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Narcotics, water shortage: Sindh Assembly witnesses fiery debates

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly echoed with fiery debates on Thursday as opposition lawmakers raised alarm over the...

Published 23 May, 2025 06:13am

Pakistan

SCA concerned over prevailing water shortage

HYDERABAD: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) has expressed grave concern over the prevailing water shortage,...

Published 05 May, 2025 06:14am

Business & Finance

Severe water shortage triggers an alarm among manufacturers

KARACHI: A severe water shortage is gripping Karachi’s key industrial areas, sparking alarm among manufacturers as...

Published 24 Apr, 2025 04:11am

Pakistan

JI says to hold protest demos against water shortage

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has lashed out at the ruling PPP for failing to address the megacity’s worsening...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am

Editorials

Sharp decline in cotton production

EDITORIAL: The 33 percent year-on-year decline in cotton production would be bad news in the best of times, but...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 07:28am

IRSA projects 19pc water shortage for Kharif

ISLAMABAD: IRSA Advisory Committee (IAC) has projected water shortage of 19 per cent for Kharif 2024-25, started...

Updated 03 Oct, 2024 09:13am

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

Shortage of water in Block 3-A Gulistan-e-Johar

KARACHI: Shortage of water has made life difficult for the residents of Gulistan-e-Johar Block 3-A. The senior ...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 05:41am

Pakistan

CM for adoption of ‘new cropping pattern’ to offset water shortage effects

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah expressing concern over the impact of climate change on water...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Pakistan

Pakistan facing 30% water shortage for sowing season

LAHORE: Pakistan is facing a 30 percent water shortage at the start of the sowing season for cash crops such as rice...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:56pm

Pakistan

Kharif season: IRSA panel projects acute water shortage

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) advisory committee has projected 30 percent water shortage for...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am

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

Sindh, Punjab to face water shortage in Rabi season

ISLAMABAD: The IRSA Advisory Committee (IAC) has projected 15 percent water shortage of Punjab and Sindh during Rabi...

Updated 03 Oct, 2023 08:41am

Pakistan

Power breakdown at Dhabiji Pumping Station causes 104MGD water shortage

KARACHI: Karachi city faced 104 MGD water shortage due to sudden power breakdown by K Electric yesterday at Dhabiji...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 06:33am

Pakistan

JI to hold protest demos against water shortage

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chapter Amir Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has announced protest demonstrations on...

Published 31 Jul, 2023 07:36am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s geography makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change: expert

PESHAWAR: Highly vulnerable to climate change vulnerabilities, Pakistan was also facing a looming threat to an...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:47am

Pakistan

Sindh writes letter to Centre over water shortage

KARACHI: Provincial Irrigation Minister Jam Khan Shoro has contacted the federal government regarding shortage of...

Published 24 Jun, 2023 06:02am

Pakistan

Kharif season: IRSA projects massive water shortage

ISLAMABAD: IRSA Advisory Committee on Thursday projected up to 27 percent shortage of water during Kharif season...

Published 07 Apr, 2023 06:06am

Pakistan

Minister reviews progress on K-IV project

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Water Resources Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah visited project office of Greater Karachi ...

Published 06 Oct, 2022 05:59am

Pakistan

Secretary reviews repair work underway on canal affected by rains

KARACHI: Sindh’s Secretary for Local Government, Housing and Town Planning Engineer Syed Najam Ahmad Shah visited...

Published 27 Jul, 2022 05:23am

Pakistan

Rabi season: Irsa predicts over 50pc water shortage

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has projected over 50 percent shortage of water during Rabi ...

Published 15 Jul, 2022 06:20am

Markets

Dry weather pushes down Argentina’s wheat harvest forecast

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s wheat harvest for the 2022/23 season is expected at 17.7 million tonnes, down from a...

Published 15 Jul, 2022 06:20am

Pakistan

‘Unavailability of water at right time in required quantity real threat to agriculture’

Dr Anjum Ali says Pakistan needs to develop farm water storage

Updated 03 Jul, 2022 09:48am

Pakistan

Karachi, Hyderabad ‘Strict action should be taken against water stealers’

KARACHI: Sindh Secretary Local Government, Housing and Town Planning, Engineer Syed Najam Ahmad Shah has said that...

Published 29 Jun, 2022 05:44am

Pakistan

Meeting discusses low supply of water from Sindh to Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: In order to review the situation of short supplies of water from Sindh to Balochistan, the Federal...

Published 22 Jun, 2022 05:58am

Pakistan

‘Water shortage severely affecting rice harvest’: Farmers forced to sell agricultural lands for peanuts: minister

KARACHI: Due to severe water shortage, rice growing season in Sindh is rapidly approaching to an end. Sindh’s...

Published 19 Jun, 2022 07:14am

Pakistan

Supply of water to Karachi: Three contracts for work on Phase-I of K-IV awarded

ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has awarded three contracts worth Rs 98.5 billion for...

Published 10 Jun, 2022 07:38am

Editorials

Water worries

EDITORIAL: Perhaps the one area where this coalition government can succeed where all else have failed, considering...

Published 06 Jun, 2022 05:57am

Supplements

World Environment Day: Conserving nature inspiring lives

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

Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:35am

Pakistan

Experts stress more judicious water utilisation

ISLAMABAD: Experts stressed a more cautious and judicious utilisation of water, as its scarcity has become an...

Published 05 Jun, 2022 05:54am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 12	282.73
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 12	282.53
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 12	143.91
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 12	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 12	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 12	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 11	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 11	6,022.24
Nasdaq / Jun 11	19,615.88
Dow Jones / Jun 11	42,865.77
India Sensex / Jun 12	82,355.26
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 12	38,173.09
Hang Seng / Jun 12	24,037.41
FTSE 100 / Jun 12	8,864.73
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 12	23,697.86
France CAC40 / Jun 12	7,718.48

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 11	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 11	302,554
Petrol/Litre / Jun 12	253.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 12	67.42
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 12	3,343.62
Diesel/Litre / Jun 12	254.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 12	67.28

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Invest Bank / Jun 12 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	6.11 ▲ 1 (19.57%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 12 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	6.61 ▲ 1 (17.83%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jun 12 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	5.21 ▲ 0.53 (11.32%)
Apna Microfin. / Jun 12 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.64 ▲ 0.97 (10.03%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 12 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	70.80 ▲ 6.44 (10.01%)
Saif Textile / Jun 12 Saif Textile Mills Limited(SAIF)	17.25 ▲ 1.57 (10.01%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 12 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	43.07 ▲ 3.92 (10.01%)
Bannu Woollen / Jun 12 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	44.41 ▲ 4.04 (10.01%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 12 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	42.20 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 12 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	28.50 ▲ 2.59 (10%)

Stock	Price
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 12 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	20,987.89 ▼ -2331.99 (-10%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 12 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,993.94 ▼ -221.55 (-10%)
Otsuka Pakistan / Jun 12 Otsuka Pakistan Limited(OTSU)	398.57 ▼ -42.15 (-9.56%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 12 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	14.54 ▼ -1.45 (-9.07%)
First Capital Equities / Jun 12 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	4.01 ▼ -0.39 (-8.86%)
Pak Paper Prod / Jun 12 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	158.38 ▼ -12.76 (-7.46%)
Chenab Ltd / Jun 12 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	6.17 ▼ -0.49 (-7.36%)
Hinopak Motor / Jun 12 Hinopak Motors Limited(HINO)	374.16 ▼ -28.7 (-7.12%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jun 12 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.06 ▼ -1.99 (-6.85%)
ECOPACK Ltd / Jun 12 Ecopack Limited(ECOP)	85.11 ▼ -6.09 (-6.68%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jun 12 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	55,899,181 ▲ 0.78
Fauji Cement / Jun 12 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	50,597,576 ▲ 0.49
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	49,327,936 ▼ -0.08
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 12 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	49,092,533 ▼ -0.07
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 12 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	40,260,789 ▲ 0.74
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 12 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	38,519,154 ▼ -0.24
Invest Bank / Jun 12 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	38,443,385 ▲ 1
Dewan Cement / Jun 12 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	27,852,990 ▼ -0.43
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	26,083,851 ▼ -0.18
Treet Corp / Jun 12 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	24,336,515 ▼ -0.27

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