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Leather exports need attention

The leather sector has been under pressure for several years now with manufacturers unable to compete in international m

Published 28 Jun, 2018 07:40am

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Wanted: job-creation

Elections are round the corner. And as usual, political parties are seen making tall promises. One such vow is the numbe

Published 28 Jun, 2018 07:27am

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Trade war to benefit Pakistan’s cotton

“The Force is on Pakistan’s side”, we often hear in politics. There finally seems to be some grain of truth in it, at le

Published 28 Jun, 2018 07:17am

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Unsung heroes of exports

In the food and textile led growth of exports, other manufactures’ group gets overlooked. Increasing by nearly half a bi

Updated 27 Jun, 2018 07:22am

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Another corridor

As China builds economic corridors under Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), development multilaterals have bec

Published 26 Jun, 2018 07:15am

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Where are the manifestos?

The election campaign has barely started. The fever has not really caught up this time around, less than a month away fr

Published 26 Jun, 2018 07:10am

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Is Basmati the way forward?

The 13 percent YoY increase in exports for 10MFY18 was led in part by food exports, of which rice accounted for 40 perce

Published 26 Jun, 2018 06:51am

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The FATF question

Pakistan has made some efforts lately to avoid a harsh review at the plenary of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) b

Published 25 Jun, 2018 06:55am

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BoT: wrong kind of record

A record was set last month when the trade deficit touched a new all-time high at $3.67 billion, breaking January 2018’s

Published 25 Jun, 2018 06:53am

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More crop per drop!

‘Pakistan is expected to run dry by 2025!’, warned Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) last year. Si

Published 22 Jun, 2018 07:32am

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Housing finance: Learning from neighbours

Filling in the housing gap has been in the agenda of past two governments; and is also part of things to do list of PTI,

Published 21 Jun, 2018 06:51am

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Need for olives

It has been recently reported that the government is trying to convert Chakwal valley into an olive valley. For this pur

Published 21 Jun, 2018 06:48am

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No half-measures for tax reforms

“If the government has no plans to reform the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), then it might as well privatise it.” So be

Published 20 Jun, 2018 06:40am

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Amnesty — domestic assets to benefit

The amnesty scheme announced in April has gained creditability after nine weeks as finally the fear of apex court null

Published 19 Jun, 2018 06:29am

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Water scarcity and agri-export woes

Pakistan’s looming water shortage is set to give rice farmers a reality-check this season as sowing is expected to be de

Published 19 Jun, 2018 06:27am

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Exports: try being complex

That exports have come to matter less and less to Pakistan’s GDP growth is indisputable. What ails those exports, howeve

Published 14 Jun, 2018 06:11am

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The right pricing steps

It appears that the caretaker team has recognition and realization of gravity of issues and has not triggered the panic

Published 14 Jun, 2018 06:10am

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On sugarcane support price

Last month, the Competition Commission of Pakistan finally released the findings of its open hearing on anticompetitive

Published 14 Jun, 2018 06:05am

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Transport & logistics in limbo

Imagine having to go into unarguably the biggest infrastructure and transport corridor project in the history of the cou

Published 13 Jun, 2018 06:40am

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Bring down the wall

Seventeen years ago, Pakistan had 23 percent share in the total stock of inward FDI in South Asia. Today, that number st

Published 13 Jun, 2018 06:37am

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West at war?

No one should be surprised at Transactional Trump’s attempts at tearing down the postwar, multilateral world order. But

Published 12 Jun, 2018 06:38am

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Gold prices dicey

Gold prices in the recent couple of months show a downward trend, which is surprising as increased geopolitical turmoil

Published 12 Jun, 2018 06:35am

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Sugary output – add some sweets

Raw sugar production has had a rocky ride this season, as millers delayed sugarcane purchase complaining of excessively

Published 11 Jun, 2018 05:56am

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G7: making skeptics and spectacles

Before going in to the G7 summit, the 40- year old French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted: “G7 is going to be demandin

Published 11 Jun, 2018 05:54am

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Readying for the IMF

Islamabad economic machinery has seriously started working on structure of a possible IMF programme. The modus operand o

Updated 09 Jun, 2018 07:14am

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India’s loss – Pakistan’s gain

A rare, brain-damaging virus that could possibly become an epidemic threat has broken out in Kerala, India. As per WHO,

Published 06 Jun, 2018 06:06am

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Low-cost housing

Last week housing supply and employment generation was covered with a perspective of market oriented solutions for A a

Published 06 Jun, 2018 06:00am

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Water for agriculture

Amid water shortages this summer, social media is awash with water-conservation messages for households. Indeed, using a

Published 06 Jun, 2018 05:59am

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Tons of sugar, but no love

Sugar millers are celebrating record high exports – and what is not to like? Their greatest performance has come at a ti

Published 06 Jun, 2018 05:57am

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Strengthening fiscal federalism

The unfortunate part of fiscal federalism in Pakistan is the treatment of local government”. So reads the latest paper o

Published 05 Jun, 2018 05:17am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 14	278.71
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 14	278.51
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 18	157.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Jun 18	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,431.60
Nasdaq / Jun 14	17,688.88
Dow Jones / Jun 14	38,589.16
India Sensex / Jun 18	77,277.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 18	38,403.91
Hang Seng / Jun 18	17,863.52
FTSE 100 / Jun 18	8,177.56
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 18	18,143.88

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 14	19,935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 14	207,047
Petrol/Litre / Jun 18	258.16
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 18	80.20
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 18	2,320.16
Diesel/Litre / Jun 18	267.89

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jun 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jun 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jun 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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