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Syed Akhtar Ali

Opinion

Towards ‘Take and Pay’ contract settlement

Energy prices have increased tremendously which has created controversy and unrest in the country. IPP (Independent...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:58am

Opinion

Coal power plants: early retirement?

Recently, a conference was held in Islamabad on the proposal of “Early Retirement of Coal Power Plants”. Those...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am

Opinion

‘Transitioning away’ from fossil fuels

COP28 has ended with a compromise solution. There was one side, led by the developed countries, and climate ...

Updated 19 Dec, 2023 05:43am

Opinion

COP28: emerging role of nuclear power

Nuclear power is a zero carbon source of energy, meaning that during its operations, no carbon is produced or...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am

Opinion

Reducing smog through bio-diesel

Smog has been causing major problems in country’s social and economic life. There is no need to describe the ...

Published 26 Nov, 2023 03:31am

Opinion

The CNG option

Recently, a controversy arose when some oil-gas producing company sold its to-be-flared gas to some CNG dealers....

Published 19 Nov, 2023 03:14am

Opinion

Creating market for rice stubble

Every winter season, starting from October to January, air pollution and smog dawn on Central Punjab. Cold...

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 06:09am

Opinion

Seaweed farming: A multi-pronged resource

There is a renewed emphasis in Pakistan on Carbon Credit market with a view to earning revenue and as well as meet...

Published 12 Nov, 2023 03:14am

Opinion

Gas tariffs and reforms—II

However, some increase in small and medium category tariff will have to be, willy-nilly, done to cover the costs. In...

Updated 11 Oct, 2023 04:30am

Opinion

Gas tariff and reforms—I

The government is to announce new gas tariff for the current financial year (1st July 2023-30th June 2024). The...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

Opinion

Power sector controversy: take-or-pay contracts

Energy prices have increased tremendously which has created controversy and unrest in the country. IPP contracts are...

Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am

Opinion

Oil price hike

Petroleum prices have been increased; petrol is costing Rs 305.34 per Liter and diesel Rs 311.84. It is an increase...

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 06:36am

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

Opinion

Pakistan mineral outlook

Recently, an important conference, ‘Pakistan Mineral Summit’, has been organised in Islamabad by the Petroleum...

Updated 16 Aug, 2023 06:18am

Opinion

Solar PV indigenization: strategy and scope

Solar energy is the energy of present and future. Pakistan is importing almost all of the solar equipment from...

Published 10 Aug, 2023 06:35am

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

Opinion

Reducing rising electricity tariff?—II

LIBOR has gone up; thus a case for reduction of this margin suitably. Second solution is increase in the repayment...

Updated 26 Jul, 2023 06:38am

Opinion

Reducing rising electricity tariff?-I

NEPRA (National Electric Power Authority) has increased electricity base tariff by Rs 4.96 per unit from Rs 24.82 ...

Published 23 Jul, 2023 03:25am

Opinion

Towards biogas policy

Biogas has acquired a new fillip in the wake of the Ukraine conflict in Europe. The latter wants to acquire...

Published 12 Jul, 2023 06:39am

Opinion

And now Hydrogen from Earth

A new source of Hydrogen has been discovered recently. It has been named Natural/White Hydrogen. It is extracted...

Updated 06 Jul, 2023 02:46pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 15	281.68
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 15	281.43
USD to Japanese Yen / May 15	145.80
USD to Swiss Franc / May 15	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / May 15	1.33
Euro to USD / May 15	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 14	5,892.58
Nasdaq / May 14	19,146.81
Dow Jones / May 14	42,051.06
India Sensex / May 15	80,937.53
Tokyo Nikkei / May 15	37,755.51
Hang Seng / May 15	23,453.16
FTSE 100 / May 15	8,561.58
Germany DAX 30 / May 15	23,462.44
France CAC40 / May 15	7,814.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 14	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 14	293,124
Petrol/Litre / May 15	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 15	60.66
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 15	3,162.99
Diesel/Litre / May 15	256.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 15	65.21

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Cres.Star Ins. / May 15 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	3.02 ▲ 0.41 (15.71%)
Parmount Sp. / May 15 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.70 ▲ 0.46 (14.2%)
UDL International / May 15 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	8.62 ▲ 1 (13.12%)
S.G.Power / May 15 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	8.71 ▲ 1 (12.97%)
Ghani Chemworld / May 15 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	9.14 ▲ 1 (12.29%)
Premier Insurance / May 15 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	5.83 ▲ 0.63 (12.12%)
Dewan Mushtaq / May 15 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	9.83 ▲ 1 (11.33%)
Hala Enterprise / May 15 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	13.26 ▲ 1.21 (10.04%)
P.T.C.L. / May 15 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	22.06 ▲ 2.01 (10.02%)
Flying Cement / May 15 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	49.46 ▲ 4.5 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Olympia Mills / May 15 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	50.47 ▼ -5.06 (-9.11%)
Reliance Weaving / May 15 Reliance Weaving Mills Limited(REWM)	101.01 ▼ -8.94 (-8.13%)
Hussain Industries / May 15 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	27.12 ▼ -2.17 (-7.41%)
Askari Life Assur. / May 15 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	4.63 ▼ -0.35 (-7.03%)
B. F. Mod. / May 15 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	8.73 ▼ -0.61 (-6.53%)
Punjab Oil / May 15 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	186.82 ▼ -11.54 (-5.82%)
Pakgen Power / May 15 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	114.14 ▼ -6.39 (-5.3%)
Ashfaq Textile / May 15 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	12.34 ▼ -0.68 (-5.22%)
Tri-Star Mutual / May 15 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	8.35 ▼ -0.45 (-5.11%)
Diamond Ind. / May 15 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	25 ▼ -1.2 (-4.58%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Refinery / May 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	50,818,876 ▲ 2.68
Cnergyico PK / May 15 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	47,570,881 ▲ 0.48
K-Electric Ltd. / May 15 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,246,546 ▲ 0.16
Kohinoor Spining / May 15 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	32,589,668 ▲ 0.17
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 15 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	29,631,988 ▲ 4.48
Sui South Gas / May 15 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,029,396 ▲ 1.07
Waves Corporation / May 15 Waves Corporation Limited(WAVES)	21,767,580 ▲ 0.36
Pak Petroleum / May 15 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	16,962,449 ▲ 3.34
B.O.Punjab / May 15 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,957,410 ▲ 0.15
WorldCall Telecom / May 15 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,538,333 ▲ 0.03

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