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From oil shock to hunger crisis

Published 17 Jun, 2026 05:36am

EDITORIAL: The United Nations is now warning that a global hunger crisis feared at the outset of the Middle East...

UN warns 17m risk food insecurity in Afghanistan

Published 17 Dec, 2025 06:12am

GENEVA: The number of people facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan this winter is on the rise, and now stands...

Nigeria faces record hunger amid insurgent attacks, aid cuts

Published 25 Nov, 2025 02:04pm

Violence has escalated in 2025, with attacks by insurgents including al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)

UN food agencies warn of 16 hunger hotspots

Published 13 Nov, 2025 05:59am

ROME: Two UN food agencies warned Wednesday that millions more people around the globe could face famine, with...

Criticality of investment in nutrition

Updated 28 Oct, 2025 06:48am

In a country where almost 40 percent of children under five face the silent crisis of stunting, Benazir Nashonuma...

Cash transfers to adolescents moderately reduce adolescent anemia: study

Published 14 Sep, 2025 02:54am

ISLAMABAD: A study conducted by ‘Nutrition International’ in collaboration with Benazir Income Support Programme...

BISP Chairperson, WFP official discuss collaboration

Published 14 May, 2025 05:56am

ISLAMABAD: Chair-person Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Rubina Khalid held a meeting with World Food...

Sindh, WFP launch Rs578mn School Meals Pilot project in Malir

Updated 02 May, 2025 03:49pm

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Coco Ushiyama, the Country Director of the World Food...

Food supplies for only two weeks left in Gaza: UN

Published 28 Mar, 2025 07:00am

ROME: The UN’s World Food Programme warned Thursday it had only two weeks’ worth of food left in Gaza, where...

Govt schools: Students in Sindh to be provided free lunch

Published 30 Jan, 2025 06:47am

KARACHI: The Sindh government, in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), has decided to provide free...

Two killed in Gaza as aid convoy looted: WFP

Published 31 Dec, 2024 01:01am

GAZA STRIP: Two people have been killed in northern Gaza as gunmen attacked an aid convoy, the World Food Programme...

Wheat flour fortification: SFA, WFP ink MoU

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

KARACHI: Sindh Food Authority (SFA) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have entered into a Memorandum of...

41pc Pakistani women anaemic: survey

Published 01 Sep, 2024 02:46am

ISLAMABAD: The National Nutrition Survey report ‘Cost of In Action Tool’ revealed that more than 41 percent of...

Disaster response and school meals programme: Sindh CM, WFP official agree to join hands

Published 01 Aug, 2024 07:27am

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Country Director Ms...

Sudan crisis ‘almost catastrophic’: WFP chief

Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am

PARIS: The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is “almost catastrophic”, the head of the UN food agency said Monday,...

2022 flood victims in Sindh still struggling to cope with losses

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

ISLAMABAD: The 2022 flood victims in Sindh who were devastated by the worst ever flooding in the country’s ...

WFP suspends Yemen food aid in rebel-held areas

Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am

DUBAI: The World Food Programme said Tuesday it was suspending its food distribution in Houthi-controlled areas of...

Agriculture: the rising trajectory

Published 30 Nov, 2023 04:53am

Agriculture forms the backbone of Pakistan’s economy as it provides livelihoods to almost two-thirds of the...

Gaza population lacks food, faces malnutrition, UN food programme official says

Published 09 Nov, 2023 11:13pm

BRUSSELS: All of Gaza's 2.3 million inhabitants lack sufficient food and face malnutrition a month into Israel's...

UN agencies call for ceasefire and humanitarian access throughout Gaza

Published 21 Oct, 2023 11:06pm

U.N. agencies called on Saturday for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access throughout Gaza after 20 ...

Food, fresh water rapidly running out: WFP

Published 13 Oct, 2023 05:50am

ROME: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that crucial supplies were running ...

Ominous warning

Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:31am

EDITORIAL: It’s a shame that funding cuts to the World Food Programme (WFP) risks pushing approximately 24 million...

Nobody should go to sleep empty stomach

Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:07am

This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “WFP warns cuts could push 24m people to brink of famine” carried...

WFP warns cuts could push 24m people to brink of famine

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

GENEVA: The World Food Programme said Tuesday that shrinking funding was forcing it to drastically slash rations in...

UN talks seek to fix ‘broken’ food system

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 10:07am

In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

French contribution enables WFP to respond to nutrition crisis in Pakistan

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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 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	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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