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Power Div asked to review base load requirements

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed Power Division to comprehensively review the base load power...

Updated 24 Dec, 2024 09:38am

Pakistan

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

Markets

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

ISLAMABAD: The Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB), Centre for Advanced Research in Engineering and ...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:00am

Solar power initiative: PD asked to coordinate with SkyPower

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Updated 19 Dec, 2023 09:39am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 17	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 17	278.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 17	155.74
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 17	1.22

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 16	5,937.34
Nasdaq / Jan 16	19,338.29
Dow Jones / Jan 16	43,153.13
India Sensex / Jan 17	76,671.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 17	38,451.46
Hang Seng / Jan 17	19,567.81
FTSE 100 / Jan 17	8,477.94
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 17	20,852.83

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 16	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 16	241,941
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 17	79.09
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 17	2,713.02
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 17	67.05
Petrol/Litre / Jan 18	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 17 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.60 ▲ 1.00 (15.15%)
S.G.Power / Jan 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 17 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	10.50 ▲ 1.00 (10.53%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 17 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	12.82 ▲ 1.17 (10.04%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 17 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.62 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jan 17 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	24.20 ▲ 2.20 (10.00%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 17 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.21 ▲ 6.02 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 17 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	15.95 ▲ 1.45 (10.00%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	77.09 ▲ 7.01 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Global Banking / Jan 17 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	19.77 ▼ -2.75 (-12.21%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.35 ▼ -0.72 (-11.86%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 17 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.88 (-11.17%)
Service Textile / Jan 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.98 ▼ -1.66 (-9.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.01 ▼ -0.43 (-9.68%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 17 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.51 ▼ -2.70 (-8.94%)
Mandviwala / Jan 17 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.50 ▼ -2.00 (-8.51%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 17 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.23 ▼ -0.65 (-6.58%)
Tata Textile / Jan 17 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	47.10 ▼ -2.80 (-5.61%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	103,704,415 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,108,232 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,743,585 ▲ 5.79
Hascol Petrol / Jan 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,265,861 ▲ 0.83
Dewan Motors / Jan 17 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,402,498 ▲ 2.84
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,195,904 ▲ 7.01
Pak Refinery / Jan 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,625,081 ▲ 0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16,675,539 ▲ 0.30
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,024,776 ▲ 0.09

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