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UNDP identifies 5 bankable projects worth $1bn

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in coordination with the Ministry of Climate Change and...

Updated 11 Apr, 2025 03:13pm

Opinion

Issues in provision of adequate level of climate finance

The World Bank Group (WBG) in its 2023 released ‘Pakistan – Country climate and development report’ pointed ...

Updated 04 Apr, 2025 06:25am

Opinion

Development gap of Balochistan

The province of Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area. It has an area of 347,190 sq.kms,...

Published 03 Apr, 2025 05:39am

Pakistan

Consultation on gender gap

LAHORE: Together with the Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Punjab Women Development Department, and Lahore...

Published 20 Mar, 2025 07:59am

Pakistan

UNDP organises session

LAHORE: An important training session titled “Digital Democracy in Action,” organized by the United Nations...

Published 14 Mar, 2025 07:56am

Opinion

Unite for a greener future of Pakistan

The 3rd Pakistan Climate Conference, recently hosted by the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

Published 02 Mar, 2025 02:44am

Opinion

Climate change, Resilience and Sustainability Facility, and beyond

On their webpage, titled ‘Resilience, environment, and climate change’ the United Nations Development Programme...

Updated 28 Feb, 2025 11:56pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s sustainable development: Aurangzeb, UNDP official representative discuss joint efforts

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, held a follow-up meeting on ...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 06:49am

Pakistan

UNDP launches ‘2nd NHDR 2024’ with PITB, CODE

LAHORE: Together with Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and CODE Pakistan, UNDP Pakistan held the 2nd...

Published 26 Jan, 2025 02:54am

Business & Finance

UNDP joins Unilever & Seed Ventures for 2nd ‘Life Pakistan 2.0’

KARACHI: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with Unilever Pakistan & Seed Ventures for ...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

Pakistan

Huqooq-e-Pakistan Project: KP finalises implementation plan

PESHAWAR: A meeting held here with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Khan Gandapur in the chair on ...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:07am

Pakistan

Over 141,000 flood-hit people: UNDP with Japan’s $4.6m aid restore livelihoods

ISLAMABAD: United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) with the financial support worth $4.6 million from Japan has...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am

Opinion

Pakistan in global rankings

As the curtain falls on 2024, it is time to take stock of how the world rated Pakistan in its surveys and indices...

Published 20 Dec, 2024 02:43am

Pakistan

Govt to implement int’l HR conventions: SACM Sodha

KARACHI: Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Human Rights, Rajvir Singh Sodha has reaffirmed the Sindh...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 06:37am

Opinion

Human development index of provinces

The Population and Housing Census of 2023 has generated a lot of useful information on key indicators. The ...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 06:43am

Opinion

Status of women development in Pakistan—II

The free and compulsory primary education has been focused in each successive government’s education...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

Pakistan

USAID-supported SPF for SMEs officially launched in KP

PESHAWAR: The US Consul General in Peshawar Shante Moore and the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chief ...

Published 27 Nov, 2024 08:32am

Pakistan

Merged districts of Bajaur, Kurram, Mohmand, NWA and Orakzai: KP Police, Japan, UNDP inaugurate model police stations

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, the Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 07:21am

Business & Finance

SDG Impact Framework: Fatima Fertilizer becomes country’s first company to partner with UNDP

LAHORE: Fatima Fertilizer has become the first company in Pakistan to officially partner with the United Nations...

Published 28 Oct, 2024 08:10am

Pakistan

Safe digital environment: UNDP team proposes to assist Punjab PA for awareness sessions

LAHORE: A delegation of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) met Speaker Punjab Assembly Malik Muhammad Ahmad...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 07:24am

Pakistan

Urban Unit unveils ‘Lahore Climate Action Plan’

LAHORE: The Urban Unit, the government of Punjab, launched the Lahore Climate Action Plan (LCAP) during a rapid...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:28am

Editorials

Facing the reality of acute poverty

EDITORIAL: The state of human well-being in much of the world continues to present a complex, worrying picture, with...

