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Heavy monsoon rains

Thousands evacuated as cyclone builds off India and Pakistan’s coast

Heavy rains battered India and Pakistan’s coastal areas along the Arabian Sea, flooding cities in western India’s...

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 10:25pm

World

Monsoon floods in India’s Gujarat kill at least 28 people

AHMEDABAD: Intense monsoon rains and floods in India’s Gujarat state killed at least 28 people in the past three...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 11:21am

Pakistan

Rain emergency: Sindh govt ready to deal with any emergency situation: Sharjeel

KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has announced the possibility of heavy rains across the province...

Updated 28 Aug, 2024 08:17am

Pakistan

PMD issues fresh flood warnings as more rains likely to batter parts of country

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Thursday issued fresh flood warnings in various parts of the country...

Published 08 Aug, 2024 08:54pm

Pakistan

More rain expected in Karachi till August 6: Met office

The current spell of monsoon showers is expected to continue in Karachi till August 6, Pakistan Meteorological...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 05:07pm

Pakistan

Sindh, Punjab at risk of flash floods due to heavy monsoon rains: NDMA

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday warned of flash floods in various cities across Punjab...

Published 02 Aug, 2024 09:25pm

Pakistan

Heavy rain, floods in Pakistan kill at least 30

LAHORE/PESHAWAR: Floods brought by torrential rains in Pakistan caused damage that killed at least 30 people this...

Published 02 Aug, 2024 04:00pm

Pakistan

Punjab CM for preparing plan to deal with challenge of rains

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif had directed the relevant departments to prepare a relief plan in...

Published 02 Aug, 2024 08:15am

Pakistan

Heavy rains likely on 8th and 9th Muharram

LAHORE: On 8th and 9th of Muharram, there are chances of heavy rains across Punjab. It was informed by PDMA that...

Published 15 Jul, 2024 07:28am

World

India likely to receive below-average monsoon rains in August

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India is likely to receive below-average rainfall in August due to the El Nino weather pattern, a...

Published 31 Jul, 2023 05:47pm

Markets

UAE bans rice exports and re-exports for four months

CAIRO: The United Arab Emirates has banned rice exports and re-exports for four months, including rice of Indian...

Published 29 Jul, 2023 05:28am

63 people die in rain-related incidents since Jun 26: NDMA

ISLAMABAD: At least 63 people have lost their lives and 87 were injured owing to flash floods triggered by...

Updated 08 Jul, 2023 09:01am

Pakistan

At least 50 dead in Pakistan monsoon floods

Rescuers still searching for other children trapped in the debris

Updated 07 Jul, 2023 05:36pm

Pakistan

Eight killed as ‘record-breaking’ rain lashes Lahore

LAHORE: Record heavy monsoon rain caused urban flooding in the provincial capital on Wednesday, paralyzing routine...

Published 06 Jul, 2023 05:42am

China pledges over $90m for flood-hit Pakistan

BEIJING: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong has asserted that China has so far pledged over $90 million in...

Updated 02 Oct, 2022 10:22am

World

Heavy rain in India brings floods to business district near capital

GURUGRAM: Authorities in a suburb of the Indian capital where many companies have offices and executives have their...

Published 23 Sep, 2022 12:17pm

PM apprises IMF, World Bank heads of scale of monsoon mayhem

Underlines that Pakistan made little contribution to climate change, yet it faced the impacts disproportionately

Updated 22 Sep, 2022 09:52am

World

Rain, landslides kill 48 in Nepal and India

KATHMANDU: Heavy monsoon rains and landslides have killed almost 50 people in Nepal and India in recent days,...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 07:52am

Opinion

Dealing with the post-flood recovery challenges

Pakistan is in the midst of perhaps the worst ‘natural’ disaster. According to the National Disaster Management...

Published 15 Sep, 2022 05:57am

Rain adds misery to flood-ravaged Sindh

THARPARKAR: Sindh which is already facing unprecedented floods owing to torrential rains in different parts of the...

Updated 13 Sep, 2022 09:50am

Pakistan

Floods have killed another 12 people, damaged 19,153 houses: NDMA

ISLAMABAD: The devastating floods triggered by monsoon rains have killed another 12 people, injured two, damaged...

Published 08 Sep, 2022 07:03am

Pakistan

Stagnant rainwater causing spread of dengue virus, says health official

ISLAMABAD: Following the ongoing heavy monsoon rains which inundated cities, towns and villages across the country...

Published 07 Sep, 2022 04:13am

Body takes stock of calamitous state of country

Floods that have inundated a third of the country were preceded by four heatwaves and multiple raging forest fires, the disaster management chief says

Updated 04 Sep, 2022 02:19pm

Deluged Sindh braces for more flooding

DADU: Sindh province braced for more flooding on Thursday as a surge of water flowed down the Indus river,...

Updated 02 Sep, 2022 09:42am

Pakistan urged to open up India route to flood aid

SHIKARPUR: Global aid has started arriving in Pakistan as the scale of flood devastation unfolds, with planes...

Updated 01 Sep, 2022 09:31am

Pakistan

Flash floods: Bilawal hopes financial institutions to take economic fallout into account

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs financial help to deal with “overwhelming” floods, its foreign minister said on Sunday,...

Updated 29 Aug, 2022 09:47am

Thousands told to evacuate as rivers in KP rise

Flooding has affected more than 33 million people — one in seven Pakistanis — destroying or badly damaging nearly a million homes

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 12:55pm

Pakistan

PM Flood Relief Fund: Ahsan Iqbal wants overseas Pakistanis to donate

Planning minister urges foreign missions to add donation-related information on their websites

Updated 27 Aug, 2022 06:53pm

Balochistan communication links snapped

QUETTA: Already battered by flash floods, Balochistan province lost communication with rest of the country after...

Updated 27 Aug, 2022 09:43am

Pakistan

PMD warns Karachi at risk of urban flooding, water-logging in next rain spell

Pakistan Meteorological Department predicts nationwide downpour from August 20 to 23

Updated 20 Aug, 2022 04:58pm

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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