Diesel/Litre / Jun 27	311.47

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Ghani Chemworld Limited (R) / Jun 24 Ghani Chemworld Limited Right(GCWLR)	8.01 ▲ 1 (14.27%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jun 24 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	10.01 ▲ 0.94 (10.36%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	57.61 ▲ 5.24 (10.01%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / Jun 24 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	12.20 ▲ 1.11 (10.01%)
Feroze 1888 / Jun 24 Feroze1888 Mills Limited(FML)	57.48 ▲ 5.23 (10.01%)
J.A.Textile / Jun 24 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	33.52 ▲ 3.05 (10.01%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 24 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	77.07 ▲ 7.01 (10.01%)
Buxly Paints / Jun 24 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	251.72 ▲ 22.88 (10%)
Chashma / Jun 24 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	101.19 ▲ 9.2 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Jun 24 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	111.29 ▲ 10.12 (10%)

Stock	Price
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 24 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	22.28 ▼ -2.47 (-9.98%)
Int. Knit. / Jun 24 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	100.26 ▼ -11.12 (-9.98%)
Aruj Industries / Jun 24 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	10.80 ▼ -1.14 (-9.55%)
NIT PakistanXD / Jun 24 NIT Pakistan Gateway ETF(NITGETF)	37.25 ▼ -3.75 (-9.15%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jun 24 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	23.52 ▼ -2.32 (-8.98%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 24 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	43.13 ▼ -3.72 (-7.94%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Jun 24 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	7.06 ▼ -0.51 (-6.74%)
Zuma Resources / Jun 24 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	104.71 ▼ -7.26 (-6.48%)
Popular Islamic / Jun 24 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	22.28 ▼ -1.26 (-5.35%)
TPL Insurance / Jun 24 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	25.60 ▼ -1.44 (-5.33%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	112,892,122 ▲ 0.33
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 24 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,295,107 ▲ 0.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	38,761,163 ▲ 0.01
Pak Elektron / Jun 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	31,348,609 ▲ 1.02
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 24 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	27,194,838 ▲ 3.85
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 24 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	21,872,379 ▲ 1.92
Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 24 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	20,610,130 ▲ 0.11
Sui South Gas / Jun 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	20,069,542 ▼ -0.9
The Organic Meat / Jun 24 The Organic Meat Company Limited(TOMCL)	20,043,142 ▲ 2.92
B.O.Punjab / Jun 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	18,657,800 ▲ 0.26

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