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Revised IPPs pacts to get greenlight: Nepra initiates formal hearings

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has initiated formal hearings to approve the...

Updated about 4 hours ago

Opinion

Transitioning to privatization of Discos-I

The Pakistan Power Sector is always in the news – primarily, for its perceived and actual inefficiency and the...

Published a day ago

Opinion

Enhancing grid consumption need of the hour

There are efforts and actions being taken to reduce power tariffs and make the grid sustainable. These include...

Published a day ago

Business & Finance

‘Govt should promote green energy’

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

Published 19 Mar, 2025 07:10am

Opinion

Pakistan’s energy conundrum: challenges and elucidations

Pakistan’s energy sector faces significant challenges such as frequent power outages, high transmission losses,...

Published 19 Mar, 2025 06:02am

PPAs, IAs without coercion: Govt secures written confirmation from IPPs

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has secured written confirmation from the Independent Power Producers (IPPs)...

Updated 19 Mar, 2025 09:32am

Editorials

Staff Level Agreement: misplaced optimism?

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the last day of its first review mission to Pakistan - from 24...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 06:46am

Overdue payment issue: PQEPC threatens to suspend plant operations

ISLAMABAD: Port Qasim Electric Power Company (Private) Limited (PQEPC) has warned Islamabad that it may suspend...

Updated 18 Mar, 2025 08:49am

7 IPPs file joint plea for tariff cut

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has admitted a joint tariff reduction...

Updated 18 Mar, 2025 08:51am

CPPA-G seeks 30 paisa negative adjustment for Feb

ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency–Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has sought negative adjustment of paisa 30 per...

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 09:11am

Tariff readjustment: MoF weighs impact of DFIs’ joint letter

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) is reportedly weighing the impact of a joint letter written by eight...

Updated 12 Mar, 2025 09:23am

Opinion

No lessons learnt

Pakistan is a unique country in which the authorities seem incapable of learning from past experience. Here we are...

Updated 11 Mar, 2025 06:07am

Editorials

Electricity conundrum

EDITORIAL: Reports appearing in media suggest that the government intends to secure a 1.25 trillion rupees loan from...

Published 11 Mar, 2025 05:35am

Pacts revision with IPPs: Development partners informed of possible scenarios

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari on Monday said negotiations with IPPs are...

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:08am

Business & Finance

Leghari says govt to ‘rationalise net metering,’ aims to ease burden on consumers

Federal Energy Minister Awais Leghari announced plans on Monday to “rationalise net metering,” ensuring that no...

Updated 03 Mar, 2025 11:01pm

Business & Finance

KATI urges govt to reduce electricity tariffs

KARACHI: Junaid Naqi, President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), has urged the government to...

Published 27 Feb, 2025 07:34am

Editorials

The open economy syndrome

EDITORIAL: A parliamentary fact-finding committee has concluded that the open skies policy of PIA led to a decrease...

Published 27 Feb, 2025 06:44am

Business & Finance

8 DFIs criticise ‘unilateral’ clean energy talks

KARACHI: Pakistan’s unilateral renegotiation of clean power contracts will undermine investor confidence and be...

Published 27 Feb, 2025 06:44am

Markets

UBG demands cut in electricity tariff

LAHORE: Patron-in-Chief of the United Business Group (UBG) has urged the Prime Minister, Federal Minister for ...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Contracts revision: Non-compliant IPPs, plants to face forensic audit

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday announced that any power plant or Independent Power Producer (IPP)...

Updated 25 Feb, 2025 02:23pm

Opinion

Rethinking energy sector reforms

Recently, eight multilateral development finance institutions, including the Asian Development Bank and ...

Updated 24 Feb, 2025 07:17am

Editorials

Potential versus reality

EDITORIAL: During their initial months in power nearly all Pakistani administrations exhibit a level of optimism ...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 06:49am

8 Development Finance Institutions caution govt

ISLAMABAD: In a major development, eight Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have warned the government that...

