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Lacklustre Rabi season

The urea off-take continues to be lackluster, with January numbers showing a 5 percent year-on-year increase. The Rabi s

Published 28 Feb, 2019 05:36am

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Incentivizing provinces

Having been caught in the vicious boom-bust cycle, Pakistan’s economic managers have long been focusing on matters that

Published 27 Feb, 2019 07:06am

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Bring in specialists

Have a heart problem, consult a cardiologist. Don’t go the generally physician. The analogy can be drawn for Pakistan ec

Published 27 Feb, 2019 07:02am

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A billion dollar introspection

Days into the Pulwama Attack and India withdrawing the Most Favored Nation (MFN) status from Pakistan whilst slapping 20

Published 27 Feb, 2019 06:57am

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Driving with brakes on!

Cheers for the $21 billion investment promise from Saudi Arabia! If luck would have it, this flow of capital will add to

Published 20 Feb, 2019 06:19am

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Trade numbers: textile silver linings

Pakistan’s trade deficit is down 10 percent year-on-year. That is as good as it gets on this front. Imports are down by

Published 20 Feb, 2019 06:10am

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‘You can’t always get what you want’

In a moment of light heartedness, the finance minister was recently heard commenting that he draws inspiration by listen

Published 20 Feb, 2019 06:04am

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Boosting Sindh economy!

How can Sindh grow its economy, create jobs and increase the flow of taxes to its kitty? That was one of the subjects of

Published 18 Feb, 2019 06:16am

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Cotton vision redux?

Back in the heady days of mid 2000s when GDP growth rate surged close to eight percent, Pakistan set itself a “Cotton Vi

Published 18 Feb, 2019 06:13am

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HTL 1HFY19

Growth in profitability for Hi-Tech Lubricant Limited (PSX: HTL) took a breather in FY18, as the firm’s earnings slipped

Published 14 Feb, 2019 05:04am

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Oil relying on China-US trade talks

Oil prices are back to being highly volatile again – after a brief period of relative stability. The latest production n

Published 13 Feb, 2019 04:02am

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A ruling to remember

Residents of the twin cities won’t forget the horrors of the TLP’s occupation of the Faizabad interchange back in Novemb

Published 12 Feb, 2019 07:39am

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Trading through peace

Over the last five years Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan have gone down from $2 billion to $1.3 billion in FY18, as pe

Updated 12 Feb, 2019 08:00am

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SEZ need special attention

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have some role to play in recent industrialization and economic development of Far Eastern

Published 11 Feb, 2019 07:10am

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NFC: toying with tax rearrangements

At the first round of NFC negotiations last week, Sindh’s Chief Minister reportedly reiterated Sindh’s earlier position

Published 11 Feb, 2019 07:05am

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Trends in kharif yields

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome. Yet that is exactly what the snapsh

Published 11 Feb, 2019 06:59am

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Kharif freezes cotton out

What do floods and droughts have in common? Both muck up agricultural output equally. Estimates on Pakistan’s kharif sea

Published 08 Feb, 2019 06:27am

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Hold on: The IMF can wait

The burning question discussed in the last EAC meeting was the IMF. The case of Egypt was showcased by the Finance Minst

Published 07 Feb, 2019 06:59am

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PSDP: on track

Contrary to austere expectations, it appears that the development budget will stay the course this fiscal, albeit in its

Published 07 Feb, 2019 06:55am

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NFC negotiations: round one

The National Finance Commission (NFC) is meeting today. Sources in the Q-Block say Mr. Asad Umar and his team were strug

Published 06 Feb, 2019 06:20am

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Battling for blue skies

Amid the many emergencies being declared in the country, this one has to be a serious one. Health is no joke, and pollut

Published 04 Feb, 2019 05:41am

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PIDE: economics without a sense of purpose

Pushing the frontiers of research by challenging accepted truths is a noble cause. But should it be done at the cost of

Published 04 Feb, 2019 05:35am

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LSM down – seen down

The triple hit combo of high base-effect (in some sectors), monetary tightening, and reduced development spending by the

Published 31 Jan, 2019 06:13am

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Correcting the picture

Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan have fallen by 30 percent YoY in the first half of the current fiscal year, as per SBP

Published 31 Jan, 2019 06:05am

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Laying groundwork for bioethanol (I)

Pakistan’s agri-oriented export economy is often criticised for low inefficiency and resource hungriness per dollar earn

Published 30 Jan, 2019 05:53am

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The vocational challenge

A largely ignored way to address the needs of rising youth bulge and youth unemployment in the country is through TVET.

Published 30 Jan, 2019 05:50am

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Policymaking: Innovation calling

It is policymaking season in Pakistan. The MoF is working on macroeconomic stability framework which is to create conduc

Published 29 Jan, 2019 06:21am

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KSE-100 bulls have survived their battle against the bears so far. Inflows from Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have provided

Published 29 Jan, 2019 06:21am

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Tourism needs a plan

Kudos to the government for opening up Pakistan’s visa regime! News reports indicate that nationals of 50 countries will

Published 29 Jan, 2019 06:05am

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Sugar millers outsmart the government

The annual statistics from Pakistan Sugar Mills Association for 2017-18 are out and make for a frank commentary. While t

Updated 28 Jan, 2019 07:18am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	81.15
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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