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WTO chief warns world edging into ‘global recession’

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization’s chief said Tuesday she believes the world is heading towards a global...

Published 28 Sep, 2022 05:51am

Blinken urges Pakistan to seek China debt relief after floods

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday on Pakistan to seek debt relief from its close ...

Published 28 Sep, 2022 05:51am

Business & Finance

ADB boosts Asia-Pacific food security financing to $14bn

MANILA: The Asian Development Bank will provide $14 billion in loans over four years to help poor countries improve...

Published 28 Sep, 2022 05:51am

Opinion

Will Iran’s climate inaction fuel rising disaster threats?

In just over a year, Iran has endured deadly flash floods, crop-ruining drought, punishing dust storms and heatwaves...

Published 27 Sep, 2022 04:06am

Markets

German team interested in setting up greenfield power plant

LAHORE: A German delegation, which is currently on a visit to the provincial metropolis, has shown interest for...

Published 27 Sep, 2022 04:06am

Editorials

UN chief’s support for Pakistan

EDITORIAL: Antonio Guterres, United Nations Chief, has urged developed countries to tax windfall profits of fossil...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 06:07am

Pakistan

Precision Agriculture Centre set up at Pir Mehr Ali Shah university

RAWALPINDI: The Precision Agriculture Centre established at the Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University will...

Published 25 Sep, 2022 06:01am

Flood havoc: World Bank says envisaging $2bn financing

Funding to help with emergency operations to quickly start the reconstruction and rehabilitation to rebuild or repair infrastructure, housing and restore livelihoods

Updated 25 Sep, 2022 10:13am

Climate change challenge: PM calls for urgent action

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has emphasized the need for practical and urgent steps by the world...

Updated 25 Sep, 2022 10:18am

World

Global climate change protests demand compensation ahead of COP27

Citing catastrophic flooding in Pakistan that displaced millions of people this year, a speaker said rains came from the sky but floods came from greed in America

Updated 24 Sep, 2022 07:02pm

Pakistan

Bilawal terms floods in Pakistan direct result of extreme weather patterns

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressed the Council on Foreign Relations Friday. He underlined...

Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am

Editorials

Utterly contemptible and unforgivable

EDITORIAL: The fact that successive governments were simply unable to find Rs 96 billion in fiscal space for a flood...

Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am

Apparently on PM’s debt relief plea: Pakistan’s dollar bonds plunge

KARACHI: Pakistan’s dollar bond maturing in 2022 fell by 12 percent on Friday whereas dollar bond maturing in 2024...

Updated 24 Sep, 2022 10:12am

FT cites a purported UN policy memo: Pakistan should suspend debt repayments

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan should suspend international debt repayments and restructure loans with creditors after recent...

Updated 24 Sep, 2022 10:12am

Opinion

Dissecting climate disaster: what’s the next step?

As these lines were being written, the recent monsoon rains and flash floods had inflicted an economic loss of...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 05:48am

Pakistan

Angelina Jolie visits NFRCC

ISLAMABAD: International humanitarian and Hollywood star Angelina Jolie visited the National Flood Response and...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 05:48am

PM apprises IMF, World Bank heads of scale of monsoon mayhem

Underlines that Pakistan made little contribution to climate change, yet it faced the impacts disproportionately

Updated 22 Sep, 2022 09:52am

Pakistan

Biden urges world community to help Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday made a fervent call for extending help to Pakistan where floods...

Updated 22 Sep, 2022 09:27am

BR Research

Apathy or fatigue?

Development partners and champions of climate change need to do more. Three weeks since the launch of the UN’s...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 10:26am

Business & Finance

Infrastructure, livelihood: ADB says will provide new aid package soon

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will soon provide Pakistan with a significant relief and rehabilitation...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 06:37am

Pakistan

Assessment of losses to take two weeks, MPs told

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Tuesday has been informed that the flood damage need assessment (DNA) in...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 05:57am

Pakistan

Experts call for ‘climate smart’ agriculture

ISLAMABAD: Agriculture experts have stressed the significance of “climate smart” agriculture to achieve food...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 05:57am

Markets

Aramco says global energy transition goals ‘unrealistic’

RIYADH: Oil giant Saudi Aramco’s chief on Tuesday blasted “unrealistic” energy transition plans, calling for a...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 05:57am

UN chief steps up his attacks on oil, gas companies

Antonio Guterres pushes developed countries to tax fossil fuel windfall profits

Updated 21 Sep, 2022 09:54am

Pakistan

PM to narrate the story of flood-hit Pakistan

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday attended the opening of high-level general debate of the...

Updated 21 Sep, 2022 09:44am

Pakistan

Secretary asks PMD to finalise sites for automatic weather stations

LAHORE: The Secretary Aviation has directed Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) to finalize sites for the...

Published 20 Sep, 2022 05:51am

Wheat imports put big strain on forex reserves: ADB

In its latest report, 'Asian Development Review', lender says in the wake of population growth, urbanisation, and industrialisation, the availability of arable land and water facing intense pressure from non-farm uses in Pakistan

Updated 20 Sep, 2022 09:14am

Pakistan

‘Pakistan facing losses of $30bn due to climate crimes of other states’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is victim of climate change produced by the heavily industrialised countries and paying a...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 07:07am

Address to UNGA: PM to make a strong case for flood-ravaged Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will address the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)...

Updated 19 Sep, 2022 09:24am

Pakistan

With climate crisis in focus, PM Shehbaz to address UNGA on Sep 23

Foreign Office says premier to outline concrete proposals to collectively tackle existential threat posed by climate change

Updated 18 Sep, 2022 06:18pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
India Sensex / Apr 25	73780.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17264.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8077.84
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17994.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Diesel/Litre / Apr 25	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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