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food insecurity

Can oil derail AI?

Updated 11 Jun, 2026 06:56am

The US-Israeli war on Iran has already produced a surprisingly long list of unintended consequences. Shipping routes...

Over 2.7m children under five facing acute malnutrition

Published 01 May, 2026 06:44am

LAHORE: Over 2.7 million children under five in Pakistan face acute malnutrition, even as one province charts a...

Governance fault lines in food security

Updated 30 Apr, 2026 06:21am

EDITORIAL: The UN’s 2026 Global Report on Food Crises ranking Pakistan among the top 10 nations with the most acute...

EDITORIAL: Rising food insecurity exposes policy gaps

Updated 13 Jan, 2026 08:43am

EDITORIAL: The Food Insecurity Experience Scale findings from HIES 2024–25 present a reality far more troubling than...

OPINION: Pakistan’s human development reckoning

Updated 12 Jan, 2026 09:24am

After a six-year hiatus, Pakistan’s Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) has returned, and with it a...

PEOC – Strengthening Visibility and Growth of Pakistan’s Edible Oil Industry

Published 10 Jan, 2026 07:53am

Farhat Rasheed JanmohammedDirector, Westbury Group of Companies

Indonesia touts ‘victory’ in rice self-sufficiency

Published 08 Jan, 2026 06:20am

KARAWANG (Indonesia): President Prabowo Subianto said on Wednesday that Indonesia’s rice production met all...

Ahead of Ramazan: NPMC reviews price trends, other matters

Published 07 Jan, 2026 05:53am

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee presented a detailed overview of inflation trends, noting that...

Food insecurity surges in Pakistan, with one in four households affected

Published 05 Jan, 2026 12:25pm

Food insecurity has increased in both urban and rural areas, reveals the survey

BISP fraud betrays the poor

Published 02 Sep, 2025 06:12am

EDITORIAL: In a country where poverty levels stand at a staggering 44.7 percent, 11 million people face acute food...

Surge in conflicts fuels extreme poverty: World Bank

Published 28 Jun, 2025 05:28am

WASHINGTON: Conflicts and related fatalities have more than tripled since the early 2000s, fuelling extreme poverty,...

Fighting food insecurity

Published 20 May, 2025 05:58am

EDITORIAL: The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s latest report on global food insecurity, published last week,...

Global acute hunger hits new high, 2025 outlook ‘bleak’: report

Published 17 May, 2025 06:05am

PARIS: More than 295 million people faced acute hunger last year, a new high driven by conflict along with other...

Post-harvest losses in country up to 40pc, says ADB

Published 10 Dec, 2024 08:20am

ISLAMABAD: Post-harvest losses in Pakistan are estimated at 20 to 40 percent for various crops, due to lack of...

Ziauddin University marks World Food Day

Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am

KARACHI: “According to the 2024 Global Hunger Index, Pakistan ranks 109th out of 127 countries, with 36.9% of the...

Dozens of states to pledge to combat use of food as weapon of war

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

UNITED NATIONS: More than 75 countries will “commit to take action to end the use of food as a weapon of war and...

Ministry launches ‘National multi-sectoral nutrition’ programme

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives on Wednesday launched “National...

Russia exits deal for export of Ukrainian grain

Updated 18 Jul, 2023 09:05am

KYIV: Russia halted participation on Monday in the year-old UN-brokered deal that lets Ukraine export grain through...

20,000 families: Unity Foods, Governor Sindh launch ‘food ration donation’ drive

Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am

ISLAMABAD: Unity Foods (UFL), a leading player in the food industry, is dedicated to addressing the pressing issue ...

Now a nutrition crisis

Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:27am

EDITORIAL: It’s is indeed most disturbing but no surprise, really, that Pakistan’s many crises – economic,...

Confronting climate change

Published 20 May, 2023 05:59am

EDITORIAL: While Pakistan is still reeling from the effects of last year’s devastating floods, the UN has issued a...

An upcoming catastrophe

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

The recommendations we are going to discuss here may create unrealistic expectations from the authorities as we are...

International Peasants Rights Day: HWA advocates land reforms to address food insecurity

Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am

HYDERABAD: Sindh has long been plagued by a high frequency of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and other natural...

