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Surge in conflicts fuels extreme poverty: World Bank

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

Published 28 Jun, 2025 05:28am

Editorials

Fighting food insecurity

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

Published 20 May, 2025 05:58am

World

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

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

Published 17 May, 2025 06:05am

Business & Finance

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

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

Published 10 Dec, 2024 08:20am

Pakistan

Ziauddin University marks World Food Day

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

Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am

World

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

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

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

Ministry launches ‘National multi-sectoral nutrition’ programme

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

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

Russia exits deal for export of Ukrainian grain

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

Updated 18 Jul, 2023 09:05am

Pakistan

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

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

Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am

Editorials

Now a nutrition crisis

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

Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Editorials

Confronting climate change

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

Published 20 May, 2023 05:59am

Opinion

An upcoming catastrophe

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

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Pakistan

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

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

Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am

Markets

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

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

Published 23 Jan, 2023 08:13am

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

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

Updated 09 Jan, 2023 08:54am

Pakistan

Call for dealing with climate change, food insecurity

HYDERABAD: Speakers at a seminar have urged steps to mitigate perils of rising temperature and food insecurity and...

Published 11 Nov, 2022 07:11am

Pakistan

Senate panel told: 152 big climatic events pushed up food insecurity in country

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was informed on Friday that the country witnessed 152 extreme climatic events – ...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 06:42am

Food crisis: IMF says up to 20 states could require emergency assistance

RIYADH: The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that up to 20 countries, many in Africa, could need emergency...

Updated 04 Oct, 2022 09:36am

World Bank confirms fears of growing food insecurity

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

Updated 23 Sep, 2022 09:57am

Editorials

So much for ‘zero-hunger target’

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

Published 11 Sep, 2022 03:51am

Opinion

As wheat prices soar, the world’s consumers vote with their feet

Global wheat consumption is headed for its biggest annual decline in decades as record inflation forces consumers ...

Published 04 Aug, 2022 06:25am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 10	284.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 10	284.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 10	146.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 10	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 10	1.36
Euro to USD / Jul 10	1.17
UK LIBOR % / Jul 9	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 9	6,263.26
Nasdaq / Jul 9	20,608.23
Dow Jones / Jul 9	44,458.30
India Sensex / Jul 10	83,178.25
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 10	39,635.72
Hang Seng / Jul 10	23,993.59
FTSE 100 / Jul 10	8,954.79
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 10	24,594.32
France CAC40 / Jul 10	7,915.95

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 9	16,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 9	301,354
Petrol/Litre / Jul 10	266.79
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 10	68.49
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 10	3,325.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 10	272.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 10	67.73

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First IBL Mod. / Jul 10 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	5.60 ▲ 1 (21.74%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 10 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	7.61 ▲ 1 (15.13%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 10 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	8.30 ▲ 1 (13.7%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jul 10 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	14.80 ▲ 1.35 (10.04%)
Azgard Nine / Jul 10 Azgard Nine Limited(ANL)	12.71 ▲ 1.16 (10.04%)
Habib Insurance / Jul 10 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	11.52 ▲ 1.05 (10.03%)
Invest Bank / Jul 10 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	12.40 ▲ 1.13 (10.03%)
Beco Steel Ltd / Jul 10 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	28.89 ▲ 2.63 (10.02%)
J.A.Textile / Jul 10 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	29.76 ▲ 2.71 (10.02%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jul 10 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	85.54 ▲ 7.78 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 10 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	8.02 ▼ -1 (-11.09%)
Trust Mod. / Jul 10 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	8.72 ▼ -1 (-10.29%)
Hussain Industries / Jul 10 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	27.02 ▼ -2.98 (-9.93%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jul 10 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	16.14 ▼ -1.78 (-9.93%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jul 10 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	30.73 ▼ -3.21 (-9.46%)
Pak Datacom / Jul 10 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	296.39 ▼ -30.08 (-9.21%)
Apna Microfin. / Jul 10 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	13.02 ▼ -1.3 (-9.08%)
Din Tex. / Jul 10 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	104.34 ▼ -10.26 (-8.95%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jul 10 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	24.10 ▼ -2.25 (-8.54%)
Haseeb Waqas / Jul 10 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	20.66 ▼ -1.87 (-8.3%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Jul 10 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	155,383,258 ▲ 1.14
Kohinoor Spining / Jul 10 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	55,106,065 ▲ 0.24
Hascol Petrol / Jul 10 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	33,301,219 ▲ 0.61
Fast Cables / Jul 10 Fast Cables Limited(FCL)	32,727,552 ▲ 1.07
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,770,600 ▼ -0.03
Ghani Chemworld / Jul 10 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	21,479,803 ▼ -0.78
Invest Bank / Jul 10 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	20,957,143 ▲ 1.13
Aisha Steel Mill / Jul 10 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	19,672,118 ▲ 0.26
Big Bird Foods / Jul 10 Big Bird Foods Limited(BBFL)	17,334,565 ▲ 1.79
Secure Logistics / Jul 10 Secure Logistics Group Limited(SLGL)	16,386,212 ▲ 0.41

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