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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 a day ago

Net metering consumers: Contract term limited to 5 years

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to limit the contract validity period for net metering consumers to five...

Updated 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 2 days ago

System constraints: KE says unable to get more than 2,000MW from national grid

ISLAMABAD: K-Electric on Thursday stated that it is unable to acquire more than 2,000 MW of power from the National...

Updated 21 Mar, 2025 02:51pm

APTMA for passing on full negative Jan 2025 FCA relief to KE consumers without deduction

ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has requested the power sector regulator to pass on the...

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 09:38am

Net-metering consumers: Nepra may hold public hearing on revised buyback rates

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) is likely to hold a public hearing on the...

Updated 19 Mar, 2025 08:51am

Contingent on IMF nod: Power tariff may be cut by up to Rs8/unit

ISLAMABAD: The government intends to reduce electricity tariff by up to Rs 8 per unit within the next couple of...

Updated 16 Mar, 2025 09:46am

BR Research

Power tariffs fall at last

If the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) does it right, the March electricity CPI reading should be down 20-25...

Published 11 Mar, 2025 07:02am

300 units consumption: Agriculture, domestic consumers to get benefit of FCA savings

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to pass on the benefit of negative impact of Fuel Charges Adjustment (FCA) to...

Updated 27 Feb, 2025 02:45pm

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

Hesco, Sepco submit distribution investment plans for 2025-2030

ISLAMABAD: The two Sindh-based power distribution companies (Discos), Hesco (Hyderabad Electric Supply Company) and...

Updated 21 Feb, 2025 08:57am

Provisional KE FCA for Nov ’24: Nepra receives motion for leave to review decision

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has received a motion for leave to review the...

Updated 19 Feb, 2025 09:22am

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

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

Business & Finance

Power tariff cut: IMF pressure no longer a concern: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that concerns about the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Published 13 Feb, 2025 07:35am

October-December: Discos, KE set to cut tariffs by about Rs2

ISLAMABAD: The Power Distribution Companies (Discos) and K-Electric (KE) are set to reduce their tariffs by about Rs...

Updated 13 Feb, 2025 05:14pm

Pakistan

IMF signals support, says PM as Pakistan pursues cost-cutting

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has responded positively to...

Updated 12 Feb, 2025 10:23pm

BR Research

Power tariffs: Massive respite on the cards

For the first time in at least seven years, and possibly ever, electricity quarterly tariff adjustment is slated to...

Published 12 Feb, 2025 08:57am

Power tariffs will go down further: PM Shehbaz

Premier says ongoing reforms in power sector yielding positive results

Updated 08 Feb, 2025 11:02pm

Cut in power tariff for SEZs: SIFC directs PD to take concrete measures

PM presides over Apex Committee meeting attended by army chief, Chief Ministers and high level civil and army officials

Updated 03 Feb, 2025 03:07pm

Major cut in power tariffs likely

The decision will lower electricity prices for millions of consumers across Pakistan, starting from March 2025

Updated 02 Feb, 2025 03:48pm

Business & Finance

Govt striving to achieve cuts in energy cost: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif emphasized that the government is diligently striving to achieve...

Updated 28 Jan, 2025 09:01am

PM orders PD to cut power tariffs by Rs7/unit

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed Power Division to cut electricity tariffs by Rs 7 per unit for...

Updated 27 Jan, 2025 10:18am

Editorials

Power sector: going to real circus is more fun

EDITORIAL: Managing power tariffs is one of the biggest challenges for the government. The government claims it will...

Published 20 Jan, 2025 05:31am

Markets

Reforms in energy sector inevitable: Power consumers paying high tariffs as compared to regional countries

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Economic Policy and Business Development and former caretaker minister Gohar Ejaz has said that...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:07am

Opinion

CTBCM stillborn

Pakistan’s energy sector stands ensnared in inefficiencies, financial instability, and a chronic inability to...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:58am

Editorials

The appalling state of power sector

EDITORIAL: The poor performance of power sector companies cost the exchequer Rs660 billion in FY24 despite a...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:35am

Markets

PM orders reduction in power tariffs

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to bring down the soaring electricity tariffs, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed the...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:46am

Editorials

Blaming IMF for inflation!

EDITORIAL: In response to a query from a member of the Treasury benches, Tahira Aurangzeb, the Ministry of Finance...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 07:27am

Opinion

Who truly own the IPPs?

The Pakistan power system is ever in the news – unfortunately, always in the negative sense. The power tariffs are...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:50am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 25	280.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 25	280.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 26	150.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 26	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 25	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 25	5,776.65
Nasdaq / Mar 25	18,271.86
Dow Jones / Mar 25	42,587.50
India Sensex / Mar 26	77,971.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 26	38,027.29
Hang Seng / Mar 26	23,483.32
FTSE 100 / Mar 26	8,660.31
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 26	22,923.69
France CAC40 / Mar 26	8,042.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 25	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Petrol/Litre / Mar 26	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 26	69.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 26	3,018.44
Diesel/Litre / Mar 26	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 26	65.37

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 26 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	3.01 ▲ 1 (49.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1 (11.12%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 26 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.40 ▲ 1.04 (10.04%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 26 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	110.80 ▲ 10.07 (10%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 26 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	737.77 ▲ 67.07 (10%)
Data Agro / Mar 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	96.62 ▲ 8.78 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Mar 26 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	58.44 ▲ 5.31 (9.99%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 26 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	14.48 ▲ 1.31 (9.95%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Mar 26 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	340 ▲ 30.55 (9.87%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 26 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Mar 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.95 ▼ -1.38 (-9.63%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Mar 26 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	58.50 ▼ -5.48 (-8.57%)
Bela Auto / Mar 26 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	167 ▼ -14.94 (-8.21%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 26 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	28.15 ▼ -2.4 (-7.86%)
Jubilee Spinning / Mar 26 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.88 ▼ -0.89 (-7.56%)
Frontier Ceram / Mar 26 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	22.40 ▼ -1.82 (-7.51%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 26 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73.62 ▼ -5.95 (-7.48%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 26 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	900.16 ▼ -71.96 (-7.4%)
UDL International / Mar 26 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.11 ▼ -0.53 (-6.94%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,093,385 ▲ 1.6
P.S.O. / Mar 26 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,846,685 ▲ 1.38
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,825,615 ▼ -0.92
Cnergyico PK / Mar 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,176,390 ▲ 0.07
B.O.Punjab / Mar 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,063,012 ▼ -0.18
Pak Petroleum / Mar 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,868,233 ▲ 7.49
Engro Fert. / Mar 26 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,391,574 ▼ -1.85
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,412,844 ▲ 0.01
TPL REIT Fund I / Mar 26 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,002,839 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Cement / Mar 26 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	10,156,162 ▲ 1.41

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