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Businessmen Panel for reducing cost of doing business

KARACHI: Anjum Nisar, Patron-in-Chief of the Businessmen Panel, has called on the federal government to take ...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 09:23am

Business & Finance

PDP demands govt cut gas, electricity tariffs, assails ‘economic terrorism’

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) General Secretary Iqbal Hashmi has rejected the cruel increase in gas prices...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Markets

Pakistan’s power generation increases in November as cost inches up

Power generation in Pakistan clocked in at 8,032 GWh (11,156 MW) in November 2024, an increase of over 6% YoY...

Updated 18 Dec, 2024 10:56pm

Markets

LCCI urges govt to reduce electricity tariffs

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the government to immediately reduce electricity...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 08:50am

Markets

PM Shehbaz calls for immediate shutdown of inefficient power plants, pushes for renewables

Statement from PM's Office says premier wants reforms in power sector expedited

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 09:54pm

Opinion

Pakistan’s economic outlook 2025: inflation, growth, & debt

Among macroeconomic indicators, primarily inflation has come down drastically over recent months, whereby consumer...

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 03:41pm

Opinion

Electricity tariffs: full cost recovery model no longer sustainable

In the energy sector, nothing seems to be working to increase consumption on the grid. The concept of full cost...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:13am

Editorials

IPPs: even-handed govt approach?

EDITORIAL: During a briefing to the Senate Standing Committee on Power, the co-chair of the Energy Task Force stated...

Updated 11 Nov, 2024 07:13am

Renegotiating or terminating contracts with IPPs: up to Rs300bn annual saving expected

This is projected to result in a reduction of Rs 2-3 per unit in electricity tariffs

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 11:37am

BR Research

Electricity tariffs go down… at the PBS

Electricity consumers in Pakistan paid less this year in October than a year ago. And only 5 percent higher than...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 09:32am

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

Centre, AJK fail to finalise power tariff, WUC rate

ISLAMABAD: The federal government and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) government are said to have failed to...

Updated 23 Oct, 2024 09:11am

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

BR Research

Wholesale inflation: Multiyear low

Single-digit inflation is the talk of the town, and the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) joins the race like never...

Published 07 Oct, 2024 09:09am

Rebasing of electricity tariffs likely from Jan 1

ISLAMABAD: The Federal government is likely to commence rebasing of electricity tariffs from January 1 each year...

Updated 05 Oct, 2024 02:45pm

Business & Finance

APTMA chief underscores need for reducing electricity tariffs, restoring RCET

LAHORE: Newly-elected Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Kamran Arshad has urged policymakers ...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 07:34am

Editorials

Disarray in the energy sector

EDITORIAL: In yet another indicator of the mess that is the country’s energy sector, power regulator Nepra has...

Updated 01 Oct, 2024 07:16am

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

Pakistan

Crackdown launched on retailers selling non-tax-paid cigarettes

LAHORE: To address the escalating issue of illicit cigarette trade in Pakistan, a crackdown has been launched on...

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

Pakistan

JI slams power tariffs hike

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday criticised the federal government’s decision to increase electricity ...

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

Opinion

Power sector woes– AGP report says it all

A damming report by the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) says it all insofar as the massive mess-up in the domestic...

Published 31 Aug, 2024 06:55am

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

Traders stick to guns, go on strike as planned

ISLAMABAD: Despite Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) assurance to traders’ community to amend the “Tajir Dost Scheme”...

Updated 28 Aug, 2024 05:58pm

Business & Finance

Power costs, import bans and RDs: Jam pledges to address the issues hurting businesses

KARACHI Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan has pledged the ministry’s full support in addressing the...

Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Opinion

The challenge of IPPs-I

Pakistan’s real economy is failing primarily on account of its energy sector. This author has been raising the alarm...

Published 04 Aug, 2024 02:47am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz extends electricity bill payment deadline by 10 days

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered a 10-day extension for electricity bill payments, according to an...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 10:51pm

Opinion

Enough is enough!

Overwhelmed by the relentless surge in electricity costs, Pakistan’s business community is at its wits’ end....

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

Opinion

A fragile balance of payments

The statistics on the external balance of payments of Pakistan in 2023-24 were released last week by the SBP (State...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

Karachi Port: Leakage of Rs1.2trn duty must be plugged: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that tax pilferages such as the leakage of almost Rs1.2...

Updated 25 Jul, 2024 12:21pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	107.15
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.93
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.27

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	3,276.02
India Sensex / Jan 1	37,871.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	22,751.61
Nasdaq / Jan 1	10,706.13
Hang Seng / Jan 1	25,057.94
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	6,207.10
Dow Jones / Jan 1	27,005.84
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 1	13,104.25

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	41.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	8,350
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	98,594
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	1,871.40

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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