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Farmers urge govt to address issue of inflated bills

LAHORE: Farmers have urged the Punjab government to take up the issue of inflated electricity bills with the federal...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Pakistan

Rawalpindi Agreement: JI will hold sit-in on main roads on 29th

LAHORE: Chief Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman on Thursday presided over the meeting of the central and...

Updated 27 Sep, 2024 08:04am

Pakistan

JI says will organise nationwide sit-ins on thoroughfares on 29th

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has announced nationwide sit-ins on main roads on...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Business & Finance

High power bills, taxes: Traders call for countrywide strike

QUETTA: President, All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran, Amjad Baloch on Sunday announced to observe a shutter down strike...

Published 26 Aug, 2024 08:14am

Discos slammed for issuing inflated bills

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s (FPCCI) Businessmen Panel (BMP) has slammed...

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 09:20am

Markets

Hike in prices of solar-powered inverters expected

LAHORE: Excessive panel imports have encouraged aggressive solar power system installations by consumers across the...

Published 15 Jul, 2024 07:22am

Inflated power bills: PM orders action against errant officials

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that action should be taken against the officers and officials...

Updated 07 Jul, 2024 10:10am

Pakistan

Ex-PM Nawaz lists his achievements

QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that 400 small dams were built...

Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am

FPA, QTA in electricity bills: SC sets aside LHC verdict

Declares Fuel Price Adjustment (FPA) and Quarter Tariff Adjustment (QTA) in electricity bills as illegal and without lawful authority

Updated 17 Oct, 2023 09:35am

‘Inflated’ bills: Intelligence agency comes to the rescue of power consumers?

Agency has prompted caretaker government to intervene and take action to provide immediate relief

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 12:40pm

Pakistan

JI holds sit-in at Governor’s House

KARACHI: Karachi on Sunday witnessed a significant demonstration as the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) held a sit-in before ...

Published 09 Oct, 2023 06:24am

Opinion

Govt as the biggest power defaulter

The media is replete with news of the Power Sector – mostly negative. Most recently, it is the exorbitant bills...

Updated 17 Sep, 2023 06:37am

Markets

Nepra grills CEOs of Discos for inflated electricity bills

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday grilled Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)...

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 09:12am

Aug electricity bills: Consumers hit by Rs7.64 to Rs15 per unit hike: PD

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has revealed that domestic and commercial consumers have been hit by Rs 7.64 to Rs....

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:34am

Opinion

The energy quagmire

When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. ‘Increase electricity consumption to lower the...

Published 11 Sep, 2023 07:00am

Caretakers likely to ease the woes of power sector

The Power Division proposes implementation on 'old proposed measures with new words' to the caretaker government with the assertion that now failure is no option

Updated 11 Sep, 2023 10:00am

Opinion

Bills: repenting for the sins of others

Jolted by the severe backlash against highly inflated power bills resulting in protests across the country joined by...

Published 09 Sep, 2023 06:20am

Inflated electricity bills: Senate body assails Power Div for ‘incompetence’

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Power on Tuesday scolded the top brass of Power Division for shifting burden...

Updated 06 Sep, 2023 09:45am

Opinion

Have the people risen?

Arriving on the back of backbreaking inflation across the board, the increased tariff in electricity bills has ...

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:12am

‘Inflated’ power bills: Obdurate IMF refuses to buy into govt data

Conveys its disagreement to the data provided by the federal government

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 10:03am

Provinces, LEAs to be taken on board: PM asks power sector to act against defaulters

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has asked the power sector to take immediate action against...

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 09:59am

Editorials

Misdirected anger?

EDITORIAL: Authorities will have to be very careful about how they handle the turbulence created by the protests ...

Published 05 Sep, 2023 06:22am

Pakistan

Power sector woes: caretaker PM Kakar orders immediate action against electricity theft

Directs authorities to submit reports in this regard on daily basis

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 08:38pm

Opinion

Power bills and public anger

The usual jargon was issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on 27, Sunday, after an inconclusive emergent meeting...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

Economic policy needs a hard reset

The present currency crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented. PKR has depreciated against USD from 180 to 305 since ...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

‘Inflated’ power bills, other issues: PPP senator says caretakers don’t have solutions

ISLAMABAD: Senator Quratulain Marri of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has said the people are paying tax...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Opinion

Public sentiment taken for granted

The public sentiment has mostly been taken for granted by the governments and the parliamentarians as a class with ...

Updated 02 Sep, 2023 07:59am

Editorials

Setting the record straight

EDITORIAL: Spare a thought for the caretaker setup. Their only fault, after all, is being in the wrong place at the...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Senate body shows populist approach to power bills

The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat takes serious notice of the hike in electricity prices

Updated 02 Sep, 2023 05:54pm

Anger on power bills could turn into anti-govt movement?

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Intelligence Agencies have proposed to the provincial government to stress upon the federal...

Updated 02 Sep, 2023 03:53pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 17	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 17	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 17	149.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 17	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 17	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 16	5,842.47
Nasdaq / Oct 16	18,367.08
Dow Jones / Oct 16	43,077.70
India Sensex / Oct 17	81,029.70
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 17	38,911.19
Hang Seng / Oct 17	20,079.10
FTSE 100 / Oct 17	8,325.96
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 17	19,546.86

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 17	70.23
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 17	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 17	238,254
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 17	2,682.78
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 17	70.58
Petrol/Litre / Oct 18	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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