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Plastic waste

Punjab activates district plastic management body

LAHORE: The Punjab government has activated the District Plastic Management Committees led by the deputy...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 08:48am

Pakistan

Single-use plastics in Islamabad: EPA lags behind in enforcing ban: survey

ISLAMABAD: A recent household survey conducted by The Network for Consumer Protection has revealed that the...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Pakistan

Shell launches country’s first-ever recycled plastic retail site

KARACHI: Shell Pakistan Limited (SPL) has launched Pakistan’s first-ever recycled plastic retail site, Malik...

Published 04 Jul, 2024 07:16am

Pakistan

Coal, gypsum and plastic waste: 80pc GST withholding rate on supplies proposed

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Bill 2024 has proposed a sales tax withholding rate of 80 percent on supplies of coal,...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 03:32am

Opinion

Resolving plastic waste crisis in Pakistan

Pakistan generates over 3.3 million tons of plastic waste annually, most of which ends up in landfills, dumped...

Published 07 Apr, 2024 03:01am

Business & Finance

‘Circular economy’: Country can generate $1.2bn by utilising plastic waste

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan can easily generate $1.2 billion annually through utilising plastic waste which has the ...

Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am

Opinion

Our planet is choking on plastic—II

Importantly, in the EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan, plastic is one of the priority areas of this circular...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am

Opinion

Our planet is choking on plastic

According to the UNEP, 3.3 million tons of plastic waste is produced in Pakistan each year. 250 million tons of...

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 07:16am

World

Recycling plastic not enough, warns UN environment chief

UNITED NATIONS: With the production of plastic on the rise worldwide and creating ever more pollution, the UN...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am

Pakistan

Increasing use of plastic causes environmental pollution: Experts

HYDERABAD: Environment, water, and IT experts have expressed that the increasing use of plastic in the country is ...

Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am

Perspectives

Pushing for a clean and green Pakistan requires the youth to step up as well

The problem of solid waste management in the financial hub of Pakistan is no secret. The Pakistan government...

Published 19 Oct, 2022 10:05pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 30	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 30	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 30	156.45
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 30	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 30	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 30	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 30	5,906.94
India Sensex / Dec 30	78,248.13
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 30	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Dec 30	19,486.79
Hang Seng / Dec 30	20,111.38
FTSE 100 / Dec 30	8,121.01
Dow Jones / Dec 30	42,573.73
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 30	19,909.14

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 30	71.36
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 30	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 30	241,430.80
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 30	2,604.69
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 30	68.76
Petrol/Litre / Dec 31	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 31 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.63 ▲ 0.63 (15.75%)
Hira Textile / Dec 31 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	3.80 ▲ 0.50 (15.15%)
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	9.38 ▲ 1.00 (11.93%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 31 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Chakwal Spinning / Dec 31 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	64.67 ▲ 5.88 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Dec 31 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	150.54 ▲ 13.69 (10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 31 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	131.86 ▲ 11.99 (10.00%)
Pak Stock Exchange / Dec 31 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	27.75 ▲ 2.52 (9.99%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 31 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	21.04 ▲ 1.91 (9.98%)

Stock	Price
Frontier Ceram / Dec 31 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	42.91 ▼ -4.77 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Dec 31 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	203.81 ▼ -22.65 (-10.00%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Dec 31 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	425.82 ▼ -47.31 (-10.00%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 31 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	43.35 ▼ -4.81 (-9.99%)
Mehmood Tex / Dec 31 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	600 ▼ -65.37 (-9.82%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 31 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -3.89 (-9.75%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 31 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	13.30 ▼ -1.12 (-7.77%)
JS Investments / Dec 31 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	22 ▼ -1.71 (-7.21%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 31 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13 ▼ -0.99 (-7.08%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	125,613,935 ▲ 0.39
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	111,551,930 ▼ -0.02
B.O.Punjab / Dec 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	84,182,656 ▼ -0.10
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 31 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	48,777,302 ▼ -0.01
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	45,320,218 ▲ 0.04
Pak Elektron / Dec 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	36,348,761 ▼ -0.52
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	30,416,070 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	30,315,237 ▼ -0.99
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 31 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	29,146,934 ▲ 0.82