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Pakistan-Iran trade discrepancies

Trade with Iran is at record low levels. Import data from SBP indicates Pakistan imported just $59,000 worth of goods fr

Published 12 Dec, 2018 06:31am

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Lessons in cinema and groundwater

Sinkholes make for good drama in post-apocalyptic movies. And humanity’s fascination with sudden rupture of ground that

Published 11 Dec, 2018 05:34am

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Dark night

What are the origins of societal change? In a world of over 7 billion people, a billion theories abound. It is, however,

Published 10 Dec, 2018 05:40am

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Any love for environment?

A key factor oft ignored these days while discussing smog is Pakistan’s increasing reliance on coal-powered generation.

Published 10 Dec, 2018 05:36am

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Sugar year roundup

Sugarcane crushing season is upon us; and if interim financials of millers are any guide, the coming year does not look

Published 07 Dec, 2018 06:01am

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Maize in a post-sugarcane Pakistan

Sugarcane harvest season is upon us. That time of the year when most newspaper readers idly lament growers’ and millers’

Published 07 Dec, 2018 05:57am

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Palm oil and ghee

The key ingredient in making vegetable ghee is palm oil. Palm oil is also the preferred choice in the confectionary, bak

Published 07 Dec, 2018 05:54am

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Failed governance mindset

Pharmaceutical, dairy, beef, stock market, housing industry, cabs, logistics, sugar, and so many other industries have s

Published 05 Dec, 2018 05:47am

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Chicken and eggs go dearer

The CPI for November clocked in at 6.5 percent. Quite expectedly too, as the last month’s gas price revision of 85 perce

Updated 05 Dec, 2018 07:06am

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Kartarpur religious tourism potential

While the visa-free Kartarpur corridor for Sikhs has stirred up some controversy, it is on the whole hailed as a positiv

Published 05 Dec, 2018 05:43am

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Facilitating imported cotton

Despite being the fourth largest cotton producing country in the world, Pakistan’s cotton crop has continued to show dis

Published 05 Dec, 2018 05:42am

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A win for both sides

Pakistan and India relations have always blown more hot than cold. While regional prosperity has often been linked to hi

Published 04 Dec, 2018 05:09am

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Averting ‘Airpocalyse’

Crispy clear blue skies are a hallmark of winters; unfortunately, some major urban centres in Pakistan particularly Laho

Published 04 Dec, 2018 04:59am

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Life-support to SOEs

That a majority of state-owned-enterprises (SOEs) have been on life-support, or clutches in the best-case scenario, is n

Updated 03 Dec, 2018 06:38am

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Furnace oil: Embrace it, don’t destroy it

The furnace oil uplifting issue is finally getting attention from the ECC, as news reports suggest CCoE ordered immediat

Published 30 Nov, 2018 06:04am

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Karachi Circular Railway and (un)housing

The Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) is going to be revived. Back in the 80s, KCR was a choice mode of transportation for

Published 30 Nov, 2018 05:56am

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100 days for course correction

Seen by many as a sign of commitment to good governance, the self-imposed 100-day deadline offered up by the PTI-led gov

Published 30 Nov, 2018 05:54am

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Managing SOEs

Pakistan has about 197 state-owned enterprises (SOEs), reporting to 18 ministries and two divisions, according to the la

Published 29 Nov, 2018 05:36am

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The spaces between us

Space is a scarce resource, and Pakistani cities have learned that the hard way, now grappling with ill-designed densifi

Published 29 Nov, 2018 05:23am

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Thailand – the next FTA

Past governments have gone on a trade agreement signing frenzy resulting in numerous FTAs and PTAs, not to mention dorma

Published 29 Nov, 2018 05:21am

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Ushering a corn(y) revolution

Corn (maize) has long been the stepchild amongst Pakistan’s preferred choice of cereals. Despite highest yield per hecta

Published 28 Nov, 2018 04:45am

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Media swings

The media crunch is real but a bit hyped by the media houses themselves. Ever since, the deregulation of the (electronic

Published 27 Nov, 2018 05:48am

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SOEs: elephants on the table

That it takes two years after the end of financial years to compile basic financial and operational metrics of state-own

Updated 27 Nov, 2018 06:09am

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Slowdown in PSDP

“Development” spending has remained a fiscal orphan for long. Facing fiscal and external adjustments, the newly-minted P

Published 27 Nov, 2018 05:45am

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Looking westward for water (2)

In the first part of this column, need for a treaty over shared river waters between Pakistan and Afghanistan was stress

Published 27 Nov, 2018 05:42am

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The odyssey of Naya-Karachi

Karachi thrives in a kind of controlled chaos which separates it from most cities in the world, though some parallels ca

Updated 26 Nov, 2018 06:54am

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Pakistan-IMF: Be right back!

The IMF mission left Pakistan on a neutral note. The negotiations were not conclusive, but they did not fail either. The

Published 23 Nov, 2018 06:09am

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Don’t poke the bear

The US President is still smarting from the Republicans’ losses in the recent midterms. The Democrats’ taking back contr

Published 23 Nov, 2018 06:07am

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PSE reforms: how about a U-turn?

If Finance Minister Asad Umar would have his way, Pakistan would soon stand shoulder to shoulder with Malaysia, Qatar an

Updated 23 Nov, 2018 08:31am

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Looking westwards for water

Discourse in Pakistan’s mainstream media is dominated by Lahore-Karachi urban intelligentsia. One casualty of this bias

Published 20 Nov, 2018 06:11am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 3	278.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 3	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 3	153.05
USD to Swiss Franc / May 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 3	1.25
Euro to USD / May 3	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 3	5127.79
India Sensex / May 3	73878.15
Tokyo Nikkei / May 3	38236.07
Nasdaq / May 3	16156.33
Hang Seng / May 3	18475.92
FTSE 100 / May 3	8213.49
Dow Jones / May 3	38675.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 3	18001.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 3	78.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 3	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 3	205418
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 3	2301.74
Cotton US¢/pound / May 3	78.06
Petrol/Litre / May 5	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 5 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 5 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 5 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 5 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 5 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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