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Engr Tahir Basharat Cheema

Opinion

Assessing regulatory effectiveness of Pakistan’s power sector

Pakistan's power sector shows how sophisticated frameworks often fail to yield desired results

Published 03 Oct, 2026 06:29pm

Opinion

Rethinking monitoring and evaluation in Pakistan’s power sector

Ministry evaluates if the policies governing DISCOs are achieving their intended objectives

Published 29 Sep, 2026 12:57pm

Opinion

Pakistan’s rooftop solar boom: a revolution in need of regulation

Pakistan’s rooftop solar revolution has become one of the most celebrated developments in the country’s energy...

Published 18 Aug, 2026 09:03pm

Opinion

IWT in ‘abeyance’: a national wake-up call

On April 24, 2025, India’s sudden and unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) jolted the ...

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 08:10am

Opinion

Transitioning to privatization of Discos–II

WAPDA thus became a mega vertically integrated electricity utility of Pakistan besides being responsible for...

Published 25 Mar, 2025 06:22am

Opinion

Transitioning to privatization of Discos-I

The Pakistan Power Sector is always in the news – primarily, for its perceived and actual inefficiency and the...

Published 24 Mar, 2025 06:46am

Opinion

Anti-theft campaign — will the latest succeed?

Pakistan leads the way in the incidence of illegal abstraction of energy (theft of electricity in the legal lingo)....

Updated 23 May, 2024 05:41am

Opinion

Will the upcoming Disco boards be a fiasco again?

Non-professionalism in the power sector has been dubbed as the main reason for the present rot. Here, the present...

Published 16 May, 2024 06:28am

Opinion

The dumb national electricity policy of 2021

A good public policy is one that addresses a societal problem effectively, is based on evidence and research,...

Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am

Opinion

The QTAs and FPAs of power sector

Each sector has its issues that need interpretations for the people to understand. The power sector has become a...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am

Opinion

Is there more misery in the offing?

Presently, the power sector is stuck with 43,000MWs of available generation capacity, while the power division...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:05am

Opinion

IMF and the power tariff

Showing traditional annoyance, IMF in the talks at Islamabad was reported to have required the GoP to assure ...

Updated 26 Mar, 2024 04:47am

Opinion

Gerrymandering and the poor Discos

Come rain or storm, the political animal will never leave the chance to reap the best out of the economy of any...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Opinion

Power sector and politically motivated vandalism!

The present sad state of the Pakistan’s Power Sector cannot be emphasized any further. Everyone, including the...

Published 06 Mar, 2024 04:18am

Opinion

Will the power sector ever deliver?—II

After explaining the issues with policy and plan, governance and management of the PSCEs, it is important to explain...

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 07:22am

Opinion

Will the power sector ever deliver?—I

The sector shenanigans have resulted in a near existential threat for the Country. Although, the situation has been...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

Opinion

A single fuel regime for Pakistan

Energy in Pakistan has always been a sore point, especially because availability waxes and wanes and so does the...

Updated 29 Nov, 2023 05:32am

Opinion

Importance of central planning cannot be overemphasized

Academics keep on telling us about the progress Pakistan achieved during the 1960s – basically, through the...

Updated 13 Nov, 2023 07:02am

Opinion

Loss-making Discos — Who tops the chart?

Unfortunately, the Pakistan Power Sector is never away from the public eye– specifically, since the last two...

Updated 08 Nov, 2023 06:28am

Opinion

Power tariff – a flawed business model

Power tariffs have recently been in the limelight – not for any other issue but for unaffordability of the same....

Published 07 Nov, 2023 07:07am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 30	276.95 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 30	276.75 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 30	157.56 ▲ 0.08
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 30	0.82 ▲ 0.0028
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 30	1.34 ▲ 0.0001
Euro to USD / Oct 30	1.12 ▼ -0.0032
SOFR % / Oct 29	3.94 -

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 30	7,580.07
India Sensex / Oct 30	74,459.53
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 30	63,290.11
Nasdaq / Oct 30	25,437
Hang Seng / Oct 30	23,294.42
FTSE 100 / Oct 30	10,729.78
Dow Jones / Oct 30	51,770.31
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 30	25,818.21
France CAC40 / Oct 30	7,969.42

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 31	377.91
Diesel/Litre / Oct 31	400.67
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 30	104.12
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 30	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 30	360,541
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 30	3,874.62
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 30	77.83

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance (R) / Oct 30 Premier Insurance Limited (RIGHT)(PINLR)	1.48 ▲ 0.47 (46.53%)
Clover Pakistan / Oct 30 Clover Pakistan Limited(CLOV)	6.13 ▲ 0.79 (14.79%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Oct 30 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.65 ▲ 0.42 (13%)
Burshane LPG / Oct 30 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	49.23 ▲ 4.48 (10.01%)
Unicap Modaraba / Oct 30 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	21 ▲ 1.91 (10.01%)
F.Credit & Inv / Oct 30 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	128.27 ▲ 11.66 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Oct 30 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	235.29 ▲ 21.39 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 30 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	307.65 ▲ 27.97 (10%)
GOC (Pak) / Oct 30 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	257.59 ▲ 23.42 (10%)
Grays Leasing / Oct 30 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	50.04 ▲ 4.55 (10%)

Stock	Price
Bawany Air Products (R) / Oct 30 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	4.62 ▼ -1 (-17.79%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Oct 30 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	3.96 ▼ -0.44 (-10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Oct 30 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	158.66 ▼ -17.63 (-10%)
Ningbo Green Light / Oct 30 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	17.06 ▼ -1.89 (-9.97%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 30 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.02 ▼ -2.51 (-9.83%)
Ideal Dynamics / Oct 30 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	56.09 ▼ -5.98 (-9.63%)
Diamond Ind. / Oct 30 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	77.18 ▼ -7.68 (-9.05%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 30 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	45.73 ▼ -4.15 (-8.32%)
Masood Textile / Oct 30 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	126.87 ▼ -11.5 (-8.31%)
Aisha Steel (CPS) / Oct 30 Aisha Steel Mills Limited (CPS)(ASLCPS)	73.44 ▼ -6.27 (-7.87%)

Stock	Volume
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Oct 30 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	165,864,707 ▼ -0.44
Cnergyico PK / Oct 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,992,264 ▼ -0.44
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	40,464,863 ▲ 0.01
TPL Properties / Oct 30 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	33,098,421 ▲ 0.31
TPL Corp Ltd / Oct 30 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	32,772,384 ▲ 1.15
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	27,619,491 ▲ 0.22
Pakistan Refinery / Oct 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	25,437,791 ▼ -3.85
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 30 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	21,471,271 ▼ -0.17
Ist.Capital Sec / Oct 30 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	18,271,467 ▼ -0.34
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,541,462 ▼ -0.01

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