Power Generation

Power Generation

Renewable policy needs consensus

The adoption of renewable energy is taking place at a rapid pace globally. More and more countries are ditching conventi

Updated 13 May, 2019 05:15am

Power Generation

Petroleum revenues hard to come by

U-turns have been plenty. Consider the petrol price joke one as well. Why defer the inevitable if you cannot sustain it?

Published 08 May, 2019 06:45am

Power Generation

HUBC – banking on coal

Hub Power Company Limited (PSX: HUBC) announced a 4 percent year-on-year increase in its consolidated earnings for 9MFY1

Updated 06 May, 2019 06:50am

Power Generation

Say no to imported-fuel power

An integrated energy plan is the need of the hour where all energy producing and consuming sources are seen with one len

Published 02 May, 2019 06:37am

Power Generation

Power generation dips

Power generation in March 2019 went down by 12 percent year-on-year to 7.4 billion units – the biggest year-on-year decl

Published 22 Apr, 2019 06:15am

Power Generation

EPQL in 1QFY19

Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited (PSX: EPQL), a subsidiary of Engro Energy Limited, formerly known as Engro Powergen Limi

Published 18 Apr, 2019 06:24am

Power Generation

Power planning – half-baked

Rumour has it that the recently issued Medium Term Economic Framework (METF) was released half cooked. Just going throug

Published 15 Apr, 2019 07:06am

Power Generation

Power unfunded subsidies

“There will be no unfunded subsidy in the coming budget,” said Nadeem Babar, Chairperson Energy Reforms Task Force, in

Published 09 Apr, 2019 04:56am

Power Generation

Hascol bitten by exchange losses

Hascol Petroleum Limited has gained a lot of prominence in the downstream oil and gas sector in no time by capitalising

Published 05 Apr, 2019 06:20am

Power Generation

Doing away with pricing

Any sector where the government is in the business of fixing pricing, there is some sort of circular debt. Energy is on

Published 04 Apr, 2019 06:23am

Power Generation

Energy demand forecast - far from reality

The problem in Pakistan’s economy is lack of ground research while decisions are made on arbitrary demand forecasts at s

Published 02 Apr, 2019 07:00am

Power Generation

SBP calls for power sector overhaul

The special section in the SBP’s latest State of Pakistan’s Economy report on the fiscal burden of State-Owned Enterpris

Published 27 Mar, 2019 05:39am

Power Generation

A big no to extend Tapal Energy PPA

There is a tariff petition filed by Tapal Energy to NEPRA to extend Power purchase agreement [PPA] of its Furnace Oil [F

Published 22 Mar, 2019 06:27am

Power Generation

A little too late?

The country’s power generation mix is most diversified today. With depleting natural gas reserves, and financially burde

Published 22 Mar, 2019 06:11am

Power Generation

Power: generation down, cost up

The power generation in February 2019 went down by 6 percent year-on-year to 6.4 billion units – lowest in 24 months. Th

Published 20 Mar, 2019 05:27am

Power Generation

Power: keep paying for inefficiencies

The fuel cost for burning furnace oil to generate power in the last two months is 38 percent of the total bill. The furn

Published 04 Mar, 2019 05:39am

Power Generation

Energy sector crippling again

Six months down the road, government has yet to show any actionable performance in handling the energy mess. Inefficienc

Published 26 Feb, 2019 05:31am

Power Generation

UBL: profits down

Circular debt continues to be a headache for the IPPs, which exceeds Rs1 trillion now, as their receivables and payables

Published 25 Feb, 2019 05:47am

Power Generation

The ACWA bet

The Saudi visit has fuelled optimism all around. Out of the 27 MoUs signed, the one with leading Saudi renewable firm AC

Published 20 Feb, 2019 06:06am

Power Generation

Power generation goes dearer

Pakistan’s power system has a power generation dependable capacity of 30590 MW. Good enough to take care of peak demand

Published 19 Feb, 2019 05:03am

Power Generation

Power sector: is there any plan?

There is ample power generation capacity in Pakistan today. And credit to those who made it happen. There will still be

Published 11 Feb, 2019 07:06am

Power Generation

Fiscal problem: petroleum taxes

Fiscal deficit has been making rounds everywhere – and the government is reportedly falling short of over Rs150 billion.

Published 07 Feb, 2019 06:57am

Power Generation

EPQL steady in CY18

Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited (PSX: EPQL) announced its annual financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2

Published 06 Feb, 2019 06:14am

Power Generation

Privatising power transmission

There has long been a strong case for privatization of the power transmission network in Pakistan. For the faithless, Ne

Published 01 Feb, 2019 06:23am

Power Generation

Power transmission: the step child

For anyone wishing to believe that power outages will vanish anytime soon, Nepra’s recently released report on the state

Published 23 Jan, 2019 06:47am

Power Generation

Coal romance not cool

It is refreshing to find out that at a recent webinar arranged by Pakistan Business Council’s Centre of Excellence in Re

Updated 22 Jan, 2019 08:02am

Power Generation

Power: FO refuses to go

Pakistan may well be having all those additional megawatts in the system, but they are surely are not being put all into

Published 18 Jan, 2019 05:48am

Power Generation

T&D loses: keep paying for inefficiencies

That Pakistan’s power distribution system has been rotten, is a well established fact. That the efforts to clean it up a

Published 11 Jan, 2019 06:42am

Power Generation

Power tariffs: who will foot the bill?