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 06:44am

World

War has knocked Gaza back to the 1950s, UNDP says

BERLIN: The war between Israel and Hamas has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza’s...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 05:14pm

World

UN report says 1.1bn people in acute poverty

UNITED NATIONS: More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

Pakistan

Jazz, UNDP sign strategic MoU

ISLAMABAD: Jazz has solidified its commitment to advancing digital and financial literacy, driving economic...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 09:01am

Business & Finance

Need stressed for integrating respect of human rights into business practices

PESHAWAR: Representatives from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Federation of Pakistan...

Published 09 Sep, 2024 07:03am

Business & Finance

‘Sustainable, inclusive Pakistan’: OICCI and UNDP forge alliance

KARACHI: In a groundbreaking move, the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OICCI) has partnered...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Business & Finance

UNDP, JS Bank and IBA Karachi join hands to finance climate-resilient SMEs

KARACHI: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with IBA’s Centre for Entrepreneurial...

Published 02 Jul, 2024 05:07am

World

Palestinian GDP seen falling 27pc on seven months of war: UNDP

WASHINGTON: The Palestinian economy is estimated to shrink by 26.9 percent after seven months of war, with the...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Editorials

Overcoming the digital divide

EDITORIAL: Recent years have seen much hype surrounding Pakistan’s purported digital revolution, with the emergence...

Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 11	280.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 11	280.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 11	143.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 11	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 11	1.31
Euro to USD / Apr 11	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 11	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 11	5,363.36
India Sensex / Apr 11	75,157.26
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 11	33,585.58
Nasdaq / Apr 11	16,724.46
Hang Seng / Apr 11	20,914.69
FTSE 100 / Apr 11	7,964.18
Dow Jones / Apr 11	40,212.71
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 11	20,374.10
France CAC40 / Apr 11	7,104.80

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 11	61.50
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 11	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 11	290,466
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 11	3,237.61
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 11	67.01
Petrol/Litre / Apr 12	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 12	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Apr 11 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.85 ▲ 1 (12.74%)
Ruby Textile / Apr 11 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7 ▲ 0.7 (11.11%)
Bawany Air Products / Apr 11 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	28.91 ▲ 2.63 (10.01%)
Calcorp Ltd / Apr 11 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	37.24 ▲ 3.39 (10.01%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 11 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	1,329.45 ▲ 120.86 (10%)
ZIL Limited / Apr 11 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	295.72 ▲ 26.88 (10%)
Jubile Life InsXD / Apr 11 Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited(JLICL)	152.56 ▲ 13.87 (10%)
Diamond Ind. / Apr 11 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	35.20 ▲ 3.2 (10%)
Parmount Sp. / Apr 11 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.18 ▲ 0.38 (10%)
Hoechst Pak. / Apr 11 Hoechst Pakistan Limited(HPL)	3,519 ▲ 319 (9.97%)

Stock	Price
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 11 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	1.84 ▼ -0.41 (-18.22%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Apr 11 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	17.53 ▼ -1.95 (-10.01%)
National Silk / Apr 11 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	30.75 ▼ -3.25 (-9.56%)
Universal Ins. / Apr 11 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9 ▼ -0.85 (-8.63%)
Noon Sugar / Apr 11 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	71.10 ▼ -6.61 (-8.51%)
Masood Textile / Apr 11 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	52 ▼ -4.8 (-8.45%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Apr 11 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	26 ▼ -2.29 (-8.09%)
Nimir Resins / Apr 11 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	32.50 ▼ -2.85 (-8.06%)
Chashma / Apr 11 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	59.02 ▼ -4.97 (-7.77%)
EFU General / Apr 11 EFU General Insurance Limited(EFUG)	116 ▼ -8.45 (-6.79%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Apr 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,573,180 ▼ -0.07
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	57,922,646 ▲ 0.02
Sui South Gas / Apr 11 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	44,734,661 ▲ 0.52
Pak Elektron / Apr 11 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	40,461,763 ▲ 2.13
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 11 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	37,973,873 ▼ -0.34
B.O.Punjab / Apr 11 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	33,069,655 ▲ 0.54
Citi Pharma Ltd / Apr 11 Citi Pharma Limited(CPHL)	25,314,966 ▲ 2.71
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 11 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	21,075,820 ▲ 0.24
Fauji Cement / Apr 11 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	19,242,425 ▼ -0.65
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,890,477 ▼ -0.01

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