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UN establishes provincial office of FAO at SAU premises

HYDERABAD: The United Nations has established a provincial office of FAO at the premises of Sindh Agriculture...

Published 30 Aug, 2023 03:33am

Pakistan

SAU, FAO agree to join hands to enhance agri output

HYDERABAD: SAU and FAO have agreed to join hands to promote shared progress and advancement in agricultural ...

Published 21 Aug, 2023 07:18am

Pakistan

FAO organises ‘baseline validation workshop’ under USAID-funded project

PESHAWAR: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under the USAID-funded project...

Published 21 Aug, 2023 06:43am

UN talks seek to fix ‘broken’ food system

In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 10:07am

Business & Finance

World food prices fall again in June: UN

ROME: The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in June to its lowest level in more than two years,...

Published 09 Jul, 2023 02:55am

Markets

Protection of cotton belt in Pakistan: FAO to install AWS in 5 southern Punjab districts

LAHORE: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) has come forward to protect the ...

Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:07am

Opinion

The AgriTech way

Speakers at a seminar titled ‘The role of AgriTech – unlocking opportunities and overcoming barriers’ in...

Published 11 Jun, 2023 03:55am

Business & Finance

World food prices fall to two-year low in May: UN food agency

PARIS: The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in May to its lowest in two years, as a slump in...

Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am

Pakistan

‘Acute food insecurity’: govt rejects reports

ISLAMABAD: After Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) designated Pakistan as a ...

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

Pakistan

Climate-resilient agriculture & water management project reviewed

LAHORE: The Secretary of Agriculture, Punjab, conducted a review of the government of Punjab’s unilateral trust...

Published 24 May, 2023 05:57am

Pakistan

Punjab govt, FAO carry out water management project

LAHORE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the Punjab Government will...

Published 24 May, 2023 05:57am

Pakistan

Punjab govt, FAO sign accord on Indus Basin protection

LAHORE: The Punjab government and Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a ...

Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am

Editorials

Closing the agri gender gap

EDITORIAL: How strange that agriculture – perhaps the oldest profession and the reason mankind developed cities,...

Updated 21 Apr, 2023 06:49am

Pakistan

SAU organises workshop on ‘impact assessment validation and learning’

HYDERABAD: National and international experts and policy-making organizations have emphasized better relations...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am

Pakistan

Japan provides $38.9m grant as flood aid

ISLAMABAD: The government of Japan provided a grant of USD 38.9 million as flood response in addition to USD seven...

Published 08 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Pakistan

Agriculture experts, FAO concerned over child labour

HYDERABAD: Agriculture experts and FAO have expressed their concern over child labour in the agriculture sector and...

Published 20 Aug, 2022 03:41am

Markets

Egypt’s small farms play big role but struggle to survive

SINDIYUN: Egyptian smallholders grow nearly half of the country’s crops, a lifeline role increasingly important...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am

World food prices fell in June but remain very high: FAO

PARIS: World food prices, including for wheat, fell in June for a third month running despite remaining near an...

Updated 09 Jul, 2022 09:26am

‘National emergency’: Ministry allocated Rs3.8bn to deal with LSD challenge

ISLAMABAD: The government has approved Ministry of National Food Security & Research’s (MoNFS&R) proposal...

Updated 06 Jul, 2022 10:09am

Business & Finance

Smeda, ITC ink accord to implement EU-funded GRASP project

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), under patronage of the Ministry of ...

Published 23 Jun, 2022 08:22am

Pakistan

Grant agreements signed: Cold storage, cardboard cartons-making unit to be set up in Wana

PESHAWAR: The Horticulture Advancement Activity (THAzA), a USAID-funded Project, which is being implemented by the...

Published 06 Apr, 2022 05:53am

Opinion

Coronary heart attack deaths

The article Heart disease in Pakistan published on 02 January 2022 stated that Pakistan ranks 18 out of 183 ...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:47am

Markets

World food prices climb in November, stay at 10-year peak: FAO

ROME: World food prices rose for a fourth straight month in November to remain at 10-year highs, led by strong ...

