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Long-form guides for Pakistani investors. Sector deep-dives, beginner walkthroughs, KSE-100 analysis. New posts whenever we have something worth saying.
The 15 highest trailing dividend yields among KSE-100 members as of 6 Sep 2026, with P/E and market cap, and a candid look at why a screener yield can mislead.
READ →How dividend withholding tax works in Pakistan: deducted at source, filer vs non-filer, how it shows on your statements, and reconciling gross with net.
READ →Draft prospectus, book building and the strike price, public subscription, balloting, allotment and listing on PSX, with the live IPO pipeline as of 6 Sep 2026.
READ →What a PSX rights issue is, how the letter of right (LOR) trades, what a right is worth, and subscribe vs sell vs lapse worked through with numbers.
READ →How PSX price bands create upper and lower locks, what a locked order book looks like, when the whole market halts, and what a lock means when you sell.
READ →How a PSX bonus issue works: the 20% example, why the price is divided by 1.2 on the ex-date, fractions, tax in principle and the cost-basis maths.
READ →What a CDC statement contains and leaves out, what a broker screenshot shows, the SYMBOL SHARES PRICE paste format, and how screenshot import should work.
READ →What a Sahulat account is, who it suits, the reduced paperwork, the investment ceiling, what it cannot do, and how to upgrade to a full brokerage account.
READ →The three dates on every PSX dividend notice, how T+1 settlement fixes the buy-by date, and what happens to the price and payout if you buy on the ex-date.
READ →Today's silver-standard nisab in rupees, what counts as zakatable in a PSX portfolio, the 2.5% rate, the CDC deduction most people misread, and when to pay.
READ →The top 15 KSE-100 companies by weight as of 11 Sep 2026, why free-float weighting lets ten names carry half the index, and what that means for you.
READ →What each PSX index measures, how the KMI-30 screens for Shariah compliance, and which to compare your own portfolio against, with dated one-year returns.
READ →The business screen and five financial ratio tests a PSX company must pass for the KMI-30, how impure income is purified, and when the list is reviewed.
READ →NCCPL's foreign and local investor portfolio flows, the eleven client types behind them, how to read a net figure, and what the last 90 days of data show.
READ →PSX's regular session, the Friday break for Jumu'ah, the post-close session, Ramadan timings, how holidays are announced and what 'as of' means on data.
READ →Why a 725% dividend is Rs 72.50 a share, how book closure and the ex-date decide who gets paid under T+1 settlement, and cash vs bonus vs right issues.
READ →Market cap is shares times price. Why a Rs 5 stock can be a bigger company than a Rs 500 one, free float vs total, and how it drives index weights and P/E.
READ →Sub-account vs direct CDC Investor Account, the documents you need, how CDC Access statements work, and the Roshan Digital route for overseas Pakistanis.
READ →A complete beginner's guide to investing in the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Open an account, pick your first stocks, track your portfolio.
READ →The KSE-100 is the headline number for the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Here's what it actually measures, how it's calculated, and why retail investors should care.
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