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Agreement revisions with govt-owned IPPs in next phase: Leghari

Govt plans to auction surplus electricity, says energy minister

Updated 28 Jan, 2025 10:54pm

Markets

Nuclear power dominates as Pakistan’s electricity generation increases 1% in December 2024

Power generation in Pakistan clocked in at 7,800 GWh (10,484 MW) in December 2024, an increase of 1% YoY compared to...

Updated 20 Jan, 2025 06:55pm

Pakistan

Pakistan has successfully come out of default danger: coordinator to PM

FAISALABAD: Pakistan has come out of the danger of default due to the positive policy interventions while it was now...

Published 19 Jan, 2025 02:47am

Pakistan

JI assails ‘class-based’ system, demands govt reduce power tariffs

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has announced a nationwide protest on January 17 to demand a...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

BR Research

Power sector: Costly gaps

The power sector continues to battle inefficiencies, and the numbers tell a grim story. Two indicators—Part Load...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 07:41am

BR Research

It’s the Referee’s call

NEPRA’s State of Industry Report FY24 surprisingly came out within 2024, continuing the trend of identifying...

Published 06 Jan, 2025 08:50am

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

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

Markets

‘Power bureaucracy discouraging consumers of solar energy’

KARACHI: The Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 08:30am

Editorials

Blaming IMF for inflation!

EDITORIAL: In response to a query from a member of the Treasury benches, Tahira Aurangzeb, the Ministry of Finance...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 07:27am

Markets

ADB approves $200mn loan to modernise Pakistan’s power distribution network

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved a $200 million loan to modernise Pakistan’s power...

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:45pm

8 baggasse-fired IPPs: Settlement deals okayed by Cabinet

Central Power Purchasing Agency to approach National Electric Power Regulatory Authority to reduce the tariff of electricity generated by these plants

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 03:10pm

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

Power crisis and the way forward

IPPs (independent power producers) were created under Government’s power policies, which were promulgated over the...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 08:27am

Contracts with 8 more IPPs renegotiated, NA told

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Friday that contracts with eight additional independent power...

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 12:26pm

Markets

Power generation in Pakistan falls in September amid rising costs, shift to renewables

Power generation in Pakistan stood at 12,487 GWh (17,343 MW) in September 2024, a decline of over 6% YoY compared to...

Updated 23 Oct, 2024 10:49pm

Aurangzeb says debt reprofile talks with China encouraging

WASHINGTON: China’s response to Pakistan’s request to lengthen maturities for debt involved in the Belt and Road...

Updated 23 Oct, 2024 09:23am

BR Research

Consumer confidence still reeling

The policymakers are sounding more confident today than they have been in a long time. From inflation to policy...

Published 11 Oct, 2024 09:27am

Govt ends deals with five private IPPs

KARACHI: Government has ended power purchase contracts with five private companies, including one with the country’s...

Updated 11 Oct, 2024 09:12am

BR Research

‘The solar push: flying too close to the sun?’

Pakistan’s energy sector is quickly hitting an impasse with solarization. On one hand is the surging interest in net...

Published 07 Oct, 2024 09:15am

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

IPPs talks status remains under wraps

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division on Thursday refused to share current status of critical negotiations of Task Force on...

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 03:24pm

Business & Finance

UBG Patron-in-Chief advocates reduction in electricity tariffs

KARACHI: SM Tanveer, Patron-in-Chief of the United Business Group (UBG), emphasized that to save the country,...

Published 29 Sep, 2024 02:46am

Business & Finance

Govt compelled to take effective steps: ‘Power sector holds people, economy hostage for last 30 years’

KARACHI: Chairman of the FPCCI Advisory Board and National Business Group Pakistan, President of Pakistan ...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 06:26am

Costly electricity: IPPs’ capacity charges not the sole factor: experts

KARACHI: Energy experts have blamed a host of issues for the rising electricity prices, saying that the recent...

Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:27am

Opinion

IPPs and capacity payments – how to deal with the challenge

This is a follow-up piece. The first part appeared on 1st August 2024. Both may be read together. Let us explore...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

BMP assails increase in power tariffs

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has condemned the...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 09:04am

Punjab extends power relief to federal capital

CM Maryam Nawaz says decision to benefit over 150,000 consumers of Islamabad

Updated 30 Aug, 2024 02:46pm

Business & Finance

FPCCI wants cut in electricity tariffs

KARACHI: Vice President and Regional Chairman of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am

Nepra concerned at drop in power consumption

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has raised concerns over the reduced electricity...

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 09:27am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 31	279.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 31	278.88
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 31	155.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 31	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 31	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
Hang Seng / Jan 30	20,225.11
S&P 500 / Jan 31	6,040.53
India Sensex / Jan 31	77,500.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 31	39,572.49
Nasdaq / Jan 31	19,627.44
FTSE 100 / Jan 31	8,673.96
Dow Jones / Jan 31	44,544.66
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 31	21,732.05

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 31	72.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 31	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 31	250,171
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 31	2,798.41
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 31	65.88
Petrol/Litre / Feb 1	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 31 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	10.21 ▲ 1 (10.86%)
IGI Life Ins / Jan 31 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	15.13 ▲ 1.38 (10.04%)
Sana Ind / Jan 31 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.77 ▲ 2.62 (10.02%)
Tariq Corporation / Jan 31 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	16.91 ▲ 1.54 (10.02%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 31 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	15.72 ▲ 1.43 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Jan 31 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	24.17 ▲ 2.2 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 31 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	53.74 ▲ 4.89 (10.01%)
Pak Leather / Jan 31 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	32.63 ▲ 2.97 (10.01%)
Dandot Cement / Jan 31 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 31 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	54.86 ▼ -6.1 (-10.01%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 31 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -7 (-10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jan 31 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	189 ▼ -21 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 31 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	10.41 ▼ -1.15 (-9.95%)
National Silk / Jan 31 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	40.84 ▼ -4.51 (-9.94%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Jan 31 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.83 ▼ -0.76 (-8.85%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 31 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	109.56 ▼ -10.44 (-8.7%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jan 31 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	31.05 ▼ -2.9 (-8.54%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 31 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.28 ▼ -0.66 (-8.31%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,672,997 ▲ 0.14
Sui South Gas / Jan 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,364,956 ▼ -1.33
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	36,344,486 ▼ -0.06
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 31 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,226,540 ▼ -0.77
Bank Makramah / Jan 31 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,509,642 ▲ 0.04
B.O.Punjab / Jan 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	17,873,860 ▲ 0.2
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,969,744 ▼ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Jan 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,492,313 ▼ -0.57
Treet Battery / Jan 31 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	15,390,342 ▲ 1.07

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