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Sirajuddin Aziz

Opinion

Burial of humanity

The dance of medieval barbarism with lethal weapons of 21st century is being played out, while the world watches;...

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 06:55am

Opinion

The sleeping Ummah 2.0.

My article titled, Sleeping Ummah, was published in year 2012, wherein I lamented at the lack of direction and the...

Published 10 Nov, 2023 03:07am

Opinion

Cremation of tolerant India—II

Fanatic supporters of BJP (readers must know that it is not representative of an average Indian) have torn down...

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 06:57am

Opinion

Cremation of tolerant India—I

For a very long time, India has mischievously hoodwinked the world regarding its perception. To the global audience,...

Updated 09 Sep, 2023 07:17am

Opinion

An indecent rendezvous–II

Later in the joint communiqué the US ‘aligned’ itself with India and signed the declaration that called upon...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am

Opinion

An indecent rendezvous–I

Americans since the Kennedy years have been in romance with India. The credit for this goes to Jawaharlal Nehru’s...

Published 29 Jun, 2023 04:19am

Opinion

Stubborn refusal to learn

Most Pakistanis belong to that community who were uniquely blessed to be guided and advised, fourteen centuries ...

Published 21 Jun, 2023 06:15am

Opinion

Leadership and economics

Upon the conclusion of every single overseas visit I am filled with sadness and a deep sense of disillusionment. ...

Updated 07 Jun, 2023 06:36am

Opinion

Seeds of accord

On March 15th, 44 BCE, Roman emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated, and thence came the term Ides Of March, which...

Updated 24 May, 2023 06:57am

Opinion

Not an era of principles

Perhaps many people are born into an era that they can never belong to. It serves as no surprise to have idiomatic...

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 06:37am

Opinion

IK bowls yorkers with accuracy – II

The Asian Tiger that we were supposed to be are more closer in look to an embarrassed tiger, whose tail hides ...

Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

IK bowls yorkers with accuracy–I

A cricketer par excellence, apparently has checkmated himself perilously on the political chess board. All...

Published 06 Apr, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

There’s no tomorrow with begging bowls

At school, while reading Charles Dickens’ (a personal favourite writer) novels, me and my classmates had developed...

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 06:55am

Opinion

At crossroads

Perhaps, no reader will be surprised with the caption of this piece. This heading has acquired the status of a...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Opinion

Politics and character

Perhaps many who enter the arena of politics with none or little appreciation of the “Risks” they are likely to...

Published 14 Jan, 2023 06:22am

Opinion

Transition from ‘Pinky’ to ‘Mohtarma’

Perhaps after Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistan in its twisted history of the last 75 ...

Published 27 Dec, 2022 06:07am

Opinion

Politicians by inheritance

A politician is generally defined as a person who is ‘professionally’ involved in politics, especially as a...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am

Supplements

Treasure your homeland

TEXT: Almost a decade back, upon landing at Quaid-E-Azam international airport in Karachi, after an 8 days ...

Published 15 Aug, 2022 08:18am

Opinion

Leadership crisis

Pakistan, my (our) beloved country is older than me. It is only with great reluctance that I placed ‘our’ within...

Published 10 Jul, 2022 04:29am

Opinion

Economic colonialism

European historians, with their own sense of bias, which on occasions reaches its zenith, to convert into prejudice,...

Published 26 Jun, 2022 05:44am

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	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 19	80.67
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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