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Sindh recovers 150,000 tons of wheat from hoarders: Sharjeel

Published 17 Jul, 2026 05:46am

KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that there was a bumper wheat harvest in Punjab and Sindh....

Audit report 2025-26: AGP detects financial mismanagement in water ministry

Updated 30 Jun, 2026 09:28am

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has uncovered extensive financial mismanagement, weak governance,...

Sindh urges Centre, Irsa to ‘restore’ its water quota

Published 10 Jun, 2026 05:53am

KARACHI: The Sindh Government has demanded that the federal government and Irsa immediately restore downstream water...

Pakistan’s irrigation system dying

Updated 06 Jun, 2026 08:11am

For 65 years, the Indus Waters Treaty was the one thing that worked between Pakistan and India. Last April, India...

PSDP 2026-27: Rs179bn earmarked for 44 water schemes, hydropower projects

Updated 05 Jun, 2026 09:31am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reportedly earmarked Rs 179 billion for nearly 44 (43 ongoing and one new)...

Sindh senior minister steps up criticism of MQM-P

Published 02 Jun, 2026 04:58am

KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam...

Sindh decries water shortages

Updated 01 Jun, 2026 05:19am

KARACHI: The Sindh Government has strongly protested against the persistent water shortage in the province and the...

Water quality under growing strain

Published 05 May, 2026 06:01am

EDITORIAL: The alarm raised by the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) chairman in a letter to provincial chief...

Country grappling with massive power shortfall

Updated 16 Apr, 2026 09:24am

Pakistan grappling with a widening electricity shortfall of around 4,500 megawatts (MW)

IRSA body flags Tarbela storage depletion

Published 08 Apr, 2026 06:07am

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Advisory Committee (IAC), while expressing serious concern over...

Measuring water, mending the federation

Updated 09 Feb, 2026 05:58am

Pakistan does not lack water as much as it lacks a shared, credible way to measure it. In a country of 250 million...

Para 14 of Water Accord contradicts policy: ministry

Published 29 Jan, 2026 05:59am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water Resources stated on Wednesday that Paragraph 14 of the Indus Water Accord 1991...

Telemetry system: Sindh-Balochistan dispute deepens

Published 01 Dec, 2025 06:03am

ISLAMABAD: The dispute between Sindh and Balochistan over installation points of the long-delayed telemetry system...

Sindh-Balochistan row erupts over telemetry project

Published 26 Nov, 2025 06:16am

ISLAMABAD: The government’s project to install a telemetry system at 27 sites across four provinces — aimed at...

IRSA approves 8pc water shortage

Updated 08 Oct, 2025 09:14am

ISLAMABAD: The Indus Water River System Authority (IRSA) on Tuesday approved an overall system shortage of 8...

Businessman stresses need for better water management

Published 21 Aug, 2025 06:06am

LAHORE: A prominent business figure has expressed serious concerns over the massive wastage of Pakistan’s precious...

Floods, disasters cannot be controlled completely: Leghari

Published 16 Jul, 2025 08:08am

KARACHI: Engineer Ehsan Leghari, Sindh’s representative in IRSA, stated that disasters or floods cannot be...

New canals: CCI nullifies ECNEC approval, IRSA certificate

Updated 29 Apr, 2025 08:45am

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) slammed the brakes on Monday on the federal government’s...

SHC extends stay on IRSA certificate for canal construction

Published 19 Apr, 2025 05:45am

KARACHI: Sindh High Court has extended the stay order against the IRSA-issued water availability certificate related...

Sindh protests to IRSA over opening of Taunsa-Punjnad Link Canal

Published 16 Apr, 2025 05:55am

KARACHI: The Sindh government in a letter to the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) vehemently protested over...

SHC suspends IRSA’s water availability certificate

Updated 08 Apr, 2025 09:25am

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday suspended the water availability certificate for canals issued by the...

Sindh High Court halts IRSA water certificate for Cholistan canal in legal challenge

Updated 07 Apr, 2025 08:05pm

The Sindh High Court has temporarily suspended a controversial water allocation certificate issued by the Indus...

IAC approves water availability for April only

Updated 27 Mar, 2025 09:27am

ISLAMABAD: The IRSA Advisory Committee (IAC) has approved water availability only for the month of April 2025 with...

IEP underscores need for depoliticising major water projects

Published 23 Mar, 2025 06:52am

LAHORE: Institution of Engineers Pakistan (IEP) commemorated World Water Day by hosting a seminar, during which...

Pakistan’s wheat ‘crisis’: time to formulate new policies

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 06:59am

As Pakistan’s largest reservoirs, Tarbela and Mangla, teeter near dead levels, the nation faces a dual crisis, acute...

Combating water scarcity

Published 13 Mar, 2025 05:28am

EDITORIAL: The Indus River System Authority’s (IRSA’s) recent warning to all provinces regarding water levels in the...

Punjab & Sindh: There will be massive water shortfall: Irsa

Published 08 Mar, 2025 02:48am

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has warned that Punjab and Sindh are likely to face shortfall of...

Projects ‘ineligible’ under IGCEP: PD not ready to lend a helping hand to Korean firms

Updated 23 Nov, 2024 05:37pm

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division is reportedly not ready to extend any helping hand to Korean companies which have...

IRSA projects 19pc water shortage for Kharif

Updated 03 Oct, 2024 09:13am

ISLAMABAD: IRSA Advisory Committee (IAC) has projected water shortage of 19 per cent for Kharif 2024-25, started...

27 key points on IBIS: Wapda awards Rs21.534bn contract for telemetry system

Updated 01 Aug, 2024 10:04am

LAHORE: The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has awarded contract worth Rs 21.534 billion for...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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