News stories for Syed Akhtar Ali

Syed Akhtar Ali

Opinion

Power plant retirement policy

There are plans to retire 19 power plants of an aggregate capacity of 7339 MW as per IGCEP (Integrated Generation...

Published 26 Jun, 2023 06:38am

Opinion

Mapping the economics of imported coal-fired power plants

Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has rejected the power generation tariff petition of Jamshoro...

Updated 24 May, 2023 07:02am

Opinion

Thar coal mine expansion

SECMC (Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company) has filed a tariff petition for expanding its capacity. This is a third...

Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am

Opinion

KE’s petition: case for integration

KE (K-Electric) has submitted a petition to Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) for getting a...

Updated 10 May, 2023 06:29am

Opinion

An electric regulatory authority for Sindh

Sindh cabinet has approved a draft bill for organizing a separate electricity regulatory body for Sindh — Sindh...

Updated 27 Apr, 2023 07:16am

Opinion

Hydrogen initiatives

The good news is that two hydrogen initiatives have been announced in Pakistan recently; one by NEECA and the other...

Updated 12 Apr, 2023 06:54am

Opinion

New gas tariff and circular debt

Finally, much-awaited new gas tariff has been announced by government under negotiations with the International...

Updated 15 Feb, 2023 06:50am

Opinion

Power distribution sector’s performance – II

T&D losses have been valued at Rs 520 billion. If losses are reduced to Nepra’s (National Electric Power...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

Power distribution sector’s performance – I

Circular debt and privatisation of power distribution companies are under active discussion these days in the...

Published 12 Jan, 2023 06:10am

Opinion

Oily matters - III

Deregulating the oil sector: Business circles in the oil sector have been lobbying for deregulating the oil sector,...

Published 25 Dec, 2022 03:29am

Opinion

Oily matters – II

Electrical Vehicles Immediate solutions are never possible or feasible. There has to be alternative plan and...

Published 11 Dec, 2022 04:02am

Opinion

Oily matters – I

Pakistan’s oil imports are the biggest drain on foreign exchange. Current year’s oil import bill has been...

Published 08 Dec, 2022 06:10am

Opinion

What to do with furnace oil?

Furnace oil used to be the backbone of both power and oil industry until only a few years ago. There were no LNG or...

Published 04 Dec, 2022 03:37am

Opinion

Role of LPG in gas crisis – II

Gas tariff and subsidies. Gas and electricity prices are politically sensitive issues. The IMF compares prices in ...

Updated 01 Dec, 2022 06:20am

Opinion

Role of LPG in gas crisis — I

Winters are approaching, in fact are there already. There is usually higher gas demand in winters due to heating and...

Published 09 Nov, 2022 03:41am

Opinion

GH: A new opportunity to effectively deal with energy challenges?

Hydrogen is not something new. It is being used for more than a century. It is Green Hydrogen (GH) that is new....

Published 26 Oct, 2022 05:52am

Opinion

Nepra’s SOI report 2022: a comment — II

NPCC and SCADA There is a counter point of view as well. As per info available to this writer, significant progress...

Updated 09 Oct, 2022 06:15am

Opinion

Nepra’s SOI report 2022: a comment — I

Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has recently released its annual State of Industry (SOI) report...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:59am

Opinion

Competitive power market – II

Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) plans to revisit its determination and a reasonable mid-way...

Published 27 Sep, 2022 04:06am

Opinion

Competitive power market – I

Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has introduced a Competitive Electricity Market framework, ...

Updated 21 Sep, 2022 06:19am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 14	279.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 14	279.07
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 14	152.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 14	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 14	1.26
Euro to USD / Feb 14	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Feb 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 14	6,114.63
India Sensex / Feb 14	75,939.21
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 14	39,149.43
Nasdaq / Feb 14	20,026.77
Hang Seng / Feb 14	22,620.33
FTSE 100 / Feb 14	8,732.46
Dow Jones / Feb 14	44,546.08
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 14	22,513.42
France CAC40 / Feb 14	8,178.54

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 14	70.74
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 14	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 14	262,517
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 14	2,882.53
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 14	68.31
Petrol/Litre / Feb 16	256.13
Diesel/Litre / Feb 16	263.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
At-Tahur Ltd. / Feb 14 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	35.26 ▲ 3.21 (10.02%)
Saritow Spinning / Feb 14 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	23.84 ▲ 2.17 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Feb 14 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	38.02 ▲ 3.46 (10.01%)
Lucky Cement / Feb 14 Lucky Cement Limited(LUCK)	1,366.37 ▲ 124.22 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Feb 14 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	108.35 ▲ 9.85 (10%)
Agriautos Ind. / Feb 14 Agriauto Industries Limited(AGIL)	115.49 ▲ 10.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Feb 14 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	20.48 ▲ 1.86 (9.99%)
Sindh Abadgar / Feb 14 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	50.08 ▲ 4.55 (9.99%)
Popular Islamic / Feb 14 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.37 ▲ 1.04 (9.18%)
F.Credit & Inv / Feb 14 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.39 ▲ 0.7 (9.1%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Textile / Feb 14 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	6.80 ▼ -0.99 (-12.71%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Feb 14 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	7.55 ▼ -0.93 (-10.97%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Feb 14 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	10.77 ▼ -1.2 (-10.03%)
Redco Textile / Feb 14 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	22.60 ▼ -2.51 (-10%)
Engro Powergen / Feb 14 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	25.78 ▼ -2.86 (-9.99%)
D.M. Textile / Feb 14 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Universal Ins. / Feb 14 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	12.91 ▼ -1.43 (-9.97%)
Sakrand Sugar / Feb 14 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.11 ▼ -1.34 (-9.96%)
Idrees Tex. / Feb 14 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	12.81 ▼ -1.41 (-9.92%)
Sui South Gas / Feb 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32.68 ▼ -3.56 (-9.82%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Feb 14 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	79,317,612 ▼ -0.66
Lotte Chemical / Feb 14 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	72,104,503 ▼ -1.12
Power Cement / Feb 14 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	40,290,839 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Feb 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,711,461 ▼ -3.56
Hascol Petrol / Feb 14 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	31,600,150 ▼ -0.41
Dewan Motors / Feb 14 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	31,281,602 ▼ -2.6
Cnergyico PK / Feb 14 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	20,508,125 ▼ -0.25
Fauji Foods Ltd / Feb 14 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	20,173,357 ▼ -0.24
Fauji Cement / Feb 14 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	16,904,777 ▼ -1.09
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,467,161 ▼ -0.04

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