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Trade agreement talk – again

Till the start of this year, there was a lot of buzz and hope associated with the repeated rounds of China FTA negotiati

Published 10 Aug, 2018 06:25am

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Taking stock of PTI’s political capital

Everyone is busy talking about the currency crisis facing Pakistan. But few have pointed out towards an ‘invisible curre

Published 09 Aug, 2018 06:20am

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Sustainability ranking: what’s holding Pakistan?

Pakistan’s inability to maintain a successful growth trajectory is often attributed to a wide variety of causes: from fa

Published 09 Aug, 2018 06:14am

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Why US investors are shy of Pakistan?

In October last year the American Business Council – the representative body of US investors in Pakistan - released its

Published 08 Aug, 2018 05:31am

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The slum factor

With urban population growing by 3 percent, it has been projected that more than half of the Pakistan’s population (2017

Published 07 Aug, 2018 05:18am

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PTI’s tasks on hand

By the start of next week, PTI would be in power, and the immediate challenge is to take the economy out of woods. It is

Published 07 Aug, 2018 05:10am

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Efoods: showing profit on livestock gain

Engro Foods entered the market back in 2007, set to topple Nestle as the leader in dairy industry. The company didn't di

Published 06 Aug, 2018 05:47am

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CPI spike signals rate hike ahead

The consumer price inflation (CPI) has kept moving up; and it is likely to go further up in months to come, especially c

Published 03 Aug, 2018 06:40am

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How might PTI’s tax reform look like?

With the party seen to be forming a cabinet soon, many readers are inquiring about the expected revenue-side changes in

Published 02 Aug, 2018 07:39am

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Iran: under the gun

After ratcheting up pressure on Iran, the Trump administration has offered Iran to talk things out. But this diplomatic

Published 02 Aug, 2018 07:35am

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Can US browbeat IMF on Pakistan?

Talk about starting things off on a bad note. Pakistan is about to form a new federal government but Uncle Sam is in no

Published 01 Aug, 2018 06:48am

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Battle for Punjab

Ruling the Punjab is the real deal. But Punjab has delivered a split mandate. Much in demand, the so-called ‘independent

Published 01 Aug, 2018 06:42am

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Growth vs well-being

In 2012, the public-sector division of Boston Consulting Group launched a tool to measure quality of growth around the g

Published 30 Jul, 2018 07:07am

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Is strengthening of federation on PTI’s agenda?

Going by what’s written in PTI’s manifesto, the answer to that question is a ‘yes’. But that which is not written sugges

Published 30 Jul, 2018 07:06am

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Exploiting loopholes

In August last year, Trump singed the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). As per this act,

Published 30 Jul, 2018 07:00am

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PTI’s Council of Business Leaders

In 100-day plan announced in the run up to general election 2018, PTI promised to make a “Council of Business Leaders” c

Published 27 Jul, 2018 07:16am

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The backward slide

Pakistan’s basket of goods in terms of exports and imports has not changed significantly. (Read “Nothing much has change

Published 26 Jul, 2018 07:03am

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PAKT: flying high

A tobacco giant is now fully awake. The Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited (PSX: PAKT) is now back to its winning ways. As

Published 26 Jul, 2018 06:56am

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Not much has changed

The FY18 figures are in and the tale of ballooning imports and trickling exports has clocked in at a trade deficit of $3

Published 24 Jul, 2018 06:17am

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Bhasha Dam: financing challenges

The announcement by Chairman Wapda that a surcharge on electricity bills is being considered to mobilize for Bhasha dam

Published 24 Jul, 2018 06:15am

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An election of transitions

Elections are all about transitions; well mostly, and as such there is no rocket science behind the reasons why. But the

Published 24 Jul, 2018 06:14am

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Curb your enthusiasm

Needless to point out that the election-related frenzy has been missing this time around, though this cycle is messier t

Published 23 Jul, 2018 07:12am

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Manifestos: financing social services

Those political manifestos are not a priority this time round is abundantly obvious by how close to elections these have

Published 20 Jul, 2018 07:05am

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Contamination: solving the groundwater puzzle

Raging public debate on Pakistan’s water shortage is a welcome change. Even as the torrent of corruption & rigging a

Updated 20 Jul, 2018 12:14pm

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Will South Punjab choose the winner again?

While the battlefield for Election 2018 is undoubtedly the Central and Northern Punjab, taking eyes off of the contest t

Published 19 Jul, 2018 06:56am

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King of chaos

They let Trump be Trump and now Trump is getting out of control. By the end of Trump’s weeklong European tour that concl

Published 19 Jul, 2018 06:51am

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Exports and inequality

In some circles, the recent increase in exports may be a cause for celebration—exports rose to $23 billion in FY18 again

Published 18 Jul, 2018 07:19am

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Leave imported cotton alone

It is no secret that the textile industry in Pakistan has already got its plate full of challenges when it comes to prod

Published 18 Jul, 2018 07:17am

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India - caught between a rock and a hard place

Trump’s sanctions on Iran may be a boon for Afghanistan’s transit trade through Pakistan, now and in the future. While m

Published 18 Jul, 2018 07:14am

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Pricing canal water

In an article published last year, World’s Bank’s Lead Water Resource Management Specialist opined that Pakistan’s water

Published 17 Jul, 2018 06:46am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 23	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 23	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / May 23	156.74
USD to Swiss Franc / May 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 23	1.27
Euro to USD / May 23	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 22	5307.01
Nasdaq / May 22	16801.54
Dow Jones / May 22	39671.04
India Sensex / May 23	74667.86
Tokyo Nikkei / May 23	39034.80
Hang Seng / May 23	18845.59
FTSE 100 / May 23	8373.47
Germany DAX 30 / May 23	18748.98

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 23	76.94
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 23	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 23	207476
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 23	2362.37
Cotton US¢/pound / May 23	79
Petrol/Litre / May 24	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 24 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 24 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 24 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 24 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 24 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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