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Corporate environment governance

Environmental disasters are not new to Pakistan. The Clifton beach in Karachi still reminds beach goers of the Tasman Sp

Updated 31 Oct, 2018 09:02am

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Trade numbers round up

The first quarter of the fiscal year continues its promising trend of slowed imports and rising exports, resulting in tr

Updated 31 Oct, 2018 06:43am

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NFC: roller coaster ride ahead

In recent news the federal cabinet decided that FATA will get three percent share under the National Finance Commission

Published 30 Oct, 2018 05:59am

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Global politics of palm oil

Prior to 2002, Pakistan was importing palm oil from Malaysia alone. Over the years, Indonesia’s share of palm oil has cr

Published 30 Oct, 2018 05:57am

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Karachi, Karachi

What should be Karachi’s economic vision statement? That is the question the Islamabad-based think tank Prime Institute

Published 26 Oct, 2018 06:20am

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On Saudi’s rescue and beyond

Something Imran is good at - apart from cricket, is in raising money. He demonstrated it as a social worker, and now he

Published 25 Oct, 2018 06:34am

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Fixing the civil service

Now that PM Khan is coming to grips with the harsh realities of the nuts and bolts of government, he has finally realise

Published 24 Oct, 2018 06:23am

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Of Basmati exports

The global basmati rice market stood at $10.5 billion in 2017 and is growing at a CAGR of 11 percent. By 2022, the marke

Published 22 Oct, 2018 06:41am

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Trade deficit breathe

Imports in September 2018 were recorded at $4.4 billion – third month in a row for sub $5 billion monthly imports. Septe

Updated 18 Oct, 2018 02:03pm

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Inflation to stay in single digit

A few days ago a news report quoted IMF’s average inflation projection to hit 14 percent in FY19 which was vetted by an

Published 18 Oct, 2018 06:00am

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PTI must communicate better

Reportedly, PM Khan is unhappy with the results of recent by-elections. Political commentators offer two broad reasons b

Published 17 Oct, 2018 05:56am

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Ethanol potential as bio-fuel

A suggestion was floated in the Indonesian palm oil conference last month. Given Pakistan’s $2 billion palm oil imports,

Published 16 Oct, 2018 06:15am

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Say yes to housing!

The hot topics last week was going to the IMF and currency depreciation; when it instead should have been the ‘Naya Paki

Updated 15 Oct, 2018 02:09pm

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Are we prepared to rethink the basics?

Consensus on wasteful irrigation practices that has long prevailed in academia is finally trickling into the mainstream

Published 12 Oct, 2018 07:24am

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A model of haats

In 2010, Bangladesh and India signed a comprehensive agreement covering a range of issues, one of which was the promotio

Published 12 Oct, 2018 07:18am

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Of friends and financing

Though it is no excuse for their clumsy economic management thus far, the new government inherited a sobering economic s

Published 11 Oct, 2018 07:00am

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Finding stability under the IMF

The inevitable has happened. Soon after, the currency dipped by 8 percent in a day, as the Finance Minster flew to atten

Published 10 Oct, 2018 07:14am

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The 19th century approach to a 21st century problem

“[T]he existence, origin, movement and course of [underground] waters, and the causes which govern and direct their move

Published 10 Oct, 2018 07:11am

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Can Pakistan get tough on trade?

Although trade diplomacy has been in vogue for a while, it has gained greater significance since Donald Trump got electe

Published 09 Oct, 2018 07:05am

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The Rickshaw math

“This is not the change I voted for”. This is the politest and most publishable comment one may have heard from the tran

Published 09 Oct, 2018 06:56am

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Enough of talking – action time!

The mantra of ‘do more’ echoed in IMF post evaluation statement in response to the austerity measures taken so far in th

Published 08 Oct, 2018 07:21am

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PM’s 100-days progress tracker

Ideas are contagious. In 2013, the Islamabad-based think tank PRIME decided to track the election promises of the then r

Published 08 Oct, 2018 07:12am

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Bottled water: misplaced outrage?

The coming of autumn seems to have dissipated the anger over water shortage that accompanied the summer heat and erratic

Published 08 Oct, 2018 07:05am

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Saudis: something like CPEC?

Anticipation was running high when Pakistan’s new premier went to Saudi Arabia for his first official visit (Sep. 18-19)

Published 05 Oct, 2018 06:53am

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Mining in the past

“The future belongs to cobalt” says Elon Musk, whose brainchild Tesla Inc, is valued at USD 50 billion, rivaling that of

Published 04 Oct, 2018 06:44am

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KP local law: one to emulate?

A flurry of activity is taking between Islamabad and Lahore as the federal government pushes its handpicked provincial c

Published 04 Oct, 2018 06:42am

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Building capacity and grit

The dilemma Asad faces today is to bring the change through the conventional bureaucrats. The problem was faced by the p

Published 04 Oct, 2018 06:37am

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Chinese grow, listings slow

Growth in SECP-registered companies had peaked in FY17, having seen a multi-year high growth of 10.2 percent. In FY18, t

Published 03 Oct, 2018 07:00am

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The real losers in Pak-Afghan trade

There is loud and frequent brouhaha on falling exports to Afghanistan with India and Iran poaching Pakistan’s share. The

Published 03 Oct, 2018 06:58am

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NCL’s impressive bottom line

Nishat Chunian Limited (PSX: NCL) announced its FY18 result yesterday which saw the company post solid growth of almost

Published 03 Oct, 2018 06:50am

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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