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Analysing the middle-class

The latest SBP annual report put FY17 GDP growth rate at 5.3 percent. Referring to this decade-high growth as "consumpti

Published 18 Oct, 2017 06:26am

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Dar is back

Dar's face seems to have shrunk in direct proportion to the fiscal deficit. Dar made a comeback after a long hiatus from

Updated 18 Oct, 2017 05:16pm

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The food security blight

It should take us more than the “World Food Day”, or some report by a donor agency to start wondering about food securit

Updated 18 Oct, 2017 06:33am

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Seeding the startups

These days one finds plenty of local startups hoping to make it big. But many run into issues early on, thus failing to

Published 17 Oct, 2017 07:20am

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The many facets of Pak-China trade

Pakistan's current and potential trade agreements have been severely criticized time and again by this column. Ranging f

Updated 17 Oct, 2017 10:02am

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Higher education needs attention

The state of the education system in Pakistan continues to raise alarm bells. While there has been much discourse on pri

Published 16 Oct, 2017 07:47am

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Fixing Gwadar’s governance structure

Islamabad may be under a political storm, but things look quite serene down south in Gwadar. The progress in Gwadar, as

Updated 13 Oct, 2017 10:48am

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Deteriorating water quality: questions we must ask

Twenty years ago, kids on the streets of Pakistan used to drink tap water while playing on the streets. They were mental

Published 12 Oct, 2017 07:37am

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Give ‘nudge’ a chance

The judges for Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences have a special affinity for economists teaching at the Universi

Published 12 Oct, 2017 07:33am

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Gwadar: look and feel

Seeing is believing! As a follow up to our field trip in January this year, BR Research made a short rendezvous with Gwa

Updated 11 Oct, 2017 11:21am

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Water demanding attention

Nestlé Pakistan is the first company in Pakistan to have partnered with WWF-Pakistan to implement the Alliance for Water

Published 11 Oct, 2017 06:32am

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Pakistan’s failure in trade with China

Since the Pakistan-China FTA was penned in 2006; Chinese imports have been accused of hurting local industries. However,

Published 11 Oct, 2017 06:30am

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On imports: policies that won’t work

On Friday, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) proposed to levy regulatory duties on over 250 items in order to cu

Updated 10 Oct, 2017 09:28am

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Conduits of smuggling – is CPEC next?

Afghanistan Transit Trade has become to a large extent associated with, if not actually synonymous to, smuggling. Other

Updated 10 Oct, 2017 09:18am

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RTI Bill 2017: a wrong step forward

When the PML-N and the PPP signed the charter of democracy in May 2006, they agreed to draft a law to give citizens thei

Published 09 Oct, 2017 07:08am

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Another misguided trade agreement

An addition to the list of trade agreements that Pakistan is in the process of negotiating is Pakistan Vietnam PTA which

Published 09 Oct, 2017 07:08am

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Uncle Sam: talking tough

Pakistan’s foreign minister finally made the trek to Washington DC earlier this week. But as luck would have it, the tri

Published 06 Oct, 2017 08:15am

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The left out themes from export discourse

What are some of the most frequently heard words in export growth strategic exercises taken up by Pakistan’s commerce, f

Updated 06 Oct, 2017 08:49am

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Punjab needs to find more tax coffers

When it comes to provincial growth targets, the Punjab government has certainly got ambitious ones. Under its Economic G

Published 05 Oct, 2017 07:12am

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Innovation must for value-addition

Disruption is the new norm. Innovation and creativity are necessary ingredients when it comes to creating brands that hi

Updated 05 Oct, 2017 12:14pm

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Child labour and GSP Plus

Take your car to the mechanic and you will probably see a boy working in the background with the hood propped open. Exam

Updated 05 Oct, 2017 07:33am

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PSDP: slowing down?

After a good first two months this fiscal, the federal government seems to have gotten stuck in a low gear vis-à-vis dev

Published 04 Oct, 2017 05:55am

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Pakistan’s backward march

Governor Sindh Mohammad Zubair recently told local media that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had misguided former PM Nawaz S

Published 04 Oct, 2017 05:53am

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Missing out on religious tourism

With the arrival of the head of the Dawoodi Bohra community, Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, Karachi hosted the Ashara aft

Updated 04 Oct, 2017 06:37am

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Ensuring taxpayer compliance

So the FBR has continued its tradition to extend the deadline for filing income tax returns. All those tax consultants s

Updated 04 Oct, 2017 05:49am

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CPI inches up, but in control

CPI inched up to 3.86 percent year-on-year, highest in FY18 so far. But these are early days. The average inflation in F

Published 03 Oct, 2017 06:20am

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Dar versus Tarin

Two powerful finance ministers Pakistan has seen in a decade of continues democratic set up are Shaukat Tarin and Ishaq

Updated 04 Oct, 2017 05:44am

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Improving corporate governance rules

A little more than a month ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan issued the draft code of corporate go

Updated 03 Oct, 2017 06:42am

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Fixing economic corruption

The naked eye cannot observe termites eating away a wooden frame. But sooner or later we all find out what’s left of the

Updated 29 Sep, 2017 11:27am

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Flogging a dead horse

Despite Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif asserting that Pakistan is in close contact with SAARC members to host the summit,

Updated 28 Sep, 2017 06:13am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 14	278.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 14	278.07
USD to Japanese Yen / May 14	156.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 14	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 14	1.26
Euro to USD / May 14	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 14	5246.68
India Sensex / May 14	73104.61
Tokyo Nikkei / May 14	38552.29
Nasdaq / May 14	16511.18
Hang Seng / May 14	19073.71
FTSE 100 / May 14	8428.13
Dow Jones / May 14	39558.11
Germany DAX 30 / May 14	18716.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 14	78.51
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 14	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 14	207733
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 14	2357
Cotton US¢/pound / May 14	73.78
Petrol/Litre / May 15	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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