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Opinion

INSTC should be active in tandem with BRI

In today’s interconnected world and the new global order, trade corridors are essential highways of the global...

Published 13 Jul, 2025 03:02am

Opinion

From ‘apprentice’ to tycoon to statesman

Fasten your seat belts. Americans (and the world) are in for a roller coaster ride that would envy even Disneyland....

Published 04 Jul, 2025 06:45am

Opinion

‘Ball of Confusion’

“Ball of Confusion” is a 1970 hit song by a US band called The Temptations, and is an example of the...

Published 23 Jun, 2025 07:04am

Opinion

Dreams of hegemony

Hegemony is the political, economic, and military predominance of one state over other states, either regional or...

Updated 21 May, 2025 07:40am

Opinion

War, trade, and tit-for-tat

In June 1970, during the Vietnam War, a counter-culture protest song “War” by Edwin Starr topped the charts for...

Updated 09 May, 2025 08:02am

Opinion

A requiem for USAID

The USAID tap has run dry, and its disbandment has sent tremors around the globe. The freeloaders in the developing...

Published 06 Mar, 2025 06:56am

Opinion

Minimum wage revisited

Pakistan has an acceptable concept of minimum wage, just like many countries. The reason for imposing minimum wage ...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 07:20am

Opinion

Begrudging private sector

At the outset, the recent Independent Power Plants (IPPs) controversy has magnified the bitterness and grudges that...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Opinion

OSH compliance

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has always been strongly committed to the protection of workers’ ...

Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:45am

Opinion

Federal budget and business leadership

The federal budget is anxiously awaited every year and, as per tradition, the trade organizations get their act...

Published 25 Jan, 2024 04:23am

Opinion

Is textile sector ‘rent seeker’?

The textile exporters of Pakistan are fond of championing that textile is the backbone of the economy and that it is...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 06:28am

Opinion

Responsible management education

“We need to move from a global business education community which focuses on making our students the best in the...

Updated 10 Jun, 2023 05:46am

Opinion

Bikers of Karachi

As a student in the USA, I was fascinated with the capers of Evel Knievel, the American motorcycle stunt performer...

Updated 03 Jun, 2023 04:19am

Opinion

The need to give dialogue a chance

It’s time for a new Code of Conduct to uphold the Constitutional acceptance of, and adherence to, authority. Each...

Published 26 May, 2023 06:48am

Opinion

Homemaker’s wake-up call to businessmen

My spouse and I were sitting in our garden and enjoying the breeze on a hot day. Electricity was off in the area...

Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am

Opinion

Industrial relations in Bangladesh RMG

This article discusses the labour situation in Bangladesh. At the outset, it is important to understand that there ...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Opinion

The wages of wage

In the International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) architecture, the three social partners—workers, employers...

Published 26 Aug, 2021 04:52am

Opinion

Labour laws and productivity

Labour laws should also spotlight on productivity rather than the dampening effects of archaic laws from the times ...

Published 14 Aug, 2021 03:41am

Opinion

Steering the economic ship

The economic situation is still unsteadily swaying and could wobble because a lot of medium and small scale...

Published 05 Jun, 2021 04:08am

Opinion

Trade unions losing steam — II

Trade unions in private sector in Pakistan, by and large, can be aptly described as in-house unions, pocket unions,...

Published 11 Mar, 2021 05:25am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	285.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	284.83
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	148.67
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Jul 15	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 16	6,263.70
Nasdaq / Jul 16	20,730.49
Dow Jones / Jul 16	44,254.78
India Sensex / Jul 17	82,481.83
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	39,901.19
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,541.19
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	8,965.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,224.23
France CAC40 / Jul 17	7,791.07

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 16	16,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 16	305,212
Petrol/Litre / Jul 17	272.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	66.56
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	3,335.18
Diesel/Litre / Jul 17	284.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	68.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd / Jul 17 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	8.65 ▲ 1 (13.07%)
Askari Life Assur. / Jul 17 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	9.47 ▲ 1 (11.81%)
Trust Mod. / Jul 17 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	9.72 ▲ 1 (11.47%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jul 17 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	7.88 ▲ 0.8 (11.3%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jul 17 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	6.75 ▲ 0.64 (10.47%)
Zephyr Textile / Jul 17 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	16.46 ▲ 1.5 (10.03%)
Habib Insurance / Jul 17 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	18.55 ▲ 1.69 (10.02%)
Int. Knit. / Jul 17 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	31.85 ▲ 2.9 (10.02%)
Sitara Peroxide / Jul 17 Sitara Peroxide Limited(SPL)	17.69 ▲ 1.61 (10.01%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 17 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	152.55 ▲ 13.87 (10%)

Stock	Price
First IBL Mod. / Jul 17 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	5.55 ▼ -0.9 (-13.95%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	40.02 ▼ -3.65 (-8.36%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jul 17 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	38.10 ▼ -3.35 (-8.08%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 17 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	71.95 ▼ -5.27 (-6.82%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	52.52 ▼ -3.39 (-6.06%)
MACPAC Films / Jul 17 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	53.99 ▼ -3.39 (-5.91%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	125.01 ▼ -7.22 (-5.46%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Jul 17 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	89 ▼ -5.01 (-5.33%)
Shabbir Tiles / Jul 17 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	17.75 ▼ -0.89 (-4.77%)
Kohat Textile / Jul 17 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	72.98 ▼ -3.02 (-3.97%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Jul 17 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	48,485,308 ▲ 0.55
First Dawood Prop. / Jul 17 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	17,916,198 ▲ 0.64
Thatta Cement / Jul 17 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	13,475,508 ▲ 1.28
Ghani Chemworld / Jul 17 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	12,361,591 ▲ 0.84
Hub Power Co. / Jul 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	9,810,357 ▲ 4.35
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	7,111,875 ▲ 0.09
Treet Corp / Jul 17 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	6,874,310 ▲ 0.63
Ist.Capital Sec / Jul 17 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	6,579,529 ▲ 0.17
Ghani Global Holding / Jul 17 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	5,964,400 ▲ 0.76
Sui South Gas / Jul 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	5,105,988 ▲ 0.33

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