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Fresh hiring directed: PM says ‘no’ to adjusting Gencos’ staff in Discos

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reportedly refused to adjust employees of Generation Companies (Gencos)...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:51am

PM orders strict action against power theft

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Saturday ordered strict action against electricity theft and the officials...

Updated 29 Dec, 2024 01:28pm

Markets

PM Shehbaz expresses concern over delays in Discos’ CEO appointment

Emphasizes that appointment of CEOs should be completed with utmost transparency

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 04:49pm

Opinion

Power sector: Achilles’ heel

According to media reports, Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, has sought personal interventions ...

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 08:30am

Senate panel asks Pesco to resolve issues facing industry

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Power has directed the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) to...

Updated 22 Dec, 2024 09:33am

Markets

Supplemental charges: Pesco seeks revision of allocation criteria

ISLAMABAD: Terming the current mechanism of allocation of supplemental charges unjustified, Peshawar Electric Power...

Published 06 Dec, 2024 06:58am

Business & Finance

Pesco earns Rs2.4bn net profit in Q1

PESHAWAR: Peshawar Electric Supply Company Limited (Pesco) has demonstrated impressive financial growth during the...

Published 25 Nov, 2024 06:15am

Attacks on grid stations: Govt decides to treat errant KP MPs in a heavy manner

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to take strict action against those provincial lawmakers of...

Updated 06 Sep, 2024 09:25am

Business & Finance

World Bank team briefed about Pesco’s new projects

PESHAWAR: A team of the World Bank visited the Peshawar Electric Supply Company head office in Peshawar and held a...

Published 31 Aug, 2024 06:55am

Markets

KP govt, PESCO sign power acquisition contract

PESHAWAR: The KP government has entered into an agreement on Thursday to sell the electricity generated from two...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Opinion

Irresponsible actions could discourage investment in power sector

Pakistan’s power sector, pivotal for the country’s socioeconomic development, is currently grappling with a dire...

Updated 25 Jul, 2024 07:36am

Markets

SOEs: PESCO unhappy with Tax Laws (Amendment) Act

ISLAMABAD: Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) is unhappy with the Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024 for...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am

Pakistan

Pesco reduces load-shedding duration on 75 feeders

PESHAWAR: Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has reduced load-shedding duration on 75 feeders to 12 hours....

Published 01 Jul, 2024 07:01am

Illegal energization of feeders: FIRs not being registered, Pesco tells federal govt

ISLAMABAD: Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) has informed the federal government that FIRs are not being...

Updated 01 Jul, 2024 09:21am

Editorials

KP’s power woes

EDITORIAL: There appears to be little evidence, so far, of a sensible solution to the dispute that has erupted...

Published 24 Jun, 2024 07:31am

Power loadshedding in KP: Federal govt facing a catch-22 situation

ISLAMABAD: Federal government is facing a catch 22 situation with respect to power loadshedding in Khyber...

Updated 22 Jun, 2024 09:07am

Markets

Attacks by MNAs, MPAs on grid stations caused heavy financial loss: PESCO chief

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Peshawar Electric Supply Company Limited (PESCO) has raised concern amid...

Updated 20 Jun, 2024 10:44pm

Power supply to theft-free areas: KP govt, PD agree to reach formal agreement

ISLAMABAD: Power Division and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) government are said to have agreed to reach a formal pact to...

Updated 28 May, 2024 09:22am

Business & Finance

FY 2022-23: Rs21bn decline in PESCO’s line losses?

PESHAWAR: The Board of Directors (BoD) Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) has claimed a decline to the tone of...

Published 27 May, 2024 05:52am

Vital power distribution installations in KP: Centre decides to tighten security after CM’s ‘threat’

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to take necessary measures to ensure security of vital electricity...

Updated 25 May, 2024 04:16pm

Pakistan

PESCO chief holds successful facebook kachehri

PESHAWAR: In a groundbreaking initiative, PESCO Chief Engineer Akhtar Hamid Khan held a Facebook Kachehri (online...

Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am

World Bank concerned over delay in EDEIP completion for 3 Discos

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has raised alarm at the delay in completion of Electricity Distribution Efficiency...

Updated 18 Apr, 2024 10:11am

Markets

Pesco imposes Rs1.58bn fines during ongoing operations

PESHAWAR: During ongoing drive against power theft, Peshawar Electric Supply Company has removed 49000 directs hooks...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am

Pakistan

Pesco removes 49000 hooks during operations

PESHAWAR: During ongoing drive against power theft, Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has removed 49000...

Published 15 Mar, 2024 04:14am

Markets

PESCO announces power suspension on various KP feeders

PESHAWAR: Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) on Monday notified that due to maintenance work power supply will...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am

Opinion

Building advanced metering infrastructures

Late last year, power regulator Nepra took notice of billing discrepancies in numerous electricity bills issued by...

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

Pesco resents ‘excessive’ supplemental charges by CPPA-G

ISLAMABAD: Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO), one of the worst performing Discos, has reportedly protested...

Updated 29 Jan, 2024 09:37am

WAPDA employees: PHC suspends notification to end free electricity

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday suspended the decision of the caretaker government to end the...

Updated 29 Dec, 2023 08:14am

Markets

‘Discos anti-theft, recovery drives generate Rs55bn’

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Power Rashid Mahmood Langrial has stated that power Distribution Companies (Discos) anti-theft...

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

Net-metering consumers: Discos asked to approach FBR for tax applicability issues

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has directed Power Distribution Companies (Discos)...

Updated 06 Nov, 2023 09:17am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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