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Need stressed to decarbonise cement sector

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday, while stressing the need for de-carbonisation of the cement sector ...

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

GAIN, SDPI sign agreement

ISLAMABAD: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI),...

Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am

Business & Finance

SDPI, RPL sign MoU to ‘reduce environmental footprint of businesses and consumption’

ISLAMABAD: Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and Roshan Packages Limited (RPL) here on Saturday signed...

Published 14 May, 2023 03:24am

Business & Finance

SDPI, ZTBL sign MoU for improvements in farm sector

ISLAMABAD: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) and Sustainable...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Business & Finance

Caretaker KP minister says business community struggling to survive

PESHAWAR: Restructuring capabilities and streamlining the public sector processes are keys to enable ease of doing...

Published 22 Apr, 2023 03:38am

Business & Finance

Inflation perception survey: Rising price hike linked to political instability

ISLAMABAD: An overwhelming majority of 71 per cent of the country has reckoned political instability as the major...

Published 15 Apr, 2023 06:19am

Markets

Use of energy witnesses increase of 9pc in 2022: Speakers

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar have observed that the use of energy in Pakistan has witnessed an increase of nine...

Published 25 Feb, 2023 06:23am

Pakistan

President for conserving water and energy

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday stressed the need to change the approach from rapid consumption to...

Published 09 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Business & Finance

Country lacks capacity, commitment to cause of SDGs: expert

ISLAMABAD: Former convener of parliamentary taskforce on sustainable development goals (SDGs) Riaz Fatyana said on...

Published 08 Dec, 2022 07:44am

Pakistan

PepsiCo Pakistan steps forward to help resolve environment issues

ISLAMABAD: PepsiCo Pakistan has taken steps to resolve some of the most pressing environmental issues to deal with...

Published 07 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Pakistan

Financing can play crucial role in countering disasters: experts

ISLAMABAD: Stressing the need for strengthening structures at the community level to reduce the impact of disasters...

Published 07 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Pakistan

Cooperation key to overcoming regional challenges: NA speaker

ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has said that regional cooperation is key to finding...

Published 07 Dec, 2022 05:54am

‘Funding’ major challenge to achieve SDGs, says Aisha Pasha

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha has said that funding is a major challenge in ...

Updated 07 Dec, 2022 09:49am

Pakistan

New estimates place flood losses at $46bn

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said that the...

Updated 06 Dec, 2022 09:27am

Pakistan

SDPI-UNESCAP seminar: Need for diversified, inclusive trade based on cut in carbon footprint stressed

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for diversified and inclusive trade based on the reduction in...

Published 06 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Business & Finance

Globalisation versus regionalism: Proximity advantage could cut cost of trade: ex-BoI chief

ISLAMABAD: Former chairman of Board of Investment (BoI), Haroon Sharif Monday while shedding light on major...

Published 06 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Pakistan

SDPI’s moot on sustainable development begins today

ISLAMABAD: The Silver Jubilee flagship annual sustainable development conference (SDC) of the Sustainable ...

Published 05 Dec, 2022 05:47am

Pakistan

Policies for economic justice & development: SDPI, FES hold consultative meeting

ISLAMABAD: Mirco Günther, Head of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Asia & Pacific), has said that think tanks can play...

Published 10 Nov, 2022 08:03am

Opinion

‘Environmentally sustainable’ bonds

Pakistan faces a significant challenge to finance its large trade deficits and external debt repayments. This is...

Published 03 Oct, 2022 06:16am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s external account challenges: BoP president highlights enormous potential of blue economy

ISLAMABAD: The launch ceremony of the report entitled ‘Pathways to a sustainable blue economy: role of financial...

Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am

Markets

Large-scale solar PV project to be launched soon

KARACHI: With an installed capacity of around 6,000 megawatts of electricity, Pakistan is in process of launching a...

Published 02 Sep, 2022 06:00am

Business & Finance

Govt expediting CPEC projects: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said that after steering...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 07:01am

Business & Finance

RTC highlights post-budget challenging circumstances

ISLAMABAD: The federal budget 2022-23 has come under challenging circumstances when the country is facing both...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Pakistan

Award conferred on Beaconhouse founder

KARACHI: Mrs Nasreen Mahmud Kasuri, the founder and chairperson of the Beaconhouse Group, has been presented with ...

Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:06am

Pakistan

63rd meeting of SDPI’s Study Group on ICT: Expert speaks about cybersecurity challenges

ISLAMABAD: Over the years, Pakistan has survived numerous cyber-attacks from multiple state and non-state actors,...

