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Miftah Ismail

‘Reimagining Pakistan’

EDITORIAL: Ideas about rescuing the economy, especially about ending its dependence on donor bailouts, come a dime a...

Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am

Opinion

Things are still difficult for the Sharifs

Miftah Ismail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has been speaking his mind in a blunt way ever since he was...

Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am

Pakistan

Pakistan's ex finance chief Miftah warns against any kind of debt restructuring

Difficult task to get China and the West to sit on one table for such an endeavour, he says

Updated 16 Mar, 2023 09:46am

Opinion

Something’s gotta give

A small group of alienated members of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 03:18am

Business & Finance

Country can avoid IMF only through higher exports, tax collections: Miftah

KARACHI: Former Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Sunday said that in order to avoid International Monetary...

Updated 13 Mar, 2023 09:12am

Business & Finance

Ongoing crisis result of ‘last 75 years’ mistakes’, says Miftah

KARACHI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail has said Pakistan has reached to this state owing to the mistakes of...

Published 05 Mar, 2023 03:36am

Pakistan

Pakistan should prioritise population planning, female education: Miftah Ismail

Former finance minister says Bangladesh, Egypt and Tunisia succeeded in implementing population planning

Updated 04 Mar, 2023 06:55pm

Pakistan

Accountability court revokes non-bailable arrest warrant for Shahid Khaqan in LNG case

Warrant was issued over failure of PML-N leader to appear before the court

Updated 21 Feb, 2023 10:10pm

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar doesn’t like qualified economists

“Ishaq Dar says that he has to fix the economy that was mishandled by the inexperienced Khan administration.”...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

After the IMF tranche

On December 16, 2021 at a Hamdard University seminar where Dr Miftah Ismail was another speaker, I had said that...

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 01:05pm

Opinion

Pakistan: grave economic distress

On 26 January 2023 inanely shackling the dollar to what was nothing but wishful thinking ended and the interbank ...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Pakistan

Punjab, KP assemblies: Asad hopes election dates will be announced by weekend

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secretary general Asad Umar on Tuesday showed optimism that election dates...

Published 08 Feb, 2023 06:10am

Editorials

Symptoms of fissures

EDITORIAL: Even though there is the question of ‘ifs and buts’ engulfing the possibility of general election on...

Published 04 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Markets

Deal or default: Pakistan’s economy set for an endgame

Distressed by debt, many analysts expect 'reprofiling' rather than mass write-off of payments

Published 01 Feb, 2023 01:13pm

Business & Finance

Economic mess: embittered Miftah offers ‘solution’

KARACHI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail Friday said that instead of depreciating the value of the dollar...

Published 28 Jan, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

Miftah takes a dig at Dar, again

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Miftah Ismail on Thursday took a dig at Finance Minister Ishaq...

Published 27 Jan, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

Keeping dollar in narrow range was insanity, says Dr Miftah Ismail at IBA event

Former finance minister says black market cannot be stopped by administrative measures

Updated 27 Jan, 2023 10:58am

Pakistan

Ishaq Dar has inflicted huge financial dent to Pakistan: Miftah Ismail

Former finance minister says Dar thought he could run the economy without IMF programme

Updated 26 Jan, 2023 06:48pm

Opinion

The Saudi snub, and after…

The prime minister’s decision to do whatever was needed to complete the 9th review of the stalled IMF programme ...

Updated 26 Jan, 2023 06:19am

Editorials

‘I feel humiliated…’

EDITORIAL: Constitution doesn’t prescribe medicine for every ill that besets today’s Pakistan, but even by...

Published 26 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Refusing to play ball

“The Khan says he may return to the national assembly so that RR and Shehbaz Sharif do not appoint a caretaker...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 06:22am

Editorials

Know thy economy

EDITORIAL: The government of Pakistan’s comparative data revealed under the title “Know Your Economy” in the...

Published 16 Jan, 2023 06:38am

Miftah calls for economic ‘overhaul’

Lamenting the political situation in Punjab, the PML-N stalwart said we should focus on the revival of the country’s economy rather than surfing energies on the ‘political games’

Updated 16 Jan, 2023 09:41am

Opinion

Pakistan: a state and its citizens in state of denial – I

On December 16, 2021 at a seminar at Hamdard University where Dr Miftah Ismail, who later became country’s finance...

Published 04 Jan, 2023 06:02am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Buddha said three things cannot be hidden

“Talking of Achilles’ heel…” “Achilles as in a great warrior of the Trojan war in Greek mythology?”...

Published 31 Dec, 2022 06:32am

Markets

Pakistan's Rupee sees its worst year since 2008 meltdown

PKR lost 22% during 2022, depreciating from 176.51 to 226.43 against the US dollar in the inter-bank market

Updated 01 Jan, 2023 01:19pm

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Caretaker setup may be in place?

“The difference between an individual decision maker and an institution is that the former focuses only on Plan A...

Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Editorials

Foot-dragging on the pending IMF review

EDITORIAL: The market is unambiguously sending signals to the government to take appropriate measures to deal with...

Published 29 Dec, 2022 05:59am

Pakistan

Nasir Rana appointed AC judge

ISLAMABAD: The government has appointed District and Sessions Judge Nasir Javed Rana as the new judge of the...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

‘Charter of economy’: need of the hour?

There is a growing urge from the ruling party to bring a ‘charter of economy’ – Dar in particular is pushing...

Published 19 Dec, 2022 06:00am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Mar 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.90 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Mar 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	393.99 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Mar 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Mar 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Mar 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Mar 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	63.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Mar 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	400.12 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Mar 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Mar 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Mar 22 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	59.01 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Mar 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.90 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Mar 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	393.99 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Mar 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Mar 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Mar 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Mar 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	63.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Mar 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	400.12 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Mar 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Mar 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Mar 22 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	59.01 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	6,046,419 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Mar 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	4,848,036 ▲ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / Mar 22 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	4,691,640 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Mar 22 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	4,522,500 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Mar 22 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	4,470,500 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Mar 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	4,452,500 ▲ 0.00
TPL Properties / Mar 22 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	4,391,678 ▲ 0.00
Ghani Glo Hol / Mar 22 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	4,311,148 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Mar 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	4,273,685 ▲ 0.00
Loads Limited / Mar 22 Loads Limited(LOADS)	4,188,000 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 21	285.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 21	283.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 21	132.38
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 21	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 21	1.22
Euro to USD / Mar 21	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 21	4.56

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 21	4002.87
India Sensex / Mar 21	58074.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 21	26945.67
Nasdaq / Mar 21	11860.11
Hang Seng / Mar 21	19258.76
FTSE 100 / Mar 21	7536.22
Dow Jones / Mar 21	32560.60
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 21	15195.34
France CAC40 / Mar 21	7112.91

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 21	69.33
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 21	19235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 21	177726
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 21	1943.10
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 21	77.85

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