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Diamer Bhasha Dam

Meeting the water scarcity threat

EDITORIAL: For a problem of such scale as funding mega storage dams to deal with India’s water aggression, ...

Published 20 Jun, 2025 06:20am

Editorials

Build before it’s too late

EDITORIAL: Even without India’s formal suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan’s water vulnerability was...

Published 07 Jun, 2025 04:59am

PM orders removal of impediments to execution of Diamer Bhasha Dam

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed authorities to remove all obstacles to the timely...

Updated 04 Jun, 2025 09:31am

Editorials

Hydel projects’ crises

EDITORIAL: The latest session of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) became an exercise in...

Published 21 Apr, 2025 06:02am

Pakistan

Cost of Diamer Bhasha Dam increases to Rs1.05trn

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water Resources Musadik Malik said that the cost of Diamer Bhasha Dam Project has increased...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 08:10am

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

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

Updated 18 Oct, 2024 02:54pm

PM directs including DBHP in CPEC

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the concerned authorities to include $8 billion Diamer Bhasha...

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 02:56pm

Pakistan

Govt seeks transfer of ‘SC dam fund’ money to public account

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has requested the Supreme Court that the money collected for the construction of...

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

Pakistan

GB govt forms body to address dam affected people's grievances

GIlGIT: Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Haji Gulbar Khan while addressing a high-level meeting regarding the...

Published 24 Aug, 2024 07:17am

Pakistan

Diamer-Bhasha Dam: Site for construction made feasible by diverting direction of river, Senate body told

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water Resources told the Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Special...

Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am

Business & Finance

Mohmand Dam: $25m loan agreement with Kuwait on 3rd

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kuwait have agreed to sign a loan agreement of $25 million on 3rd June 2024 for the Mohmand...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

Editorials

Water: even big dams won’t be of much help

EDITORIAL: It seems no amount or manner of serious warnings can jolt relevant authorities into treating the...

Published 13 Jan, 2024 05:38am

Water woes to stay even after dam construction

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s water woes are unlikely to be over even after construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam (DBD) in 2030...

Updated 11 Jan, 2024 12:04pm

Opinion

Indus diverted

The recent positive development of “Indus Partial Diversion” for the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam has...

Published 17 Dec, 2023 03:01am

Pakistan

Diamer Bhasha Dam: Wapda all set to divert waters from River Indus by Nov

LAHORE: WAPDA is all set to divert River Indus for Diamer Basha Dam Project through almost 1 km-long diversion ...

Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

Panel formed to resolve KP-GB tribal boundary row

ISLAMABAD: The government has constituted a panel to resolve dispute between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

Public Sector Development Programme: Rs129bn released for development projects

ISLAMABAD: Despite financial constraints and disruptions caused by super floods last year, the Ministry of Planning,...

Updated 17 Apr, 2023 08:46am

Business & Finance

Shah for allocating 15pc of GDP to construction of dams

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water Resources, Khursheed Shah Friday said there is need to allocate 15 percent of...

Updated 01 Apr, 2023 06:43am

Fund for construction of dams: Amount increased to Rs16.53bn, SC told

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed that the amount in dams fund has increased to Rs 16.53 billion, which in...

Updated 13 Jan, 2023 08:52am

Pakistan

Briefing on Diamer-Bhasha Dam sought: Senate panel discusses sedimentation at Tarbela Dam

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Water Resources Monday sought a detailed briefing on Diamer Bhasha Dam ...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 07:22am

NTDC plans to evacuate power from 3 key HPPs

ISLAMABAD: The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has prepared plans to evacuate power from three key...

Updated 08 Nov, 2022 09:46am

Pakistan

‘Diamer-Bhasha,and Mohmand Dams Fund’: Ex-CJP Saqib Nisar ‘summoned’ by PAC

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the parliament – a top parliamentary watchdog – on Tuesday...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am

Pakistan

Minister says govt wants timely completion of water projects

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water Resources Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah on Sunday said that timely completion of...

