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Renewable energy: solution to energy crisis

The power sector of Pakistan has remained under severe stress for more than two decades. To fill the gap between...

Published 06 Sep, 2023 03:37am

Markets

PSA concerned over change in net metering policy

LAHORE: The Pakistan Solar Association (PSA) has expressed concerns over the much-likely change in the net metering...

Published 06 Sep, 2023 03:37am

Power projects under CPEC: Contract renegotiation proposals may again be floated

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to again float proposals to Chinese government for renegotiation on contracts of power...

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 09:09am

Opinion

Power bills and public anger

The usual jargon was issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on 27, Sunday, after an inconclusive emergent meeting...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Business & Finance

BMP says will step up protest against hike in electricity tariffs

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has pledged to...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

Public sentiment taken for granted

The public sentiment has mostly been taken for granted by the governments and the parliamentarians as a class with ...

Updated 02 Sep, 2023 07:59am

Pakistan

Inflated power bills: KCCI supports today’s strike call

Karachi: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) held a meeting against unaffordable electricity bills...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Opinion

Revisiting economy’s direction

‘But putting growth at the center of economic policymaking is a mistake. While important, growth in the abstract ...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

SC moved against PPIB (amendment) Act

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been urged to declare the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (Amendment) Act,...

Updated 31 Aug, 2023 09:03am

Opinion

Doing away with GST on electricity?

It is already happening what was expected. People have come out against rising electricity bills. Protests may...

Published 30 Aug, 2023 03:33am

Final decision expected today: PM holds consultations on electricity bills

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal cabinet is expected to take the final decision today on the proposals of the...

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 09:11am

Pakistan

JI leaders booked for lodging protest against power bills

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police on Sunday booked Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leadership for protesting against increase in...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Pakistan

Hike in power tariffs triggers protests across KP

PESHAWAR: The unprecedented increase in the power tariff has triggered protest and people in almost all districts ...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Pakistan

JI demands govt withdraw power tariff hike

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq has announced a nationwide strike on September 02 (Saturday) against ...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

Road to urgent resolution of the power tariff crisis

Rising electricity bills are breaking the back of the domestic consumers and making manufacturing businesses...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Power tariffs: caretakers capitulate?

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar says concerned ministries and related institutions should provide details of the officers and institutions receiving free electricity

Updated 28 Aug, 2023 09:51am

Business & Finance

Why consumers pay for ‘unused surplus electricity’: PDP

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party PDP Chairman Altaf Shakoor here Sunday asked why the electricity consumers of...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

Power sector blues!

The electricity users of Pakistan are up in arms. They have received highly inflated bills which, according to them,...

Published 27 Aug, 2023 03:05am

Surplus power generation: Consumers to pay over Rs124bn capacity charges

LESCO wants to recover the highest amount of Rs28.906bn followed by Multan Electric Supply Company

Updated 25 Aug, 2023 09:47am

Markets

Power generation breaks previous records

ISLAMABAD: Power generation has broken all previous records on August 21. On August 21 at 24hrs, highest ever power...

Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am

Quarterly adjustment thru power tariff hike: Govt seeks recovery of Rs146bn from consumers in 6 months

ISLAMABAD: The government has sought the recovery of Rs146 billion from electricity consumers in the next six months...

Updated 24 Aug, 2023 08:42am

Opinion

Effective electricity regulation

To effectively regulate the energy sector, processes for licensing, determining tariffs, monitoring, and enforcing...

Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am

Pakistan

Mega water reservoirs likely to reach maximum capacity

LAHORE: The mega water reservoirs in the country are set to attain maximum level in terms of capacity and height...

Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am

Share of renewables in KE generation likely to reach 30pc in seven years

KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) foresees 30 percent renewable energy in its overall power generation under an Rs484billion...

Updated 12 Aug, 2023 09:51am

Updated CDMP as per SBA yet to be approved

ISLAMABAD: The pledge for the Cabinet to approve an updated Circular Debt Management Plan (CDMP) by end-July 2023 as...

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 09:16am

Business & Finance

Pakistan to buy more electricity from Iran

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will buy more electricity from neighbouring Iran, a finance ministry statement said on Tuesday....

Published 09 Aug, 2023 05:33am

BR Research

Wholesale price hike: Far from over

If petroleum does not do it, electricity will. That has been the story of wholesale prices for a while as WPI index...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 08:25am

Markets

Thar coal project: Civil society, energy experts urge govt to re-conduct EIA

KARACHI: Civil society, energy experts and environment activists on Thursday underlined the need for protecting the...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

Karachi: power minister vows to end power woes

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Energy Khurram Dastgir on Wednesday said the concerns of the citizens of Karachi...

Published 03 Aug, 2023 05:54am

Opinion

Reducing rising electricity tariff? — III

In the previous space, we focused on immediate financial restructuring solutions for enabling reduction in...

Updated 01 Aug, 2023 06:43am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 24	2278.33
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 24	278.13
USD to Japanese Yen / May 24	156.99
USD to Swiss Franc / May 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 24	1.27
Euro to USD / May 24	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 24	5304.72
India Sensex / May 24	74410.39
Tokyo Nikkei / May 24	38646.11
Nasdaq / May 24	16920.80
Hang Seng / May 24	18608.94
FTSE 100 / May 24	8317.59
Dow Jones / May 24	39069.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 24	18693.37

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 24	77.72
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 24	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 24	205933
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 24	2333.83
Cotton US¢/pound / May 24	80.52
Petrol/Litre / May 26	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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