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ECNEC approves 9 uplift projects worth Rs355.736bn

ISLAMABAD: Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) Wednesday approved 9 development projects...

Published 15 May, 2025 05:42am

Opinion

Pakistan’s water crisis: the cost of sugarcane and rice

Pakistan is on the brink of a worsening water crisis, one that threatens its inter provincial relationship,...

Published 15 Apr, 2025 05:54am

Pakistan

Key barrier to effective use of water resources highlighted

LAHORE: The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has highlighted a significant barrier to the effective...

Published 30 Mar, 2025 07:50am

IAC approves water availability for April only

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

Updated 27 Mar, 2025 09:27am

Pakistan

Freshwater ecosystems in South Asia: WWF, GSK announce multi-million-pound partnership

KARACHI: In a groundbreaking initiative to combat water stress and safeguard biodiversity, the World Wide Fund for...

Published 26 Mar, 2025 07:50am

Editorials

Water riots!

EDITORIAL: The recent warning from the World Bank, highlighting the looming threat of conflict over water, should...

Published 23 Mar, 2025 05:26am

‘Recharge Pakistan’ initiative to combat water challenges: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday stated that the government’s ‘Recharge Pakistan’ initiative is...

Updated 23 Mar, 2025 10:16pm

Editorials

Gross negligence

EDITORIAL: Presumed to be free from contamination by bacteria or chemicals, bottled water in this country can still...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 07:00am

Pakistan

Water resources planning & management: Wapda holds conference on application of AI

LAHORE: The Wapda organized a one-day conference on application of Artificial Intelligence for water resources...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 06:24am

Uptick in inflation, water stress for crops likely

Finance Division says inflation is anticipated to remain within range of 2.0-3.0 percent for February 2025

Updated 28 Feb, 2025 04:02pm

Editorials

Water scarcity

EDITORIAL: Water scarcity and mismanagement of water resources has increasingly become a critical global issue,...

Updated 07 Dec, 2024 08:49am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz to attend One Water Summit in Riyadh

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will embark on a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia tomorrow (Tuesday) to...

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 10:00pm

Opinion

The untapped value of water

Pakistan, a country facing increasing water scarcity, is struggling with a critical challenge in efficiently ...

Published 02 Oct, 2024 06:48am

Pakistan

Senate body told: Kacha area’s dacoits involved in selling Sindh’s water shares

ISLAMABAD: The notorious dacoits in the Kacha area are involved in illegally selling Sindh’s water shares without...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 06:27am

India, BD enact new law: Ministry working on draft ‘Dam Safety Act’

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Water Resources has started work on formulation of draft Dam Safety Act in line with regional...

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 08:50am

Pakistan

Experts for effective utilisation of water resources

ISLAMABAD: Experts, Tuesday, stressed the need for effective utilisation of water resources and conservation of ...

Published 10 Apr, 2024 02:16am

Editorials

Mismanaged water resources

EDITORIAL: Waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid and hepatitis A are taking a heavy toll on...

Updated 04 Mar, 2024 04:38am

Pakistan

Conservation of water: SCCI, WWF agree to launch joint ventures

PESHAWAR: Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF) have agreed ...

Published 06 Nov, 2023 05:27am

Editorials

Rational water pricing mechanism

EDITORIAL: The Special Investment Facilitation Council’s (SIFC’s) direction to the water resource ministry to...

Published 04 Nov, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

US water expert meets Wapda chief

LAHORE: The US department of interior-funded water resources expert Alexandra Campbell Ferrari has discussed matters...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

Pakistan

GCWUF observes World Water Day

FAISALABAD: In connection with World Food Day, the Department of Food Science and Technology, GCWUF organized a...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 06:42am

Pakistan

FAO, PepsiCo hold discussion: Importance of water for agri, food security highlighted

PESHAWAR: As part of World Food Day 2023 celebrations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 06:40am

Pakistan

‘Country may face water scarcity by 2025’

ISLAMABAD: Experts warned that if the depletion of water resources continues, Pakistan shall face severe water...

Published 07 Oct, 2023 06:01am

Pakistan

Parliamentary body briefed about Pakistan-India water dispute

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Wednesday said that India must not be allowed to deprive Pakistan from the basic...

Published 05 Oct, 2023 06:23am

Pakistan

Polish envoy visits LCCI

LAHORE: Sergiusz Moskal, the Third Secretary of the Political Economic Section at the Embassy of Poland, paid a ...

