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Addressing thefts and losses in Discos

Reportedly, the energy regulator NEPRA is initiating legal action against DISCOs due to their deteriorating...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 06:44am

Pakistan

Punjab police arrest 61,540 ‘power thieves’

LAHORE: Punjab Police is conducting a strict crackdown against electricity thieves and strict actions are taking...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am

‘Bharo Bill Foran; Karo Mulk Roshan’: KE proposes a country-wide campaign

ISLAMBAD: While supporting the power minister’s terminology for power theft as economic terrorism, K-Electric (KE)...

Updated 02 Oct, 2024 09:25am

Pakistan

KE staff attacked, held hostage amid anti-theft drive: spokesperson

Imran Rana says application filed for legal action in the local police station

Published 10 Sep, 2024 12:09pm

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

Pakistan

KE takes action against illegal connections

KARACHI: K-Electric, in collaboration with the law-enforcement agencies, continues its operations against ...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 08:16am

BR Research

Half-baked measures: Pakistan’s struggle to curb power theft

Since late 2023, the government has been cracking down on electricity theft across the country, which has long been...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 07:00am

Pakistan

1400 connections, 2 tonnes kunda wires removed from Bin Qasim

KARACHI: K-Electric, in collaboration with the law-enforcement agencies, continues crackdown against electricity...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 08:19am

Pakistan

Police launch crackdown against electricity theft

LAHORE: Police have undertaken a major crackdown against electricity theft this year, leading to the registration of...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 07:34am

Govt considering installing prepaid power meters

MULTAN: Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari said on Monday that the ruling coalition government is considering...

Updated 27 Aug, 2024 11:29am

70pc serviced population in Pakistan does not pay power bills: ADB

Bank, in its report 'Pakistan National Urban Assessment' argues that by issuing stay orders delaying legal procedures and allowing offenders of meter tampering and related ordinances to merely pay a fixed fine, courts contribute to the problem

Updated 21 Aug, 2024 11:56am

Pakistan

KE’s anti-theft drive continues

KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) continues its crackdown on electricity theft and defaulters with the support of law...

Published 10 Aug, 2024 08:11am

Markets

KE dismantles illegal underground cables in Korangi

KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) continued its crackdown on electricity theft and defaulters with the support of law...

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 07:05am

Pakistan

KE’s citywide crackdown on electricity theft continues

KARACHI: K-Electric, in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), has ramped up efforts to combat...

Published 25 Jul, 2024 07:02am

Business & Finance

Promotion of solar energy top priority: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that promotion of solar energy in the energy sector is the...

Published 13 Jul, 2024 06:13am

Business & Finance

PM Shehbaz announces action against officials overcharging electricity units

Premier asks FIA to identify such officials, suspend them, and take strict action against them

Published 06 Jul, 2024 08:05pm

Power sector’s circular debt reaches Rs2,655bn by May

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) was informed on Friday that the circular debt of the...

Updated 06 Jul, 2024 09:00am

Pakistan

Crackdown on power thieves continues

LAHORE: On the directive of Chief Minister of Punjab, Punjab Police has intensified its crackdown on electricity...

Published 23 Jun, 2024 02:50am

Markets

PD prepares plan to deploy civil armed forces’ personnel at Discos

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division is said to have prepared a plan to deploy troops of Civil Armed Force (Rangers, FC) in...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 06:37am

Pakistan

Task force to check electricity theft in Punjab

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to set up a task force to tackle electricity theft at district level in ...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am

Spectrum of illegal activities: PM, COAS, CMs take stock of situation

PM Shehbaz Sharif says electricity theft is around Rs400-500 billion per annum

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 08:26pm

CEOs of Discos ordered to stop electricity theft

Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Leghari encourages officials of Discos to leverage technology and innovation in their efforts to eradicate power theft

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 09:55am

Markets

Authorities initiate countrywide crackdown against electricity, gas theft

Pakistan authorities have directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to initiate a crackdown against...

Updated 21 Mar, 2024 09:07pm

Pakistan

Report on SOEs: MoF lists factors cutting profitability of power sector

ISLAMABAD: The electricity theft as well as under collections of billing and transmission and distribution losses in...

Published 07 Jan, 2024 02:43am

Pakistan

Ordinance promulgated to check power theft

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi promulgated, “The Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023” to make more...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am

Editorials

Modest upturn in the economy

EDITORIAL: The stock market benchmark, yet again, crossed another psychological barrier, this time of 66,000 points,...

Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am

Anti-electricity theft, recovery drive a flop?

Pakistan’s power sector circular debt stock crosses Rs 2.6 trillion

Updated 06 Dec, 2023 12:28pm

Editorials

Growth must be backed by structural reforms

EDITORIAL: Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar while addressing the 26 Sustainable Development Conference...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am

Business & Finance

Drive against power theft: 19,415 arrested, Rs14bn recovered, PM told

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has maintained that it recovered Rs14 billion on account of electricity theft...

Updated 26 Oct, 2023 08:48am

Pakistan

Fesco crackdown in eight districts in full swing

FAISALABAD: On the instructions of the Government of Pakistan and the Ministry of Energy (Power Division), a full...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 15	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 15	277.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 15	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 15	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 15	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 15	1.05

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 14	77,580.31
S&P 500 / Nov 15	5,870.62
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 15	38,642.91
Nasdaq / Nov 15	18,680.12
Hang Seng / Nov 15	19,426.34
FTSE 100 / Nov 15	8,063.61
Dow Jones / Nov 15	43,444.99
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 15	19,210.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 15	67.02
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 15	233,371.60
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 15	2,563.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 15	68.91
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 16	18,085
Petrol/Litre / Nov 17	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	77,999,077 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	70,721,702 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	55,501,231 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,884,955 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	36,294,630 ▲ 0.00
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Nov 17 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	32,226,742 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Nov 17 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,018,611 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 17 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	22,405,457 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 17 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	21,319,898 ▲ 0.00

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