Umair Aslam
Investment Enthusiast
Umair Aslam is an investment enthusiast who has worked in fintech for several years. He writes about the Pakistan Stock Exchange.
Articles by Umair Aslam (5)
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How to Open a CDC Investor Account in Pakistan
What a CDC account actually holds, the two ways to hold one, what you need to open it, and what it does not protect you from.
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What the KSE-100 Actually Measures
The KSE-100 is 100 companies, not the whole market. What the level means, how the weighting works, and why a rising index can mislead.
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PSX Dividends: From Board Approval to Your Bank
The dates between a board approving a dividend and cash arriving, why the ex-date decides who gets paid, and what yield does not tell you.
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Is a PSX Stock Shariah-Compliant? The Screens Explained
Screening tests the balance sheet as well as the business. Why a permissible company can fail, and why compliant status changes.
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Calculating Zakat on a PSX Portfolio
Why the reason you hold shares changes the treatment, which value you use, and how deduction at source fits in.