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Can CAREC fly?

A fresh push is in the works to enhance regional connectivity in Central Asia. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has rece

Updated 07 Dec, 2017 10:10am

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Inflation well in control

The much delayed CPI numbers are finally out and at 3.97 percent, it touched the highest level in FY18 thus far. That sa

Published 06 Dec, 2017 08:30am

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Is Chabahar a threat?

Chabahar has been making a lot of headlines with India's route to Afghanistan via Iran set up to replace trade with Paki

Updated 07 Dec, 2017 10:50am

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Lessons from Singapore Fintech (ii)

The start-up scene in Pakistan is growing at a rapid pace. However, when it comes to Fintech start-ups, there is still a

Updated 05 Dec, 2017 10:10am

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The FTA mania

In the last six months, there have been talks to revise the Pak-China FTA. A Pak-Iran FTA is on the cards with the lates

Published 04 Dec, 2017 10:31am

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Breaking the glass ceiling at corporate level

Fixing the regulated and documented level might be one way to help build up CIPE-Pakistan’s Women National Business Agen

Updated 30 Nov, 2017 09:01am

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A Faustian bargain

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

Updated 29 Nov, 2017 09:19am

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National Women’s Business Agenda

A consultative workshop to develop a women-focused business agenda aimed at helping women entrepreneurs was scheduled

Updated 28 Nov, 2017 09:42am

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Problem with palm oil?

Earlier in October, Punjab Food Authority announced that it would ban the production and sales of banaspati ghee by FY

Updated 28 Nov, 2017 11:27am

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Lessons from Singapore Fintech (i)

Finance is being transformed at a rapid pace with the use of technology to come up with innovative solutions to financia

Updated 29 Nov, 2017 07:30am

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Lahore calls for metropolitan policing

Urbanization and crime goes hand in hand; and Lahore is no exception. The cities around the world are dealing with the i

Updated 27 Nov, 2017 12:01pm

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Power affordability missing

Another LNG terminal is operational in Pakistan. Expect these winters to be largely load shedding free, even in Punjab.

Updated 27 Nov, 2017 10:27am

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Did Dar deliver?

With Ishaq Dar out of the picture, and with a little more than 200 days left before the current regime ends, the answer

Published 27 Nov, 2017 08:29am

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Pakistan’s ‘silent majority’

The week-long sit-in in the capital is now fast becoming a national crisis. But the way things are in Pakistan, such cri

Updated 27 Nov, 2017 08:51am

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‘China will take away the big logistics business under CPEC’ Abid Butt, CEO, e2e Supply Chain Management

Abid Butt is the founder and CEO of e2e Supply Chain Management - a logistic company operating in Pakistan, Singapore, M

Published 27 Nov, 2017 08:26am

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Wanted: finance minister

So the PML-N chose a middle path and didn’t fire Ishaq Dar. A man on the run, though on paper he is still a minister, Da

Updated 24 Nov, 2017 11:25am

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Ideas for truck art

On the highway, a Pakistani truck shines bright from half a mile. The theme and motifs are too familiar. Little wonder t

Updated 25 Nov, 2017 01:43pm

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Modi all the way?

Despite a slowing economy and rising communal tensions, Narendra Modi still remains wildly popular in India more than th

Updated 23 Nov, 2017 01:51pm

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Water inflation

Going by what Pakistan Bureau of Statistics measures, water inflation in Pakistan isn’t an item on the worry list. But d

Updated 23 Nov, 2017 01:40pm

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One nation one food standard(s)

Part of the population is malnourished while a fraction is obese; leaving a very few healthy within an agrarian economy.

Updated 23 Nov, 2017 12:03pm

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Trade deficit: the cost of growth

Exports increased by 10 percent in 4MFY18, but this recovery pales in comparison to the larger picture, one of trade def

Updated 23 Nov, 2017 06:24am

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LSM on the rise

Granted that Pakistan’s large-scale manufacturing sector posted its highest first-quarter growth in recent memory. But m

Updated 22 Nov, 2017 05:52am

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The CSF carrot

Did Uncle Sam just have a change of heart? Since late August when Donald Trump announced his South Asia strategy , the

Updated 21 Nov, 2017 12:08pm

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Of egos and Dar

Panama Papers, no worries. Indicted by NAB, bring it on. Non-bailable arrest warrants, I don’t care. Properties freeze,

Updated 20 Nov, 2017 11:17am

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Chaos in capital

Pakistan is a nuclear power that often finds its capital under siege. Whether the protest is by disaffected politicians

Updated 20 Nov, 2017 09:04am

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Securing peace for Pakistan

Pakistan’s major cities returning to a relative state of normalcy in recent years following years of terrorist violence

Updated 17 Nov, 2017 07:24am

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It’s the splurge season

One wonders whether Chairman Mao would approve of a materialism that is thriving alright in China. Last week, our friend

Updated 16 Nov, 2017 01:37pm

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Blind men and the elephant

Few years ago, when the CPEC was starting out, the stakeholders’ and observers’ understanding of it was akin to the all

Updated 16 Nov, 2017 02:24pm

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Building economic corridor

The conference and consultations season has begun. While the World Bank is on a consultative spree to explore ideas for

Updated 16 Nov, 2017 08:26am

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Scary rise in imports

Last fiscal year saw the trade deficit cross exports for the first time. It is early days yet, but this fiscal year coul

Updated 16 Jan, 2018 07:04am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 7	278.25
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 7	278.05
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 7	156.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 7	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 7	1.27
Euro to USD / Jun 7	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 7	5346.99
India Sensex / Jun 7	76693.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 7	38683.93
Nasdaq / Jun 7	17133.13
Hang Seng / Jun 7	18366.95
FTSE 100 / Jun 7	8245.37
Dow Jones / Jun 7	38798.99
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 7	18557.27

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 7	75.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 7	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 7	208333
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 7	2293.78
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 7	72.89
Petrol/Litre / Jun 8	268.36

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 8 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 8 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 8 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jun 8 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jun 8 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jun 8 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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