Matsui uncle thanks for the suggestion and will do :p
ds u r totally rite
r u buying em waise??
lussi u shud buy em too :D
UMER bhai, non resident pakistanis can buy these shares too
chek out this link
http://www.privatisation.gov.pk/oilgas/PPL%20Forms.htm
and
here’s the link for the form for non res pakis which is on this page
http://www.privatisation.gov.pk/PDF-Files/PPL%20Forms/Non-Resident%20Investors.pdf
if u need any kinda help which i can provide plz dont hesitate to lemi know 
Buy them and as a general rule, buy anything the queen sells.
Hmm, no wonder my dad had a smirk on his face when he made me sign the shares agreement for PPL.He’s gonna take my share of the money!. 
tnc lolz 
ashtray ahan thanks for the advice 
i bought them today. as in filled the form n turned in the paperwork to the bank. my dad turned in his yesterday and i made my mom buy em today as well
khayr, ab waiting for the ballotting to see if any of us even get em 
i’ll throw a party for all guppies if i get em n everyone’s invited :halo:
We (overseas people) would have had to apply much earlier to have any chance. But khair, other investment possiblities are there too.
Matsui: Shut up 
irem: sorry i am a bit late in answering. See the thing is…when you speak about getting your money tied up for how many days…this depends on WHERE you want the shares to be delivered i.e. CDC (electronic form) or physical (certificate form). Since i am dead sure you don’t have a cdc account..so you’d need to get them as physical shares.
Timeline: Last date of subscription is 22nd july. It will take about 7-10 days for Bankers to the Issue (the banks where you deposit money) to collate and tabulate results. If the number of applications received exceeds 204,000 applications, balloting would have to be done. The results of balloting would take at least another 10 days. Add 10 more days as a buffer to this process. At this point in time (about 30 days from the last date of subscription)..people (blessed ones) with cdc accounts get the scrips in their cdc accounts.
Physical certificates arrive almost after 30 days from the above date i.e. all in all about 60 days.
If your application is unsuccessful in balloting (qurandazi :D) you will get the refund of the money in approx 7 days time from teh date of balloting. Hope it helps
Umer: Well…the link is right there as someone pointed out. Yes, it is a bit more cumbersome for NRPs…but PPL for sure was a good investment.
TNC: yup…i also saw similar things here
PS: I put in 10 applications 
Umer bhai u shud definitely do what ds recommended to u
ds kewl 
inshallah i hope all of us get the stox
Khan bhai thanks a lot for that detailed info
YOU GOT TEN APPS ? 
omg 
irem its rite time to buy them....
every single company's shares go up while its in first quarter and after that god knows where it will stop....(even some compinies reowned like PSO, SHELL and other, those compinies also made good profit and devidend to their clients)
but thing is this if there will more more buyers then they will do QURANDAZI and it will be after some monts and during those months they will do business on ur money and will make profit and after the balloting they will issu cheques to the buyes who didnt get the shares.....
well its calculated game...(same thing they have done with al falah)
in pakistan stock there r few big guns r involves in it
like habeeb, AKD and some others as well who just play with pak stock and make money in it......(i know this cuz i have been involved in local and internationl stock).....
u should go for it but go with profit stop( your broker will tell u about this)
dont buy for long term
GOOD LUCK
i resigned al-Falah b4 they announced da share so neva had em , lekin da employees who got em un k sath is say bhi ziada bura hua
al-Falah took their money n after so many months on 15th july da mngmnt of da bank announced dat da employeez sharez hv been cancelled n their fundz hv been refunded. now their’s goin 2 b another ballotin 4 da employeez on pay roll wauh bhi wid less valued quota then last time.
i mean ain’t it ziadti. most of da ppl hv already sold up da sharez in future tradin @ double triple pricez n many of da ppl hv left al-Falah ab these ppl hv 2 pay da difference by their own pockets :S
khair m a risk averser so i booked up a flat wid ma savingz :halo: it’s relatively safe invstmnt n no intrst involved.
SS that sux yaar r u serious? that really sucks 
but selling in future trading is also not a safe step
MAWIZ i c..thanks for the info
irem i dont know much abt stocks in Pak so its not related but i think for buisness ideas, as AJ mentioned, real estate investment is also a good idea.
Ira yaar thanks for the reply, haan real estate is great, but for that u need some REAL savings too :D which i dont have :D
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Ira yaar thanks for the reply, haan real estate is great, but for that u need some REAL savings too :D which i dont have :D
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u can get in just for paying intial deposit, y dont u get in with margen system?
I would only buy stocks if you can afford to loose the money you invested. stocks are a long term investment if it was a short terms money maker everyone will be having a pop at it. Remember this 90% of day traders (those that work full time buying selling shares from home) make a loss not a profit. You really do have to have some good contacts or understanding of the market to earn serious money.
the lucky draw happenned aur mere stocks nai niklae :o
but meri ammi k niklay haen :D
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90% of day traders (those that work full time buying selling shares from home) make a loss not a profit.
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Not true.
Those figures taken from Working lunch in July 2004 sometime. For those who dont know Working Lunch is a very well respected BBC program where they expalin the stock market and general consumer laws and so on.
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the lucky draw happenned aur mere stocks nai niklae :o
but meri ammi k niklay haen :D
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i wonder wat happened 2 khannu's 10 applicationz?
^ mere 2 nikle aur main ne 106 rupay main bech bhi diye :biggthumb there you go…a straight capital gain of 56,000 rupees :love: