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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...

Keamari residents protest against protracted water crisis

Published 02 Jun, 2026 04:58am

KARACHI: Residents of Keamari on Monday staged a protest demonstration against, what they called, a month-long water...

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...

Ahsan for shift from water crisis to long term security planning

Published 30 Apr, 2026 06:00am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal warned that declining...

World Bank announces water security plan for one billion people

Published 16 Apr, 2026 07:23am

WASHINGTON: The World Bank announced a plan on Wednesday that aims to improve secure water access for a billion...

A crisis decades in the making

Published 31 Mar, 2026 05:24am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s water crisis is no longer a looming risk; it is a structural reality that successive...

PM warns of worsening water crisis

Published 23 Mar, 2026 05:24am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan marked World Water Day with urgent warnings from top leadership, as Prime Minister Shehbaz...

Karachi’s civic planning must reflect its real population

Published 12 Jan, 2026 06:53am

Through your newspaper, I wish to highlight the widening gap between Karachi’s true population and the public...

Govt urged to adopt holistic approach to issues facing Karachi

Published 05 Jan, 2026 08:03am

KARACHI: The approach of the government to tackle the infrastructure and governance issues of Karachi is faulty and...

India’s domination of global rice trade stokes looming water crisis

Published 02 Jan, 2026 06:11am

NEW DELHI: When India overtook China as the world’s largest producer of rice this year, the country’s politicians...

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...

Power outages in Nov: Karachi braved shortage of 884m gallons of water

Published 24 Nov, 2025 07:43am

KARACHI: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) has released data on water shortages caused by power...

A nation thirsting for competence

Published 14 Nov, 2025 06:26am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s descent from a water-abundant state to one of the world’s most water-scarce nations is not...

Only two weeks of water left in Tehran’s main reservoir

Published 03 Nov, 2025 04:58am

TEHRAN: Tehran’s main source of drinking water is at risk of running dry within two weeks, state media warned on...

PIDE calls for urgent reforms to avert Pakistan’s looming water crisis

Updated 30 Oct, 2025 07:43am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) has called for urgent national reforms to avert a...

Climate fight undermined by bureaucratic gridlock: Advisor

Published 20 Oct, 2025 05:50am

ROME: Advisor to the Prime Minister Dr Syed Tauqir Shah has stated that Pakistan remains on the global frontline of...

Small dams — lost water potential

Published 17 Oct, 2025 07:26am

Pakistan faces an acute water crisis that continues to deepen due to prolonged neglect of small and medium-sized dam...

Water crisis: between industrial mismanagement and climate disasters

Published 23 Sep, 2025 06:53am

Pakistan today faces a dual water emergency—crippling scarcity on one hand and recurring floods on the other....

Drought, dams and diplomacy: Afghanistan’s water crisis goes regional

Published 18 Aug, 2025 07:15am

FARYAB (Afghanistan): Over four decades of war, Afghanistan wielded limited control over five major river basins...

Karachi inches closer to severe water crisis: WWF

Published 07 Aug, 2025 05:56am

KARACHI: Karachi is edging dangerously close to a severe water crisis, as key freshwater sources that sustain the...

‘China’s strategic red line: unwavering support for Pakistan’

Published 01 Aug, 2025 07:37am

This is apropos two letters to the Editor titled above carried by the newspaper on Tuesday and yesterday. This...

Iran president warns Tehran dams may run dry within months

Published 01 Aug, 2025 06:45am

TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned Thursday that dams supplying the capital could run dry within...

Pakistan’s parched future: bonds to bridge the water funding chasm

Published 22 Jul, 2025 07:03am

As the monsoons arrive, once again, Pakistan is facing a water crisis, shifting from drought-like scenarios to the...

President HCSTSI slams HW&SC for worsening water crisis

Published 17 Jul, 2025 03:32am

HYDERABAD: President Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industry (HCSTSI) Muhammad Saleem Memon has...

