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Climate risk – is the climate action enough?

50 years from now, what would the world look like if climate risk is not managed? That could be a world with more...

Updated 07 Nov, 2024 07:15am

Pakistan

Climate-related school closures cause dropouts: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Climate-related school closures are frequent or of long duration, which beyond impacts on learning, cause...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 08:09am

Perspectives

Microfinance solar loans: for Pakistan, this can be a sustainable road ahead

There is an urgent need to address climate change and it has become increasingly clear. With it, the importance of...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 08:23pm

Pakistan

SCF, YANCEE arrange seminar on climate change awareness for children

HYDERABAD: Climate change is an emerging phenomenon, and the existing curriculum needs to emphasize climate change...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am

World

Climate: Carbon capture tech is booming, and confusing

PARIS: Humanity’s failure to reduce planet-heating carbon pollution — at record levels in 2023 — has thrust...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 06:30am

Pakistan

Climate, forest and water: PMI receives 4th consecutive CDP Triple- rating

KARACHI: Philip Morris International (PMI or Company), the parent company of Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited,...

Published 07 Mar, 2024 04:59am

Business & Finance

Banks could face rules on climate risk reporting

BASEL (Switzerland): The international bank regulatory body on Wednesday launched a process to develop rules for...

Published 04 Dec, 2023 05:35am

Climate response: Consensus on data sharing governance system

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives expedited efforts on a data governance...

Updated 03 Dec, 2023 09:07am

World

Climate scenarios need revamp for unstable world: IMF

NEW YORK: Scenarios used by the financial system to assess climate risk need updating to account for growing ...

Published 30 Nov, 2023 04:53am

World

Climate ‘loss and damage’ talks end in failure

PARIS: A crucial meeting on climate “loss and damages” ahead of COP28 ended in failure Saturday, with countries...

Published 22 Oct, 2023 03:20am

World

Japan sees hottest September since records began

TOKYO: Japan has seen its hottest September since records began 125 years ago, the weather agency said, in a year...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 01:26pm

Pakistan

Climate resilient, sustainable urban planning Pakistan and Azerbaijan join hands

AZERBAIJAN: Pakistan and Azerbaijan join hands for a climate resilient and sustainable urban planning keeping in ...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 06:33am

World

China denies reports it obstructed G20 climate discussions

Reports that China obstructed discussions on tackling climate change at Group of 20 (G20) meetings last week in...

Published 02 Aug, 2023 11:12am

Markets

TotalEnergies CEO says COP28 chief can press oil nations on climate

PARIS: The head of French firm TotalEnergies says national oil giants from the Gulf and other nations must pull ...

Published 10 Jul, 2023 06:52am

World

Climate goals need clean energy surge in Global South: IEA

PARIS: Financing for clean energy in developing and emerging economies excluding China must increase seven-fold...

Published 21 Jun, 2023 11:12am

BR Research

The cost of 2022 floods

Pakistan is among the countries worst hit by the climate – a trailer of which was witnessed during last year’s...

Published 09 Jun, 2023 08:37am

Pakistan

Earth Day: Sherry Rehman urges Pakistanis to tackle climate change

Says crisis-ridden state of our planet is a global emergency that requires urgent action

Published 24 Apr, 2023 03:41pm

World

Melting Antarctic could impact oceans ‘for centuries’

SYDNEY: Rapidly melting Antarctic ice threatens to dramatically slow deep-water currents in the world’s oceans,...

Published 30 Mar, 2023 12:51pm

World

Davos 2023: ‘Keep it in the ground’ Greta Thunberg tells protest at end of WEF

DAVOS: Greta Thunberg and around 30 other activists braved sub-zero temperatures on Friday in a protest calling for...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 03:53pm

Markets

Large companies’ assets at growing risk of climate impact: S&P

NEW YORK: Over 90% of the world’s largest companies will have at least one asset highly exposed to the physical...

Published 16 Sep, 2022 06:04am

World

Arctic warming four times faster than rest of Earth: study

PARIS: The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet over the last 40 years, according...

Published 12 Aug, 2022 05:44am

World

Climate activists block IMF Paris office doors

PARIS: Climate activists on Monday blocked entry to the International Monetary Fund’s Paris office with some gluing...

Published 27 Jun, 2022 03:56pm

World

UN science report to sound deafening alarm on climate

PARIS: Nearly 200 nations kick off a virtual meeting Monday to finalise what promises to be a harrowing scientific...

Published 12 Feb, 2022 05:09am

Climate hope as scientists in UK set fusion record

ABINGDON, (United Kingdom): Scientists in Britain announced Wednesday they had smashed a previous record for...

Updated 10 Feb, 2022 09:16am

BR Research

IMF brings climate change under spotlight

A little noticed sub-section of the recent IMF country report is about the effects of climate change on Pakistan. ...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 08:45am

Pakistan

Sustainable environment protection plan needed to fight pollution: PM Imran

Directs departments concerned to immediately devise a strategy to take all necessary steps to save major cities from pollution

Updated 23 Nov, 2021 01:28pm

Business & Finance

Climate on track to devastate world's poorest economies: study

GLASGOW: The 65 most vulnerable nations will see GDP drop 20 percent on average by 2050 and 64 percent by 2100 if ...

Published 08 Nov, 2021 09:45am

World

Eyes of the world will be on Scotland for climate summit, queen says

LONDON: The world’s attention will be focused on Scotland for next month’s climate summit, Queen Elizabeth told...

Published 03 Oct, 2021 04:16am

World

World leaders return to UN with focus on pandemic, climate

UNITED NATIONS: World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting...

Published 20 Sep, 2021 05:23am

Pakistan

'Proper city planning can help reduce growing warming'

KARACHI: A proper city planning can check the growing warming in megacity Karachi, say experts. Dr Syed Raza Ali...

Published 20 Sep, 2021 05:23am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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