Published 27 May, 2022 05:50am

Business & Finance

Experts spell out steps aimed at taking economy out of the woods

ISLAMABAD: Economists at a seminar while expressing serious concern over the present state of national economy have...

Published 23 Apr, 2022 04:45am

Pakistan

‘Environmental sustainability a cross cutting theme’

ISLAMABAD: South Asia is the most vulnerable region in the face of climate change and thus, collective efforts are...

Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:15am

Pakistan

Meeting of research on ‘Social Footprint of Monetary Policy’ held

KARACHI: The Department of Economics in collaboration with the Social Development Policy Institute (SDPT) and...

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:08am

Pakistan

Speakers for prioritizing evidence-based data in trade to depoliticize economy

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a webinar has said that politicizing economy is fatal for the country at a time when it is...

Published 21 Mar, 2022 06:52am

Pakistan

Better governance, delivery system linked to rapid uplift

ISLAMABAD: To accelerate sustainable development in the country, we need to revamp our governance and improve the...

Published 11 Mar, 2022 05:12am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
SME Leasing Ltd / Oct 3 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	2.24 ▲ 0.47 (26.55%)
Hala Enterprise / Oct 3 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	8.99 ▲ 1.00 (12.52%)
Habib Ins. / Oct 3 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	5.05 ▲ 0.54 (11.97%)
Merit Packaging / Oct 3 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	7.94 ▲ 0.69 (9.52%)
Masood Textile / Oct 3 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	41.82 ▲ 2.92 (7.51%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 3 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	17.20 ▲ 1.20 (7.50%)
K.S.B.Pumps / Oct 3 KSB Pumps Company Limited(KSBP)	99.13 ▲ 6.92 (7.50%)
Pak Hotels / Oct 3 Pakistan Hotels Developers Limited(PHDL)	297.04 ▲ 20.72 (7.50%)
United Dist. / Oct 3 United Distributors Pakistan Limited(UDPL)	33.99 ▲ 2.31 (7.29%)
JS Investments / Oct 3 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	15 ▲ 1.00 (7.14%)

Stock	Price
Punjab Mod / Oct 3 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.60 ▼ -0.19 (-10.61%)
Next Capital / Oct 3 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	4.25 ▼ -0.44 (-9.38%)
Unicap Modaraba / Oct 3 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.36 ▼ -0.12 (-8.11%)
Hussain Industries / Oct 3 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	15.40 ▼ -1.25 (-7.51%)
Mehmood Tex / Oct 3 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	518 ▼ -42.00 (-7.50%)
Janana D Mal / Oct 3 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	44.83 ▼ -3.63 (-7.49%)
J.A.Textile / Oct 3 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	51.05 ▼ -4.13 (-7.48%)
Bank of Khyber / Oct 3 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	10.21 ▼ -0.79 (-7.18%)
Ghani Value Glas / Oct 3 Ghani Value Glass Limited(GVGL)	32.66 ▼ -2.29 (-6.55%)
Idrees Tex. / Oct 3 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	15 ▼ -1.01 (-6.31%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	56,854,203 ▲ 0.02
Cnergyico PK / Oct 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,096,921 ▲ 0.10
Oil & Gas Dev. / Oct 3 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	17,023,821 ▼ -0.36
Pak Petroleum / Oct 3 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	6,591,768 ▼ -0.17
Unity Foods Ltd / Oct 3 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	5,639,636 ▲ 0.26
First Prudential Mod. / Oct 3 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	5,527,500 ▼ -0.07
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	4,942,004 ▲ 0.08
Bankislami Pak. / Oct 3 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	4,793,413 ▲ 0.01
Fauji Foods Ltd / Oct 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	4,594,091 ▲ 0.14
Sui North Gas / Oct 3 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	4,588,557 ▼ -0.25

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 3	286.04
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 3	285.64
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 3	149.79
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 3	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 3	1.21
Euro to USD / Oct 3	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Sep 28	5.43

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 2	4288.39
India Sensex / Oct 2	65828.41
Nasdaq / Oct 2	13307.77
Dow Jones / Oct 2	33433.35
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 3	31237.94
Hang Seng / Oct 3	17295.97
FTSE 100 / Oct 3	7509.27
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 3	15210.01
France CAC40 / Oct 3	7048.41

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 2	18235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 2	173610
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 3	88.49
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 3	1827.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 3	87.52

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