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Natural disasters cause $310bn in economic losses in 2024

ZURICH: In a year set to be declared the hottest on record, natural disasters caused $310 billion in economic losses...

Published 06 Dec, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 17	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 17	278.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 17	153.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 17	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 17	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 17	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
India Sensex / Dec 17	80,684.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 17	39,164.26
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Hang Seng / Dec 17	19,815.30
FTSE 100 / Dec 17	8,195.20
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 17	20,246.37

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 17	70.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 17	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 17	2,644.07
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 17	68.53
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 18 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	7.85 ▲ 0.74 (10.41%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 18 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	35.16 ▲ 3.20 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Dec 18 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	139.24 ▲ 12.66 (10.00%)
Diamond Ind. / Dec 18 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	20.90 ▲ 1.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / Dec 18 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.01 ▼ -0.43 (-12.50%)
Dewan Textile / Dec 18 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	5.67 ▼ -0.77 (-11.96%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 18 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	37.76 ▼ -4.20 (-10.01%)
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
Din Tex. / Dec 18 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	45.90 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)
Calcorp Ltd / Dec 18 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	26.22 ▼ -2.91 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.19
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	58,285,174 ▼ -0.47
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,202,972 ▲ 0.01
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -0.99
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.37
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▲ 0.09
Hub Power Co. / Dec 18 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,289,968 ▼ -3.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	31,365,092 ▼ -0.20

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