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G20 leaders turn focus to climate change

RIO DE JANEIRO: Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies meet on Tuesday to discuss sustainable development and ...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

Opinion

Existential threats, and need for 10-year economic, environmental, and epidemiological plan

The federal minister for planning and development, Ahsan Iqbal, reportedly indicated that the Prime Minister will...

Updated 21 Nov, 2024 04:13pm

World

Development bank financing pledge gives summit early boost

BAKU: COP29 negotiators welcomed a pledge by major development banks to lift funding to poor and middle-income...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 07:45am

World

Stark warning on emissions as leaders divided

BAKU: Global leaders offered competing visions on how to tackle climate change at UN-led talks on Wednesday as a new...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 06:30am

World

Poorer countries: Lenders set $120bn climate finance goal

BAKU: The world’s top multilateral banks pledged to ramp up climate finance to low and middle income countries to...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

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

World

Countries’ carbon-cut plans ‘miles short’ of 2030 goal: UN

PARIS: Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday,...

Published 29 Oct, 2024 03:27am

World

Public money ‘must be at core’ of new climate pact: UN

PARIS: The UN’s climate chief said Thursday that money from rich countries “must be at the core” of a new deal...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

Opinion

Uncontrolled weather

It was not too long ago that I had written about the unusual deaths by lightning strikes across the country. This...

Updated 24 Aug, 2024 07:40am

President for enhancing national forest coverage

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday called for enhancing the national forest coverage by planting more...

Updated 19 Aug, 2024 08:46am

Heat killed nearly 50,000 in Europe in 2023: study

PARIS: High temperatures which scientists say are being worsened by human-driven carbon emissions caused nearly...

Published 13 Aug, 2024 07:02am

Pakistan

Farooq Satter lauded Arif Habib’s efforts to combat global warming

KARACHI: Senior politician and National Assembly member Farooq Sattar has lauded Arif Habib’s comprehensive ...

Updated 08 Aug, 2024 07:44am

Editorials

Record-breaking heat

EDITORIAL: Climate change is driving up average world temperatures much beyond the Global Stock take assessment. ...

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:18am

Opinion

The dire consequences of global warming

While camping in the serene upper reaches of Neelam Valley last week, I observed that a stark transformation is...

Updated 02 Jul, 2024 06:39am

Pakistan

Collective action urged to adapt to ‘new age of global warming’

ISLAMABAD: With temperatures already crossing 52 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country, the United Nations...

Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am

Opinion

Dangers of global warming

It was a horrifying nightmarish flight for the passengers on board a flight from London to Singapore as the plane ...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

World

Flash floods kill 50 in one day in north Afghanistan

KABUL: At least 50 people, mainly women and children, were killed Friday in flash flooding that ripped through...

Published 10 May, 2024 11:30pm

Opinion

Climate change, plastic pollution, and waste management

Pakistan is among the top-ten climate change vulnerable country. Global warming needs to be controlled, and a...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Opinion

Prioritising sustainable, small-scale farming

Evolution is natural ongoing phenomena since day one and there is a famous phrase of philosophers and scientists...

Published 14 Apr, 2024 03:23am

World

Global warming will ‘decimate’ G20 economies without unity: UN climate head

LONDON: UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Wednesday warned G20 nations their economies face decimation and they must...

Published 10 Apr, 2024 07:46pm

World

Top Europe rights court to issue landmark climate verdicts

STRASBOURG, (France): Europe’s top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am

Editorials

Improving the climate governance framework

EDITORIAL: Transparency International Pakistan’s (TIP’s) latest findings, that the country faces losses worth $4...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 04:37am

World

Global warming to raise food prices, inflation: study

PARIS: Global warming and heatwaves are expected to further increase food prices and overall inflation across the...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

World

Pollution risks worsening global water scarcity: study

PARIS: Water scarcity could affect three billion more people than previously expected by mid-century, with increased...

Published 07 Feb, 2024 05:30am

Pakistan

NUST seminar: Comprehensive overhaul of govt’s fiscal apparatus vital: Shamshad

ISLAMABAD: Effective implementation of bold and ambitious reforms is imperative to usher in a new era of development...

Published 25 Jan, 2024 04:23am

World

World could breach 1.5C warming threshold in 7 years: study

PARIS: The world may cross the crucial 1.5C global warming threshold in seven years as fossil fuel CO2 emissions...

Published 05 Dec, 2023 04:28pm

World

UN chief, COP28 president clash over future of fossil fuels

DUBAI: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders at the COP28 climate summit to plan for a future...

Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am

Climate plans: Over 130 nations agree to include food, agriculture

DUBAI: More than 130 countries agreed to prioritise food and agriculture in their national climate plans at COP28 in...

Updated 02 Dec, 2023 03:51pm

World

COP28 opens with launch of loss and damage fund

DUBAI: Nearly 200 nations agreed Thursday to launch a fund to support countries hit by global warming, in a...

Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am

Opinion

Alarming threat of global warming and lagging climate finance

The progress made since the landmark Paris Agreement back in 2015 is seriously lagging as pointed out by a recently...

Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am

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
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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