The power tariffs have finally been notified. Nearly three-fourth of power units will either be sold at similar or subst

Published 10 Jan, 2019 06:23am

Power Generation

Power: load-shedding to be back?

The Cabinet Committee on Energy was briefed by the Power Division of the position for the upcoming six months. And not a

Published 01 Jan, 2019 06:54am

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Stock	Price
First IBL Mod. / Sep 21 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	5.29 ▲ 0.84 (18.88%)
Ruby Tex. / Sep 21 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7.73 ▲ 0.83 (12.03%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Sep 21 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	7.80 ▲ 0.64 (8.94%)
S.G. Power Ltd. / Sep 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	3.99 ▲ 0.28 (7.55%)
Macter Int. Ltd. / Sep 21 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	154.09 ▲ 10.75 (7.50%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Sep 21 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	71.48 ▲ 4.98 (7.49%)
Al-Mali / Sep 21 Modaraba Al-Mali(MODAM)	24.39 ▲ 1.70 (7.49%)
Friends Sp. / Sep 21 Friends Spinning Mills Limited(FRSM)	49.84 ▲ 3.47 (7.48%)
AKD Hospitality / Sep 21 AKD Hospitality Limited(AKDHL)	423.00 ▲ 29.42 (7.47%)
Azgard Nine / Sep 21 Azgard Nine Limited(ANL)	24.19 ▲ 1.68 (7.46%)

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Husein Sugar (R) / Sep 21 Husein Sugar Mills Limited (R)(HSMR3)	0.45 ▲ -1.00 (-68.97%)
SME Leasing Ltd. / Sep 21 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	3.02 ▲ -0.67 (-18.16%)
Cyan Ltd / Sep 21 Cyan Limited(CYAN)	42.00 ▲ -8.59 (-16.98%)
Grays Leas. / Sep 21 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	3.61 ▲ -0.64 (-15.06%)
Bal. Wheel / Sep 21 Baluchistan Wheels Limited(BWHL)	80.00 ▲ -9.64 (-10.75%)
B. F. Mod. / Sep 21 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	8.78 ▲ -1.00 (-10.22%)
Orient Rental Mod / Sep 21 Orient Rental Modaraba(ORM)	7.20 ▲ -0.80 (-10.00%)
Shaheen Ins. / Sep 21 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	3.65 ▲ -0.35 (-8.75%)
Quetta Textile / Sep 21 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	10.73 ▲ -1.00 (-8.53%)
Bilal Fibres / Sep 21 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	4.15 ▲ -0.35 (-7.78%)

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Telecard Ltd. / Sep 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	28,032,500 ▼ 0.00
Worldcall / Sep 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	26,365,000 ▼ 0.00
TPL Corp / Sep 21 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	21,220,000 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Sep 21 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	17,866,000 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pakistan / Sep 21 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	11,914,716 ▼ 0.00
Bank Alfalah / Sep 21 Bank Alfalah Limited(BAFL)	11,734,929 ▼ 0.00
Azgard Nine / Sep 21 Azgard Nine Limited(ANL)	10,789,000 ▼ 0.00
Bank of Punjab / Sep 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	9,709,500 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Global Hold. / Sep 21 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	9,205,500 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd / Sep 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	8,233,000 ▼ 0.00

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World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 20	168.80
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 20	168.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 20	109.41
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 20	0.93
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 20	1.37
Euro to USD / Sep 20	1.17
UK LIBOR % / Sep 20	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 20	4357.73
India Sensex / Sep 20	59490.93
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 20	30500.05
Nasdaq / Sep 20	14713.90
Hang Seng / Sep 20	24099.14
FTSE 100 / Sep 20	6903.91
Dow Jones / Sep 20	33970.47
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 20	15132.06
France CAC40 / Sep 20	6455.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Sep 20	70.64
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Sep 20	13380.00
Gold 10 Grams / Sep 20	96450.00
Gold Spot / Sep 20	1764.13
Cotton / Sep 20	89.02

Power Generation

Renewable policy needs consensus

Petroleum revenues hard to come by

HUBC – banking on coal

Say no to imported-fuel power

Power generation dips

EPQL in 1QFY19

Power planning – half-baked

Power unfunded subsidies

Hascol bitten by exchange losses

Doing away with pricing

Energy demand forecast - far from reality

SBP calls for power sector overhaul

A big no to extend Tapal Energy PPA

A little too late?

Power: generation down, cost up

Power: keep paying for inefficiencies

Energy sector crippling again

UBL: profits down

The ACWA bet

Power generation goes dearer

Power sector: is there any plan?

Fiscal problem: petroleum taxes

EPQL steady in CY18

Privatising power transmission

Power transmission: the step child

Coal romance not cool

Power: FO refuses to go

T&D loses: keep paying for inefficiencies

Power tariffs: who will foot the bill?

Power: load-shedding to be back?

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