Published 27 Sep, 2023 06:08am

Pakistan

IWMI introduces ‘soil moisture sensors’ technology in Okara

LAHORE: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has introduced cutting-edge scientific instruments called...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am

Pakistan

Plan afoot for water resources development in 18 districts of Balochistan: minister

QUETTA: Federal Minister of Science and Technology Agha Hasan Baloch has said that a comprehensive plan for the...

Published 18 Dec, 2022 03:36am

Opinion

What’s right?

Perhaps a lot. Certainly more Right than what’s wrong. Pakistan came into existence about 75 years back, which in...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 05:47am

NA panel takes firm step to help resolve Punjab-Sindh water row

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources Friday decided to re-measure water being...

Updated 04 Jun, 2022 10:53am

Pakistan

Cholistan: Severe heat wave impacts vegetation, water resources, livestock

LAHORE: Severe heat wave has impacted the vegetation, water resources and most importantly the livestock in the...

Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 15	281.68
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 15	281.43
USD to Japanese Yen / May 15	145.80
USD to Swiss Franc / May 15	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / May 15	1.33
Euro to USD / May 15	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 14	5,892.58
Nasdaq / May 14	19,146.81
Dow Jones / May 14	42,051.06
India Sensex / May 15	80,937.53
Tokyo Nikkei / May 15	37,755.51
Hang Seng / May 15	23,453.16
FTSE 100 / May 15	8,561.58
Germany DAX 30 / May 15	23,462.44
France CAC40 / May 15	7,814.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 14	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 14	293,124
Petrol/Litre / May 15	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 15	60.66
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 15	3,162.99
Diesel/Litre / May 15	256.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 15	65.21

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Cres.Star Ins. / May 15 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	3.02 ▲ 0.41 (15.71%)
Parmount Sp. / May 15 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.70 ▲ 0.46 (14.2%)
Ghani Chemworld / May 15 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	9.14 ▲ 1 (12.29%)
S.G.Power / May 15 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	8.65 ▲ 0.94 (12.19%)
Premier Insurance / May 15 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	5.83 ▲ 0.63 (12.12%)
Dewan Mushtaq / May 15 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	9.83 ▲ 1 (11.33%)
Hala Enterprise / May 15 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	13.26 ▲ 1.21 (10.04%)
P.T.C.L. / May 15 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	22.06 ▲ 2.01 (10.02%)
Flying Cement / May 15 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	49.46 ▲ 4.5 (10.01%)
Octopus Digital / May 15 Octopus Digital Limited(OCTOPUS)	52.09 ▲ 4.74 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Olympia Mills / May 15 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	50.47 ▼ -5.06 (-9.11%)
Hussain Industries / May 15 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	26.65 ▼ -2.64 (-9.01%)
Apna Microfin. / May 15 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.04 ▼ -0.91 (-8.31%)
Askari Life Assur. / May 15 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	4.63 ▼ -0.35 (-7.03%)
Imperial Limited / May 15 Imperial Limited(IML)	16.52 ▼ -1.23 (-6.93%)
B. F. Mod. / May 15 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	8.73 ▼ -0.61 (-6.53%)
Punjab Oil / May 15 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	186.82 ▼ -11.54 (-5.82%)
Equity Modaraba / May 15 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	2.85 ▼ -0.16 (-5.32%)
Pakgen Power / May 15 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	114.14 ▼ -6.39 (-5.3%)
Ashfaq Textile / May 15 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	12.34 ▼ -0.68 (-5.22%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Refinery / May 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	50,818,876 ▲ 2.68
Cnergyico PK / May 15 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	47,570,881 ▲ 0.48
K-Electric Ltd. / May 15 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,246,546 ▲ 0.16
Kohinoor Spining / May 15 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	32,888,417 ▲ 0.18
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 15 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	29,667,657 ▲ 4.48
Sui South Gas / May 15 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,344,612 ▲ 0.91
Waves Corporation / May 15 Waves Corporation Limited(WAVES)	21,773,148 ▲ 0.29
Pak Petroleum / May 15 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	16,962,449 ▲ 3.34
B.O.Punjab / May 15 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,957,410 ▲ 0.15
WorldCall Telecom / May 15 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,572,822 ▲ 0.03

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