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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
Tri-Star Mutual / Jan 27 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	4.85 ▲ 0.83 (20.65%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 27 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	7.39 ▲ 0.99 (15.47%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 27 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	10.30 ▲ 1.00 (10.75%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 27 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	9.80 ▲ 0.74 (8.17%)
Hafiz Ltd. / Jan 27 Hafiz Limited(HAFL)	148.98 ▲ 10.39 (7.50%)
Kohinoor Textile / Jan 27 Kohinoor Textile Mills Limited(KTML)	43.01 ▲ 3.00 (7.50%)
Sunrays Textile / Jan 27 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	131.31 ▲ 9.16 (7.50%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Jan 27 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	62.46 ▲ 4.36 (7.50%)
Hussain Industries / Jan 27 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	23.10 ▲ 1.61 (7.49%)
Mehran Sugar / Jan 27 Mehran Sugar Mills Limited(MRNS)	30.63 ▲ 2.13 (7.47%)

Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 27 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.60 ▲ -0.10 (-14.29%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jan 27 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.45 ▲ -0.98 (-13.19%)
Samba Bank / Jan 27 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	7.40 ▲ -1.00 (-11.90%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jan 27 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	1.47 ▲ -0.19 (-11.45%)
Premier Insurance / Jan 27 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	6.65 ▲ -0.85 (-11.33%)
Dewan Sugar / Jan 27 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.60 ▲ -0.30 (-10.34%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 27 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	4.55 ▲ -0.45 (-9.00%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jan 27 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	3.25 ▲ -0.30 (-8.45%)
Bhanero Textile / Jan 27 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1026.76 ▲ -83.24 (-7.50%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jan 27 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	127.82 ▲ -10.36 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	44,728,565 ▲ -0.14
TPL Properties / Jan 27 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	20,045,406 ▲ -0.39
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	14,285,841 ▲ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Jan 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	14,189,270 ▲ -0.04
D.G.K.Cement / Jan 27 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	13,474,736 ▲ -1.78
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,339,412 ▲ -0.95
Sui North Gas / Jan 27 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	12,739,076 ▲ -1.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	12,500,726 ▼ 0.19
TRG Pak Ltd / Jan 27 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	10,114,558 ▲ -1.21
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	9,636,460 ▲ -0.09

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 27	265
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 27	263
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 27	130.02
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 27	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 27	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 27	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Jan 26	4.31

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 26	4060.43
Nasdaq / Jan 26	11512.41
Dow Jones / Jan 26	33949.41
India Sensex / Jan 27	59330.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 27	27381.18
Hang Seng / Jan 27	22555.27
FTSE 100 / Jan 27	7766.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 27	15155.92
France CAC40 / Jan 27	7095.52

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 26	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 26	167610
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 27	81.34
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 27	1925.37
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 27	87.07

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