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Syed Shabbar Zaidi

Business & Finance

Federal Budget 2021-22: Comments & Observations

General Comments: The Budget Presented on Friday [June 11, 2021] is one of the best documents presented in almost...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Opinion

We seem to have no understanding of what ails our taxation system — III

Introduction This is the third part of a series of articles on the subject ‘We seem to have no understanding of...

Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am

Opinion

We seem to have no understanding of what ails our taxation system — II

• Reducing tax collection reliance at import stage INTRODUCTION In my article published in this newspaper on ...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

Opinion

We seem to have no understanding of what ails our taxation system

Introduction I never wanted to write the following article for the simple reason that there isn’t anything good ...

Published 02 Jun, 2021 04:29am

Opinion

Free media and trust in state’s commitment to confidentiality of information: Dangerous disequilibrium

The country appears to have been facing a disequilibrium or an imbalance between free media and state’s commitment...

Published 26 Apr, 2021 03:29am

Opinion

MLIs: Notes on underlying concepts — II

Illustrations of Manner of Operation of MLI We give in the following paragraphs four illustrations of the manner ...

Published 22 Apr, 2021 03:55am

Opinion

MLIs: Notes on underlying concepts

Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty-Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)...

Published 21 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Opinion

Correction or collection?

The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) government is trapped in the dilemma of ‘correction or collection’ especially...

Published 13 Apr, 2021 04:31am

Opinion

What should be better, fairer approach to asset declarations?

I wrote an article almost two months ago when draft rules were issued for the asset declaration law. I am happy to...

Published 07 Apr, 2021 03:48am

Business & Finance

Public misconceptions about SBP bill

In the following paragraphs I will be dilating on the subject of the role of various stakeholders with respect to...

Published 29 Mar, 2021 06:05am

Opinion

Privatisation of Discos: A dream that will never come true

It is my considered view that the decision to expedite the process of privatization of Discos is a dream that will...

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:10am

Opinion

Tax exemptions withdrawal bill: an expert opinion

General A commentary on the economic and financial rationale for the actions proposed to be undertaken by way of...

Published 17 Mar, 2021 04:45am

Opinion

FDI: under-developed, developing economies

A report in press based on facts that during the current period the amount of dividend remitted out of Pakistan on...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Opinion

An argument against Rs 5,000 currency note

The data as laid down below is from SBP website. The first observation is those giving their views against my...

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:24am

Opinion

Informal banking: economic coercion

Pakistan is a country of contradictions. When we count the population for the purposes of allocation of seats in the...

Published 18 Feb, 2021 04:08am

Opinion

Accountability through tax law only solution

Corruption and accountability have been the main subjects of our social discourse for over 70 years. However, not a...

Published 11 Feb, 2021 04:35am

Opinion

The day of reckoning

When the good times are rolling very few have the foresight of seeing the storm around the corner. Whilst it takes...

Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:35am

Opinion

Zero-rating of sales tax on export-oriented sectors: It cannot be revived

During my tenure as Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) one major...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Govt employees: pension liability

The news item in this newspaper that the Government of Pakistan is seeking actuarial support on the matter of ...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Opinion

Heading for asset declaration: every five years!

Two Asset Declaration Laws were introduced - one each in 2018 and 2019. I supported both. These laws were almost are...

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:43am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.64
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 19	4967.23
India Sensex / Apr 19	73088.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Nasdaq / Apr 19	15282.01
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16224.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7895.85
Dow Jones / Apr 19	37986.40
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17737.36

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	83.14
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 19	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 19	214935
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2391.93
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 19	81.02
Petrol/Litre / Apr 20	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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