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Shrouded in smog, Delhi pollution reading is the highest this year

NEW DELHI: A thick blanket of toxic smog engulfed most parts of northern India on Monday and readings of air quality...

Published 18 Nov, 2024 12:05pm

Pakistan

Punjab extends closure of schools by week

LAHORE: Country’s most populated province of Punjab on Friday extended school closures in smog-hit major cities by...

Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:04am

World

Visibility drops in parts of Delhi as pollution surges

NEW DELHI: A toxic haze enveloped India’s national capital on Wednesday morning as temperatures dropped and...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 11:52am

Pakistan

Punjab sets up ‘smog war room’ to combat hazardous air

LAHORE: Pakistan’s Punjab set up a “smog war room” to tackle severe pollution, officials said, as poor air quality...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 11:48am

World

Toxic smog wreathes India’s capital as winter nears

NEW DELHI: A toxic smog shrouded the Indian capital on Tuesday, driving air quality in some areas into the “severe”...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 10:50am

World

Indian capital chokes as ‘hazardous’ air pollution returns

NEW DELHI: Acrid clouds engulfed India’s capital on Wednesday as air pollution fuelled by fireworks and farm stubble...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 12:08pm

Editorials

2nd most polluted country

EDITORIAL: Pakistan seems destined to stay right at the top of the world pollution pyramid, ending 2023 as the ...

Published 24 Mar, 2024 03:02am

World

Bangladesh, Pakistan and India bottom in air quality rankings in 2023, data shows

SINGAPORE: Pakistan remained one of the world’s three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced...

Updated 19 Mar, 2024 03:49pm

World

Bangkok says work from home as pollution blankets city

BANGKOK: Bangkok city employees have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air pollution, as a layer of...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 12:57pm

Pakistan

Soaring pollution in Pakistan’s Lahore fills wards with sick children

LAHORE: In the packed paediatric emergency room of a Lahore public hospital, parents holding sick children lined up...

Published 07 Dec, 2023 11:30am

Opinion

The health toll of air pollution

One thing which still remains binding between Pakistan and India and reminds us of each other is the weather and the...

Updated 18 Nov, 2023 06:56am

Pakistan

Can Pakistan’s electric buses reduce urban air pollution woes?

ISLAMABAD: For Karachi-based Raja Kamran, swapping his motorcycle commute for Pakistan’s first-ever electric bus...

Published 13 Mar, 2023 01:25pm

World

Post-Diwali Delhi wakes to toxic firecracker smog

NEW DELHI: New Delhi woke to toxic smog on Tuesday after Diwali revellers defied a firecracker ban and risked jail...

Published 25 Oct, 2022 01:14pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 26	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 26	278.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
India Sensex / Dec 26	78,475.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 27	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 26 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.99 ▲ 1.00 (16.69%)
Next Capital / Dec 26 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	9.90 ▲ 1.00 (11.24%)
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16.45 ▲ 1.50 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 26 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	15.81 ▲ 1.44 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Dec 26 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.21 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 26 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	44.96 ▲ 4.09 (10.01%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 26 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	99.06 ▲ 9.01 (10.01%)
Altern Energy / Dec 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	22.65 ▲ 2.06 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 26 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	23.10 ▼ -2.57 (-10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Dec 26 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	18.45 ▼ -2.05 (-10.00%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 26 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.56 ▼ -13.38 (-9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.54 ▼ -1.50 (-9.97%)
Arctic Textile / Dec 26 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	21.60 ▼ -2.37 (-9.89%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.25 ▼ -1.22 (-9.06%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 26 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24 ▼ -2.33 (-8.85%)
Equity Modaraba / Dec 26 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3 ▼ -0.29 (-8.81%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,301,142 ▲ 1.50
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,900,564 ▲ 6.41
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -1.65
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.19
B.O.Punjab / Dec 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,003,113 ▼ -0.11
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.87
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.09

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