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Floods in Pakistan

$3bn projects approved for flood-hit areas

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

Updated 06 Nov, 2023 10:17am

Opinion

Pakistan must adapt to climate change

Pakistan is among the top ten countries most vulnerable to climate change, according to the 2020 Global Climate Risk...

Updated 04 Nov, 2023 06:27am

Pakistan

Flood affectees: UN WFP, Ministry join hands

ISLAMABAD: The United Nation’s World Food Programme and Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 06:11am

Pakistan flood relief: $400m World Bank loan not in jeopardy, says ministry

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives of Pakistan has issued a statement that...

Updated 16 Oct, 2023 09:42am

Pakistan

Provinces asked to expedite projects in flood-hit areas

ISLAMABAD: The Caretaker Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Muhammad Sami Saeed reiterated...

Published 15 Oct, 2023 03:19am

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

Climate change losses: Global community urged to compensate Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar urging the global community to compensate Pakistan’s environmental damages caused...

Published 07 Oct, 2023 06:01am

Certain tax policies discourage investment in tradable sector: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Certain tax policies in Pakistan discourage investment in the tradable sector, and certain investment...

Updated 04 Oct, 2023 09:15am

Pakistan

Poverty headcount in Pakistan reached 39.4% in FY23, projects World Bank

Expects poverty reduction to be gradual in the medium term, owing to weak growth and lower labor income, persistent inflation (especially for food and energy), and lower remittances

Updated 03 Oct, 2023 10:35pm

2022 Pakistan floods: Reconstruction aid lagging: UN chief

UNITED NATIONS: A year after deadly floods inundated a third of Pakistan, the broken promises to rebuild the country...

Updated 29 Sep, 2023 05:14pm

Pakistan

Flood-hit people: EU releases another €1m humanitarian aid

ISLAMABAD: The EU has released an additional €1 million in humanitarian aid to respond to the floods that have...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am

Editorials

Pledged flood relief

EDITORIAL: Pakistan is concerned, and rightly so, that donors that pledged $10 billion in aid after last year’s...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am

Pakistan

Pakistan seeks disbursements on pledged flood-relief funds

KARACHI: Pakistan is striving to get donors to release $10 billion in pledges to help it recover from devastating...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Pakistan

Monsoon rains, floods 2023: 223 people died, 329 injured; 5,784 houses destroyed: NDMA

ISLAMABAD: The floods triggered by monsoon this year so far have resulted in the death of 223 people, injuring 329,...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Backward areas of Balochistan: World Bank official briefs PM

ISLAMABAD: World Bank Country Director Najy Benhassine, on Monday, met with the Caretaker Prime Minister, Anwaarul...

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 08:51am

Pakistan

Minister, others discuss progress of work on flood-hit houses in Sindh

KARACHI: Minister asks to release Rs 20 billion every month for reconstruction of houses damaged in the 2022 floods,...

Published 09 Sep, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

2022 floods: minister given briefing on development projects

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Muhammad Sami Saeed, directed...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

Floodwaters likely to reach Bahawalpur-Lahore highway

BAHAWALPUR: The flood water has reached very close to the Bahawalpur-Lahore National Highway passing through the...

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 09:23am

Pakistan

Climate-resilient pathways: minister highlights key govt initiatives

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Muhammad Sami Saeed said the roadmap...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Opinion

Heavy indebtedness & power sector crisis

In terms of new commitments, the Government of Pakistan signed new agreements, worth USD 7,228 million, during the...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Editorials

Sutlej floods wreaking havoc

EDITORIAL: All of the water in the Sutlej River is utilised by India under the Indus Water Treaty, leaving only a...

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

Need stressed for a viable flood management plan

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Water Resources Ahmad Irfan Aslam, Tuesday, while stressing the need for a...

Published 30 Aug, 2023 03:33am

378,426 evacuated as Sutlej River swells

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has evacuated some 378,426 persons and shifted to safer places owing to flooding in the Sutlej...

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 09:58am

India releases more water into River Sutlej

LAHORE: Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, while at several places roads and embankments have been washed away...

