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New voters are real deal

Second best does not count for anything in the Pakistani election system. The PTI learnt it the hard way in 2013 – secur

Updated 16 Jul, 2018 07:30am

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Water pricing (I)

The issue of water shortage has picked up steam, enough to become a regular feature in primetime TV news cycle every nig

Published 16 Jul, 2018 06:43am

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Promoting oil seed production

Last week, this column discussed the need for promoting oil seed production in Pakistan as a form of import substitution

Published 16 Jul, 2018 06:37am

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Overlooking the obvious – oilseeds

Rice, wheat, and sugar are prominent in Pakistan’s food export basket and domestic consumption; therefore they receive a

Published 13 Jul, 2018 06:06am

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Manifestos: planning for water security

For starters, felicitations to the drafters of the manifestos! After all, the sections covering water availability in th

Published 12 Jul, 2018 06:57am

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Karachi up for grabs?

Whether it is the strict enforcement of election laws by the ECP or something else – roaming around in Karachi does not

Published 12 Jul, 2018 06:54am

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Making trade war work

WWII is not remembered fondly, yet it helped pull the United States out of the Great Depression. Million may have died b

Published 12 Jul, 2018 06:48am

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PBC’s Agenda: sound and doable

There are no quick fixes. The message was loud and clear from the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) which presented its 10

Published 11 Jul, 2018 06:39am

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Fighting for Punjab but not in agriculture

Looking closely on PML-N and PTI manifestos announced this week, once is forced to ask whether is it better to make some

Published 11 Jul, 2018 06:37am

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Vote for economy

The election heat is on; political parties are finally coming up with their respective economic pitch. The manifestos or

Updated 10 Jul, 2018 07:11am

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Making every drop count

No, Pakistan is not really facing a drought – at least not yet. However, as per news reports, water level in Tarbela and

Published 10 Jul, 2018 06:47am

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PTI housing policy

There is no dispute on the housing shortage and on the pressing need to fill in the gap. The agenda of building housing

Updated 09 Jul, 2018 07:34am

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The playing field

Political pundits are seldom right, but they are right about a lack of excitement this election season. Several factors

Published 09 Jul, 2018 06:41am

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Economics of FIFA and Pakistan

Across the world people are glued at screens cheering at 22 men kicking a ball around. The ball in question is Telstar 1

Published 09 Jul, 2018 06:38am

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Water: capacity building

This column has recently argued that the state needs to embark on a cohesive strategy of incremental steps to improve st

Published 06 Jul, 2018 06:34am

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For the love of tea

Given that mornings across the country and across social cadres start with a cup of tea, it is not surprising that Pakis

Published 06 Jul, 2018 06:25am

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Inflation inching up

For the first time in FY18 and only the second time in last four years, year-on-year inflation crossed 5 percent. June 2

Published 05 Jul, 2018 07:52am

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It’s a Beijing state of mind

Chinese investment in Pakistan has undoubtedly earned its stripes as the biggest FDI into the country yet. Even as non-S

Published 05 Jul, 2018 07:48am

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Dip in pulses

While imports continue to rise to new heights, the nearly half a billion dip in pulses’ imports provided some slight rel

Published 05 Jul, 2018 07:46am

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The ‘P’ in PPP stands for price support!

That PPP has historically upheld agriculture friendly politics is no secret. But this election year, not only has the pa

Published 04 Jul, 2018 07:04am

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Let’s not give a ‘dam’

Facts can be taken to mean anything when read in isolation. Take for example Pakistan’s ranking in the comity of nations

Published 04 Jul, 2018 07:03am

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A regional reset

Boosting regional connectivity and trade depends a great deal on healthy Indo-Pak relations. Yet, the likelihood of an I

Published 03 Jul, 2018 07:08am

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Leveraging Pakistan’s rice production

Pakistan’s export basket comprises mostly of resource-based products where food takes the lion’s share. While there are

Published 03 Jul, 2018 07:07am

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Pak-China FTA making the rounds again

After near-radio silence, Pak-China FTA is making media rounds again. Chinese Deputy Head of Mission Lijian Zhao while v

Published 02 Jul, 2018 06:26am

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FATF: some reprieves

No matter which way one looks at it, the clock is ticking for Pakistan. Three years after coming clean, the country is n

Published 02 Jul, 2018 06:24am

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Wars that can’t be won

Trump’s economic mission has been clear long before stepping into office—create American jobs, boost local manufacturing

Updated 10 Jul, 2018 01:02pm

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Extracting maximum from amnesty

The amnesty scheme seems to be the first ever scheme out of dozen or so offered in the country which is making headwinds

Published 29 Jun, 2018 07:10am

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The empty water bucket challenge

As Rawal and Keenjhar lakes dry up, Pakistani across the nation have begun to witness what experts have argued for a lon

Published 29 Jun, 2018 07:09am

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Steady urea off-take

Kharif season continued its journey on the good note that it started with, as the latest statistics released by the Nati

Published 29 Jun, 2018 07:08am

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Neelum-Jhelum’s tariff assessment

Three years after its initially planned completion date, Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Company has finally filed a tariff pet

Published 28 Jun, 2018 07:41am

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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