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OICCI launches ‘white paper’: ‘Synergizing the climate ambition...’

KARACHI: Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), the collective body of over 200 foreign...

Published 24 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Opinion

Climate-focused development banks neglect nature ahead of COP15

The world’s development banks could play a major role in protecting nature, but are largely ignoring biodiversity...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Pakistan

Senate panel told: 152 big climatic events pushed up food insecurity in country

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was informed on Friday that the country witnessed 152 extreme climatic events – ...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 06:42am

Opinion

Climate change crisis and COP27

COP27 – 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – which will be...

Updated 28 Oct, 2022 06:35am

Opinion

LNG procurement: global challenges

During the COP26 conference last November in Glasgow, LNG was identified as the transition fuel for migrating to the...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Pakistan

ICAP to review international sustainability reporting standards

KARACHI: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), under the Accounting Standards Board, has formed...

Published 22 Jun, 2022 06:45am

Pakistan

NDCs: OICCI holds discussion on climate actions

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) organised the first of a series of Industry...

Published 17 Jun, 2022 08:25am

G7 nations vow to stop fossil-fuel financing abroad by end 2022

BERLIN: Japan Friday for the first time joined fellow members of the Group of Seven industrialised nations in...

Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am

World

Tuvalu, sinking in the Pacific, fears becoming a superpower ‘pawn’

SYDNEY: Tuvalu fears that climate change, an existential threat to the Pacific nation, is being forgotten and it...

Published 13 May, 2022 11:53am

Opinion

UK oil capital tackles the energy transition… up to a point

In Aberdeen, northeast Scotland, offshore wind turbines, the extension to the city’s port, and hydrogen buses are...

Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am

Opinion

Global economic crisis and Neoliberalism

‘The global multilateral economic system has been stress tested twice this century. The first time was with the...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:19am

Pakistan

Net Zero Pakistan becomes official accelerator of ‘Race to Zero campaign’

KARACHI: Net Zero Pakistan has been announced as an official Accelerator of the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign,...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Pakistan

OICCI to hold ‘Pakistan Climate Conference 2022’ in March

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), the collective voice of top foreign...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Opinion

Climate change 2021: There’s no turning back now

Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a chaotic...

Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am

World

Climate change 2021: There's no turning back now

PARIS: Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a...

Published 27 Dec, 2021 10:20am

Pakistan

‘Govt plans to inject 60pc renewables into energy mix by 2030’

ISLAMABAD: Member Parliamentary Committee on Climate Senator Faisal Javed, on Thursday said, Pakistan, so far, has...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am

BR Research

Climate getting coal feet

Net-zero carbon has many advocates in theory, but the commitment to objectively achieve that globally is missing all...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 07:55am

Markets

Oil CEOs raise alarm over market’s readiness to drop fossil fuels

HOUSTON: A coming transition from oil and gas to renewables will be “messy” for many years and lead to sharp...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am

Indus Basin’s ecological restoration: PM approves concept plan

ISLAMABAD: The government has approved, in-principle, the concept plan of “Ecological Restoration of the Indus...

Updated 07 Dec, 2021 09:50am

Pakistan

UNDP vows to support govt’s national climate response

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Development Programme’s Pakistan office has said that the international body...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:19am

Opinion

Rich countries’ approach to global climate crisis

Only recently, climate change activists, doctors and other medical personnel lied on floor outside JP Morgan’s...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am

World

Climate change 2021: There's no turning back now

PARIS: Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a...

Updated 30 Nov, 2021 11:26am

Pakistan

Experts urge govt to firmly deal with ‘climate emergency’

ISLAMABAD: Experts have urged the government to deal with ‘climate emergency’ in Pakistan, keeping in view the...

Published 28 Nov, 2021 05:38am

Pakistan

Seminar held on ‘financing climate actions’

KARACHI: A seminar on “Financing climate actions: China initiatives and international cooperation” was held by...

Published 26 Nov, 2021 05:15am

Sixth review under $6bn EFF: IMF, govt reach staff-level agreement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on policies and...

Published 23 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Editorials

When something is better than nothing

EDITORIAL: COP26 proved anti-climactic for Go Green campaigners gathered outside the venue who hoped their presence...

