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Effective Jan 1, 2025: PD moves to raise power rates with new petition

Change intended to minimize consumer backlash over tariff increases

Updated 23 Jan, 2025 02:43pm

3 up for grabs in first phase: Provinces appear unwilling to buy Discos: PD

Secretary of Power Dr Fakhre Alam Irfan testifies before Senate Standing Committee on Power

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 02:32pm

Nepra issues daily penalty warning to KE, Discos

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday warned K-Electric and other Discos of...

Updated 16 Jan, 2025 08:52am

Peak demand supply for 5 years: SEZs to be mandated to ink PPAAs with Discos

ISLAMABAD: The government is to make it mandatory for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to sign Power Purchase Agency...

Updated 11 Jan, 2025 09:18am

BR Research

Winter incentive package: A cold start

The government’s winter incentive demand package has landed with a whimper. The plan to incentivize incremental...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 07:43am

BR Research

Power sector’s bleeding wound

Rs600 billion. That’s the staggering cost of inefficiencies in Pakistan’s power distribution sector, as highlighted...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 07:45am

Editorials

Energy sector

EDITORIAL: The energy crisis in the country continues to remain a challenge with no end in sight. At its core, the...

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 06:41am

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

3 Discos being readied for privatisation

ISLAMABAD: The Financial Advisor is tasked to structure the transaction of three power Distribution Companies...

Updated 31 Dec, 2024 06:56pm

Business & Finance

Nov FCA: KE seeks relief of Rs4.98 per kWh

KARACHI: K-Electric submitted provisional monthly fuel charge adjustments (FCA) request for November 2024, to be...

Updated 31 Dec, 2024 09:10am

Markets

Talks with Chinese IPPs initiated, says Leghari

Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari said the government has initiated talks with the Chinese...

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 06:07pm

Markets

PM Shehbaz expresses concern over delays in Discos’ CEO appointment

Emphasizes that appointment of CEOs should be completed with utmost transparency

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 04:49pm

Jul-Dec: SOEs post staggering Rs408bn losses

Brings accumulated losses since 2014 to Rs5.9 trillion till December 2024

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 05:12pm

Business & Finance

SOEs’ sell-off aimed at unburdening kitty: Aleem

ISLAMABAD. Federal Minister for Privatisation, Board of Investment and Communications, Abdul Aleem Khan has said the...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 08:31am

Markets

CCP highlights inefficiencies of state monopolies of Discos

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Tuesday highlighted the inefficiencies of state monopolies ...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 07:49am

Nepra refuses to treat cold storages as industrial consumers

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has refused to treat cold storages as industrial...

Updated 25 Dec, 2024 02:02pm

Deletion of schemes from PSDP: Power Div initiates probe against NTDC

ISLAMABAD: Power Division has initiated inquiry against National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) for...

Updated 24 Dec, 2024 09:40am

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

PIA, Discos sell-off bids falter: Senate panel taps ex-ministers for guidance

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Privatisation has decided to invite former ministers for privatisation...

Updated 20 Dec, 2024 02:52pm

Editorials

The appalling state of power sector

EDITORIAL: The poor performance of power sector companies cost the exchequer Rs660 billion in FY24 despite a...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:35am

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

Discos’ sell-off: Power Division fails to satisfy Senate panel

ISLAMABAD: Power Division on Thursday failed to satisfy the Senate Standing Committee on Power about privatisation...

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 02:26pm

BR Research

Discos: Dancing to the tune of inefficiency

NEPRA’s FY24 Performance Evaluation Report is out, and the results are depressingly predictable. Pakistan’s power...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 08:42am

Markets

Minister seeks presentation on Discos’ sell-off plan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatization Abdul Aleem Khan on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Power to ...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 07:25am

Modernising power distribution infrastructure: $530m loan approved by ADB

Bank approves $330 million in additional financing to strengthen Pakistan’s federally administered social protection programmes and services

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 02:44pm

Load management: Nepra directs NTDC, KE to employ real-time systems

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has directed NTDC and KE to implement real-time...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 02:44pm

Markets

Nepra notifies Paisa 20 per unit positive adjustment

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has allowed positive adjustment of Paisa 20 per unit...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 06:01am

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

‘Project behind scheduled’: World Bank seeks clarity on $195m EDEIP

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has raised questions on the implementation of Electricity Distribution Efficiency...

Updated 10 Dec, 2024 09:19am

Opinion

Examining the Ministry of Energy’s new deforms and their implications

Since the unbundling of WAPDA, the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has been one of the few power...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:23am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 23	278.71
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 23	278.56
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 23	156.57
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 23	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 22	6,086.37
Nasdaq / Jan 22	20,009.34
Dow Jones / Jan 22	44,156.73
India Sensex / Jan 23	76,579.87
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 23	40,000.30
Hang Seng / Jan 23	19,695.88
FTSE 100 / Jan 23	8,544.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 23	21,282.88

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 22	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 22	246,440
Petrol/Litre / Jan 23	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 23	75.19
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 23	2,754.03
Diesel/Litre / Jan 23	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Saritow Spinning / Jan 23 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	10.12 ▲ 1.00 (10.96%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 23 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.50 ▲ 0.97 (10.18%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 23 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	94.44 ▲ 8.59 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 23 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	30.33 ▲ 2.76 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 23 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	37.04 ▲ 3.37 (10.01%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 23 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	72.46 ▲ 6.59 (10.00%)
Dewan Motors / Jan 23 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	46.07 ▲ 4.19 (10.00%)
Mughal Energy / Jan 23 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	21.45 ▲ 1.95 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 23 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	150.99 ▲ 13.73 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Nagina Cot. / Jan 23 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	49.95 ▼ -5.55 (-10.00%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 23 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	10.92 ▼ -1.21 (-9.98%)
Fecto Cement / Jan 23 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	105.20 ▼ -11.20 (-9.62%)
J.K.Spinning / Jan 23 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	60.50 ▼ -6.14 (-9.21%)
Kohat Textile / Jan 23 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	32 ▼ -3.13 (-8.91%)
Ruby Textile / Jan 23 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	6.67 ▼ -0.62 (-8.50%)
Sana Ind / Jan 23 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.60 ▼ -2.64 (-8.45%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 23 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.01 ▼ -29.89 (-8.08%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 23 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	33.11 ▼ -2.82 (-7.85%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	141,910,406 ▲ 0.58
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	100,218,430 ▲ 0.10
Fauji Cement / Jan 23 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	83,552,040 ▲ 2.32
Lotte Chemical / Jan 23 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	35,610,583 ▲ 0.74
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 23 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	32,491,903 ▲ 8.59
Bank Makramah / Jan 23 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	30,547,553 ▼ -0.11
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 23 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	26,406,513 ▲ 2.50
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	22,103,404 ▲ 0.45
D.G.K.Cement / Jan 23 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	16,695,919 ▲ 2.76

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