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Ahsan for shift from water crisis to long term security planning

Published 30 Apr, 2026 06:00am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal warned that declining...

Higher dam releases ease power system pressure

Updated 18 Apr, 2026 09:33am

Power Division says water outflows surged to 30,000 cusecs

Water failure in Pakistan: exclusive interview with Simi Kamal, Chairperson and CEO Hisaar Foundation

Updated 22 Dec, 2025 07:46am

Simi Kamal is among Pakistan’s most authoritative voices on water governance, climate adaptation, and livelihoods,...

Small dams — lost water potential

Published 17 Oct, 2025 07:26am

Pakistan faces an acute water crisis that continues to deepen due to prolonged neglect of small and medium-sized dam...

The dam dilemma

Updated 15 Oct, 2025 07:51am

I would like to bring attention to the growing water crisis that Pakistan is facing, focusing on the inefficiency of...

PPP supports new dams: Bilawal

Updated 10 Sep, 2025 09:15am

SUKKUR: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has stated that his party supports the...

Hurting hydropower and cotton

Published 05 Sep, 2025 06:19am

Pakistan and India sprang from the same subcontinent, sharing rivers, soil, and memory. Yet for 78 years since...

SECP issues requirements to undertake DAMS by Digital AMC

Published 03 Sep, 2025 06:01am

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued requirements to undertake Digital...

All provinces, AJK and G-B: Joint strategy being evolved to build water reservoirs: PM

Published 30 Aug, 2025 06:00am

LAHORE: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that a comprehensive strategy is being prepared for ...

PM Shehbaz briefed about destruction

Updated 29 Aug, 2025 07:21am

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday called for collective efforts to meet the recurring challenge of...

India plans to release ‘excess’ water from dam

Published 27 Aug, 2025 06:14am

LAHORE: Pakistan said on Tuesday its Punjab province, including the second largest city of Lahore, faced a “very...

Wapda projects: AGP uncovers 126 cases of malfeasance

Updated 23 Aug, 2025 09:09am

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has unearthed 126 cases of financial irregularities in different...

Pakistan transitioning to water-scarce status

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 11:35am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world, with an average per capita annual ...

Ministry warns: India not authorised to construct dams or structures

Published 23 May, 2025 06:13am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water Resources has issued a stern warning, declaring that India is not authorized to...

Pakistan’s wheat ‘crisis’: time to formulate new policies

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 06:59am

As Pakistan’s largest reservoirs, Tarbela and Mangla, teeter near dead levels, the nation faces a dual crisis, acute...

New dams to add 10 MAF of water to reserves in 4-5 years: Wapda chief

Updated 31 Jan, 2025 08:42am

ISLAMABAD: Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Lt. General Sajjad Ghani (retd), Thursday revealed...

SC orders transfer of Dam funds to federal govt’s Public Account

Updated 18 Oct, 2024 02:54pm

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) directed relevant authority to transfer the amount in Dams Fund’s account...

Wapda power projects will generate 11,694MW of power

Published 04 Oct, 2024 07:39am

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel, Thursday, was informed that the under construction Water and Power Development...

Mamata blames dam release for flooding

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

KOLKATA: A top politician in eastern India on Friday blamed authorities in a neighbouring state for causing a...

Zardari urges SCB’s Group CE to invest in agri sector

Published 04 Jul, 2024 08:08am

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari asked a delegation led by Group Chief Executive of the Standard Chartered Bank...

NESPAK awarded project of 574 dams in KSA worth Rs5.2bn

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

LAHORE: NESPAK, a renowned engineering consultancy firm, has clinched a monumental project involving 574 dams in the...

Ex-PM Nawaz lists his achievements

Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am

QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that 400 small dams were built...

The life-giving dams

Updated 13 Apr, 2023 07:29am

The gushing, frothy spillways create a tremor – you feel the ground shuddering, absorbing the thrust of the force...

USAID to support small dams, clean energy projects in Punjab

Published 23 Nov, 2022 05:55am

LAHORE: The USAID Pakistan has assured cooperation to the Punjab government for the construction of small dams and...

President of SAARC CCI calls for building more dams

Published 06 Jun, 2022 07:15am

ISLAMABAD: President SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iftikhar Ali Malik on Sunday said energy is crucial for...

PM Shehbaz stresses on industrial collaboration with Turkey

Updated 01 Jun, 2022 06:59pm

Invites businessmen to invest in hydel, solar and wind projects in Pakistan

PM for timely completion of water-reservoir projects

Published 21 Jan, 2022 05:27am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed for timely completion of construction of water reservoir projects...

IEEFA questions Pakistan’s latest long-term power sector plan

Published 16 Jul, 2021 08:46pm

Says new ICGEP plan prepared by NTDC cannot be considered to be a 'least cost and minimum risk' plan

Dasu hydropower project to provide 1200bn units of electricity: PM

Published 21 Jun, 2021 03:43am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Dasu hydropower project is one of the projects which will...

Green bond launched: Cannot advance without long-term planning, says PM

Published 31 May, 2021 01:26pm

He said that 10 dams will be constructed in Pakistan in the coming ten years.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	77,672.21
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,562.80
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,913.94
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,361.60

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	299.43 ▲ 27.22 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49.05 ▲ 4.46 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	49.50 ▼ -5.25 (-9.59%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 20 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	136.39 ▼ -13.9 (-9.25%)
Buxly Paints / Jul 20 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	173.04 ▼ -16.9 (-8.9%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.63 ▼ -6.07 (-8.59%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	216.01 ▼ -20.08 (-8.51%)
Metro Steel / Jul 20 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	22.03 ▼ -2.02 (-8.4%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	166,059,814 ▲ 0.8
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49,159,104 ▲ 4.46
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	38,436,785 ▲ 0.41
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	36,283,729 ▲ 0.15
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,615,297 ▼ -0.07
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,575,908 ▲ 0.54
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,089,114 ▲ 0
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,202,726 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,521,739 ▲ 0.86
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	13,125,536 ▲ 0.01

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