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water scarcity

Pakistan points out unilateral moves threaten water treaties

Updated 27 May, 2026 03:15pm

DUSHANBE: Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr. Musadik Malik on Tuesday warned...

CCP warns climate losses may hit 6pc of GDP by 2050

Updated 11 Apr, 2026 09:45am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s climate-related losses could reach up to 6 percent of GDP by 2050 if urgent action is not...

Addressing scarcity: Experts stress need for full implementation of water policy

Published 27 Dec, 2025 07:37am

ISLAMABAD: Experts stressed the need for full implementation of the National Water Policy (NWP) for effective...

Murad vows reforms to boost agriculture

Published 13 Dec, 2025 03:33am

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, presiding over an agriculture department meeting, emphasised the...

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...

Pakistan highly vulnerable to natural disasters: World Bank

Updated 02 Sep, 2025 08:49am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is highly vulnerable to natural disasters —including earthquakes, landslides, and water scarcity...

Govt focus on reservoirs minimal despite water woes

Updated 26 Jul, 2025 10:55am

ISLAMABAD: Despite the devastating impact of climate change on Pakistan’s infrastructure, massive water losses worth...

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...

Maximum relief for low & middle-income earners: Aurangzeb

Updated 12 Jun, 2025 01:29pm

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has stated that maximum possible relief has been provided to low- and...

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 ...

Build before it’s too late

Published 07 Jun, 2025 04:59am

EDITORIAL: Even without India’s formal suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan’s water vulnerability was...

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...

Tackling water shortages

Updated 17 May, 2025 07:40am

Water is the most important topic these days. Everywhere you go people are discussing water and the threats to its...

Sindh: Zardari stresses water conservation

Published 05 May, 2025 07:08am

ISLAMABAD: In a significant call to action, President Asif Ali Zardari has emphasised the crucial importance of ...

Carbon levy, water pricing & the green tax puzzle

Updated 01 May, 2025 07:03am

It began with a bang—quite literally. On April 16, Islamabad was hammered by a freak hailstorm that turned the...

Looming threat of water scarcity

Published 27 Apr, 2025 06:13am

EDITORIAL: The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) mountain range, stretching from Afghanistan to Myanmar, often referred to...

Himalayan snow at 23-year low, threatening 2bn people: report

Published 22 Apr, 2025 05:55am

ISLAMABAD: Snowfall in Asia’s Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two...

Water dispute and canals issue: Federal, Sindh govts agree to hold talks

Updated 21 Apr, 2025 09:06am

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif...

Chinese firm keen to invest in desalination plant at Port Qasim

Updated 16 Apr, 2025 08:10am

ISLAMABAD: A Chinese construction company extending all-out cooperation to Pakistan in addressing water scarcity...

How the Kachhi Canal project failed Balochistan?

Updated 14 Apr, 2025 06:48am

Is Pakistan’s relentless quest for nuclear capability, the unifying thread, binding its four provinces and three...

LHC concerned over declining water levels in Lahore

Published 05 Apr, 2025 06:31am

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) expressed concern over the declining water levels in Lahore and observed that a...

Key barrier to effective use of water resources highlighted

Published 30 Mar, 2025 07:50am

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

Punjab minister says country facing severe water shortage

Published 26 Mar, 2025 05:25am

LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari has said that Punjab has no claim over Sindh’s water and that no...

Water riots!

Published 23 Mar, 2025 05:26am

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

‘Recharge Pakistan’ initiative to combat water challenges: PM

Updated 23 Mar, 2025 10:16pm

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

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...

PSDP 2025-26: Water projects worth Rs424bn proposed

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 12:37pm

Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources Syed Ali Murtaza shares details of the Public Sector Development Program

Experts advocate for climate-resilient agri practices in Sindh

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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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