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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

Editorials

IPPs: a slippery situation?

EDITORIAL: Negotiations with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are progressing. Following the termination of...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:39am

Opinion

The spectre of very high power tariffs

While the federal government must be appreciated for cancelling contracts with 5 IPPs (Independent Power Producers),...

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

Opinion

Net metering: Balancing the scales—I

Potential promises of clean, sustainable, and long-term cost-saving alternatives have dominated the discussion about...

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

Opinion

Victimising local IPP sponsors risks scaring future investment

The first round of IPP negotiations has concluded, resulting in the termination of five contracts through coercive...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 07:35am

Pakistan

High energy prices hitting the poor hardest: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has revealed that high energy prices in Pakistan disproportionately impact the poor, as...

Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am

Pakistan

JI chief issues stern warning to govt

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has issued a stern warning to the government, urging it...

Published 03 Oct, 2024 07:34am

Opinion

Country’s energy woes

Energy sector issues risk further deepening Pakistan’s socio-economic divides as recent years have witnessed an...

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 09:02am

Opinion

Economy has been nursed to some semblance of health

There is some semblance of macroeconomic stability in Pakistan as inflation decreases, interest rates fall, and the...

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 07:32am

Good news on revised IPP deals in a few weeks: power minister Awais

Minister for Power says deals with IPPs will not be revised unilaterally

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 05:00pm

BR Research

Power tariffs: Taking the cashflow approach

The first quarter of the current fiscal year has bene quite a happening one for the electricity sector. From record...

Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:44am

Costly electricity: IPPs’ capacity charges not the sole factor: experts

KARACHI: Energy experts have blamed a host of issues for the rising electricity prices, saying that the recent...

Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:27am

BMP assails increase in power tariffs

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has condemned the...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 09:04am

Editorials

Third-party audit

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while presiding over a meeting on electronic procurement, e-acquisition and...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:45am

Business & Finance

KCCI seeks similar relief like Punjab for Sindh

KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Iftikhar Ahmed Sheikh, while referring to ...

Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:55am

PM says power tariffs to be revised downward soon

Will unveil government’s economic programme to the nation in the next few days

Updated 15 Aug, 2024 10:27am

Business & Finance

Traders considering stepping up protest against power tariffs

KARACHI: Traders have continued rallying to galvanize support for their demands for ending oppressive taxes and high...

Published 11 Aug, 2024 03:28am

Pakistan

JI says govt has agreed to reduce power tariffs; protest deferred

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, Friday, while announcing to defer his party’s...

Published 10 Aug, 2024 06:51am

Editorials

Power sector: unanswered questions

EDITORIAL: The power sector problems have compounded over time due to unplanned and expensive growth in power...

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Business & Finance

Steel industry: govt urged to revisit agreements with IPPs

ISLAMABAD: Exorbitant power tariffs and imposition of unjustified high-capacity charges have badly affected the ...

Published 01 Aug, 2024 07:27am

Pakistan

Miftah Ismail says fiscally possible to remove electricity taxes without disturbing primary surplus

Former finance minister says the reduction in revenue collection from eliminating taxes can be offset by reducing funds allocated to the Public Sector Development Programme

Published 29 Jul, 2024 09:27pm

Pakistan

Protest continues against inflation, hike in power tariffs

RAWALPINDI: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), on Saturday, continued its sit-in at Liaquat Bagh for the second day to press...

Published 28 Jul, 2024 06:49am

BR Research

Power tariffs: A quarter’s respite

Two days after the announcement of base electricity tariffs – the government caved in. The revised prayer now allows...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 08:47am

Pakistan

JI to stage sit-in against power tariffs on 12th

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman has called on the government to reduce electricity tariffs,...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 06:16am

Markets

Pakistan’s economic crisis is largely due to its power sector: experts propose bypassing govt

Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous country, has a power sector problem and experts believe this is a core...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 08:23pm

BR Research

Power tariffs:Protected take the beating

The electricity base tariffs for 91 percent of domestic power consumers have been revised from a minimum of 26...

Published 09 Jul, 2024 08:26am

Markets

Concern voiced over adverse impact of hike in power tariffs

KARACHI: Chairman of FPCCI Advisory Board and National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and...

Published 08 Jul, 2024 07:56am

Opinion

Consumer end tariff design and National Electricity Plan 2023

Utilities consider investments in generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure as fixed costs because...

Updated 03 Jul, 2024 07:57am

Pakistan

JI announces protest against hike in power tariffs

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has announced a sit-in protest in Islamabad against the rise...

Published 02 Jul, 2024 05:07am

BR Research

Power tariffs: There is some respite!

The base adjustment in Power Purchase Price (PPP) has been okayed by the regulator, and it is now a matter of days...

Published 24 Jun, 2024 08:50am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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