Published 18 Jul, 2022 06:22am

Rs900bn approved for Diamer-Bhasha power plants: Ahsan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said that Rs900 billion has been...

Updated 08 Jun, 2022 10:06am

Diamer-Bhasha dam: New project completion deadline set

DIAMER: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said that completion of Diamer-Bhasha dam would serve as...

Updated 18 Apr, 2022 10:25am

Diamer BhashaDam project: Wapda signs Rs860m agreement with SCO

LAHORE: The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has signed Rs 860 million agreement with Special...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am

Pakistan

Diamer Bhasha Dam: 32,073 acres of land acquired

ISLAMABAD: The government has so far acquired 32,073 acres of land for important Diamer Basha Dam project which is...

Updated 06 Sep, 2021 01:55pm

Balakot project: NA panel to monitor Erra’s progress

Pakistan

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World
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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 14	284.77
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 14	284.52
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 14	147.26
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 14	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 14	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 14	1.17
UK LIBOR % / Jul 11	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 11	6,259.75
Nasdaq / Jul 11	20,585.53
Dow Jones / Jul 11	44,371.51
India Sensex / Jul 14	82,243.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 14	39,459.62
Hang Seng / Jul 14	24,260.76
FTSE 100 / Jul 14	8,955.66
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 14	24,036.07
France CAC40 / Jul 14	7,779.51

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 11	16,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 11	306,069
Petrol/Litre / Jul 14	266.79
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 14	69.32
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 14	3,371.80
Diesel/Litre / Jul 14	272.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 14	67.54

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Losers
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Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jul 14 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	4.41 ▲ 1 (29.33%)
Cres.Star Ins. / Jul 14 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	4.27 ▲ 0.9 (26.71%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jul 14 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	5.64 ▲ 0.73 (14.87%)
Askari Life Assur. / Jul 14 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	7.77 ▲ 1 (14.77%)
Siddiqsons Tin / Jul 14 Siddiqsons Tin Plate Limited(STPL)	8.22 ▲ 1 (13.85%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 14 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	9.08 ▲ 1 (12.38%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 14 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	9.58 ▲ 1 (11.66%)
Chenab Ltd / Jul 14 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	8.50 ▲ 0.88 (11.55%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 14 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	10.30 ▲ 1 (10.75%)
Haseeb Waqas / Jul 14 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	21.51 ▲ 1.96 (10.03%)

Stock	Price
Thatta Cement / Jul 14 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	40.90 ▼ -154.47 (-79.07%)
Trust Mod. / Jul 14 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	6.72 ▼ -1 (-12.95%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jul 14 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	28.85 ▼ -2.66 (-8.44%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jul 14 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11 ▼ -1 (-8.33%)
J.K.Spinning / Jul 14 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	105.05 ▼ -9.4 (-8.21%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jul 14 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.05 ▼ -0.35 (-7.95%)
MACPAC Films / Jul 14 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	60.89 ▼ -5.21 (-7.88%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jul 14 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	15 ▼ -1.28 (-7.86%)
Sitara Energy / Jul 14 Sitara Energy Limited(SEL)	11.30 ▼ -0.95 (-7.76%)
Pak Leather / Jul 14 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	33.30 ▼ -2.64 (-7.35%)

Stock	Volume
Cres.Star Ins. / Jul 14 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	40,692,335 ▲ 0.9
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 14 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,089,128 ▲ 0.24
B.O.Punjab / Jul 14 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,985,598 ▼ -0.11
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,238,578 ▲ 0.05
First Dawood Prop. / Jul 14 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	15,302,947 ▲ 0.73
Sui South Gas / Jul 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,992,109 ▲ 0.45
Siddiqsons Tin / Jul 14 Siddiqsons Tin Plate Limited(STPL)	13,788,773 ▲ 1
Pak Elektron / Jul 14 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	12,301,536 ▲ 0.55
Aisha Steel Mill / Jul 14 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	12,295,191 ▲ 0.19
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 14 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	12,179,322 ▲ 0.36

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