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Navy deploys helicopters in flood-hit areas of Gwadar

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy has extended relief and rescue operations to various small coastal villages of Balochistan...

Published 04 Mar, 2024 04:15am

$3bn projects approved for flood-hit areas

Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives approves 21 development projects

Updated 06 Nov, 2023 10:17am

Pakistan

Flood-hit areas in Sindh: Japan to provide $5.3m grant-in-aid for reconstructing educational facilities

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has agreed to provide new grant assistance worth 794 million Japanese Yen...

Published 19 Oct, 2023 05:10am

Capacity issues hinder uplift projects in flood-hit areas: Foreign states, donors ready to finance $7.4bn

ISLAMABAD: Many development projects could not be initiated in flood-affected areas due to capacity issues of the...

Updated 14 Oct, 2023 05:32pm

Pakistan

Flood-hit areas: 1.4m children in dire need of life-saving nutrition: UNICEF

ISLAMABAD: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that 1.5 million children in flood-affected areas of...

Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am

Pakistan

Reconstruction of flood-hit areas: Country to get $4bn from $9bn pledged at Geneva moot: officials

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is to receive $4 billion out of over $9 billion pledged during the Geneva conference in January...

Published 17 Jun, 2023 06:13am

Survey conducts in 15 flood-hit districts: Malnutrition among children alarmingly increased: UN

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday said that malnutrition among children in flood-affected areas has...

Updated 19 Apr, 2023 08:43am

Pakistan

Govt exhorted to reactivate DVCs for safeguarding peasants’ rights

HYDERABAD: Hari Welfare Association (HWA) has demanded to activate the District Vigilance Committees (DVCs) in all...

Published 02 Jan, 2023 05:54am

Pakistan

Flood-hit areas: Govt spent $1.5bn through its own resources: official

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Syed Zafar Ali Shah Thursday said ...

Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Flood-hit areas: PM reaffirms commitment to rehab, uplift

Says that with constant hard work and help of the people of Pakistan, his government will succeed in pulling the country out of current crises

Updated 27 Dec, 2022 09:47am

Pakistan

Flood-hit areas: Civil society wants rehabilitation work to be expedited

KARACHI: Representatives of civil society and human rights organisations on Tuesday demanded the government to...

Published 14 Dec, 2022 07:37am

Flood-hit areas: Govt giving subsidy on tube wells

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stated that the government is giving subsidy on tube wells to the...

Updated 25 Nov, 2022 09:52am

Pakistan

World Bank to provide $1.3bn to Pakistan for emergency, agriculture and housing relief

Financial support will be offered to farmers in flood-affected areas across Pakistan

Updated 16 Nov, 2022 11:03pm

Opinion

PM’s package for farmers

According to media reports, prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced a special financial package to promote...

Published 05 Nov, 2022 05:53am

Pakistan

Minister says next general elections to be held on time

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday reiterated the next...

Published 20 Oct, 2022 07:00am

Drain water out of flood-hit areas, PM tells provincial authorities

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed to take urgent steps for discharge of water from the...

Published 18 Oct, 2022 06:41am

Pakistan

Alkhidmat sends 24 truckloads of relief items to flood-hit areas

KARACHI: Alkhidmat Karachi has sent more than 24 trucks carrying relief goods for the flood-affected people in ...

Published 13 Oct, 2022 07:11am

Pakistan

ECP upholds decision to hold by-elections on 16th

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday upheld its decision to hold by-elections on October...

Published 12 Oct, 2022 07:10am

Emergency operations in flood-hit areas: World Bank says allocating $2bn from existing financed projects

Country Director WB informs Finance Minister Ishaq Dar that around $1.5 billion would be mobilized this year due to the emergency situation

Updated 10 Oct, 2022 09:36am

Railways resumes operations

MULTAN: Pakistan Railways resumed train operation from Karachi to Peshawar with a new fare schedule, as water ...

Updated 03 Oct, 2022 09:31am

Pakistan

NA panel for availability of essential drugs in flood-hit areas

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat has directed the National Disaster...

Published 01 Oct, 2022 04:20am

Pakistan

Call for hepatitis-E vaccination drive in flood-hit areas

LAHORE: Expressing concern over greater risk of water-borne diseases such as hepatitis-E, malaria, dengue, and...

Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am

Pakistan

ISA Foundation starts relief work in flood-hit areas

KARACHI: Managing Director ISA Support Services Sunny Araf, a British-Pakistani humanitarian, has taken the...

Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am

Opinion

Floods, debt, and SDRs

Pakistan is facing unprecedented floods of a profoundly catastrophic nature. While 3 million livestock have died in...

Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am

Pakistan

Bajwa directs personnel to help restore routine life in flood-hit areas

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has directed army formations to focus on relief,...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:36am

Pakistan

Flood-hit areas need mass Hepatitis E vaccination drive

LAHORE: Expressing concern over risks of water-borne diseases such as Hepatitis-E, malaria, dengue, and cholera in...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 05:54am

Markets

Incentives for wheat growers on the cards

ISLAMABAD: The government is preparing a special incentives package for wheat growers in flood-hit areas aiming at...

Published 28 Sep, 2022 07:40am

Pakistan

Expats in Dubai dispatch 300 tonnes of aid to flood-hit areas

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Association Dubai (PAD) has dispatched 300 tonnes of aid to Pakistan’s different flood-hit...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 07:20am

Pakistan

Students from flood-hit areas to get fee deferral, says HEC

ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC), Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed has announced that the students from...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 07:13am

UN chief to arrange donors’ moot: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said that United Nations Secretary General Antonio...

Updated 26 Sep, 2022 10:04am

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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