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CM seeks comprehensive plan to prevent urban flooding

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed the authorities concerned to purchase machinery to...

Published 30 Nov, 2024 07:29am

Pakistan

Heavy to very heavy rains forecast for Punjab, KP

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rains in...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

Pakistan

Heavy rains, urban flooding likely in Sindh

KARACHI: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued an alert for heavy rain with thunder and...

Published 26 Aug, 2024 07:01am

Chenab, Ravi likely to trigger urban flooding

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a new flash and urban flooding warning as...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 08:52am

Opinion

Karachi needs monsoon-ready urban governance

Multiple weather forecasts suggest that Pakistan and Karachi may yet see an abnormal monsoon season this year, with...

Published 07 Aug, 2024 06:26am

Pakistan

NDMA rings alarm bells over urban flooding risk in Karachi

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)’s National Emergencies Operation Centre anticipated...

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 11:17am

Pakistan

Flash floods claim over 123 lives since July 1

ISLAMABAD: The flash floods triggered by monsoon rains since July 1, 2024 has claimed over 123 lives and injured 241...

Updated 02 Aug, 2024 07:27am

Pakistan

Zardari asks Sindh govt to improve Karachi drainage system

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said that the Sindh government should adopt a sustainable and long-term...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 08:29am

Pakistan

Monsoon currents

LAHORE: The very first strong monsoon currents of the season are likely to penetrate the Arabian Sea and Bay of...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 03:29am

Pakistan

NDMA expects heavy rainfall today

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)’s National Emergencies Operation Centre anticipated...

Published 19 Jul, 2024 06:05am

Pakistan

Lahore faces urban flooding

LAHORE: A record of last 30 years was broken on Friday when the city of Lahore witnessed 315 millimeter. The city ...

Published 13 Jul, 2024 07:17am

Pakistan

More than 30 killed in heavy rain in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: More than 30 people have died in rain-related incidents in Pakistan during days of heavy downpours, with...

Updated 03 Mar, 2024 08:18pm

Opinion

Dangers of urban flooding

Pakistan is among the most affected countries by climate change. The irony of the situation is that while the...

Updated 02 Mar, 2024 04:37am

Pakistan

Options discussed to insulate Karachi from urban flooding

KARACHI: The consultative process for addressing the problem of flooding, due to rains, in Karachi has initiated and...

Published 27 Feb, 2024 03:06am

Pakistan

NDMA issues warnings of flash floods, urban flooding, landslides

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued fresh flash floods warnings, urban flooding...

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

Punjab, KP, ICT: NDMA issues fresh flash floods warnings, urban flooding in vulnerable areas

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued fresh flash floods warnings, urban flooding...

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

Indus, Kabul rivers: NDMA warns of flash floods, urban flooding in catchment areas

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has warned of flash floods and urban flooding in the...

Published 26 Jul, 2023 06:17am

Pakistan

NDMA issues warning: Flash floods in the wake of unrelenting showers

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued flash flood and urban flood warning ...

Published 25 Jul, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

Normal life paralysed in Lahore as heavens open up; one killed

Heavy downpour started early in the morning that lasted for over five hours, which battered the city

Updated 23 Jul, 2023 10:35am

Pakistan

Urban flooding, landslides warned of More rains in several parts of country next week

ISLAMABAD: The authorities have forecasted more rains in several parts of the country with a warning about urban...

Published 19 Jul, 2023 03:21am

Pakistan

Sutlej River returning to normal flow in Kasur

KASUR: Sutlej River is coming back to normal flow at Ganda Singh Wala in Kasur district with water flow continuously...

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am

Pakistan

Islamabad, Lahore & Peshawar: Minister warns of urban flooding

ISLAMABAD: Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman has warned of urban flooding in the twin cities of Islamabad and...

Published 14 Jul, 2023 06:23am

Pakistan

Eight killed as ‘record-breaking’ rain lashes Lahore

LAHORE: Record heavy monsoon rain caused urban flooding in the provincial capital on Wednesday, paralyzing routine...

Published 06 Jul, 2023 05:42am

Pakistan

Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, 2 other cities: urban flooding, a looming threat

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Sunday warned that the twin cities of Rawalpindi and...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am

Pakistan

Lahore receives 226mm of rainfall in a day

LAHORE: Rain in Lahore has broken previous records, as the observatories at Lahore airport and Lahore city have...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

Upcoming monsoon rains may cause flooding in urban and rural areas of Sindh: SCA

HYDERABAD: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has expressed concern that a lack of measures to rehabilitate Left Bank...

Published 15 May, 2023 06:41am

Pakistan

Urban flooding feared: Unusual rains in Sindh likely from Sunday: minister

KARACHI: Sindh Provincial Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development, Ismail Rahoo has said...

Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:08am

Pakistan

Encroachments along Korang Nullah pose potential risk of urban flooding

ISLAMABAD: The rapidly growing encroachments across the Korang Nullah in Bhara Kahu on the main Simli Dam Road are...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

Sindh launches Rescue 1122 emergency service

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the state-of-the-art Central Command & Control...

Published 24 Dec, 2022 05:50am

BR Research

Floods: waiting for donors?

A slow-moving disaster, the ongoing floods have claimed nearly a thousand lives since June, with over a third of ...

Published 26 Aug, 2022 08:34am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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