Updated 20 Feb, 2025 01:45pm

Pakistan

JI to launch campaign against IPPs after Ramazan: Naeem

PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Central Emir, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman announced that his party will launch a campaign...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 06:21am

Business & Finance

Deals with IPPs: Nishat Chunian executes Amended Agreement; Pakgen Power terminates PPA

Nishat Chunian Power Limited (NCPL), an Independent Power Producer (IPP), has formally executed the Amendment...

Updated 18 Feb, 2025 01:56pm

Significant cut in power tariff likely by end-June

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Power Division, Dr Fakhre Alam Irfan has announced that significant reduction in electricity...

Updated 15 Feb, 2025 03:22pm

Power tariffs: Massive respite on the cards

BR Research

Premier says ongoing reforms in power sector yielding positive results

Updated 08 Feb, 2025 11:02pm

BR Research

Pakistan’s renewable leap - hurdles and hopes

The power sector regulator, NEPRA, is set to conduct a hearing today for the country’s first hybrid renewable...

Published 04 Feb, 2025 09:01am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 24	280.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 24	280.23
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 24	150.68
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 24	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 24	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 24	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 24	5,767.57
India Sensex / Mar 24	78,296.28
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 24	37,881.70
Nasdaq / Mar 24	18,188.59
Hang Seng / Mar 24	23,438.43
FTSE 100 / Mar 24	8,638.01
Dow Jones / Mar 24	42,583.32
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 24	22,852.66
France CAC40 / Mar 24	8,022.33

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 24	69.07
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 24	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 24	272,633
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 24	3,015.06
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 24	65.67
Petrol/Litre / Mar 25	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 25	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel Indus.(R) / Mar 25 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	2.01 ▲ 1 (99.01%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 25 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	8.99 ▲ 1 (12.52%)
Ruby Textile / Mar 25 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	6.66 ▲ 0.65 (10.82%)
United Dist. / Mar 25 United Distributors Pakistan Limited(UDPL)	67.29 ▲ 6.12 (10%)
Sanghar Sugar / Mar 25 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	50.71 ▲ 4.61 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 25 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	100.73 ▲ 9.16 (10%)
Hussain Industries / Mar 25 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	27.30 ▲ 2.43 (9.77%)
Grays Leasing / Mar 25 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	4.89 ▲ 0.39 (8.67%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 25 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13 ▲ 1 (8.33%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 25 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	33.30 ▲ 2.55 (8.29%)

Stock	Price
Parmount Sp. / Mar 25 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.51 ▼ -0.48 (-12.03%)
Dewan Textile / Mar 25 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.50 ▼ -0.86 (-10.29%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Mar 25 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	6.30 ▼ -0.7 (-10%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 25 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	136 ▼ -15.03 (-9.95%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Mar 25 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	294.56 ▼ -32.41 (-9.91%)
786 Invest Ltd / Mar 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	8.56 ▼ -0.94 (-9.89%)
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 25 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	55 ▼ -5.43 (-8.99%)
Sardar Chemical / Mar 25 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	32.51 ▼ -3.08 (-8.65%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 25 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	42 ▼ -3.1 (-6.87%)
Punjab Oil / Mar 25 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	121.12 ▼ -8.78 (-6.76%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 25 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	28,623,330 ▼ -0.57
Cnergyico PK / Mar 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	19,218,186 ▲ 0
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 25 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	15,741,063 ▼ -2.9
Sui South Gas / Mar 25 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,168,002 ▼ -0.02
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 25 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	11,187,536 ▼ -0.05
Pak Refinery / Mar 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	10,362,407 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	10,144,462 ▼ -0.01
Treet Corp / Mar 25 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	8,893,519 ▼ -0.12
Fauji Cement / Mar 25 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	8,148,237 ▼ -0.5
Bunnys Limited / Mar 25 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	7,804,415 ▲ 1.11

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