News stories for Engr. Ainul Abedin

Engr. Ainul Abedin

Opinion

LNG supply efficient use

An important subject as covered in BR issue of June 17 highlights a very important requirement of affordable ...

Published 23 Jun, 2022 06:05am

Opinion

Renewable energy projects — II

Instead, we have huge gas-based expensive thermal power plants WITH NO CHECK ON EFFICIENCY. Even theoretical...

Published 14 Mar, 2022 07:01am

Opinion

Renewable energy projects — I

An important subject, as covered in BR issue of 28 Feb (Markets and Corporates), needs to be emphasised as very...

Updated 13 Mar, 2022 06:43am

Opinion

Urgent energy issues—III

We have not really encouraged cost-effective solar energy source which should have seen some major investment in...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:45am

Opinion

Urgent energy issues—II

It is really unfortunate that we had an opportunity to follow the worldwide accepted building codes, with a huge...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

Opinion

Urgent energy issues—I

We have an acute energy crisis and really, no action is being taken to ensure high efficiency for both power...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 04:42am

Opinion

Omicron Covid variant: How prepared are we?—II

Most so-called “air-conditioned facilities” are really centres of contamination with no outside air ventilation...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:19am

Opinion

Omicron Covid variant: How prepared are we?—I

Omicron is now spreading fast. Due to extensive international travelling, it is only a matter of time when we will...

Published 05 Dec, 2021 04:26am

Opinion

No solution in sight? - II

One would have thought that at least for such critical issues, there will be consensus and political wrangling will...

Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

No solution in sight?— I

We have no plans for either efficient power generation or reduction in transmission losses and theft and thus we ...

Published 04 Nov, 2021 04:32am

Opinion

KE’s BQPS-III project — II

KE had installed efficient combined cycle power plant in Korangi which did operate at full capacity and efficiency...

Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am

Opinion

KE’s BQPS-III project — I

The front page coverage of subject project (BR, Sept 10) is both timely and perhaps “good news:” for ...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 04:02am

Opinion

Karachi’s sewerage/drainage issues – II

How can such approvals be granted by the relevant authorities? The above example is just the tip of the iceberg....

Published 11 Sep, 2021 03:36am

Opinion

Karachi’s sewerage/drainage issues — I

Even generally lighter spells of rain this year have flooded many areas of Karachi and the authorities are helpless...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Opinion

Agriculture under the govt spotlight — II

The unfortunate “inaction” from Islamabad resulted in this learning opportunity being lost which would have...

Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am

Opinion

Agriculture under the govt spotlight — I

Pakistan Agriculture Research Council had a great opportunity to correct its approach more than two decades back and...

Published 05 Jun, 2021 04:08am

Opinion

Generation capacity to be expanded only on 2 bases — II

It is really a fallacy that the latest decision in the shape of LNG-based power plant will have thermal efficiency ...

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

Opinion

Generation capacity to be expanded only on 2 bases — I

The subject topic, as covered in BR (April 15), would ensure competitive and least cost basis for further power...

Published 05 May, 2021 04:01am

Opinion

‘District heating and cooling’ — II

How unfortunate that we really do not have even a minimum level sewage system leading to treatment plants before...

Published 21 Mar, 2021 04:05am

Opinion

‘District heating and cooling’ — I

The subject topic, as covered in Business Recorder (BR) article (March 9), in quite some detail may be misleading to...

Published 20 Mar, 2021 04:39am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 16	5297.10
Nasdaq / May 16	16698.32
Dow Jones / May 16	39869.38
India Sensex / May 17	73946.83
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Hang Seng / May 17	19525.75
FTSE 100 / May 17	8430.62
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18692.83

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 18	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Calculate your monthly liability in FY24

Most Popular