Dilawar Hussain

92 companies results in next four days

KARACHI, Jan 27: It’s the reporting season. And meetings of Board of directors (BOD) of as many as 92 companies are... Published 28 Jan, 2003 12:00am

U-turn of stock market

KARACHI, Jan 23: When the Karachi Stock Exchange index rose by as many as 100 points the previous Wednesday to close... Published 24 Jan, 2003 12:00am

Who parented the stock market boom?

One can only marvel at the wisdom of whoever first said: “Success has many fathers, failure has none”. And it is all... Published 20 Jan, 2003 12:00am

Pakistan Cables: CORPORATE PROFILE

KARACHI, Jan 7: Pakistan Cables Limited — the producers of copper rod, wires, cables and conductors and aluminium... Published 08 Jan, 2003 12:00am

Money will find way to industrial sector

KARACHI, Dec 31: For Pakistan, May 1998 and January 2003 are the two worlds apart: Then the country blew the bomb in... Published 01 Jan, 2003 12:00am

A memorable year for Pakistani bourses

The year 2002 has possibly been the most eventful and memorable year for Pakistan’s capital markets. On January 1,... Published 30 Dec, 2002 12:00am

KSE index at all-time high

KARACHI, Dec 27: It happened by as thin a margin as 0.07 points, but the KSE-100 index shot through the roof to... Published 28 Dec, 2002 12:00am

Pharma cos in pursuit of consolidation

KARACHI, Nov 28: While Glaxo Wellcome is in the throes of amalgamation of business with Smith Kline & French and... Published 29 Nov, 2002 12:00am

Reckitt Benckiser: CORPORATE PROFILE

KARACHI, Nov 26: For Reckitt Benckiser — the fast moving consumer goods company (FMCG) that makes household and... Published 27 Nov, 2002 12:00am

Expanding retail investor base in equity markets

NEVER mind the colossal loss of fortunes that investors suffered when the technology bubble burst, one in three... Published 25 Nov, 2002 12:00am

Sui Southern Gas Company: CORPORATE PROFILE

KARACHI, Not 20: The financial figures for the first-quarter ended September 30, 2002, released earlier this month... Published 21 Nov, 2002 12:00am

Doha Bank signs merger pact with Trust Bank

KARACHI, Nov 1: Doha Bank — the bank incorporated in the state of Qatar — has signed an agreement with the local ... Published 02 Nov, 2002 12:00am

NCEL barred from proceeding further: Futures trading in cotton

KARACHI, Oct 31: The Ministry of Commerce has thrown a spanner in the works of the National Commodity Exchange... Published 01 Nov, 2002 12:00am

Soaring stocks depend on political environment

For the first time in nearly a decade Pakistani stocks are at the heart of all investment activity. The Karachi ... Published 28 Oct, 2002 12:00am

Mashreq accord with CresBank, IHFL: Amalgamation

KARACHI, Oct 23: Mashreq Bank — the foreign bank operating in Pakistan — has entered into an amalgamation agreement... Published 24 Oct, 2002 12:00am

Arif Habib Investments to acquire KASB Fund

KARACHI, Oct 17: Arif Habib Investment Management Limited is understood to have entered into a deal with Khadim Ali... Published 18 Oct, 2002 12:00am

CDS remains bogged down

KARACHI, Oct 15: The Central Depository System (CDS) — the electronic stock settlement system managed by the Central... Published 16 Oct, 2002 12:00am

Higher returns on savings of the old

The PICIC — a development financial institution (DFI)— launched last week a unique deposit scheme that would pay 12... Published 14 Oct, 2002 12:00am

Pakistan Tobacco Company: CORPORATE PROFILE

KARACHI, Oct 9: Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited had managed to swing back to a profit of Rs354 million in 2001,... Published 10 Oct, 2002 12:00am

D.G.Khan Cement: CORPORATE PROFILE

KARACHI, Oct 3: Results released by the company on September 26 showed an incredible recovery to an after tax profit... Published 04 Oct, 2002 12:00am