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Existential threats and Neoliberalism—I

The climate change crisis is fast-unfolding, and unlike what was thought at the time of the ‘Paris Agreement’ on...

Updated 08 Mar, 2025 12:38pm

Editorials

Climate change debate

EDITORIAL: The United States’ decision to sit out the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 06:52am

Opinion

Net zero and Pakistan’s energy system: no more business as usual

Net Zero is an international agreement for climate action that aims to achieve a balanced state of greenhouse gases...

Updated 30 Oct, 2023 06:07am

World

US to invest $1.2bn on facilities to pull carbon from air

WASHINGTON: The US government said Friday it will spend up to $1.2 billion for two pioneering facilities to vacuum...

Published 13 Aug, 2023 02:55am

Opinion

Neoliberalism, austerity, and climate change crisis

‘Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push ...

Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Editorials

The people and the climate

EDITORIAL: While the world’s major polluters have fallen far short of their obligations to limit greenhouse gas...

Published 23 Mar, 2023 05:47am

World

Scientists urge top publisher to withdraw faulty climate study

PARIS: A fundamentally flawed study claiming that scientific evidence of a climate crisis is lacking should be...

Published 28 Sep, 2022 05:51am

Opinion

The flood catastrophe

Reportedly, around 33 million people stand affected by the most intense and devastating floods in the history of...

Published 02 Sep, 2022 06:00am

World

Billionaires promote CO2-removing schemes to protect climate

PARIS: The boss of NetZero still can’t believe his start-up has won a million-dollar prize from Elon Musk to...

Published 30 May, 2022 05:53am

Editorials

For a livable future

EDITORIAL: For a livable future the humanity has got to stem the rise of planet-warming carbon emissions, says the...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Pakistan

‘Environmental sustainability a cross cutting theme’

ISLAMABAD: South Asia is the most vulnerable region in the face of climate change and thus, collective efforts are...

Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:15am

‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN

PARIS: Humanity has less than three years to halt the rise of planet-warming carbon emissions and less than a decade...

Updated 05 Apr, 2022 09:39am

Govts, businesses ‘lying’ on climate efforts: UN

UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Antonio Guterres accused governments and businesses Monday of “lying” about their...

Updated 05 Apr, 2022 09:46am

Opinion

Climate change crisis and global response

The existential threat of climate change is unfolding fast, and the window of limiting average global temperatures...

Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am

Markets

A hotter planet means a hungrier planet, climate report warns

LONDON: The future of food is troubling. Nearly a third of the world’s crop fields and livestock rangeland will be...

Published 02 Mar, 2022 04:35am

Opinion

Climate change crisis and COP26

'Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement pledged to limit global warming to well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to...

Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

Nuclear option: Earth's climate panacea or poison?

For its supporters, nuclear energy is the world's best - perhaps only - hope to avoid catastrophic climate change....

Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am

BR Research

Black swans in climate change

From destructive floods and hurricanes to wildfire and heatwaves, the black swan events in the climate crisis are...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 07:40am

Opinion

Dirty air, foreign aid, and climate funds

Burning of fossil fuel has had a significant role in exacerbating climate change crisis, the tipping point of which...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Opinion

Climate science struggles with 'blind spots' in developing nations

This month's hard-hitting report from the UN climate science panel sounded the alarm on the surging impacts of ...

Published 22 Aug, 2021 04:09am

Opinion

Starkest report on climate change and ‘unequivocal’ human involvement

‘It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am

Editorials

Climate: world finds itself at a tipping point

EDITORIAL: A group of 39 island nations has called on the world to save “our very future”. The call comes as the...

Published 12 Aug, 2021 04:34am

World

UN set to unveil landmark report as climate impacts multiply

There will be two further parts to the IPCC's latest round of climate assessments, known as AR6

Published 09 Aug, 2021 09:33am

World

Crushing climate impacts to hit sooner than feared: draft UN report

Transitioning to more plant-based diets could also reduce food-related emissions as much as 70 percent by 2050.

Published 23 Jun, 2021 10:27am

World

Warming drives ‘fundamental’ changes to ocean, scientists warn

PARIS: Climate change has wrought major changes to ocean stability faster than previously thought, according to a...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

Opinion

LNG business: the eclipsed side

LNG contains two forms of energy; one measured in terms of Calorific Value (CV) which is widely recognized. The ...

Published 25 Feb, 2021 04:58am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 28	281.26
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 28	281.06
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 28	142.05
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 28	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 28	1.34
Euro to USD / Apr 28	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 28	5,528.75
India Sensex / Apr 28	80,218.37
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 28	35,839.99
Nasdaq / Apr 28	17,366.13
Hang Seng / Apr 28	21,971.96
FTSE 100 / Apr 28	8,417.34
Dow Jones / Apr 28	40,227.59
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 28	22,271.67
France CAC40 / Apr 28	7,573.76

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 28	62.05
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 28	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 28	297,582
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 28	3,347.70
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 28	67.55
Petrol/Litre / Apr 29	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 29	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Ruby Textile / Apr 28 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7.98 ▲ 0.78 (10.83%)
ECOPACK Ltd / Apr 28 Ecopack Limited(ECOP)	34.71 ▲ 3.16 (10.02%)
EMCO Industries / Apr 28 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	38.36 ▲ 3.49 (10.01%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 28 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	172.02 ▲ 15.64 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 28 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	392.76 ▲ 35.71 (10%)
Shakarganj / Apr 28 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	43.58 ▲ 3.96 (9.99%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 28 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	3,608.54 ▲ 326.25 (9.94%)
Popular Islamic / Apr 28 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.89 ▲ 1.25 (9.89%)
Supernet Ltd. / Apr 28 Supernet Limited (GEM)(GEMSPNL)	23.79 ▲ 1.96 (8.98%)
MCB Invest. Managmt. / Apr 28 MCB Investment Management Limited(MCBIM)	92.81 ▲ 7.54 (8.84%)

Stock	Price
Lucky Cement / Apr 28 Lucky Cement Limited(LUCK)	358.88 ▼ -1392.57 (-79.51%)
Ghani Chemworld / Apr 28 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	7 ▼ -1 (-12.5%)
Dewan Textile / Apr 28 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	6.51 ▼ -0.79 (-10.82%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Apr 28 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.74 ▼ -0.99 (-10.17%)
Matco Foods Ltd / Apr 28 Matco Foods Limited(MFL)	39.84 ▼ -4.43 (-10.01%)
Bunnys Limited / Apr 28 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	30.75 ▼ -3.42 (-10.01%)
Cyan Limited / Apr 28 Cyan Limited(CYAN)	36.20 ▼ -4.02 (-10%)
Atlas Battery / Apr 28 Atlas Battery Limited(ATBA)	292.11 ▼ -32.46 (-10%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Apr 28 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	216.10 ▼ -24 (-10%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 28 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	78.07 ▼ -8.67 (-10%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Apr 28 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	23,705,546 ▼ -0.41
Power Cement / Apr 28 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,585,733 ▼ -0.99
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	18,309,847 ▼ -0.03
Pak Elektron / Apr 28 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	18,055,841 ▼ -2.41
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	14,648,408 ▼ -0.99
Sui North Gas / Apr 28 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	13,187,141 ▼ -4.28
Ghani Chemworld / Apr 28 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	12,616,978 ▼ -1
Cnergyico PK / Apr 28 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	12,357,232 ▼ -0.28
Sui South Gas / Apr 28 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	11,366,687 ▼ -2.77
Lucky Cement / Apr 28 Lucky Cement Limited(LUCK)	9,953,480 ▼ -1392.57

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