Yellen says Russian oil price cap could save African countries $6bn annually

Published 23 Jan, 2023 08:13am

DAKAR: Russia’s war against Ukraine is hitting Africans particularly hard by exacerbating food insecurity and...

Pakistan risks ‘extraordinary misery’ without flood recovery help: UN

Updated 09 Jan, 2023 08:54am

World Bank estimates that up to nine million more people could be dragged into poverty as a result of the flooding

Call for dealing with climate change, food insecurity

Says flooding in Pakistan has exacerbated previously high levels of food insecurity

So much for ‘zero-hunger target’

Published 11 Sep, 2022 03:51am

EDITORIAL: Not that anybody needed to be reminded about the sorry state of the agriculture sector, considering the...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Aug 5	277.95
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Aug 5	277.75
USD to Japanese Yen / Aug 6	157.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Aug 6	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Aug 6	1.35
Euro to USD / Aug 6	1.15
SOFR % / Aug 5	3.66

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Aug 5	7,723.55
Nasdaq / Aug 5	26,363.44
FTSE 100 / Aug 5	10,888.30
Dow Jones / Aug 5	54,349.12
Germany DAX 30 / Aug 5	26,126.30
France CAC40 / Aug 5	8,669.30
India Sensex / Aug 6	78,733.83
Tokyo Nikkei / Aug 6	65,266.67
Hang Seng / Aug 6	25,455.75

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Aug 5	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Aug 5	375,459
Petrol/Litre / Aug 6	328.56
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Aug 6	74.78
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Aug 6	4,250.14
Diesel/Litre / Aug 6	385.86
Cotton US¢/pound / Aug 6	82.86

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Aug 6 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8.40 ▲ 0.92 (12.3%)
Bela Auto / Aug 6 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	62.55 ▲ 5.69 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Aug 6 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	56.19 ▲ 5.11 (10%)
J.A.Textile / Aug 6 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	56.74 ▲ 5.16 (10%)
East West Ins. / Aug 6 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	66.57 ▲ 6.05 (10%)
J.K.Spinning / Aug 6 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	264.98 ▲ 22.88 (9.45%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Aug 6 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	67 ▲ 5.78 (9.44%)
Security Investment Bank / Aug 6 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.66 ▲ 0.66 (9.43%)
Elahi Cotton / Aug 6 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	258 ▲ 21.09 (8.9%)
D.M. Corporation / Aug 6 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	185.95 ▲ 13.07 (7.56%)

Stock	Price
Karam Ceramics / Aug 6 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	130.51 ▼ -14.49 (-9.99%)
B.R.R. Guardian / Aug 6 B.R.R. Guardian Limited(BRRG)	46.30 ▼ -3.47 (-6.97%)
786 Invest Ltd / Aug 6 786 Investments Limited(786)	26.71 ▼ -1.86 (-6.51%)
JS Investments / Aug 6 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	43.03 ▼ -2.78 (-6.07%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Aug 6 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	25.26 ▼ -1.63 (-6.06%)
Olympia Mills / Aug 6 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	102 ▼ -6.29 (-5.81%)
Ashfaq Textile / Aug 6 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	33.15 ▼ -1.94 (-5.53%)
Ali Asghar / Aug 6 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	51.93 ▼ -2.46 (-4.52%)
Jubilee Spinning / Aug 6 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	54.13 ▼ -2.38 (-4.21%)
Shams Textile / Aug 6 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	53.41 ▼ -2.33 (-4.18%)

Stock	Volume
Unity Foods Ltd / Aug 6 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	27,165,472 ▲ 0.84
B.O.Punjab / Aug 6 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	27,155,152 ▲ 1.45
Pak Int.Bulk / Aug 6 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	8,833,375 ▲ 0.3
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Aug 6 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	6,431,498 ▲ 0.36
Big Bird Foods / Aug 6 Big Bird Foods Limited(BBFL)	6,052,671 ▲ 1.56
Arif Habib Corp / Aug 6 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	4,843,276 ▲ 0.52
Bunnys Limited / Aug 6 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	3,845,003 ▲ 0.22
TPL Properties / Aug 6 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	3,647,365 ▲ 0.03
Pak Refinery / Aug 6 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	3,636,344 ▼ -0.41
Aisha Steel Mill / Aug 6 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	3,628,993 ▲ 0.74

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