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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 / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	68.02
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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