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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

Business & Finance

OICCI launches ‘white paper’: ‘Synergizing the climate ambition...’

KARACHI: Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), the collective body of over 200 foreign...

Published 24 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Opinion

Climate-focused development banks neglect nature ahead of COP15

The world’s development banks could play a major role in protecting nature, but are largely ignoring biodiversity...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Pakistan

Senate panel told: 152 big climatic events pushed up food insecurity in country

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was informed on Friday that the country witnessed 152 extreme climatic events – ...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 06:42am

Opinion

Climate change crisis and COP27

COP27 – 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – which will be...

Updated 28 Oct, 2022 06:35am

Opinion

LNG procurement: global challenges

During the COP26 conference last November in Glasgow, LNG was identified as the transition fuel for migrating to the...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Pakistan

ICAP to review international sustainability reporting standards

KARACHI: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), under the Accounting Standards Board, has formed...

Published 22 Jun, 2022 06:45am

Pakistan

NDCs: OICCI holds discussion on climate actions

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) organised the first of a series of Industry...

Published 17 Jun, 2022 08:25am

G7 nations vow to stop fossil-fuel financing abroad by end 2022

BERLIN: Japan Friday for the first time joined fellow members of the Group of Seven industrialised nations in...

Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am

World

Tuvalu, sinking in the Pacific, fears becoming a superpower ‘pawn’

SYDNEY: Tuvalu fears that climate change, an existential threat to the Pacific nation, is being forgotten and it...

Published 13 May, 2022 11:53am

Opinion

UK oil capital tackles the energy transition… up to a point

In Aberdeen, northeast Scotland, offshore wind turbines, the extension to the city’s port, and hydrogen buses are...

Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am

Opinion

Global economic crisis and Neoliberalism

‘The global multilateral economic system has been stress tested twice this century. The first time was with the...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:19am

Pakistan

Net Zero Pakistan becomes official accelerator of ‘Race to Zero campaign’

KARACHI: Net Zero Pakistan has been announced as an official Accelerator of the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign,...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Pakistan

OICCI to hold ‘Pakistan Climate Conference 2022’ in March

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), the collective voice of top foreign...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Opinion

Climate change 2021: There’s no turning back now

Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a chaotic...

Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am

World

Climate change 2021: There's no turning back now

PARIS: Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a...

Published 27 Dec, 2021 10:20am

Pakistan

‘Govt plans to inject 60pc renewables into energy mix by 2030’

ISLAMABAD: Member Parliamentary Committee on Climate Senator Faisal Javed, on Thursday said, Pakistan, so far, has...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am

BR Research

Climate getting coal feet

Net-zero carbon has many advocates in theory, but the commitment to objectively achieve that globally is missing all...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 07:55am

Markets

Oil CEOs raise alarm over market’s readiness to drop fossil fuels

HOUSTON: A coming transition from oil and gas to renewables will be “messy” for many years and lead to sharp...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am

Indus Basin’s ecological restoration: PM approves concept plan

ISLAMABAD: The government has approved, in-principle, the concept plan of “Ecological Restoration of the Indus...

Updated 07 Dec, 2021 09:50am

Pakistan

UNDP vows to support govt’s national climate response

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Development Programme’s Pakistan office has said that the international body...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:19am

Opinion

Rich countries’ approach to global climate crisis

Only recently, climate change activists, doctors and other medical personnel lied on floor outside JP Morgan’s...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am

World

Climate change 2021: There's no turning back now

PARIS: Across a quarter century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a...

Updated 30 Nov, 2021 11:26am

Pakistan

Experts urge govt to firmly deal with ‘climate emergency’

ISLAMABAD: Experts have urged the government to deal with ‘climate emergency’ in Pakistan, keeping in view the...

Published 28 Nov, 2021 05:38am

Pakistan

Seminar held on ‘financing climate actions’

KARACHI: A seminar on “Financing climate actions: China initiatives and international cooperation” was held by...

Published 26 Nov, 2021 05:15am

Sixth review under $6bn EFF: IMF, govt reach staff-level agreement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on policies and...

Published 23 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Editorials

When something is better than nothing

EDITORIAL: COP26 proved anti-climactic for Go Green campaigners gathered outside the venue who hoped their presence...

Published 21 Nov, 2021 04:19am

Opinion

Nature-pact goal to protect 30pc of land and ocean hangs in balance

The central pledge of a planned new global nature pact - to protect 30% of the planet’s land and seas - is in...

Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am

Markets

Coal power stand at COP26 climate talks lends India time to transition

MUMBAI: Far from Glasgow, in the coal hub of Ranchi in eastern India, labour union leader D. D. Ramanandan followed...

Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am

Opinion

COP26 left a lot to be desired

‘Many people around the world already consider the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow a...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 1	278.25
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 1	278
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	156.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.30
Euro to USD / Jan 1	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	5,544.59
India Sensex / Jan 1	81,343.46
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	39,952.62
Nasdaq / Jan 1	17,871.22
Hang Seng / Jan 1	17,446.24
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	8,204.89
Dow Jones / Jan 1	40,665.02
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 1	18,354.76

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	275.60
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	83.40
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	18,535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	217,764
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	2,467.52
Diesel/Litre / Jan 1	283.63

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 18 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	7.83 ▲ 0.72 (10.13%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Quetta Textile / Dec 18 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	19.67 ▲ 1.79 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 18 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	37.76 ▼ -4.20 (-10.01%)
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
Din Tex. / Dec 18 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	45.90 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Dec 18 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	211.50 ▼ -23.50 (-10.00%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.39
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	58,285,174 ▼ -0.43
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,202,972 ▼ -0.02
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▲ 0.03
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 2.48
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▲ 0.18
Hub Power Co. / Dec 18 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,289,968 ▼ -3.28
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	32,155,757 ▲ 1.01

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