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Race to renewables: Attock Cement commissions 4.8MW windmill project

As Pakistan’s corporate sector increasingly turns to renewable energy to meet its power needs, Attock Cement became...

Updated 16 Jan, 2025 12:48pm

Markets

Faisal Spinning Mills successfully commissions 4.8MW windmill in Sindh

As companies in Pakistan increasingly return to renewables to meet their energy needs, Faisal Spinning Mills Limited...

Updated 14 Jan, 2025 04:53pm

BR Research

Interview with Mohsin Ali Mangi, Chief Strategy & Technology Officer - PSO

‘The refinery expansion project is a low-risk brownfield development with assured offtake’ Mohsin Ali Mangi is a...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 07:45am

Deadline of CM Punjab’s solar panel scheme ends

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched free Solar Panel Scheme to provide permanent relief to...

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 04:34pm

Opinion

Grid defection: a looming challenge for Pakistan’s utilities–I

Grid defection refers to the phenomenon where electricity customers generate and store sufficient power locally to...

Updated 30 Dec, 2024 06:50am

Renewable energy: Projects get Nepra exemption

Authority amends its law to exempt renewable energy projects to be established by foreign countries under Inter Governmental Commercial Transactions (IGCT) Act, 2022

Updated 25 Dec, 2024 11:50am

BR Research

Fixing the grid demands holistic and urgent intervention

As per NEPRA’s performance evaluation report on power plants, 82 percent of electricity costs in FY24 were...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 09:23am

Markets

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 20	278.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 20	278.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 20	156.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 20	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 20	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 20	77,231.09
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 20	38,932.72
Hang Seng / Jan 20	19,990.17
FTSE 100 / Jan 20	8,532.51
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 20	20,903.07

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 20	77.94
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 20	2,707.81
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 20	67.60
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	3.61 ▲ 0.91 (33.70%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.60 ▲ 1.00 (13.16%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 20 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.50 ▲ 0.97 (10.18%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 20 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	11.61 ▲ 1.06 (10.05%)
Loads Limited / Jan 20 Loads Limited(LOADS)	17 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
AKD Securities / Jan 20 AKD Securities Limited(AKDSL)	24.93 ▲ 2.27 (10.02%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 20 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	18.24 ▲ 1.66 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Jan 20 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	254.47 ▲ 23.13 (10.00%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jan 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.44 ▲ 4.86 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Hussain Industries / Jan 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	31.09 ▼ -3.45 (-9.99%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	334.01 ▼ -35.89 (-9.70%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 20 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.61 ▼ -0.44 (-8.71%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	38.04 ▼ -3.46 (-8.34%)
MithchellsFruit / Jan 20 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	279 ▼ -24.10 (-7.95%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	19.26 ▼ -1.62 (-7.76%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 20 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	11.80 ▼ -0.99 (-7.74%)
Service Textile / Jan 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	13.82 ▼ -1.16 (-7.74%)
Masood Textile / Jan 20 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	52.02 ▼ -4.22 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	101,934,297 ▼ -0.01
Lotte Chemical / Jan 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,408,954 ▲ 1.94
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	57,604,421 ▲ 0.91
Hub Power Co. / Jan 20 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,888,747 ▲ 0.70
Hascol Petrol / Jan 20 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,496,536 ▲ 0.17
Dewan Motors / Jan 20 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,438,701 ▲ 1.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 20 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,244,731 ▲ 7.71
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	19,741,577 ▲ 2.08
The Searle Co. / Jan 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	17,062,686 ▲ 4.29

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