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Sindh needs holistic approach, self-reliance to face disasters: experts

HYDERABAD: Experts at a workshop on Wednesday stressed the need for a comprehensive plan to achieve the goals of...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

Pakistan

MOL Pakistan supports NDMA efforts, provides relief goods

ISLAMABAD: Employees of MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company B.V. has stepped up their efforts to support the National...

Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am

World

China warns of ‘multiple natural disasters’ in July

BEIJING: Chinese authorities have warned of extreme weather and “multiple natural disasters” in the coming month, as...

Published 04 Jul, 2023 11:16am

World

Paris summit: World Bank, IMF take steps to boost crisis financing

PARIS: The World Bank will ease financing for countries hit by natural disasters, it said on Thursday, as the...

Updated 23 Jun, 2023 12:57pm

Pakistan

Bilawal, UK foreign secy discuss ties, climate finance

ISLAMABAD: Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, James ...

Published 17 Jun, 2023 06:13am

Pakistan

Sindh govt plans insurance of crops with a view to shielding farmers

KARACHI: The Sindh government has planned the insurance of crops with the aim of shielding farmers from financial...

Published 18 May, 2023 06:10am

Editorials

Famished children

EDITORIAL: The level of acute malnutrition among children in this country is at a highly distressing level. An...

Published 29 Apr, 2023 06:04am

World

Around 10 people buried

VIENNA: Around 10 people were buried in an avalanche in the Lech/Zuers free skiing area in western Austria on ...

Published 26 Dec, 2022 05:48am

World

Around 10 people buried in Austrian avalanche - APA

Around 10 people were buried in an avalanche in the Lech/Zuers free skiing area in western Austria on Sunday, the...

Published 25 Dec, 2022 10:48pm

Pakistan

Call for dealing with climate change, food insecurity

HYDERABAD: Speakers at a seminar have urged steps to mitigate perils of rising temperature and food insecurity and...

Published 11 Nov, 2022 07:11am

Pakistan

Natural disasters: Risk assessment needs to be carried out across country: member NDMA

ISLAMABAD: A member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) stated on Thursday that there are national...

Published 04 Nov, 2022 05:56am

Opinion

Calamities, debt crisis, growth: prospects – I

Natural disasters such as floods can have detrimental effects on growth as they depress both supply and demand, and...

Published 28 Sep, 2022 05:51am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: We’re not learning any lessons

“I was extremely disappointed…” “The government is doing what it can, and, I am not hopeful that we are...

Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:26am

Pakistan

US announces $1m grant for flood victims

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday announced a new $ 1 million grant in support of Pakistan’s efforts to...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 05:57am

Nearly 60m people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

GENEVA: Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing...

Published 20 May, 2022 05:15am

World

Natural catastrophes caused $250bn in damage in 2021

ZURICH: Natural catastrophes and extreme weather events caused around $250 billion in damage this year, an increase...

Published 15 Dec, 2021 06:34am

World

Floods, outages stall energy firms' restart efforts after Ida

HOUSTON: Widespread flooding from Hurricane Ida and power outages on Tuesday slowed efforts by energy companies to...

Published 01 Sep, 2021 03:59am

World

11 killed as India’s monsoon death toll swells

KOLKATA: Eleven people were killed in eastern India after torrential rains swept away homes and triggered ...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

World

Chinese city battered by storms as subway floods

BEIJING: A Chinese city hit by torrential storms that killed at least three people closed its flooded subway system...

Published 21 Jul, 2021 01:51am

Europe reels from worst floods in years as death toll passes 120

SCHULD, (Germany): Devastating floods have torn through entire villages and killed at least 126 people in Europe,...

Published 17 Jul, 2021 02:55am

At least 42 dead in Germany as storms ravage Europe

MAYEN, (Germany): Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 42 people in Germany and left...

Published 16 Jul, 2021 04:34am

World

6.1-magnitude quake strikes eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island Saturday, the United ...

Published 11 Jul, 2021 04:01am

World

Two feared dead, 20 missing in Japan landslides over rains

TOKYO: At least two people were feared dead on Saturday after landslides triggered by heavy rains hit the central...

Published 04 Jul, 2021 03:41am

Pakistan

Quake jolts parts of Balochistan

QUETTA: A moderate earthquake jolted various districts of Balochistan on Saturday but no causality or property ...

Published 20 Jun, 2021 03:39am

World

Earthquake strikes eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's remote Maluku islands Thursday, the United...

Published 04 Jun, 2021 05:06am

World

Tajikistan says eight killed in landslides

DUSHANBE: Tajikistan’s government said Wednesday that eight people had died and many properties were devastated in...

Published 13 May, 2021 03:10am

World

One dead as powerful typhoon brushes past the Philippines

MANILA: At least one person was killed as a powerful typhoon skirted the Philippines Monday, dumping heavy rain that...

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 10:06am

Pakistan

UNDP signs pact with GB, KP to protect mountain communities from natural disasters: SAPM

He hoped that however the joining of hands with GB and KP governments, UNDP would play a vibrant role to addresses the issues.

Published 06 Apr, 2021 06:30pm

World

Icelandic volcano subsiding after first eruption in 900 years

GRINDAVIK, (Iceland): A volcano that spewed glowing red lava near Iceland’s capital Reykjavik after awakening for...

Updated 21 Mar, 2021 09:34am

World

One dead, several missing in Argentina forest fires

BUENOS AIRES: One person has died and 11 are reported missing as forest fires have blazed through Argentina's...

Updated 14 Mar, 2021 10:29am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 15	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 15	277.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 15	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 15	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 15	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 15	1.05

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 14	77,580.31
S&P 500 / Nov 15	5,870.62
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 15	38,642.91
Nasdaq / Nov 15	18,680.12
Hang Seng / Nov 15	19,426.34
FTSE 100 / Nov 15	8,063.61
Dow Jones / Nov 15	43,444.99
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 15	19,210.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 15	67.02
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 15	233,371.60
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 15	2,563.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 15	68.91
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 16	18,085
Petrol/Litre / Nov 17	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	77,999,077 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	70,721,702 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	55,501,231 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,884,955 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	36,294,630 ▲ 0.00
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Nov 17 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	32,226,742 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Nov 17 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,018,611 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 17 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	22,405,457 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 17 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	21,319,898 ▲ 0.00

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