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A blow to the ideal of trichotomy of power?

It is increasingly clear that the events that preceded the passage of the 26th Constitutional Amendment have, among...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

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‘Trump’s election: plunging Middle East into a World War Zone’

This is apropos two back-to-back letters to the Editor carried by the newspaper these days. A conflict involving...

Published 21 Oct, 2024 06:54am

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‘Trump’s election: plunging Middle East into a World War Zone’

This is apropos a letter to the editor carried by the newspaper yesterday. Russia has a significant military ...

Published 20 Oct, 2024 05:51am

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Trump’s election: Plunging Middle East into a World War Zone

This is apropos a letter to the Editor carried by the newspaper recently. To validate his pro-Israeli stand, Donald...

Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am

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Judiciary regains its strength

The recent Supreme Court judgment represents an unprecedented act of defiance against the previously unquestioned...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:54am

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The spectre of very high power tariffs

While the federal government must be appreciated for cancelling contracts with 5 IPPs (Independent Power Producers),...

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

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Trump’s election: plunging Middle East into a World War Zone

Donald Trump is focusing on predominantly white voters, wealthy corporations, and influential lobbies, especially...

Published 16 Oct, 2024 06:58am

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Economic challenges can be overcome through creative thinking

The economy is not getting better. It will not get better until full scale structural reforms of the economy take...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 06:47am

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‘Israel’s ultimate target – Iran’

This is apropos three letters to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper in recent days. In the long ...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:10am

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‘Israel’s ultimate target – Iran’

This is apropos two back-to-back letters to the Editor by this writer carried on Friday and yesterday. In the short...

Published 13 Oct, 2024 06:46am

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‘Israel’s ultimate target – Iran’

This is apropos a letter to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper yesterday. In addition, Israel has...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:17am

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Israel’s ultimate target – Iran

On the fateful day of October 7, 2023, Hamas launched an attack on Israel, killing many of its soldiers and ...

Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am

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The looming Iran-Israel war

Iran has fallen into a strategic trap for the second time, and only with capabilities comparable to Israel’s...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 06:26am

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Kamala Harris’s Achilles’ heel: the faltering economy

Being in the US and experiencing the pre-election excitement and frenzy is an incredible experience. Unlike in our...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 06:46am

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Country in the throes of intense political instability?

It increasingly appears that the country’s economy is moving in the right direction. Declining inflation, price...

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 08:15am

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‘The ‘last’ IMF programme?’

Business Recorder op-ed writer Farhat Ali deserves a lot of commendation for presenting a highly informed ...

Published 06 Oct, 2024 02:44am

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‘Reckless Amendments?’

This is apropos letters to the Editor headlined “Reckless Amendment” by this writer carried by the newspaper on...

Published 05 Oct, 2024 06:43am

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‘Reckless Amendments?’

This is apropos letters to the Editor headlined “Reckless Amendment” by this writer carried by the newspaper on...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

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‘Reckless Amendments?’

This is apropos a letter to the Editor headlined “Reckless Amendment” by this writer carried by the newspaper on...

Published 03 Oct, 2024 07:06am

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Falling victim to swindlers: a senior citizen’s plight

I, a resident of Karachi, have spent seven decades of my life in this country, six of which were utilised in working...

Published 02 Oct, 2024 06:19am

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Reckless Amendments?

The main provision of the newly amended Supreme Court Procedure and Practices (SCPP) Act 2024 is to empower the ...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

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Qarz ki pee pee kay mai…

That Islamic Republic of Pakistan is precariously close to borrowing limit is a fact. Debt has traditionally been...

Published 30 Sep, 2024 07:06am

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‘Trump’s Achilles’ heel: immigrant voters’

This is apropos two back-to-back letters to Editor carried by the newspaper on Friday and yesterday. Pennsylvania ...

Published 29 Sep, 2024 02:46am

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‘Trump’s Achilles’ heel: immigrant voters’

This is apropos a letter to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper yesterday. In my view, Kamala Harris,...

Published 28 Sep, 2024 07:16am

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Trump’s Achilles’ heel: immigrant voters

During his last debate with Kamala Harris, Donald Trump made two fundamental mistakes. First, his tirade against the...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 06:26am

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‘Trump or Harris: no respite for Palestine’

This is apropos two back-to-back letters to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper on Tuesday and...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

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‘Trump or Harris: no respite for Palestine’

This is apropos a letter to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper yesterday. In my view, the fate of...

Updated 25 Sep, 2024 07:37am

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Trump or Harris: no respite for Palestine

A day after Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, I penned an article titled “Hamas Stunted...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am

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‘Two secrets to China’s rise’

This is apropos three letters to the Editor with the above headline by this writer carried by the newspaper on...

Published 23 Sep, 2024 06:45am

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‘Two secrets to China’s rise’

This is apropos two back-to-back letters to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper on Friday and...

Published 22 Sep, 2024 02:47am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 21	277.82
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 21	277.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 22	150.86
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 22	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 22	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 22	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 21	5,853.98
Nasdaq / Oct 21	18,540.01
FTSE 100 / Oct 21	8,318.24
Dow Jones / Oct 21	42,931.60
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 21	19,461.19
France CAC40 / Oct 21	7,536.23
India Sensex / Oct 22	80,819.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 22	38,436.98

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 21	242,027
Petrol/Litre / Oct 22	247.03
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 22	70.33
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 22	18,085
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 22	2,734.40
Diesel/Litre / Oct 22	251.29

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 22 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 22 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 22 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 22 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 22 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 22 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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