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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

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

‘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

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 / 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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