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Winter

Nov 23 FCA: CPPA tells Nepra why it seeks tariff hike

ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has attributed low utilisation of electricity in winter and...

Updated 28 Dec, 2023 09:40am

Pakistan

Mercury drops in Quetta

QUETTA: Blowing cold winds in Quetta and other areas of Balochistan on Sunday morning, announcing about upcoming...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am

Pakistan

Severe cold weather hits country’s northern mountainous range

KARACHI: Freezing cold weather has struck the country’s northern mountainous range with a sharp drop in...

Published 27 Jan, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

Fresh cold snap in Sindh likely from today

KARACHI: Another spell of cold weather is likely to grip Sindh from Sunday (today) that may pull down nighttime...

Published 22 Jan, 2023 03:08am

Markets

Warm weather may hurt Ukrainian winter grain crops

KYIV: Unusually warm weather for December and early January could have a negative impact on Ukrainian winter wheat...

Published 10 Jan, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Heat will stay on in Europe this winter, but after?

Europe is likely to scrape through this winter without cutting off gas customers despite reduced Russian supplies,...

Published 29 Dec, 2022 05:59am

World

Heat will stay on in Europe this winter, but after?

PARIS: Europe is likely to scrape through this winter without cutting off gas customers despite reduced Russian...

Published 07 Dec, 2022 12:48pm

Pakistan

Extended cold spell likely this winter

LAHORE: An extended cold spell is likely this winter due to frequent occurrences of westerly winds at low latitudes...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am

World

East Europeans prepare for possible new Ukrainian refugee wave as winter nears

PRAGUE/BUDAPEST/WARSAW: Eastern European countries are preparing to reopen reception centres and are restocking food...

Published 09 Nov, 2022 12:20pm

Pakistan

First winter rain turns weather cooler

KARACHI: The city saw a first winter rain on Monday night that turned the weather cooler, the Met Office said on...

Published 09 Nov, 2022 03:41am

Markets

UK to pay half of business winter energy bills

LONDON: Britain on Wednesday launched a six-month plan starting in October to pay about half of energy bills for...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 07:10am

World

Zelenskiy warns Europeans to brace for bleak winter

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told Europeans to expect a difficult winter as the Russian assault...

Published 05 Sep, 2022 07:47am

Opinion

Spain, Portugal hit by winter drought

In central Portugal, a sustained drought has revealed the ruins of a village that was totally submerged underwater...

Published 13 Feb, 2022 05:48am

Pakistan

Educational institutions in Punjab to reopen tomorrow: Murad Raas

Punjab education minister urges everyone to follow coronavirus SOPs issued by the government

Updated 06 Jan, 2022 02:14pm

Business & Finance

SSGC suspends gas supply to CNG stations across Sindh, Balochistan till Feb 15

Following a spike in local gas demand, the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) on Monday has announced to...

Updated 29 Nov, 2021 03:55pm

Pakistan

Another cold wave likely to hit Karachi in last week of January: report

The Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted cold and dry weather in the city as minimum temperature recorded at 10.0 ºCelsius.
Minimum temperature was recorded -14 Celsius in Skardu, -12 at Gopis, Astore and Leh, -08 at Anantnag, -07 at Bagrote, -06 in Gilgit, Hunza and Srinagar, -05 in Shopian, Parachinar and Ziarat.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 01:44pm

Pakistan

Nepali team creates history by scaling K2 in winter

The group stopped 10m below the top, and took the final steps together to be on the top simultaneously.
K2 was the last of the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks not summited in winter.

Updated 16 Jan, 2021 05:59pm

Pakistan

Karachi’s mercury drops to 5.8º Celsius as cold wave persists

The wind speed may increase in the day, said a statement issued by Met office director.
Karachi had recorded its coldest night in last 12 years when the mercury dropped to 5.6°C on the new year night between Thursday and Friday.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 03:34pm

Pakistan

Cold wave like to last few more days in Karachi: Met office

The maximum temperature during the day could remain between 24 – 26 ºCelsius in the port city today.
Rain-thunderstorm (with snowfall over hills) is expected in Islamabad, upper and central Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 01:58pm

Pakistan

Karachi’s mercury may drop seven-year low today: Met office

Provincial capital of Sindh had recorded its lowest temperature of 6°C in 2013.
As per the Met department, another cold wave is expected to grip the port city in January while it could also rain in the city from January 6-7.

Updated 28 Dec, 2020 04:07pm

World

Indian farmers vow to carry on protests despite cold, deaths

Tens of thousands of Indian farmers, protesting over agricultural laws that they say threaten their livelihoods, have vowed to carry on their around-the-clock sit-ins despite cold weather that has already led to some deaths among them.
Since late November, when thousands of farmers arrived in trucks and tractors to camp out on the borders of New Delhi, nearly 30 people have died, several of them as a result of freezing weather, farmers said.

Published 21 Dec, 2020 05:31pm

Pakistan

Karachi’s mercury likely to drop below 9 degree Celsius

Existing cold wave likely to persist for a few more days as winds from east/north continues to blow in the port city.
The minimum temperature in Karachi on Sunday (tomorrow) between 07-09 degree Celsius, predicts met office.

Updated 19 Dec, 2020 02:14pm

Pakistan

Mercury in Karachi is expected to drop further: PMD

The met office said that weather in the city is expected to get colder at night and remain dry during the next 24 hours.
Temperature in Quetta was recorded -4 degrees Celsius on Monday.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 02:38pm

Pakistan

Karachi’s mercury could drop to 3 degrees this winter

“In coming two to three days, Karachi residents will have to take out their jackets and blankets again,” predicts Jawad Memon.
- Last week, Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD) predicted a cold wave is expected to hit Karachi in second week of the month.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 01:55pm

Pakistan

Cold wave likely to hit Karachi in next week of December

The minimum temperature today in the port city has been recorded 17.5 Celsius as northeastern winds blowing in the city with nine kilometers per hour speed.
The PMD stated that temperatures across the country will drastic fall from December 15.

Published 05 Dec, 2020 12:44pm

Pakistan

Pakistan, India to witness prolong winter this year: experts

Winter in Punjab, Northern Sindh, and Northern Balochistan expected to be longer and more severe this year, that is according to Mahesh Palawat, Skymet Weather's vice-president.

Updated 18 Nov, 2020 07:15pm

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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