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Development goals: AIIB vows support to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has reiterated the commitment to supporting Pakistan in...

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 08:27am

Pakistan

Collective efforts needed to deal with disasters: Minister

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Health and Emergency Services Khawaja Salman Rafique, who is Chairman Committee for...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

‘Case study of 2022 floods’: ADB warns of big climate disasters

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned that climate change is expected to increase the frequency and...

Updated 26 Apr, 2024 01:06pm

Pakistan

Climate activist awarded by Sindh govt for preserving green heritage

Climate and environmental activist Aneeqa Bashir was recognised by the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Climate...

Published 11 Jan, 2024 09:46pm

BR Research

An interview with Dr. Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University

‘Adaptation is the failure of mitigation, but adaption is not the opposite of mitigation’ Dr. Adil Najam is the...

Updated 08 Jan, 2024 03:07pm

World

Amid melting glaciers, Swiss to vote on new climate law

GENEVA: The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, are expected Sunday to...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 10:51am

Pakistan

Storm Biparjoy can hit areas of Sindh, Balochistan: PCJCCI

LAHORE: Despite contributing less than 1 percent of global emissions, Pakistan was among the 10 countries most...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

World

Climate-stressed Indian farmers seek to escape debt and suicide

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Farmer Ganpatram Bheda, 66, fears he will lose his two acres of land in northwest India after...

Published 12 May, 2023 11:15am

World

258 million needed urgent food aid in 2022: UN

PARIS: Some 258 million people needed emergency food aid last year because of conflict, economic shocks and climate...

Published 04 May, 2023 04:26am

Markets

Sindh cabinet sets wheat procurement target at 1.4MMT

KARACHI: After thorough deliberations and discussion, the Sindh Cabinet has decided to set a wheat procurement ...

Published 10 Feb, 2023 03:56am

Pakistan

New estimates place flood losses at $46bn

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said that the...

Updated 06 Dec, 2022 09:27am

‘Global Shield’ launched

SHARM EL SHEIKH, (Egypt): A scheme to give speedy financial support to communities battered by climate disasters was...

Updated 15 Nov, 2022 11:48am

Pakistan

Climate change-induced disasters may significantly set back uplift plans: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Climate change-induced disasters could significantly set back Pakistan’s development ambitions and its...

Published 11 Nov, 2022 07:08am

Pakistan

Sherry informs journalists: PM to highlight damages caused by floods at Egypt conference

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz...

Published 03 Nov, 2022 06:43am

World

Half the world unprepared for disasters: UN

GENEVA: Even as extreme weather and climate disasters are multiplying, half of countries lack the advanced early...

Published 13 Oct, 2022 12:53pm

Opinion

Dust to downpour: US weather whiplash shows climate change

A series of “once-in-a-millennium” rainstorms have lashed the United States in recent weeks, flooding areas ...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

World

Climate disasters cost Germany 80bn euros since 2018: report

BERLIN: Weather catastrophes triggered by climate change have cost Germany at least 80 billion euros since 2018, a...

Published 19 Jul, 2022 07:10am

Forex
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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
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

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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