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water scarcity

Water mismanagement

Updated 27 Jul, 2026 06:11am

Pakistan is ranked as the sixteenth most water-stressed country in the world with annual per capita water...

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

Published 19 Mar, 2025 07:22am

HYDERABAD: Agricultural experts from national and international research institutions, alongside progressive...

Business community leader says concerned at water shortages

Published 13 Mar, 2025 05:28am

KARACHI: The Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 14	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 14	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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