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Trade: no change, no gain

It really depends on your state of mind. Most stakeholders today are cautiously optimistic about the Pakistani econo

Updated 24 May, 2017 02:37pm

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PSDP is now a trillion-rupee prophecy

The federal development muscle is about to get stronger. If news reports are any guide, the federal public sector de

Published 24 May, 2017 03:31am

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What’s in GDP rebasing?

There is an ongoing debate that the economic size of the country is not fully reflected in nominal GDP. There are tw

Updated 24 May, 2017 02:50pm

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CPEC: Informed skeptics MIA

There is no dearth of sceptics in this country. Neither is there any shortage of conspiracy theories and propaganda

Published 23 May, 2017 04:51am

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Growth on rise; quality not so

Last week this column termed 10-year high growth of 5.28 percent as fair and square; implying that the growth is rea

Updated 23 May, 2017 10:47am

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OBOR around India

The Chinese President has called it ‘project of the century’. But India apparently wants no part of it. At the Beiji

Published 22 May, 2017 02:48am

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Time to get it ‘cracking’

Pakistan imports roughly $6 billion worth of chemicals and related raw material every year. This makes a sizeable chunk

Published 22 May, 2017 02:45am

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We are all East India Company

Some perceptions are sticky. That the CPEC is a reincarnation of East India Company (EIC) is one such perception, of

Updated 22 May, 2017 05:32am

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Is CPEC a modern East India Co?

Earlier this week the Financial Times’ Big Read on CPEC carried the following quote. “The head of a large investment com

Updated 19 May, 2017 11:49am

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Fair and square growth

Finally, the GDP growth crossed 5 percent for the first time in ten years. Isn’t it time to sacrifice a black goat?

Updated 20 May, 2017 11:00am

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Has populism really peaked?

The year 2016 was marked by high-intensity political earthquakes in the West. First there was the Brexit referendum

Published 19 May, 2017 03:03am

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Expanding, not levelling the playing field

When it comes to competition, businesses in Pakistan have often taken the road of seeking protection from the govern

Published 17 May, 2017 04:31am

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Be hard on soft drinks

It’s difficult to control kids with a sweet tooth. Take soft drinks, for instance – all that fizz, (artificial) flavours

Updated 16 May, 2017 09:54am

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ICMA Pakistan’s pre-budget proposals

The federal budget 2017-18 is just a few days away, and proposals from all and sundry are flowing around. The Instit

Updated 25 May, 2017 10:21am

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CPEC’s master plan

Yesterday, just hours after local news media revealed what it termed an exclusive coverage of the ‘CPEC master plan,

Published 16 May, 2017 04:38am

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'Cautiously delusional’

Fixing the energy crisis was the single-biggest promise the PML-N made before the 2013 elections. Four years down th

Published 15 May, 2017 05:06am

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Pour some sugar on exports!

Once again, the sugar mills are making hue and cry over an alarming situation. Friday’s Business Recorder saw the en

Published 15 May, 2017 04:58am

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Why we should embrace competition? — I

We are a nation of rentiers, this column said last time, but why is that? Why are businesses so averse to competitio

Updated 12 May, 2017 11:33am

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PIA gains ‘losses’

The ‘green’ of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has merely been confined to its logo. It rarely finds its way t

Updated 12 May, 2017 11:53am

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Building discourse on NFC

Intergovernmental revenue transfers may not be the most exciting topic for drawing room discussions; nor the easiest to

Published 11 May, 2017 04:01am

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Keeping tabs on provincial promises

The election season will soon be upon us. But how are the political parties keeping their promises? Prime, the Islam

Updated 11 May, 2017 04:41am

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PML(N) Economic Report Card

Dar will soon be presenting his fifth budget running. He started the first by passing the buck of circular debt on t

Updated 11 May, 2017 12:05pm

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Here comes the purge

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Tuesday took much awaited action against fake investment gu

Published 10 May, 2017 03:05am

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Soybean: a transition in process

Pakistan is currently in the process of going from an importer of soybean meal and soybean oil to becoming an import

Published 10 May, 2017 02:59am

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Does GDP justify corruption?

Freedom of expression is valuable. But not every expression is worth in gold or even a broken dime. Last week Prime Mini

Published 09 May, 2017 04:08am

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Fiscal report card

The consolidated deficit stood at 3.7 percent of GDP in 9MFY17 versus 3.8 percent target for the full year. The MoF

Updated 09 May, 2017 07:37am

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Governance reforms: waiting for messiah

The latest Unescap Survey for Asia and the Pacific, which focuses on the subject of governance this year, brings hom

Published 08 May, 2017 04:52am

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Rabi season sees high urea off-take

Near six-year low urea prices finally seem to have started doing the trick. Urea off-take for the Rabi season concluded

Published 05 May, 2017 05:36am

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Can we run with the bulls?

The past year has been full of news in the auto sector, and not just in the passenger car segment which really gets

Updated 05 May, 2017 06:24pm

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Pak-Iran trade

Talk about a hefty target! In his meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif earlier this week, PM Nawaz Sharif u

Published 05 May, 2017 05:22am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	81.15
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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