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Climate change: Pakistan continues to bear certain heaviest consequences

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

KARACHI: As the world marks the 54th World Environment Day under the theme “Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our...

The true price of waste

Published 02 Apr, 2026 06:03am

EDITORIAL: The scale of food waste worldwide is staggering, yet it remains one of the least effectively confronted...

NBTs finalised as per global commitments

Published 15 Mar, 2026 02:21am

ISLAMABAD: Upon the conclusion of a two-day high-level meeting, Pakistan has announced to have finalised its...

Mercury and the challenge of regulating beauty sector in Pakistan

Published 25 Dec, 2025 06:17am

Walk into any cosmetic store across Pakistan you would be greeted with shelves filled with colorful promises of...

Clean energy share will be over 90% by 2035: Awais

Updated 07 Dec, 2025 08:12am

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari Saturday said Pakistan is to increase its clean ...

World on track to dangerous warming as emissions hit record high: UN

Published 05 Nov, 2025 05:48am

PARIS: National commitments to slash heat-trapping pollution would limit global warming up to 2.5C this century —...

CBD Punjab participates in UNEP workshop in DUBAI

Published 26 Jul, 2024 06:45am

LAHORE: Punjab Central Business District Development Authority (PCBDDA) also known as Central Business District...

Waste sans frontiers

Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:14am

EDITORIAL: The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) latest Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 ...

World must act to stem surge of polluting trash, UN warns

Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am

PARIS: The world generated 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal waste last year and the pile of trash is set to grow...

Living Indus Initiative: UNEP, UN FAO to restore 25m acres of land by 2030

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

ISLAMABAD: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)...

OICCI takes lead in shaping private sector climate action at COP28

Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) demonstrated its commitment to driving...

COP28 Pak Pavilion in Dubai: Sherry urges early action, accountability to address challenge of climate change

Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am

ISLAMABAD: Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday delivered an address at the COP28 Pakistan Pavilion in Dubai, urging...

HBL becomes first Capacity Building Alliance of Sustainable Investment member in Pakistan

Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am

KARACHI: HBL Tuesday, by invitation from the Institute of Finance & Sustainability, joined the Capacity Building...

Alarming threat of global warming and lagging climate finance

Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am

The progress made since the landmark Paris Agreement back in 2015 is seriously lagging as pointed out by a recently...

Our planet is choking on plastic

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 07:16am

According to the UNEP, 3.3 million tons of plastic waste is produced in Pakistan each year. 250 million tons of...

Combating plastic pollution

Updated 07 Jun, 2023 06:27am

EDITORIAL: This year’s theme for World Environment Day “Beat plastic pollution” calls for efforts to banish...

UN calls on nations to ‘urgently’ boost climate funds

Published 04 Nov, 2022 05:56am

PARIS: Climate change impacts battering vulnerable countries threaten to outstrip efforts to adapt to global ...

World Environment Day

Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:35am

TEXT: World Environment Day on 5 June is the biggest international day for the environment. Led by the United ...

World Environment Day: Conserving nature inspiring lives

Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:35am

(Ramish Sultan) TEXT: Climate change is arguably the biggest threat the world is facing right now and its effects...

OnlyOneEarth facts and figures

Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:35am

TEXT: The big picture - We are using the equivalent of 1.6 Earths to maintain our current way of life, and ...

World Environment Day urges all of us to protect our natural surroundings

Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:35am

TEXT: World Environment Day urges all of us to protect our natural surroundings. The stunning facts? An estimated 7...

We have only one earth

Published 05 Jun, 2022 05:54am

The state of perplexity of the contemporary times demands us to save our mother earth. From the primitive age to the...

Green finance versus conventional finance

Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am

Green finance aims to reduce greenhouse gases (mainly carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapour) emissions (GHG) in...

World must brace for more extreme wildfires: UN

Published 23 Feb, 2022 11:23am

PARIS: The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and...

Kenya emerges as leader in fight against plastic pollution

Published 14 Dec, 2021 06:40am

TEXT: Kenya is emerging as a leader in the fight against plastic pollution and is among the first countries in East...

New emissions pledges barely affect global heating: UN

Published 10 Nov, 2021 05:47am

GLASGOW: New emissions-cutting pledges - including a vow during COP26 by India to be carbon neutral by 2070 - are...

Developing countries need 10 times more money to protect themselves from climate change effects: UN

Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am

GLASGOW: Developing countries need up to 10 times more funding to protect themselves from increasingly ferocious...

Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage?

Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am

As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the26th United Nations Climate Change...

Dirty air, foreign aid, and climate funds

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Burning of fossil fuel has had a significant role in exacerbating climate change crisis, the tipping point of which...

How to empower women in power

Published 01 Sep, 2021 03:59am

For a field as crucial to the modern world as energy, and one which equally impacts all people, women’s...

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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 20	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	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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