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Shocks and Pakistan’s economy

‘We are living in a time of overlapping emergencies: the pandemic is not over, climate change is a reality, and...

Published 09 Sep, 2022 06:09am

UK envoy, governor discuss flood crisis, trade issues

LAHORE: The British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner met with Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman here on Thursday...

Published 09 Sep, 2022 06:09am

We’re committed to deepening ties with US: PM

Senior Policy Adviser to the US Secretary of State Derek Chollet calls on PM Shehbaz Sharif

Updated 09 Sep, 2022 10:08am

Pakistan

OPPO joins efforts to provide relief to flood affectees

LAHORE: Pakistan has been struck with unprecedented and devastating floods, which have led to massive loss of lives,...

Published 08 Sep, 2022 05:43am

PM says country looks ‘like a sea’ after floods

SEHWAN: Parts of country seemed “like a sea”, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, after visiting some...

Updated 08 Sep, 2022 09:32am

Green groups demand loss and damage money ahead of COP27

PARIS: Hundreds of environmental groups called Wednesday for the issue of loss and damage finance to be on the ...

Updated 08 Sep, 2022 09:30am

Pakistan

G-B governor meets Alvi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi said that climate change and global warming are accelerating glacial melting,...

Published 07 Sep, 2022 04:13am

World

US envoy Kerry urges China to resume talks to avoid climate crisis

HANOI: US climate envoy John Kerry on Tuesday urged China to resume bilateral talks to avert a global warming...

Published 06 Sep, 2022 12:44pm

Opinion

Right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific

Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, healthcare and...

Published 06 Sep, 2022 04:08am

Pakistan

NA speaker urges world community to take steps to tackle climate crisis

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has called on the world community to take measures to ...

Published 06 Sep, 2022 04:08am

Pakistan

Fatima Bhutto exhorts wealthy nations to help flood-hit Pakistan

NEW YORK: Well-known writer and author Fatima Bhutto has described as “climate refugees” the 33 million people...

Published 05 Sep, 2022 06:04am

Pakistan

Heavy price paid by country: Pakistan should be compensated for carbon emission crimes of other states: PDP chief

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor has said the recent ‘monsoons on steroids’ are...

Published 04 Sep, 2022 06:17am

Body takes stock of calamitous state of country

Floods that have inundated a third of the country were preceded by four heatwaves and multiple raging forest fires, the disaster management chief says

Updated 04 Sep, 2022 02:19pm

IMF report focuses on crucial threat of climate change

LAHORE: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) country report on Pakistan emphasises the grave danger posed by...

Updated 04 Sep, 2022 09:06am

Pakistan

President urges governments, political parties to pause politics, stress upon relief efforts

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has called upon all the governments and political parties to pause politics and...

Published 03 Sep, 2022 04:25am

Opinion

The flood catastrophe

Reportedly, around 33 million people stand affected by the most intense and devastating floods in the history of...

Published 02 Sep, 2022 06:00am

Deluged Sindh braces for more flooding

DADU: Sindh province braced for more flooding on Thursday as a surge of water flowed down the Indus river,...

Updated 02 Sep, 2022 09:42am

Business & Finance

Agha Steel’s product to make Gulberg Mall Islamabad’s first eco-friendly structure

KARACHI: Agha Steel Industries Ltd a renowned Steel manufacturing company in Pakistan has signed an accord with...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am

World

Indonesia calls for more G20 action on climate change

BALI: Group of 20 chair Indonesia warned environment officials from the world’s leading economies Wednesday they...

Published 31 Aug, 2022 01:19pm

Markets

Fossil fuels causing cost-of-living crisis

PARIS: The cost-of-living crisis pushing millions of people towards poverty in Europe is driven by fossil fuels,...

Published 31 Aug, 2022 05:50am

Pakistan

Developed world shouldn't leave Pakistan at mercy of climate change: PM Shehbaz

Devastation is evidence of the seriousness of the threat posed by climate change, says the premier

Published 30 Aug, 2022 10:43pm

Business & Finance

Syngenta Pakistan partners with Salaam-Takaful

KARACHI: Syngenta Pakistan Limited, a globally leading agriculture company, specializing in crop protection,...

Published 29 Aug, 2022 05:44am

Opinion

Energy crisis pushes nuclear comeback worldwide

As the costs of importing energy soars worldwide and climate crises wreak havoc, interest in nuclear power is on the...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Opinion

Dust to downpour: US weather whiplash shows climate change

A series of “once-in-a-millennium” rainstorms have lashed the United States in recent weeks, flooding areas ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Pakistan

APCEA donates Rs15.5m to PM’s relief fund

ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Chinese Enterprises’ Association (APCEA) donated Rs 15.5 million to the Prime...

Published 26 Aug, 2022 05:35am

World

‘Dangerous’ heatwaves may grip the tropics daily by 2100: study

PARIS: Many millions of people in the tropics could be exposed to dangerous heat for half the year by 2100 even if...

Published 26 Aug, 2022 05:35am

Opinion

Crisis of food prices

‘Food prices have surged more than 20% this year, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. About 345...

Published 26 Aug, 2022 05:35am

Over 30m people affected by floods: govt

KARACHI: Historic monsoon rains and flooding in country have affected more than 30 million people over the last few...

Updated 26 Aug, 2022 09:25am

World

Macron warns ‘sacrifices’ ahead after ‘end of abundance’

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron warned Wednesday that France faced “sacrifices” in a new era marked by...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 04:39pm

Editorials

Climate change and Pakistan

EDITORIAL: As rains play havoc with people’s lives and properties in nearly all of Pakistan the federal cabinet ...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 05:57am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	81.15
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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