Published 21 Nov, 2021 04:19am

Opinion

Nature-pact goal to protect 30pc of land and ocean hangs in balance

The central pledge of a planned new global nature pact - to protect 30% of the planet’s land and seas - is in...

Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am

Markets

Coal power stand at COP26 climate talks lends India time to transition

MUMBAI: Far from Glasgow, in the coal hub of Ranchi in eastern India, labour union leader D. D. Ramanandan followed...

Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am

Opinion

COP26 left a lot to be desired

‘Many people around the world already consider the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow a...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

EU plans to ban food imports from deforested areas

BRUSSELS: The EU plans to bar food and wood imports from deforested areas, according to a proposal unveiled ...

Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gen.Ins. / Mar 29 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	4.42 ▲ 0.62 (16.32%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 29 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	8.15 ▲ 1.00 (13.99%)
KASB Modaraba / Mar 29 KASB Modaraba(KASBM)	1.24 ▲ 0.15 (13.76%)
Invest Bank / Mar 29 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	1.19 ▲ 0.10 (9.17%)
Khyber Tex. / Mar 29 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	369.70 ▲ 25.79 (7.50%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 29 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	43.32 ▲ 3.02 (7.49%)
Khairpur / Mar 29 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	67.61 ▲ 4.71 (7.49%)
Quetta Textile / Mar 29 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	15.22 ▲ 1.06 (7.49%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Mar 29 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	26.87 ▲ 1.87 (7.48%)
Shield Corp. / Mar 29 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	304 ▲ 20.89 (7.38%)

Stock	Price
Pak. P.V.C. / Mar 29 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	3.91 ▼ -0.99 (-20.20%)
First Pak Mod. / Mar 29 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	1.20 ▼ -0.20 (-14.29%)
Bilal Fibres / Mar 29 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	2.15 ▼ -0.29 (-11.89%)
Unicap Modaraba / Mar 29 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.61 ▼ -0.19 (-10.56%)
U.D.L.Modaraba / Mar 29 First UDL Modaraba(FUDLM)	4.71 ▼ -0.49 (-9.42%)
Media Times Ltd / Mar 29 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	1.82 ▼ -0.16 (-8.08%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Mar 29 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	4.07 ▼ -0.34 (-7.71%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 29 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	4.03 ▼ -0.33 (-7.57%)
Metro Steel / Mar 29 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	27.39 ▼ -2.22 (-7.50%)
Nimir Ind.Chem. / Mar 29 Nimir Industrial Chemicals Limited(NICL)	57.77 ▼ -4.68 (-7.49%)

Stock	Volume
Telecard Limited / Mar 29 Telecard Limited(TELE)	23,781,500 ▼ -0.33
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	9,342,048 ▼ -0.02
Pakistan Alumin / Mar 29 Pakistan Aluminium Beverage Cans Limited(PABC)	7,635,500 ▼ -2.29
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 29 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	5,999,500 ▼ -0.17
Nishat Mills Ltd / Mar 29 Nishat Mills Limited(NML)	4,517,772 ▼ -0.92
Shifa Int.Hosp / Mar 29 Shifa International Hospitals Limited(SHFA)	4,299,000 ▲ 8.00
Pak Elektron / Mar 29 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	4,048,000 ▼ -0.07
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	3,769,542 ▼ -0.02
Habib Bank / Mar 29 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	3,527,993 ▼ -1.26
D.G.K.Cement / Mar 29 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	3,430,473 ▼ -0.07

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 29	284
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 29	283.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 29	131.67
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 29	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 29	1.23
Euro to USD / Mar 29	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 28	4.81

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 28	3971.27
Nasdaq / Mar 28	11716.08
Dow Jones / Mar 28	32394.25
India Sensex / Mar 29	57772.50
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 29	27883.78
Hang Seng / Mar 29	20191.68
FTSE 100 / Mar 29	7506.30
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 29	15242.54
France CAC40 / Mar 29	7139.99

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 28	18935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 28	175411
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 29	73.63
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 29	1966.74
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 29	82

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