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Hundreds storm Sibi power station over long outages

QUETTA: Hundreds of people in one of hottest cities stormed a power station in protest against cuts lasting up to 20...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 05:18am

‘Further sales tax’ and ‘extra sales tax’: conflicting FBR accounts cause a great deal of confusion

ISLAMABAD: The conflicting legal clarifications of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on the chargeability of extra...

Updated 03 Nov, 2023 10:11am

Opinion

Privatising Discos: tread with caution

On 13th July 2023, IMF’s Executive Board while approving US$3 billion Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) for Pakistan...

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 06:49am

Opinion

Govt as the biggest power defaulter

The media is replete with news of the Power Sector – mostly negative. Most recently, it is the exorbitant bills...

Updated 17 Sep, 2023 06:37am

Markets

HCPC accuses govt, Nepra of damaging it financially

ISLAMABAD: Habibullah Coastal Power Company (HCPC) has reportedly accused the government and National Electric Power...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am

Business & Finance

Qesco seeks 44pc increase in power tariff

ISLAMABAD: The Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco) on Thursday sought an increase of 44 percent to Rs 39.23 per...

Published 12 May, 2023 05:59am

Markets

Discos inflict Rs170bn loss on exchequer

KARACHI: The national exchequer has to bear a whopping Rs 170 billion financial loss on account of low collection of...

Published 30 Jan, 2023 05:56am

Pakistan

Banks, shops reopened in Gwadar, chief secretary told

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Secretary Abdul Aziz Ugaili on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review the current...

Published 03 Jan, 2023 03:25am

Markets

July 2019 to June 2021: Nepra imposes Rs10m fine on Qesco over fatal incidents

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has imposed a fine of Rs 10 million on Quetta...

Published 06 Jul, 2022 08:10am

Pakistan

MNAs express anger at power load-shedding, corruption, other issues

ISLAMABAD: Members of National Assembly across the political divide expressed their anger at the prolonged...

Published 11 Jan, 2022 06:33am

Markets

Operation fee, tariff petition: Nepra quizzes CPPA-G and Qesco

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Wednesday quizzed Central Power Purchasing...

Published 11 Nov, 2021 05:20am

Power subsidy rationalisation plan unveiled

Move aims to trim down the number of beneficiaries of non Time of Use (ToU) domestic consumers and increase tariff of consumers using over 200 units in a month through new slabs

Updated 10 Aug, 2021 09:31am

Markets

Power supply to Makran Division from Iran suspended

GWADAR: Three districts of Balochistan’s Makran Division facing a prolonged outage of power for two days owing to...

Published 08 Jul, 2021 04:22am

‘Forced’ load-shedding has been done away with: govt

ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday claimed that ‘forced’ load-shedding has been done away with after gradual...

Updated 04 Jul, 2021 09:40am

Rs102bn earmarked for 97 power projects

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has earmarked Rs 102 billion for 97 power sector projects/schemes for 2021-22 ...

Published 12 Jun, 2021 05:04am

System facing 6,500MW shortfall

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has taken serious notice of countrywide power load...

Published 10 Jun, 2021 03:22am

Nepra censures Discos, recommends privatisation

ISLAMABAD: Showing grave concern at the continuous poor performance and data fudging by power Distribution Companies...

Published 27 May, 2021 03:40am

Discos’ boards: PD notifies names of civil society, consumers reps

ISLAMABAD: Power Division has nominated representatives of civil society and consumers on the Board of Directors of...

Published 11 May, 2021 04:39am

Power Division notifies BoDs of three more Discos

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division Thursday notified Board of Directors (BoDs) of three more power Distribution Companies...

Published 23 Apr, 2021 05:12am

Pakistan

Action against high handedness of QESCO EE demanded

QUETTA: President Qaiser Colony Elaqae Ittehad Haibat Khan Nurzai has called on authorities to initiate legal...

Updated 19 Apr, 2021 09:57am

Power distribution companies: World Bank proposes ‘Pakistan Model’ for private participation

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has proposed ‘Pakistan Model’ to hand over Distribution Companies (Discos) to the...

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:10am

Markets

Bank of England charts path between Covid and inflation

The UK economy slumped 2.9 percent in January from December, after the imposition of England's third lockdown.

Updated 18 Mar, 2021 04:07pm

Amendment to PPC Act: Power theft to be made more stringent cognizable offence

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to expedite efforts for approval of amendment to the Pakistan Penal...

Published 14 Mar, 2021 04:13am

Pakistan

Wapda workers to stage demo in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union CBA is all set to stage another protest demonstration in...

Published 15 Feb, 2021 04:53am

Nepra's regional office established in Gwadar

Markets

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 30	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 30	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 30	156.45
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 30	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 30	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 30	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 30	5,906.94
India Sensex / Dec 30	78,248.13
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 30	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Dec 30	19,486.79
Hang Seng / Dec 30	20,111.38
FTSE 100 / Dec 30	8,121.01
Dow Jones / Dec 30	42,573.73
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 30	19,909.14

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 30	71.36
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 30	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 30	241,430.80
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 30	2,604.69
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 30	68.76
Petrol/Litre / Dec 31	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 31 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	4.78 ▲ 0.56 (13.27%)
Chenab Ltd / Dec 31 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	10.28 ▲ 1.00 (10.78%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 31 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Liven Pharma / Dec 31 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	150.54 ▲ 13.69 (10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 31 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	131.86 ▲ 11.99 (10.00%)
Pak Stock Exchange / Dec 31 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	27.75 ▲ 2.52 (9.99%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 31 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	21.04 ▲ 1.91 (9.98%)
TPL Insurance / Dec 31 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	12.98 ▲ 1.16 (9.81%)
Pak Datacom / Dec 31 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	167 ▲ 14.81 (9.73%)

Stock	Price
Khyber Textile / Dec 31 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	520.86 ▼ -57.87 (-10.00%)
Nazir Cotton Mills / Dec 31 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	11.51 ▼ -1.24 (-9.73%)
Jubilee Spinning / Dec 31 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.55 ▼ -0.95 (-8.26%)
Bank of Khyber / Dec 31 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	13.93 ▼ -0.90 (-6.07%)
Data Agro / Dec 31 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	126.10 ▼ -7.88 (-5.88%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Dec 31 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	9.19 ▼ -0.53 (-5.45%)
St.Chart.Bank / Dec 31 Standard Chartered Bank (Pak) Ltd(SCBPL)	52.05 ▼ -2.43 (-4.46%)
Dost Steels Ltd. / Dec 31 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	6.45 ▼ -0.26 (-3.87%)
Arif Habib Corp / Dec 31 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	67.50 ▼ -2.48 (-3.54%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	125,613,935 ▲ 0.23
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	111,551,930 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Dec 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	84,182,656 ▲ 0.11
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 31 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	48,777,302 ▲ 0.02
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	45,320,218 ▲ 0.07
Pak Elektron / Dec 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	36,348,761 ▲ 0.47
Sui South Gas / Dec 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	30,315,237 ▼ -0.41
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 31 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	29,105,477 ▼ -0.06
Telecard Limited / Dec 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	26,616,811 ▲ 0.16

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