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9th review struggle with IMF

Since November of last year, Pakistan is still waiting for the release of the next tranche of $1.1 billion from the...

Published 21 May, 2023 04:00am

Business & Finance

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 23	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 23	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / May 23	156.74
USD to Swiss Franc / May 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 23	1.27
Euro to USD / May 23	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 22	5307.01
Nasdaq / May 22	16801.54
FTSE 100 / May 22	8370.33
Dow Jones / May 22	39671.04
Germany DAX 30 / May 22	18680.20
France CAC40 / May 22	8092.11
India Sensex / May 23	74667.86
Tokyo Nikkei / May 23	39034.80

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 22	212791
Petrol/Litre / May 23	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 23	76.94
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 23	19935
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 23	2362.37
Diesel/Litre / May 23	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 23 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 23 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 23 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 23 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 23 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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