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Leghari’s remarks on KE’s 7-year MYT spark controversy

ISLAMABAD: Recent remarks by the Minister of Energy, Sardar Awais Leghari, regarding K-Electric’s seven-year...

Updated 03 Jan, 2025 03:21pm

Prioritising imported RLNG to domestic gas harms energy sector

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s energy sector is grappling with escalating financial issues, primarily driven by the forced...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 09:42am

Markets

Surge in capacity drives up electricity production cost, NEPRA report reveals

Pakistan’s total installed capacity to generate power increased to 45,888 megawatts (MW) as on June 30, 2024,...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 10:10pm

Fertilizer plants: Subsidised gas supply fuels circular debt

Federal Cabinet discusses issue of supply of gas to local fertilizer industry

Updated 30 Dec, 2024 02:43pm

Opinion

Power sector: role of WB, ADB, IMF

Once again the World Bank (WB) is reported to be currently working with the government to invite private sector...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 07:32am

Opinion

CTBCM stillborn

Pakistan’s energy sector stands ensnared in inefficiencies, financial instability, and a chronic inability to...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:58am

Markets

Outsandings against provincial depts/entities: Power minister seeks CMs’ intervention for recovery

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari has sought personal interventions of chief ministers...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am

Opinion

The unseen costs of power sector mismanagement

The ongoing public discourse surrounding K-Electric’s PKR 68 billion claim for write-offs reveals an alarming gap...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 07:23am

BR Research

Winter Incentive Package: A welcome U-Turn

The government’s decision to include net metering electricity consumers in the Winter Demand Initiative is a...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 09:00am

BR Research

Power sector privatisation – A pipe dream without cost allowances

There is perhaps no country in the world where bad debts do not exist in the energy utility sector, and usually,...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 08:56am

Revised PPAs inked with about one dozen IPPs

Government’s energy task force engaged in ‘hard talks’ with IPPs of 1994 and 2002, who are still resisting on the proposed cut in their profits, financial gains of the past and interest on late payment

Updated 30 Nov, 2024 04:34pm

NJHPP shutdown, Kanupp debt re-profiling: Consumers deprived of Rs60bn benefit: Nepra

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday said the projected financial...

Updated 21 Nov, 2024 09:22am

Q1FY25: PD claims Discos’ losses drop 22pc

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has claimed that losses of power Distribution Companies (Discos) have declined by over...

Updated 21 Nov, 2024 09:10am

Editorials

Legal action against Discos?

EDITORIAL: How on earth is Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority), a public sector entity, going to...

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 08:17am

BR Research

Addressing thefts and losses in Discos

Reportedly, the energy regulator NEPRA is initiating legal action against DISCOs due to their deteriorating...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 06:44am

T&D losses amassed: Nepra to sue Discos for Rs276bn circular debt

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has decided to initiate legal action against the...

Updated 12 Nov, 2024 09:09am

ECC approves circular debt management plan

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday approved circular debt management plan...

Updated 05 Nov, 2024 09:29am

Business & Finance

Experts for converting circular debt into cheap public debt

LAHORE: To address the issue of circular debt, power sector experts have suggested converting circular debt into...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Thar coalfield phase-II: Sindh govt sounds alarm over delay in financial close

ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government has conveyed its concerns to Islamabad on possible financial implications of delay...

Updated 13 Oct, 2024 09:45am

Power sector: Govt commits to IMF about drastic reforms

ISLAMABAD: The government has committed to the International Monetary fund (IMF) to revise terms of Power Purchase...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:59pm

IMF assured of semi-annual gas tariff adjustment by Feb 15, 2025

IMF suggests gradually adjusting the tariff structure while implementing direct cash transfers through the Benazir Income Support Programme to protect vulnerable households

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:35pm

Reducing power tariff top priority: Awais

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, said on Sunday that the government is...

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 03:07pm

Opinion

The investment slump

The year, 2023-24, has witnessed the lowest ever level of fixed investment in Pakistan. It is estimated at 11.4% of...

Updated 01 Oct, 2024 07:21am

Opinion

Country’s energy woes

Energy sector issues risk further deepening Pakistan’s socio-economic divides as recent years have witnessed an...

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 09:02am

Editorials

Grappling with circular debt woes

EDITORIAL: The incompetence, corruption and inefficiency plaguing the country’s power sector ensure that Pakistan...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Opinion

Building a resilient energy sector

The power sector in Pakistan has become a hotbed of discussions, with a particular focus on the long-standing issue...

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 07:38am

Senate’s recommendations on ‘illegitimate’ payments to IPPs: PD asked to share implementation status

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has reportedly been asked to share implementation status of Senate’s recommendations...

Updated 10 Sep, 2024 09:21am

Settlement of circular debt thru adjustments strong probability

Deputy PM Ishaq Dar directs Petroleum and Power Division to reassess the plan for settlement of circular debt through cash/ non-cash adjustments

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 09:42am

BR Research

Half-baked measures: Pakistan’s struggle to curb power theft

Since late 2023, the government has been cracking down on electricity theft across the country, which has long been...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 07:00am

Tiered pricing system: Gas tariff hike spared 66pc of consumers: Musadik

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik Wednesday clarified that 66 percent of gas consumers remain unaffected...

Updated 22 Aug, 2024 09:33am

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
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

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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