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Population, economy: ICJ apprised of woeful climate change impacts

Attorney General Mansoor Awan presents Pakistan’s case at the International Court of Justice

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 03:58pm

World

After floods, Spain records warmest November ever

MADRID: Spain has registered its warmest November since record-keeping began more than six decades ago, even after...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 05:14pm

World Bank rates IFRAP implementation as ‘moderately unsatisfactory’

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has rated the overall implementation progress of the “Integrated Flood Resilience and...

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 03:00pm

World

Spain announces 3.76bn euros in new aid to Valencia after floods

MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday announced 3.76 billion euros ($4.01 billion) in additional...

Published 11 Nov, 2024 05:55pm

World

South Sudan floods affect 1.4 million, displace 379,000: UN

NAIROBI: Devastating flooding in South Sudan is affecting around 1.4 million people, with more than 379,000...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 04:14pm

Crowd hurls mud, insults at Spanish royals, PM on visit to flood zone

VALENCIA: Furious locals pelted Spain’s royals and premier on Sunday with mud and cries of “murderers!”, forcing...

Updated 04 Nov, 2024 09:23am

$213m IFRAP likely to be restructured

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank “Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project (IFRAP)” of worth $213 million is...

Updated 03 Nov, 2024 08:42pm

Pakistan

2022 floods: SDPI says country has received only one-fourth of pledges

ISLAMABAD: “Pakistan has only received one-fourth of the total pledges made in the post-2022 floods’ Geneva...

Published 02 Nov, 2024 06:15am

World

Spain races to save victims as floods kill 72

VALENCIA: Spanish rescuers on Wednesday scrambled to save people trapped by surging tides of muddy water in floods...

Updated 30 Oct, 2024 08:47pm

World

Floods destroy 1.1m tons of rice in BD

DHAKA: Floods in Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 1.1 million metric tons of rice, according to data from the...

Published 21 Oct, 2024 06:04am

Pakistan

Sindh secures funds to repair 4,162 flood-hit schools: CM

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presiding over a review meeting on the ongoing repair and...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

World

Evacuations as tail of Storm Boris floods northeast Italy

ROME: Italian authorities have evacuated some 1,000 people from homes as the tail end of Storm Boris pummelled a...

Published 19 Sep, 2024 05:23pm

World

Flood-hit Central Europe fortifies towns as waters and death toll rise

NYSA: Volunteers shored up defences to stem swollen rivers in the Polish city of Nysa on Tuesday, one of dozens of...

Published 17 Sep, 2024 05:04pm

World

Polish PM announces $260mn in aid for storm-affected areas

WARSAW: Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday announced millions of dollars in aid for those in Poland hit by Storm...

Published 16 Sep, 2024 05:18pm

World

Floods claim more lives as torrential rain pounds central Europe

LIPOVA-LAZNE/VISNOVA (Czech Republic): One person drowned in southwestern Poland, a rescue worker was killed in...

Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:08am

World

Dozens dead after Typhoon Yagi hammers Vietnam

HANOI/HAIPHONG: Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, left dozens dead in northern Vietnam and...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 08:03am

Pakistan

PDMA director takes stock of damage caused by floods in Sindh

KARACHI: Imdad Hussain Siddiqui, Director (Operations) Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has ...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

Pakistan

Flash floods kill 341: NDMA

ISLAMABAD: This year flash floods triggered by monsoon rains have killed 341 people, injured 613 and destroyed ...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:33am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz awards Rs2.5mn to driver for rescuing family stranded in Balochistan flood

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif awarded on Wednesday Rs2.5 million to Mohibullah who had rescued a family stranded...

Updated 04 Sep, 2024 09:01pm

World

Bangladesh floods leave 71 dead, fears of waterborne disease rise

DHAKA: The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 71 on Tuesday with millions of people still stranded in...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 05:53pm

Finance ministry spells out 5 major economic challenges

High fuel prices among the many issues facing Pakistan's economy

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 11:52am

Pakistan

NDMA warns of more rain-related floods in KP, Punjab

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has warned of more floods, as the ongoing floods...

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 08:04am

Pakistan

NDMA predicts more rains, floods

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday issued an advisory, announcing that monsoon...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 07:41am

Editorials

The scourge of girl-child marriages

EDITORIAL: A recent press report about alarming rise in girl-child marriages in exchange for money in villages of...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

World

Bangladesh floods maroon nearly three million people, kill two

DHAKA: Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and killed two,...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:24am

Pakistan

Six killed, 228 houses destroyed in floods

ISLAMABAD: The floods triggered by the monsoon rains have continued wreaking havoc countrywide as in the past 24...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

Potential flood situation: CM visits embankments in Dadu

HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah visited various embankments in Dadu, including Hammal Lake, FP...

Published 21 Aug, 2024 08:22am

Pakistan

Agri sector: Ongoing monsoon rains have positive impact so far

ISLAMABAD: The ongoing monsoon rains so far will have a positive impact on overall agriculture sector as the rains...

Published 21 Aug, 2024 06:43am

Pakistan

NDMA issues new flood warning

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a new flash and urban flood warning as the...

Published 15 Aug, 2024 05:59am

Business & Finance

HCSTSI concerned over impacts of climate change on business

HYDERABAD: Muhammad Farooq Shaikhani, President, Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industry, has voiced...

Published 13 Aug, 2024 07:02am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 23	278.69
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 23	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 23	156.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 23	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 23	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
India Sensex / Dec 23	78,595.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 23	39,161.34
Hang Seng / Dec 23	19,857.04
FTSE 100 / Dec 23	8,068.16
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,830.32

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 23	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 23	69.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 23	2,632.38
Diesel/Litre / Dec 23	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.83 ▲ 0.92 (15.57%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.75 ▲ 0.36 (10.62%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.39 (10.37%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	36.60 ▼ -4.07 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.01 ▼ -1.33 (-8.67%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6 ▼ -0.54 (-8.26%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.46 ▼ -0.93 (-8.17%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 23 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.45 ▼ -0.65 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,327,753 ▲ 0.92
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.37
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,585,180 ▲ 1.96
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	35,015,764 ▲ 1.32
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,026,526 ▲ 2.58
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.26

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