Rethinking Pakistan’s water crisis through data-driven action

Updated 18 Jun, 2025 08:33am

Can Pakistan’s plastic waste really stack up to twice the height of the K2? That’s the claim made in...

Pakistan transitioning to water-scarce status

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 11:35am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world, with an average per capita annual ...

KP inks MoU with IWMI to address water issues

Published 07 Jun, 2025 04:59am

PESHAWAR: The Irrigation Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has agreed to work with the International Water Management...

Karachi water crisis: Experts propose ‘sustainable’ solutions

Published 01 Jun, 2025 03:03am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest city – Karachi - continues to face an escalating water crisis as growing demand,...

Water wars looming? Indus crisis and South Asian stability

Updated 22 May, 2025 07:22am

A rare paradigm of cooperation between India and Pakistan, the Indus Waters Treaty, which was brokered by the World...

Indus Waters Treaty

Updated 13 May, 2025 08:07am

EDITORIAL: The 1960 World Bank brokered Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), that remained operational even during the three...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 5	278.61
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 5	278.41
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 5	160.29
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 5	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 5	1.33
Euro to USD / Jun 5	1.15
SOFR % / Jun 7	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 5	7,383.74
India Sensex / Jun 5	74,243.34
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 5	66,588.12
Nasdaq / Jun 5	25,709.43
Hang Seng / Jun 5	24,961.95
FTSE 100 / Jun 5	10,368.05
Dow Jones / Jun 5	50,866.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 5	24,759.05
France CAC40 / Jun 5	8,218.24

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 5	90.54
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 5	401,012
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 5	4,328.45
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 5	77.48
Petrol/Litre / Jun 8	377.78
Diesel/Litre / Jun 8	380.78

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 5 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	7.76 ▲ 1 (14.79%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jun 5 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	8.16 ▲ 1 (13.97%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jun 5 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	8.03 ▲ 0.97 (13.74%)
Paramount Spinning / Jun 5 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	8.41 ▲ 1 (13.5%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jun 5 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	8.98 ▲ 1 (12.53%)
First Capital Equities / Jun 5 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.30 ▲ 0.52 (10.88%)
Merit Packaging / Jun 5 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	10.35 ▲ 1 (10.7%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Jun 5 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
Askari Life Assur. / Jun 5 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	23.28 ▲ 2.12 (10.02%)
Waves Corporation / Jun 5 Waves Corporation Limited(WAVES)	10.98 ▲ 1 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
F.Credit & Inv / Jun 5 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	40.49 ▼ -4.5 (-10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jun 5 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	66.80 ▼ -7.4 (-9.97%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Jun 5 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	29.96 ▼ -2.48 (-7.64%)
Shams Textile / Jun 5 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	38.17 ▼ -2.48 (-6.1%)
Bela Auto / Jun 5 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	55.85 ▼ -3.14 (-5.32%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Jun 5 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	385.55 ▼ -19.67 (-4.85%)
Sana Ind / Jun 5 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	39.70 ▼ -2.02 (-4.84%)
Dewan Textile / Jun 5 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	9.65 ▼ -0.48 (-4.74%)
JS Investments / Jun 5 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	40.01 ▼ -1.99 (-4.74%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jun 5 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	75.03 ▼ -3.61 (-4.59%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jun 5 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	42,057,629 ▲ 0.57
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 5 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	41,999,765 ▲ 0.49
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jun 5 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	41,811,517 ▲ 0.9
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 5 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	26,493,657 ▼ -0.2
Hascol Petrol / Jun 5 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	23,842,888 ▼ -0.01
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 5 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	22,157,441 ▲ 0.08
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	18,104,460 ▲ 0.02
Waves Home Appliances / Jun 5 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	17,319,572 ▲ 1
B.O.Punjab / Jun 5 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	15,286,456 ▼ -0.46
Unity Foods Ltd / Jun 5 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	15,013,265 ▼ -0.11

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