Published 04 Dec, 2021 04:23am

World

World food prices climb in November, stay at 10-year peak: FAO

ROME: World food prices rose for a fourth straight month in November to remain at 10-year highs, led by strong ...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 02:56pm

Editorials

Growing food insecurity

EDITORIAL: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has warned countries to brace for ...

Published 26 Nov, 2021 05:15am

Media accused of giving wrong impression about inflation

ISLAMABAD: The government has accused media of spreading wrong impression about inflation in the country and claimed...

Updated 08 Nov, 2021 09:47am

Editorials

Pledge to end deforestation

EDITORIAL: For the COP26 at Glasgow this past Tuesday was a great day. More than 100 world leaders promised to end...

Published 07 Nov, 2021 05:39am

UN warns of acute food insecurity in 23 countries

UNITED NATIONS: Two United Nations agencies World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO);...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 03:33am

Editorials

The food security challenge

EDITORIAL: A combined report of a number of United Nations (UN) agencies, which has found that the Covid-19 pandemic...

Published 21 Jul, 2021 01:51am

Editorials

A food crisis in the making

EDITORIAL: The United Nations' (UN's) Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO's) warning that rocketing global food...

Published 11 Jul, 2021 04:01am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	5.38 ▲ 1.00 (22.83%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Sep 25 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	5.65 ▲ 1.00 (21.51%)
Hala Enterprise / Sep 25 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	7 ▲ 0.81 (13.09%)
Popular Islamic / Sep 25 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	8.97 ▲ 0.96 (11.99%)
Gammon Pak / Sep 25 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	7.19 ▲ 0.69 (10.62%)
Roshan Packages / Sep 25 Roshan Packages Limited(RPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.00 (9.81%)
Bank of Khyber / Sep 25 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	11.35 ▲ 0.94 (9.03%)
Thatta Cement / Sep 25 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	13.87 ▲ 1.00 (7.77%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Sep 25 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	9.69 ▲ 0.69 (7.67%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Sep 25 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.41 ▲ 1.01 (7.54%)

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance / Sep 25 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	6.15 ▼ -0.85 (-12.14%)
Pervez Ahmed Co / Sep 25 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	0.61 ▼ -0.08 (-11.59%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Sep 25 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	5.50 ▼ -0.50 (-8.33%)
Gadoon Textile / Sep 25 Gadoon Textile Mills Limited(GADT)	203.50 ▼ -16.50 (-7.50%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Sep 25 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.74 ▼ -0.06 (-7.50%)
Ellcot Spinning / Sep 25 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	96.25 ▼ -7.75 (-7.45%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Sep 25 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	15.20 ▼ -1.22 (-7.43%)
HI-Tech Lub. / Sep 25 Hi-Tech Lubricants Limited(HTL)	22.14 ▼ -1.76 (-7.36%)
J.K.Spinning / Sep 25 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	36.50 ▼ -2.90 (-7.36%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Sep 25 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	0.90 ▼ -0.07 (-7.22%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	29,604,500 ▲ 1.00
Pak Elektron / Sep 25 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	20,319,394 ▲ 0.70
Cnergyico PK / Sep 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	10,563,972 ▲ 0.01
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	10,059,097 ▼ -0.01
Unity Foods Ltd / Sep 25 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	8,137,436 ▲ 0.38
Hub Power Co. / Sep 25 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	7,480,117 ▲ 0.09
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	7,220,289 ▲ 0.02
Dewan Motors / Sep 25 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	6,909,431 ▼ -0.25
Pak Petroleum / Sep 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	6,762,444 ▲ 0.06
Maple Leaf Cement / Sep 25 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	6,752,226 ▲ 0.30

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 25	291.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 25	290.80
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 25	148.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 25	1.22
Euro to USD / Sep 25	1.06
UK LIBOR % / Sep 22	5.43

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 22	4320.06
Nasdaq / Sep 22	13211.81
Dow Jones / Sep 22	33963.84
India Sensex / Sep 25	65943.29
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 25	32678.62
Hang Seng / Sep 25	17745.62
FTSE 100 / Sep 25	7672.91
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 25	15535.81
France CAC40 / Sep 25	7179.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 22	19035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 22	185020
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 25	90.44
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 25	1922.68
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 25	86.10

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