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Bangladesh, Pakistan and India bottom in air quality rankings in 2023, data shows

SINGAPORE: Pakistan remained one of the world’s three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced...

Updated 19 Mar, 2024 03:49pm

BR Research

Unwavering smog

The air quality of Punjab and specifically of Lahore has persistently been worst over the last two months. A mixture...

Published 22 Jan, 2024 07:12am

Pakistan

Smog: govt advises to wear masks in public areas

KARACHI: Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister Justice Maqbool Baqar (retd) called on the public to ensure the use of face...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am

Pakistan

Punjab govt lifts lockdown after rain improves air quality

CM Naqvi says markets open tomorrow, and restaurants can resume operations after 6 pm

Published 10 Nov, 2023 11:37pm

Pakistan

Implementation of smart lockdown begins

LAHORE: In view of the worsening air quality, the implementation of a smart lockdown has been initiated in Lahore ...

Published 10 Nov, 2023 03:07am

Pakistan

World Bank, Punjab govt join forces to combat air pollution

LAHORE: In a major step towards tackling air pollution, the World Bank and Government of Punjab Departments have...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Perspectives

Fighting air pollution in Peshawar

Recently, there was an important step in the fight for better air quality in Pakistan as a network of air quality...

Published 13 Jun, 2023 12:23pm

Pakistan

EPD for minimising adverse impact on environment

LAHORE: The Environment Protection Department (EPD) will make all out efforts to reduce the adverse impact on...

Updated 15 May, 2023 08:02am

Editorials

The people and the climate

EDITORIAL: While the world’s major polluters have fallen far short of their obligations to limit greenhouse gas...

Published 23 Mar, 2023 05:47am

Editorials

Breathing poison

EDITORIAL: There are 195 countries and more than four million cities and towns in the world. And Lahore, the capital...

Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am

Pakistan

Dry weather likely to continue

KARACHI: The continuing dry weather is expected to deteriorate urban air quality but may favour harvesting of the...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Pakistan

US CG, MagnifiScience Centre hold discussion on improving air quality

KARACHI: The US Consulate General, Karachi partnered with The MagnifiScience Centre on June 21 to organise the panel...

Published 23 Jun, 2022 07:25am

Poor Air Quality Index: LHC hints at a weeklong lockdown for schools, offices

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday hinted at a weeklong lockdown for schools and private offices in the...

Updated 02 Dec, 2021 09:43am

BR Research

Breathing toxins

People are holding their breath just because the smog is back with a vengeance to Lahore and the plains of Punjab....

Published 30 Nov, 2021 10:40am

Pakistan

Hazardous: Lahore tops 'air quality and pollution city' ranking

Has an air quality ranking of 327, much worse than second-ranked city

Published 01 Nov, 2021 11:29am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 11	277.73
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 11	277.53
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 11	148.67
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 11	0.86
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 11	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 11	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 10	5,780.05
Nasdaq / Oct 10	18,282.05
Dow Jones / Oct 10	42,454.12
India Sensex / Oct 11	81,423.22
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 11	39,628.27
Hang Seng / Oct 11	21,251.98
FTSE 100 / Oct 11	8,230.11
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 11	19,187.20

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 10	233,028.70
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 11	75.67
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 11	17,985
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 11	2,644.73
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 11	72.61
Petrol/Litre / Oct 12	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 12 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 12 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 12 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 12 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 12 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 12 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 12 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 12 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 12 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 12 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 12 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 12 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 12 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 12 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 12 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 12 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 12 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 12 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 12 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 12 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 12 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 12 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 12 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 12 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 12 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 12 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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