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‘Independent electricity market’

The Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari is reported to have informed the National Assembly this week that the...

Updated 18 Jan, 2025 06:34am

Electricity: annual rebasing from Jan 1 approved

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved the revision in the annual rebasing...

Updated 18 Jan, 2025 03:08pm

Dec FCA: CPPA-G seeks negative adjustment of Rs1.03/unit

ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency–Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has sought negative adjustment of Rs 1.0353 per...

Updated 18 Jan, 2025 09:36am

Opinion

Valuing lost energy

The energy crisis in Pakistan coupled with a hike in fuel prices has extended the need for investments and...

Published 16 Jan, 2025 03:04am

Independent market being set up: Govt to stop purchasing power soon, NA told

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari informed the National Assembly on Wednesday that the government...

Updated 16 Jan, 2025 09:40am

Deadline of CM Punjab’s solar panel scheme ends

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched free Solar Panel Scheme to provide permanent relief to...

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 04:34pm

Govt plans to set up 100MW solar project in GB

ISLAMABAD: The government has announced plans to establish a 100 MW solar power project in Gilgit-Baltistan as part...

Updated 04 Jan, 2025 07:24pm

Iran, Pakistan agree to extend electricity sale agreement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have reportedly agreed to extend their electricity sale agreement, setting the price at...

Updated 03 Jan, 2025 03:21pm

Business & Finance

Power consumption growth: GEPCO cites net metering as major hurdle

ISLAMABAD: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) on Wednesday identified net metering as one of the key...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 09:42am

Business & Finance

Fresh hiring directed: PM says ‘no’ to adjusting Gencos’ staff in Discos

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reportedly refused to adjust employees of Generation Companies (Gencos)...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:51am

World

Puerto Rico’s power grid collapses, leaving island in the dark

Puerto Ricans were without electricity early on New Year’s Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 10:46pm

BR Research

Hub Power Company Limited

The Hub Power Company Limited (PSX: HUBC) stands as Pakistan’s first and largest Independent Power Producer (IPP),...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 09:00am

Nov FCA: KE set to refund Rs7bn to consumers

ISLAMABAD: K-Electric (KE) is all set to refund Rs7.179 billion to its consumers against their bills of November...

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 03:08pm

Power Div asked to review base load requirements

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed Power Division to comprehensively review the base load power...

Updated 24 Dec, 2024 09:38am

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

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

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 22	278.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 22	278.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 22	155.66
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 22	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 22	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 22	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
India Sensex / Jan 22	76,197.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 22	39,646.25
Hang Seng / Jan 22	19,778.77
FTSE 100 / Jan 22	8,579.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 22	21,258.81

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 22	75.52
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 22	2,751.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 22	67.34
Petrol/Litre / Jan 23	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Apna Microfin. / Jan 22 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.49 ▲ 0.96 (10.07%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 22 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	24.29 ▲ 2.21 (10.01%)
Pak Elektron (Pref) / Jan 22 Pak Elektron Limited (Preference)(PELPS)	14.94 ▲ 1.36 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 22 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	15.51 ▲ 1.41 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Jan 22 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	54.45 ▲ 4.95 (10.00%)
Fecto Cement / Jan 22 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	116.40 ▲ 10.58 (10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 22 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	86.43 ▲ 7.86 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.30 ▼ -0.70 (-11.67%)
Nagina Cot. / Jan 22 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	49.95 ▼ -5.55 (-10.00%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 22 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.21 ▼ -3.00 (-9.93%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 22 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	11.58 ▼ -1.26 (-9.81%)
TPL Life Insur. / Jan 22 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	51 ▼ -5.50 (-9.73%)
Masood Textile / Jan 22 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.05 ▼ -5.27 (-9.70%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 22 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	55.98 ▼ -5.92 (-9.56%)
Mari Energies / Jan 22 Mari Energies Limited(MARI)	598 ▼ -61.53 (-9.33%)
Hala Enterprise / Jan 22 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	12.10 ▼ -1.21 (-9.09%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▲ 0.04
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,158,485 ▼ -0.07
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	83,500,175 ▲ 3.03
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 3.23
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▼ -0.08
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 1.04
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.10
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	18,601,390 ▼ -0.41

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