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Pakistan’s power generation increases in November as cost inches up

Power generation in Pakistan clocked in at 8,032 GWh (11,156 MW) in November 2024, an increase of over 6% YoY...

Updated 18 Dec, 2024 10:56pm

Pakistan

Punjab CM chairs roundtable conference at Guangzhou

LAHORE: On the 6th day of her 08-day long China visit, Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif announced the...

Published 15 Dec, 2024 02:50am

Business & Finance

China plans $1bn medical city in Dhabeji Special Economic Zone, says Sindh govt

A Chinese business delegation has expressed ‘deep interest’ in establishing a $1 billion medical city in the Dhabeji...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 03:59pm

Supplements

The Next Phase in Renewable Energy With Battery Storage

Syed M Qamar ul Islam – Supernet Infrastructure Solutions Pvt Ltd Coupling renewable power including solar with...

Published 06 Dec, 2024 06:59am

Markets

Experts discuss options to promote renewable energy

ISLAMABAD: The experts from energy, finance, banking sector and capital market on Wednesday discussed different...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 06:47am

Markets

120MW solar project: KE receives lowest bid from KAPCO

Power utility K-Electric (KE) received the lowest tariff bid from Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) for its...

Updated 26 Nov, 2024 07:45pm

Markets

Expanding renewables: Kohat Cement installs 5.34 MW solar power plant

Kohat Cement Company Limited (KOHC) has installed and commissioned a 5.34 MW on-grid solar power plant. The cement...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 03:31pm

Markets

Pakistan’s power generation increases in October as cost surges

Power generation in Pakistan stood at 10,262 GWh (13,793 MW) in October 2024, an increase of over 7% YoY compared to...

Published 18 Nov, 2024 03:20pm

Pakistan

‘USAID leads country’s renewable energy transformation’

KARACHI: A small village in southern Pakistan, where light after sunset was once a rare luxury, now glows with ...

Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am

Business & Finance

Foreign investors’ confidence restored: Governor

LAHORE: Governor Punjab Sardar Saleem Haider Khan, while talking to a delegation of foreign investors and CEOs of...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am

Business & Finance

Scope of cooperation of Gherzi for fibre recycling, renewable energy highlighted

LAHORE: Central Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Kamran Arshad on Saturday highlighted a ...

Published 03 Nov, 2024 06:34am

Business & Finance

HUBCO plans to install EV charging network across Pakistan

Hub Power Company Limited (HUBCO), Pakistan’s largest Independent Power Producer (IPP), is in the process of...

Updated 31 Oct, 2024 09:37pm

Business & Finance

Agriculture, renewable energy, industrialisation under focus: Dar describes CPEC as a ‘remarkable gift from China’

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar praised the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)...

Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:53am

Opinion

Net metering: Balancing the scales—V

To achieve a win-win solution for all stakeholders—solar users, non-solar consumers, utility companies, and the...

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 08:26am

Business & Finance

Pakistan sets ambitious goal to generate 60pc energy from RE: minister

QINGDAO (CHINA): Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Wednesday said that Pakistan has set...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Business & Finance

Renewable energy from wind and solar: Ahsan for mobilising private and public finance

LAHORE: Federal Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday stated that Pakistan has huge potential to...

Published 30 Sep, 2024 07:06am

Pakistan

LUMS hosting Asia’s Energy Transition Summit this week

LAHORE: LUMS is hosting the Asia’s Energy Transition Summit on September 28–29 to facilitate discussion on...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 07:13am

Pakistan

LUMS to host summit on renewable energy from tomorrow

LAHORE: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is hosting a summit on September 28-29 to facilitate...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 07:11am

Markets

‘Pakistan should seek assistance from UN, IMF & WEF on clean renewable energy’

FAISALABAD: Pakistan should seek financial and technical assistance from world organizations including UN, IMF and...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Markets

Rs8.92 per unit: KE says received ‘Pakistan’s lowest tariff bid’ for 220MW hybrid project

Power utility K-Electric (KE) on Tuesday said it had received the “country’s lowest tariff bid” of Rs8.9189 per unit...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 08:17pm

‘Suki Kinari Hydropower Project passes Reliability Run Test successfully’

ISLAMABAD: Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) announced on Friday that 884MW Suki Kinari Hydropower...

Updated 14 Sep, 2024 03:10pm

Markets

Sale of Dawood Lawrencepur’s subsidiary cancelled as Artistic Milliners ‘decides not to proceed’

Dawood Lawrencepur Limited (DLL) informed that the proposed sale of Tenaga Generasi Limited, an independent power...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 10:43pm

BR Research

The power balance – where efficiency meets innovation

Power generation has recently come under intense scrutiny, with attention focused on contractual arrangements and...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 08:49am

Pakistan

Aurangzeb engages with J.P. Morgan on investment opportunities in Pakistan

High-level huddle discusses interests of institutional investors exploring fixed-income investment opportunities in Pakistan

Updated 04 Sep, 2024 09:18pm

Markets

No intention to tax imported solar panels, says Leghari

Federal Minister for Power Sardar Owais Ahmed Khan Leghari said the incumbent government has no intention to impose...

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 10:26pm

Opinion

How renewable energy can save the planet

Last week, Pakistan witnessed a significant milestone in its energy transition as the Chinese electric vehicle (EV)...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

Perspectives

Wind power in Pakistan: how a promising renewable energy source fell out of favour

Pakistan’s journey with wind power, once seen as a key element in the country’s renewable energy landscape, has...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 12:04am

Business & Finance

Businesses can carve out a niche in French market: mayor

LAHORE: France has a track record of successful international collaborations across various sectors, including...

Published 26 Aug, 2024 07:01am

Markets

Pakistan’s ‘zombie power sector sucking the blood out of healthy firms’: Atif Mian

Noted economist says govt refusing to recognise the sector is bankrupt

Updated 22 Aug, 2024 03:33pm

150MW solar projects: KE receives lowest tariff bid

KARACHI: Following the successful milestone of technical bid opening for K-Electric’s 150 MW solar energy projects...

Updated 20 Aug, 2024 08:48am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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