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South Africa nearing end of daily power cuts: minister

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s electricity minister said on Sunday the country was closer to ending daily power cuts...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am

World

India taking steps to ensure adequate power supply during summer

BENGALURU: India’s power ministry on Thursday said it has taken several steps to ensure adequate power ...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am

Opinion

Power cuts in -30C spark anger in Kazakhstan

The plight of a city in Kazakhstan left without heating for over a week in temperatures that dropped to minus 30...

Published 11 Dec, 2022 04:02am

World

Power cuts to plunge S Africa into darkness

JOHANNESBURG: Africa’s most industrialised economy South Africa is again facing sweeping power cuts, caused by...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 08:02am

Opinion

Europe’s banks dim lights as they brace for winter blackout

Some of Europe’s biggest banks are preparing back-up generators and to dim the lights as they brace for potential...

Published 08 Sep, 2022 06:29am

World

Power cuts melt Gaza’s ice cream stocks as heatwave boosts demand

GAZA: Lengthy power cuts in the Gaza Strip have melted stocks of ice cream, forcing shops to stop selling it just...

Published 29 Aug, 2022 05:44am

World

Five million in southwest China face power cuts in heatwave

BEIJING: More than five million people in southwest China were facing rolling power cuts Wednesday as a heatwave...

Published 18 Aug, 2022 05:27am

Business & Finance

Ex-power minister slams govt, says ‘wrong decision making’ lead to load-shedding

Such loadshedding never happened in our time, says Hammad Azhar

Published 29 Apr, 2022 02:56pm

World

Sri Lanka imposes longest power cuts in 26 years

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced nationwide seven-and-a-half hour daily power cuts, the longest in more than ...

Published 02 Mar, 2022 04:35am

World

Oil-rich UAE to burn waste to make power

SHARJAH: With rubbish piling up in the desert, the United Arab Emirates has found a new way to get rid of its trash...

Published 04 Nov, 2021 10:06am

World

Lebanon in blackout as power stations run out of fuel

BEIRUT: Lebanon was plunged into a total blackout Saturday after two main power stations went offline because they...

Updated 10 Oct, 2021 01:08am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 3	278.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 3	27,843
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 3	157.28
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 3	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 3	1.03

Stock	Volume
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	39,894.54
S&P 500 / Jan 2	5,868.55
Nasdaq / Jan 2	19,280.79
Dow Jones / Jan 2	42,392.27
India Sensex / Jan 3	79,739.02
Hang Seng / Jan 3	19,713.10
FTSE 100 / Jan 3	8,250.97
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 3	19,945.18

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 2	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 2	242,888.30
Petrol/Litre / Jan 3	252.66
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 3	73.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 3	2,657
Diesel/Litre / Jan 3	258.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Power / Jan 3 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	6.87 ▲ 1.00 (17.04%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jan 3 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	3.23 ▲ 0.33 (11.38%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jan 3 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	28 ▲ 2.55 (10.02%)
Bannu Woollen / Jan 3 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	39.34 ▲ 3.58 (10.01%)
LSE Ventures / Jan 3 LSE Ventures Limited(LSEVL)	12.42 ▲ 1.13 (10.01%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Jan 3 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	692.63 ▲ 62.97 (10.00%)
Arpak Int. / Jan 3 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	76.89 ▲ 6.99 (10.00%)
Chakwal Spinning / Jan 3 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	79.30 ▲ 7.21 (10.00%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 3 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	52.46 ▲ 4.77 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Al-Khair Gadoon / Jan 3 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	37.31 ▼ -4.14 (-9.99%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jan 3 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.81 ▼ -1.19 (-9.92%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jan 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	27.30 ▼ -2.57 (-8.60%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 3 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.70 ▼ -2.23 (-7.98%)
United Brands / Jan 3 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	25.59 ▼ -2.12 (-7.65%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 3 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	580 ▼ -47.00 (-7.50%)
Blessed Tex. / Jan 3 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.01 ▼ -23.96 (-7.37%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Jan 3 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	72.20 ▼ -5.60 (-7.20%)
Pak Paper Prod / Jan 3 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	169 ▼ -12.38 (-6.83%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	89,478,727 ▲ 0.14
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,001,410 ▼ -0.05
Telecard Limited / Jan 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	61,073,411 ▼ -0.20
Cnergyico PK / Jan 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	52,175,076 ▼ -0.20
Fauji Cement / Jan 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	47,677,448 ▼ -2.38
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 3 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	39,567,582 ▲ 0.17
B.O.Punjab / Jan 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	37,387,280 ▼ -0.02
Pak Elektron / Jan 3 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	33,998,434 ▲ 0.91
Bank Makramah / Jan 3 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,677,585 ▲ 0.15