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Power sector: role of WB, ADB, IMF

Once again the World Bank (WB) is reported to be currently working with the government to invite private sector...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 07:32am

Pakistan

Diamer Basha Dam: Wapda chief reviews construction activities

LAHORE: Chairman Wapda Engr Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (Retd) reviewed construction activities being carried out on project...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 08:54am

MoEA concerned about slow work at DHP

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Economic Affairs has expressed its serious concern on the slow implementation of 4,320MW...

Updated 14 Dec, 2024 12:08pm

Opinion

Examining the Ministry of Energy’s new deforms and their implications

Since the unbundling of WAPDA, the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has been one of the few power...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:23am

Meeting discusses issues related to NJHPP

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chaired a high-level...

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:23am

Markets

NTDC energises another 250MVA autotransformer

LAHORE: To enhance its power transmission capacity, the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 07:33am

Pakistan

K-IV Project: Wapda chief reviews construction progress

LAHORE: Chairman Wapda Engr Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (r) visited the Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme (K-IV) to...

Published 28 Nov, 2024 05:45am

Pakistan

CM urges Wapda to allocate 50 MGD additional water to Karachi

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in his meeting with the Chairman Water and Power Development...

Published 27 Nov, 2024 08:39am

Business & Finance

Rs148bn receivables: SNGPL holds CPPA-G responsible

ISLAMABAD: Sui Northern Gas Company Limited (SNGPL) holds the Central Power Purchasing Agency– Guaranteed (CPPA-G),...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 09:18am

Business & Finance

Diamer-Bhasha Dam, Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower projects: Ahsan calls for expediting work

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal directed the concerned...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am

‘Rs38.925bn outstanding on account of KP govt’s NHP share’

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water Resources Musadik Masood Malik said that an amount of Rs38.925 billion is outstanding...

Updated 02 Nov, 2024 03:43pm

Markets

Tarbela 5th Extension Project: Wapda chief reviews progress

LAHORE: Chairman Wapda Engr Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (r) visited under-construction 1530 MW-Tarbela 5th Extension and...

Published 30 Oct, 2024 07:02am

Pakistan

50 years of Tarbela Dam: Pakistan Post issues commemorative postage stamp worth Rs50

LAHORE: The Pakistan Post issued commemorative postage stamp worth 50 rupees to mark 50 years of Tarbela Dam. A...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

SC orders transfer of Dam funds to federal govt’s Public Account

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) directed relevant authority to transfer the amount in Dams Fund’s account...

Updated 18 Oct, 2024 02:54pm

Curbs on workers, experts’ movement: Slowdown hits Dasu hydropower project work: World Bank

Says slowdown due to restrictions on the ground-transportation of international workers and experts from Islamabad to Dasu and shortage of armored vehicles for their movement within the project areas

Updated 17 Oct, 2024 03:32pm

Sports

WAPDA's skipper Iftikhar fined

LAHORE: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)’s skipper Iftikhar Ahmed has been charged 50-per cent of his...

Published 16 Oct, 2024 06:58am

Govt decides to divide NTDC into two entities

ISLAMABAD: Acknowledging ‘extreme incompetence’ in National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), the federal...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:18pm

Pakistan

Seeking assistance, apex court wonders whether it can retain ‘dam fund’ money

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court directed the federal government and the Wapda to assist, if can it retain money...

Updated 10 Oct, 2024 09:12am

PM directs including DBHP in CPEC

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the concerned authorities to include $8 billion Diamer Bhasha...

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 02:56pm

Markets

Wapda power projects will generate 11,694MW of power

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel, Thursday, was informed that the under construction Water and Power Development...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 07:39am

IRSA projects 19pc water shortage for Kharif

ISLAMABAD: IRSA Advisory Committee (IAC) has projected water shortage of 19 per cent for Kharif 2024-25, started...

Updated 03 Oct, 2024 09:13am

Business & Finance

Cement co found involved in massive tax fraud

KARACHI: A top cement company is involved in a huge tax fraud scheme amounting to over Rs. 11 billion through a ...

Published 28 Sep, 2024 07:16am

Opinion

Overdue decisions in the power sector

The performance of the most capital-intensive sector of the country considered as the backbone of the economy leaves...

Updated 27 Sep, 2024 09:02am

Business & Finance

Large-scale triaxial machine made functional at Wapda’s CMTL

LAHORE: The large scale triaxial machine, the largest of its type in Pakistan, has been successfully made functional...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 06:26am

Wapda, NTDC lock horns over ‘SCADA Towers-III’ issue

ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and the National Transmission and Despatch Company...

Updated 26 Sep, 2024 09:21am

Pakistan

‘Construction on 15 key Dasu hydropower project fronts continues’

LAHORE: Chairman WAPDA Engr. Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (retd) has said that Dasu Hydropower Project is of immense...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am

Mangla power house refurbishment: Wapda approaches Power Division for tunnel closure

ISLAMABAD: Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has approached Power Division for closure of Tunne1 (unit...

Updated 19 Sep, 2024 02:49pm

Pakistan

NHA, Wapda termed essential SOEs, DP Establishments 'strategic' one

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) categorised National Highways Authority (NHA)...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:13am

Business & Finance

Forex funds placed in PKR account: AGP faults Wapda for Rs64.8bn loss to kitty

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has held Wapda responsible for inflicting Rs 64.8 billion financial...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:13am

Markets

Privatisation of SOEs: cabinet committee approves WAPDA, NHA as essential entities

The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) has decided to categorise the Water and Power Development...

Updated 12 Sep, 2024 10:04pm

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
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 23	252.10

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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