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Tahir Jahangir

Opinion

Indus River indeed an ‘ever-flowing’ river

To divert or stop the waters of the “Sarnash”, the name of the Indus in Hindu mythology means the “ever...

Updated 11 Jun, 2025 08:27am

Opinion

Trump tariffs – a threat to our exports

The imposition of 29% additional tariffs on our exports to the USA will be highly disruptive to our exports to the...

Published 08 Apr, 2025 06:13am

Opinion

Textile exports will start falling soon

It seems that our economic planners are living in a fantasy world. Contrary to our budgetary expectations, which...

Updated 24 Jul, 2024 08:35am

Opinion

A timid budget by a hesitant govt

The budget was really not a budget per se. We have come to expect major policy measures being enacted, loads of ...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 06:31am

Opinion

The cost of anti-export bias

Our country in general and our bureaucracy in particular have a strange bias against exports and a particular...

Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Decline in our exports

There are two major factors behind the decline of the dollar value of our textile exports. The first is a drop in ...

Published 05 May, 2023 06:44am

Opinion

The grim challenge of import addiction

We are addicted to foreign goods. As a child I remember hankering for foreign chocolates and toffees, as an adult I...

Updated 27 Apr, 2023 07:06am

Opinion

Stern business of funny money

In the mid-1990s the Soviet Union had collapsed and my friend Tariq Usman Haider was appointed as the envoy to...

Published 07 Mar, 2023 03:16am

Opinion

Let’s tighten our belts for one year: all will be well

There comes a time in almost any life, when one has to tighten one’s belt and rein in one’s consumption, for the...

Updated 23 Feb, 2023 06:14am

Opinion

Faltering exports – the longer term for textiles

When India was partitioned “West Pakistan” had only two cotton yarn spinning mills and “East Pakistan” had no jute...

Updated 18 Jan, 2023 07:26am

Opinion

Faltering exports

The textile exports are faltering since July 2022. They have been growing rapidly for the previous two years, but we...

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 06:51am

Opinion

Export growth won’t be easy from now on

Ever since the rupee-dollar parity was allowed to be determined by market forces the Rupee depreciated dramatically...

Published 14 Sep, 2022 04:45am

Opinion

Navigating exchange rate labyrinth

Classical economic theory of demand and supply for goods applies just as well to a currency, the Pak rupee, the...

Published 18 May, 2022 05:54am

Opinion

The exchange rate challenge

It is interesting to see that as far as the economic priorities are concerned, there seems to be an unannounced...

Published 11 May, 2022 04:58am

Opinion

The same old cul-de-sac…

Once again we have arrived at the same impasse. The path ends in a dead end. On both sides, and in front of us there...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Opinion

Export ‘boom’ may not last long

Jubilation at a 24% growth in exports in US dollar terms is not entirely justified. About 15% of this 24 % is really...

Published 08 Jul, 2021 04:22am

Opinion

Where are billions of dollars collected as EDS?

Let me explain what constitutes EDS. It stands for “Export Development Surcharge.” This is a deduction of a...

Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

Opinion

Improving value-added exports: some suggestions

A new team has taken over the Ministry of Finance in Islamabad. Let us hope they will be more amenable to issues...

Published 12 May, 2021 04:23am

Dire prospects for value-added textile industry

The worldwide attention given to the plight of the Uighurs in the Chinese Xinjiang province has led to a conscious...

Published 01 Mar, 2021 06:13am

Opinion

Jubilation at export growth is premature

The fact that exports this financial year, July 2020 onwards are much higher than they were in the same months the...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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