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Flood relief project: Canadian organisation constructs solar-powered homes in Sindh

ISLAMABAD: The Canadian humanitarian organisation Human Concern International (HCI), which has been operating in...

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 11:45pm

BR Research

Power sector: Private Sector Participation is a must

Pakistan’s power sector is an enigma that continues to hold back the country’s economic potential. Despite...

Published 27 Nov, 2024 08:04am

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

BR Research

The costs of solar rush

The adaptation of solar energy in the electricity mix is happening in Pakistan at one of the fastest pace in the...

Published 26 Nov, 2024 08:35am

BR Research

Dealing with the solar power rush

There is a buzz in the market that the government authorities are finally considering revising the buyback rates of...

Published 25 Nov, 2024 08:57am

Opinion

Solar showdown: the untold power play behind Pakistan’s energy revolution—II

Residential net metered solarization, Considering that the domestic net-metered solar systems are contributing only...

Updated 01 Nov, 2024 04:11pm

Refined POL items and solar power: Chinese team to explore deals with PD today

China Asia Economic Development Association expected to invest up to $13 billion in a Free Trade Zone in Pakistan over the next five years

Updated 10 Oct, 2024 11:51am

Supplements

Solar Power-An Energy Resilience

TEXT: Pakistan is a country with a population of more than 240 million which has been dealing with increasing energy...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 06:26am

Perspectives

You should have seen it coming: solar surge in Karachi amid escalating energy costs

In Karachi, Pakistan’s largest metropolis, residents are increasingly turning to solar as a solution to soaring...

Published 17 Aug, 2024 12:11pm

BR Research

Solar revolution

A silent revolution at a very micro scale is happening in renewable energy (mainly solar) in Pakistan and despite...

Published 15 Aug, 2024 08:09am

Markets

Hydropower costlier than wind, solar power, claims study

KARACHI: The cost of hydropower generation is much higher than wind and solar as hydropower generation cost has...

Published 14 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Markets

Indonesia eases local content requirement for solar power plants to 20%, official says

JAKARTA: Indonesia eased the minimum local content requirement for solar power plants to 20% from around 40%...

Published 12 Aug, 2024 10:38am

Pakistan

PM announces solar-power package for Balochistan farmers

QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said that under an agreement reached between the federal and...

Updated 09 Jul, 2024 09:30am

Business & Finance

CCP approves 100pc acquisition of Actis by General Atlantic

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has approved the 100% acquisition of M/s. Actis Holdings...

Published 22 Jun, 2024 06:47am

Opinion

The key to stable power tariffs

According to experts, there will be no need to raise power tariffs on a regular basis if losses amounting to...

Published 09 Jun, 2024 03:10am

Markets

Power Division rejects reports of ending net metering policy

The Power Division on Wednesday rejected reports claiming that the government might take a decision to end the net...

Updated 05 Jun, 2024 10:18pm

Markets

Pakistan Cables completes commissioning of 2MW on grid solar power plant at Nooriabad

KARACHI: Pakistan Cables, the nation’s pioneer wires and cables manufacturer, has completed the successful...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

Perspectives

Net-metering: turning up the heat on Pakistani people instead of IPPs

As usual, Pakistan finds itself caught in a quagmire when it comes to its energy policy. Never mind that it added...

Published 23 May, 2024 08:39pm

BR Research

Interview with Ali Majid - General Manager, LONGi Pakistan Branch

‘LONGi's market share in Pakistan has been the highest among other players’ Ali Majid is a seasoned marketing...

Published 20 May, 2024 08:39am

Markets

Amid high tariffs, Pakistan’s industrial base is ramping up transition to solar power

Taking advantage of the natural resource at their disposal, industries in Pakistan are switching towards solar to...

Updated 15 May, 2024 11:06pm

Opinion

An anti-citizen policy?

Governments are supposed to make people-friendly and welfare-oriented policies. Citizens should not be just tax...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

World

India has its own problems with solar power as subsidies for homes face scepticism

NEW DELHI: Lakshmi Narayan was one of the first to see the light: in 2020 the engineer put solar panels on his roof...

Updated 10 May, 2024 06:00pm

Opinion

The solar lessons

The “Cobra Effect” is a well-known and beloved anecdote in the annals of unanticipated consequences. The...

Updated 02 May, 2024 05:29am

Business & Finance

Adani begins commercial output of wafers, ingots for solar power

AHMEDABAD: Adani Group has begun commercial production of wafer and ingots used for making solar power cells and...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am

Markets

Japan’s lunar craft lands successfully but can’t generate solar power

TOKYO: Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon but the probe was not generating...

Published 20 Jan, 2024 05:18am

Opinion

Navigating FDI challenges in power sector

The latest investment setback suffered by the renewable energy sector in Pakistan is the unsuccessful endeavour to...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

Markets

Pakistan’s power generation cost jumps nearly 20% in November

Increase in fuel cost witnessed mainly due to a decline in nuclear, wind and, solar-based generation, says one brokerage house

Updated 20 Dec, 2023 05:00pm

Solar power uplift: ‘White paper’ launched on AFCI for PV systems

Markets

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 17	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 17	278.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 17	1.05
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 17	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 17	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 17	154.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 16	6,074.08
Nasdaq / Dec 16	20,173.89
Dow Jones / Dec 16	43,717.48
India Sensex / Dec 17	80,962.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 17	39,364.68
Hang Seng / Dec 17	19,777.10
FTSE 100 / Dec 17	8,214.43
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 17	20,290.76

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 16	243,059.70
Petrol/Litre / Dec 17	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 17	70.82
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 17	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 17	2,654.67
Diesel/Litre / Dec 17	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	7.11 ▲ 1.00 (16.37%)
First Capital Equities / Dec 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.74 ▲ 0.82 (13.85%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 17 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.45 ▲ 1.00 (10.58%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 17 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	18.32 ▲ 1.67 (10.03%)
Air Link Com. / Dec 17 Air Link Communication Limited(AIRLINK)	208.93 ▲ 18.99 (10.00%)
Data Agro / Dec 17 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	126.58 ▲ 11.51 (10.00%)
Fazal Cloth / Dec 17 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	179.55 ▲ 16.32 (10.00%)
Land Mark Spinning / Dec 17 Landmark Spinning Industries Limited(LMSM)	63.91 ▲ 5.81 (10.00%)
Pak Datacom / Dec 17 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	94.49 ▲ 8.59 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Power / Dec 17 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	5.51 ▼ -0.74 (-11.84%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.19 ▼ -0.51 (-10.85%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 17 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	32.02 ▼ -3.56 (-10.01%)
Aisha Steel (CPS) / Dec 17 Aisha Steel Mills Limited (CPS)(ASLCPS)	20.17 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
Chakwal Spinning / Dec 17 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	53.72 ▼ -5.97 (-10.00%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Dec 17 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	126.67 ▼ -14.07 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 17 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	809.76 ▼ -89.97 (-10.00%)
Quetta Textile / Dec 17 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	17.73 ▼ -1.97 (-10.00%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 17 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.57 ▼ -13.37 (-9.98%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	403,228,918 ▼ -0.06
Pak Elektron / Dec 17 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,379,306 ▲ 3.33
Cnergyico PK / Dec 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	59,584,754 ▼ -0.06
B.O.Punjab / Dec 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,023,129 ▲ 0.59
Pak Refinery / Dec 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,947,968 ▲ 3.65
Sui South Gas / Dec 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,917,218 ▲ 1.17
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,337,248 ▲ 1.16
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	33,958,478 ▼ -0.28
Hub Power Co. / Dec 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,067,460 ▲ 11.97

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