Updated 28 Aug, 2023 08:40am

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

One year on from floods, millions of Pakistani children still need urgent support, warns UNICEF

Agency says its appeal of $173.5mn to provide life-saving support remains only 57% funded

Updated 25 Aug, 2023 07:50pm

Pakistan

Floods: Around 100,000 evacuated

KASUR: Families waded through water and cattle were loaded onto boats in a mass evacuation of around 100,000 people...

Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am

Pakistan

Around 100,000 people evacuated due to floods in Pakistan

KASUR: Families waded through water and cattle were loaded onto boats in a mass evacuation of around 100,000 people...

Published 23 Aug, 2023 07:04pm

Pakistan

Sutlej River attains very high water level: Over 0.25m people evacuated, shifted to safe places

ISLAMABAD: The government has evacuated some 256,610 persons and shifted to safer places owing to the rise in water...

Updated 23 Aug, 2023 08:42am

Pakistan

Floods: India using water as a weapon against Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Modi regime is using water as a tool for spreading chaos in Pakistan as it diverts river courses...

Published 21 Aug, 2023 07:23am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Haseeb Waqas / Nov 30 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	10.38 ▲ 1.00 (10.66%)
Bela Auto / Nov 30 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	8.79 ▲ 0.81 (10.15%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 30 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.70 ▲ 0.21 (8.43%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Nov 30 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.50 ▲ 0.46 (7.62%)
Bannu Woollen / Nov 30 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	30.21 ▲ 2.11 (7.51%)
Chashma / Nov 30 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	65.58 ▲ 4.58 (7.51%)
Crescent Steel / Nov 30 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	43.53 ▲ 3.04 (7.51%)
IBL HealthCare / Nov 30 IBL HealthCare Limited(IBLHL)	39.95 ▲ 2.79 (7.51%)
Atlas Honda Ltd / Nov 30 Atlas Honda Limited(ATLH)	373.27 ▲ 26.04 (7.50%)
MithchellsFruit / Nov 30 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	245.32 ▲ 17.12 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Nazir Cotton Mills / Nov 30 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	3.07 ▼ -0.83 (-21.28%)
Trust Mod. / Nov 30 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	1.43 ▼ -0.17 (-10.63%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 30 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	8.30 ▼ -0.95 (-10.27%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Nov 30 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	9.06 ▼ -0.94 (-9.40%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Nov 30 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	8.51 ▼ -0.74 (-8.00%)
Ideal Sp. / Nov 30 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	14.66 ▼ -1.19 (-7.51%)
AKD Hospitality / Nov 30 AKD Hospitality Limited(AKDHL)	159.28 ▼ -12.91 (-7.50%)
Blessed Tex. / Nov 30 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	317.28 ▼ -25.72 (-7.50%)
Universal Network (GEM) / Nov 30 Universal Network Systems Limited (GEM)(GEMUNSL)	32.99 ▼ -2.67 (-7.49%)
Metro Steel / Nov 30 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	21.37 ▼ -1.73 (-7.49%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Nov 30 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	50,052,966 ▼ -0.21
Cnergyico PK / Nov 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,689,157 ▼ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Nov 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	35,409,231 ▼ -0.13
Fauji Fert Bin / Nov 30 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	32,650,500 ▲ 1.67
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	30,751,189 ▼ -0.01
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 30 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	30,039,307 ▲ 0.58
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	23,573,500 ▼ -0.20
The Searle Co. / Nov 30 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	21,694,598 ▼ -0.38
Dewan Cement / Nov 30 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	21,032,000 ▲ 0.07
Fauji Cement / Nov 30 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	15,482,500 ▲ 0.67

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 30	285.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 30	285.23
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 30	147.02
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 30	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 30	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 30	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Nov 29	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 29	4550.58
Nasdaq / Nov 29	14258.49
Dow Jones / Nov 29	35430.42
India Sensex / Nov 30	66809.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 30	33486.89
Hang Seng / Nov 30	17042.88
FTSE 100 / Nov 30	7437.50
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 30	16203.24
France CAC40 / Nov 30	7279.08

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 29	17735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 29	185614
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 30	78.06
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 30	2044.28
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 30	79.69

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