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Ogra takes action against mixing of CO2, other irregularities

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has taken serious note of the illegal decanting, theft of gas...

Published 12 Feb, 2025 06:17am

Pakistan

Call for taking action against illegal adulteration of LPG with CO2

LAHORE: Zaki Aijaz, Regional Chairman of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), along...

Published 04 Feb, 2025 06:29am

Opinion

LPG adulteration

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) oversees Pakistan’s gas sector, including Liquefied Petroleum Gas...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 06:38am

Business & Finance

European auto industry urges assistance ahead of rule tightening

PARIS: European carmakers on Thursday asked the EU for “urgent” assistance as they contend with slumping electric...

Published 19 Sep, 2024 11:49am

Markets

Action ordered against illegal decanters: Ogra takes note of acts of mixing CO2 with LPG

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has taken serious note of the issue of mixing carbon dioxide...

Published 16 Jul, 2024 06:53am

Business & Finance

GM fined $146m for lowballing vehicle emissions

NEW YORK: General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties for underestimating emissions produced by its...

Published 05 Jul, 2024 03:17am

Editorials

No end to climate troubles

EDITORIAL: Earlier predictions about the effects of climate change are turning out to be so frighteningly true that...

Published 21 Apr, 2024 04:10am

World

Climate-warming gases being smuggled into Europe, investigation says

SINGAPORE: Large amounts of climate-warming refrigerant gases from China and Turkiye are being smuggled illegally...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 10:25am

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

Opinion

9th review struggle with IMF

Since November of last year, Pakistan is still waiting for the release of the next tranche of $1.1 billion from the...

Published 21 May, 2023 04:00am

World

EU Parliament to cast final vote on Europe’s biggest climate policy

STRASBOURG: The European Parliament holds its final vote on Tuesday on whether to approve sweeping reforms to make...

Published 18 Apr, 2023 11:18am

World

‘Big sponge’: new CO2 tech taps oceans to tackle global warming

SAN PEDRO: Floating in the port of Los Angeles, a strange-looking barge covered with pipes and tanks contains a...

Published 17 Apr, 2023 12:33pm

EU strikes deal to boost carbon market, Europe’s biggest climate policy

BRUSSELS: European Union negotiators reached a political deal on Sunday to overhaul the bloc’s carbon market,...

Updated 19 Dec, 2022 09:42am

World

EU strikes deal to ban combustion-engine cars by 2035

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Thursday struck an agreement on legislation to phase out new CO2-emitting vehicles...

Published 28 Oct, 2022 10:52am

Opinion

Germany energy transition needs faster CO2 cuts from autos, industry

Two major pillars of the German economy - its mammoth car market and manufacturing sector - are clear laggards in...

Published 20 Sep, 2022 05:51am

World

Norway’s future CO2 cemetery takes shape

OYGARDEN: On the shores of an island off Norway’s North Sea coast, engineers are building a burial ground for...

Published 04 Sep, 2022 10:09am

World

Industry steps up lobbying ahead of bumper EU climate votes

BRUSSELS: European Union lawmakers have been inundated by lobbyists ahead of votes this week on more ambitious EU...

Published 06 Jun, 2022 10:48am

Markets

EU countries support plan for world-first carbon border tariff

BRUSSELS: European Union countries on Tuesday backed the bloc’s plan to impose a world-first carbon dioxide...

Published 16 Mar, 2022 05:40am

Markets

Global carbon markets value surged to record $851bn

LONDON: The value of traded global markets for carbon dioxide (CO2) permits grew by 164% to a record 760 billion...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 04:07am

Business & Finance

German inflation rises to 28-year high of 4.5%

BERLIN: German consumer prices rose at their fastest pace since 1993 in October on the back of higher energy prices,...

Published 28 Oct, 2021 05:39pm

World

Brazil's Bolsonaro accused of 'crimes against humanity' at ICC

PARIS: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was accused Tuesday of "crimes against humanity" at the International...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 11:00am

World

EU drafts plan to toughen carbon market

BRUSSELS: The European Union is planning to toughen its carbon market to cut emissions faster and put a price on...

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:38am

World

Gabon paid for protecting forests, in African first

LIBREVILLE: Gabon has become the first African nation to receive a financial reward for protecting its forests as...

Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am

Business & Finance

Europe powers up electric car battery drive

European factories could employ 800,000 people, the commission estimates, but they would need to be trained quickly.

Published 20 Jun, 2021 10:34am

World

'No time to waste' warns Japan climate activist

That significantly firmed up Tokyo's climate commitments and was a "major step forward," Hirata said.

Published 16 Jun, 2021 11:34am

Opinion

Big oil may get more climate lawsuits after Shell ruling

A Dutch court’s decision to force Royal Dutch Shell to make deeper, faster cuts to its climate warming emissions ...

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

Markets

Dutch court to rule in Shell climate case

The campaigners asked the court during hearings in December to order Anglo-Dutch multinational Shell to reduce emissions by 45 percent by 2030 in order to help achieve that goal.

Published 26 May, 2021 10:34am

World

Germany sets more ambitious climate goals after landmark ruling

BERLIN: The German government said Wednesday it would set more ambitious targets to reduce CO2 emissions after a...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:18am

World

'Historic' legal blow for Merkel's climate plan amid Green surge

KARLSRUHE, (Germany): Germany's highest court ruled Thursday that the government's flagship climate protection plan...

Updated 30 Apr, 2021 10:33am

ArcelorMittal, Vattenfall form hydrogen consortium with Shell, Airbus, others

FRANKFURT: ArcelorMittal, the world's top steelmaker, and Swedish utility Vattenfall have teamed up with Shell,...

Published 27 Apr, 2021 03:02am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	280.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	280.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 17	142.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 17	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 17	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 17	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 17	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
India Sensex / Apr 17	78,553.20
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
Hang Seng / Apr 17	21,395.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	8,275.66
Dow Jones / Apr 17	39,142.23
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	21,205.86
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7,285.86
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	34,730.28

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 17	64.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 17	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	300,068
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 17	3,326.85
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 17	67.13
Petrol/Litre / Apr 18	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 18	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 18 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.45 ▲ 1 (40.82%)
Universal Ins. / Apr 18 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	10.37 ▲ 1 (10.67%)
Oilboy Energy / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.91 ▲ 1 (10.09%)
Popular Islamic / Apr 18 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.70 ▲ 1.25 (10.04%)
Bunnys Limited / Apr 18 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	26.91 ▲ 2.45 (10.02%)
Safe Mix Con.Lt / Apr 18 Safe Mix Concrete Limited(SMCPL)	18.11 ▲ 1.65 (10.02%)
Nimir Resins / Apr 18 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	46.70 ▲ 4.25 (10.01%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 18 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	269.05 ▲ 24.46 (10%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Apr 18 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	24.08 ▲ 2.19 (10%)
Indus Dyeing / Apr 18 Indus Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Limited(IDYM)	129.98 ▲ 11.82 (10%)

Stock	Price
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	0.58 ▼ -0.49 (-45.79%)
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 18 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.80 ▼ -1.37 (-19.11%)
Century Ins. / Apr 18 Century Insurance Company Limited(CENI)	41.20 ▼ -8.62 (-17.3%)
Escorts Bank / Apr 18 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	5.90 ▼ -0.94 (-13.74%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Apr 18 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.40 ▼ -0.89 (-10.74%)
Crescent Fib. / Apr 18 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.25 ▼ -5 (-9.95%)
Zephyr Textile / Apr 18 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.26 ▼ -1.22 (-9.78%)
Idrees Tex. / Apr 18 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	17.20 ▼ -1.85 (-9.71%)
Suraj Cotton / Apr 18 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	119.01 ▼ -12.62 (-9.59%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Apr 18 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	12.65 ▼ -1.32 (-9.45%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Apr 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	38,207,702 ▲ 1.49
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 18 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	30,924,422 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	22,825,989 ▲ 0.07
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,207,672 ▼ -0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 18 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	12,780,505 ▲ 0.93
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,578,802 ▲ 0
Pak Elektron / Apr 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	10,988,493 ▼ -0.53
Habib Bank / Apr 18 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	9,338,304 ▼ -5.73
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	9,054,335 ▼ -0.49
B.O.Punjab / Apr 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	8,925,360 ▼ -0.09

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