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Rice exports to China: pipedream or reality?

Rice occupies a prominent position in Pakistan's export market. While the cereal has found a market in far flung destina

Updated 28 Jan, 2019 07:14am

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Wanted: growth strategy

The political debate over what exactly it was that the finance minister presented in the National Assembly two days ago

Published 25 Jan, 2019 06:43am

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NFC award: delivering on social outcomes

A fortnight after President Arif Alvi reconstituted the National Finance Commission (NFC) for the purpose of negotiating

Updated 25 Jan, 2019 07:02am

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Friends again?

The US-Pak bilateral may be turning the corner. Much of 2018 was marked by Twitter warfare. But 2019 started on a good n

Published 24 Jan, 2019 07:12am

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The war of the deal

President Donald Trump has long asserted that he is the master of negotiation. In his 30- year old memoir, “Trump: The A

Published 24 Jan, 2019 06:52am

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Asad’s sentiment booster

Criticism takes the better out of Asad Umar. He sounded confident in his speech and clear on the offerings. It was by no

Published 24 Jan, 2019 06:26am

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Punjab speed 2.0

First time in the history of Pakistan, a province plans to come up with an in-house growth strategy. The dividend of bet

Published 23 Jan, 2019 06:50am

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Exports that cost billions

How much is a dollar worth? The response may vary depending upon who is answering. An importer for example, may price in

Updated 22 Jan, 2019 07:58am

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Trade deficit: some respite

The first half of FY19 is over with some respite on the external trade front, as per latest data from the Pakistan Burea

Updated 22 Jan, 2019 08:31am

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Gulf in Gwadar

Friends from the Gulf suddenly want a piece of Gwadar. Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning to invest $10 billion in an o

Published 18 Jan, 2019 05:47am

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Is corruption Pakistan’s biggest problem?

For many bureaucrats, politicians and businesses, a cloud of fear hangs over Pakistan. The ongoing crackdown against cor

Published 17 Jan, 2019 06:46am

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Governing Indus in silos

Is the period of hyperactive public interest in water shortage going to come to an end today? Cynics point to news repor

Published 17 Jan, 2019 06:44am

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Plugging the perennial oil seed deficit

With ghee a staple of Pakistani diet, its main ingredient palm oil is a staple of the import bill. While the country nei

Published 17 Jan, 2019 06:34am

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Import compression and taxation

The one big challenge faced by the finance ministry is how to keep tax revenues pace intact while reducing the imports.

Published 16 Jan, 2019 06:01am

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Priority areas of reforms

Anyone mandated to reform Pakistan and put her on the path of growth and development faces a great social choice problem

Published 16 Jan, 2019 06:00am

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Encore for Modi sarkar?

Watchers of Indian politics seem to agree that Narendra Modi’s political capital is on a steady decline. The next Lok Sa

Published 16 Jan, 2019 05:52am

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The less the merrier

Consider these two charts. The first shows population growth and the other income per capita over the past six decad

Published 16 Jan, 2019 05:50am

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Fungi, toxins, and basmati exports

Continuing on the thread of basmati exports, presence of chemicals and toxins can be a boon. As long as they are present

Published 15 Jan, 2019 06:40am

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FATF: do more?

Call it an Indo-US stranglehold on Pakistan or a failure to put own house in order, it doesn’t change the fact that a mu

Published 14 Jan, 2019 06:23am

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Imported cotton: remove duties

Cotton is the lifeline of Pakistan’s textile industry. Following the end of the Multi-Fiber Agreement FA quota which ush

Published 11 Jan, 2019 06:39am

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GI law and basmati

Basmati rice is considered inherently superior due to its aroma and long grain characteristics. Native only to the sub-c

Published 11 Jan, 2019 06:31am

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Living with others

If human resources are the real wealth of a country, then that lost art of living with others is the real essence of pro

Published 10 Jan, 2019 06:26am

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Intentions aplenty – capacity missing

The economic team seems to lacks implementable ideas and more importantly, the capacity to maximize benefits accruing fr

Published 10 Jan, 2019 06:22am

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GDP growth: grounded

Albeit required, demand compression measures – e.g. PSDP cut, interest rate hike, and currency adjustment – are taking t

Published 09 Jan, 2019 05:56am

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Crude palm oil – make hay

Lower global Crude Palm Oil (CPO) prices have yielded a short term advantage to local edible oil refineries. To better u

Published 09 Jan, 2019 05:46am

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Imran delivering; others found wanting

Imran delivering; others found wanting The PTI government performance so far is better at managing external economic an

Published 08 Jan, 2019 06:59am

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PSDP goes steady

Those looking for austerity measures should look no further than the development spend. Stubbornly high current expendit

Published 08 Jan, 2019 06:55am

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Understanding global palm oil prices

Palm oil is a staple of Pakistan’s import bill but its price remains at the mercy of several different trends. To unders

Updated 08 Jan, 2019 07:52am

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Everybody knows!

The British Council’s recent report on ‘The university research system in Pakistan’ presents a disappointing state of kn

Published 07 Jan, 2019 06:35am

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Construction (in) activity

The fact that construction activity would not be keeping up with the expectations set forth only a couple of months befo

Published 07 Jan, 2019 06:17am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
India Sensex / Apr 25	73780.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17264.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8077.84
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17994.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Diesel/Litre / Apr 25	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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