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Iran, Pakistan to hold talks to extend power sale agreement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran are all set to hold negotiations to extend electricity sale agreement which is to...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 03:40pm

Markets

KE issues schedule for annual transmission network maintenance

KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) has issued a temporary power shutdown schedule for necessary maintenance of its ...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 08:06am

Solar panels free of charge: Provincial govts’ move leaves policymakers scrambling

ISLAMABAD: The rampant import and installation of solar panels in the country, which is paying over Rs 2 trillion as...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 03:24pm

BR Research

Reforming generation and transmission

NEPRA’s latest report exposes Pakistan’s power sector for what it is: a circus of inefficiency. Over 45,000 MW of...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 08:51am

World

Iran closes offices, schools over cold, energy shortage

TEHRAN: Iran announced the closure of offices and schools in many provinces across the country on Sunday due to a...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 06:08am

Opinion

CTBCM stillborn

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

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:58am

Opinion

ADB lending for power sector

According to a Business Recorder news report, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a seemingly huge loan to...

Published 15 Dec, 2024 02:50am

Captive power plants: Govt talking with IMF, others to avoid closure

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik said the government is having negotiations with the...

Updated 14 Dec, 2024 11:34am

Markets

PM orders reduction in power tariffs

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to bring down the soaring electricity tariffs, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed the...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:46am

Markets

Winter demand initiative: Not more than Rs2.5/unit saving even with 40pc rise in consumption

LAHORE: The industrial consumers have apprehended that the maximum saving would not exceed Rs2.5 per unit even with ...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am

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

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

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

IESCO starts implementing PM’s ‘winter package’

ISLAMABAD: Chief Executive IESCO, Muhammad Naeem Jan stated that in light of the winter facilitation package...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:31am

‘Winter package’: Nepra approves Rs26.07 per unit relief for 3 months

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday accorded approvals to ‘Winter Package’...

Updated 07 Dec, 2024 02:06pm

Q1FY25: Nepra approves Rs1.96/unit positive uniform adjustment

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved positive uniform adjustment of Rs...

Updated 06 Dec, 2024 02:47pm

CM says Thar coal most affordable source of power generation

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah stated that Thar Coal is the most affordable source of electricity...

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:17am

No ‘sacred cow’ among IPPs now: Awais

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Division, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari Friday said providing relief to the power...

Updated 30 Nov, 2024 04:35pm

Business & Finance

UBG raises questions over govt’s power relief ‘winter package’

KARACHI: S M Tanveer, patron-in-chief of the United Business Group (UBG) has raised questions regarding the...

Published 27 Nov, 2024 08:09am

Business & Finance

Oct FCA: CPPA-G hints at refunding Rs2.6bn to consumers

ISLAMABAD: Central Power Purchasing Agency- Guaranteed (CPPA-G) on Tuesday hinted refunding Rs 2.6 billion to the...

Updated 27 Nov, 2024 09:22am

‘Winter package’ to be made available to KE consumers as well: govt

ISLAMABAD: The government assured on Tuesday that three months incremental consumption-based Winter Package at Rs...

Updated 27 Nov, 2024 08:52am

BR Research

Dealing with the solar power rush

There is a buzz in the market that the government authorities are finally considering revising the buyback rates of...

Published 25 Nov, 2024 08:57am

Business & Finance

ECC approves ‘winter package’: Eligible consumers to pay Rs26.07/kWh tariff

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Tuesday approved a three-month winter...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 09:26am

Markets

Pakistan’s power generation increases in October as cost surges

Power generation in Pakistan stood at 10,262 GWh (13,793 MW) in October 2024, an increase of over 7% YoY compared to...

Published 18 Nov, 2024 03:20pm

Markets

LESCO says 1933 feeders exempted from load-shedding

LAHORE: In a significant move to optimize power distribution, the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has ...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

Oct FCA: CPPA-G seeks Rs1.0159/unit negative adjustment

ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency–Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has sought negative adjustment of Rs 1.0159 per...

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 03:04pm

Markets

PM announces power relief ‘winter package’

ISLAMABAD: At a time when electricity bills had become exorbitant and seemed to have reached a breaking point, Prime...

Published 09 Nov, 2024 06:36am

Opinion

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 23	278.69
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 23	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 23	156.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 23	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 23	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
India Sensex / Dec 23	78,595.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 23	39,161.34
Hang Seng / Dec 23	19,857.04
FTSE 100 / Dec 23	8,068.16
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,830.32

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 23	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 23	69.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 23	2,632.38
Diesel/Litre / Dec 23	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.83 ▲ 0.92 (15.57%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.75 ▲ 0.36 (10.62%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.39 (10.37%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	36.60 ▼ -4.07 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.01 ▼ -1.33 (-8.67%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6 ▼ -0.54 (-8.26%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.46 ▼ -0.93 (-8.17%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 23 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.45 ▼ -0.65 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,327,753 ▲ 0.92
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.37
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,585,180 ▲ 1.96
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	35,015,764 ▲ 1.32
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,026,526 ▲ 2.58
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.26

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