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Capacity payment

Plea challenging capacity payment mechanism for IPPs dismissed

Published 10 Jun, 2026 06:22am

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has dismissed a constitutional petition challenging the capacity payment...

FPCCI urges Nepra to conduct capacity audit of existing fleet

Updated 09 May, 2026 02:43pm

ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has urged National Electric Power...

Nepra hints at negative tariff adjustment of Rs1.80/unit

Updated 05 Aug, 2025 09:02am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday hinted at negative adjustment of Rs...

Grid consumption stagnation

Published 04 Aug, 2025 06:27am

EDITORIAL: Power generation remained almost flat in FY25 and still falls short of the peak achieved in FY22. The...

Solar panels free of charge: Provincial govts’ move leaves policymakers scrambling

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 03:24pm

ISLAMABAD: The rampant import and installation of solar panels in the country, which is paying over Rs 2 trillion as...

Capacity payment issue: 10 IPPs seek PM’s intervention

Updated 28 Oct, 2024 04:10pm

Talks with IPPs of 2002 Policy are commencing from today

MoF unwilling to legalise revenue-based load shedding

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 08:58am

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) is reportedly unwilling to support Power Division’s plan to legalise...

The spectre of very high power tariffs

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

While the federal government must be appreciated for cancelling contracts with 5 IPPs (Independent Power Producers),...

Termination of contracts with IPPs

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

EDITORIAL: The government’s decision to terminate power purchase agreements (PPAs) with five of Pakistan’s ...

Govt stops payments to 18 IPPs ahead of negotiations?

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm

ISLAMABAD: The government is said to have stopped payments to 18 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) of 4,267-MW...

Govt set to announce revised deals with IPPs

Updated 27 Sep, 2024 09:48am

Specifics regarding how the Implementation Agreements of five IPPs will be amended remains unclear

Costly electricity: IPPs’ capacity charges not the sole factor: experts

Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:27am

KARACHI: Energy experts have blamed a host of issues for the rising electricity prices, saying that the recent...

Capacity charges: 33 IPPs were paid Rs979.3bn in FY24

Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:30am

Minister for Energy says existing Power Purchase Agreements allow IPPs to recover its fixed costs including debt servicing through Capacity Purchase Price

Overcapacity dilemma: mismanagement or misjudgment?

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

This is apropos two back-to-back letters by this writer to Editor titled ‘Overcapacity dilemma: mismanagement or...

Factory shutdowns

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

A week ago, I was invited by the leadership of the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry to their city to stir...

Senate’s recommendations on ‘illegitimate’ payments to IPPs: PD asked to share implementation status

Updated 10 Sep, 2024 09:21am

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has reportedly been asked to share implementation status of Senate’s recommendations...

Capacity-based model transition to take-and-pay model: 24 conditions proposed to strike new deals between govt, IPPs

Updated 07 Sep, 2024 08:24pm

Govt's experts and officials look to reduce consumer end tariff with deal close to being finalised

Rs1trn capacity payment made to 26 IPPs in 10 years

Updated 31 Aug, 2024 04:20pm

ISLAMABAD: The government reportedly paid about Rs 1 trillion as capacity payment to 26 gas/RLNG and RFO-fired...

Discos and KE: Rs1.90 per unit QTA for Q4FY24 approved

Updated 27 Aug, 2024 09:16am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Monday accorded approval to Quarterly Tariff...

Govt takes big step to deal with IPP challenge

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:27am

Forms task force on implementation of structural reforms in power sector

‘No capacity payments’ received since PPA expiry in October 2022, says KAPCO

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 08:45pm

Pakistan’s power producer Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) has rejected reports it is receiving payments...

Capacity payments: Imran Khan govt extended favour to some IPPs: minister

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 12:12pm

This was done through amending arbitration clause in agreement instead of starting further probe in light of recommendations of Muhammad Ali’s report on IPPs

Capacity payments to IPPs: SC moved to get ‘2020 Report’ implemented in letter and spirit

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 09:13am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been asked to direct the federal government to take urgent and meaningful steps to...

SC urged to order govt stop making payments to IPPs

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 09:30am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been urged to direct the secretaries of ministries of energy, water and power and...

The challenge of IPPs–II

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Excess/unutilized generation capacity

Senator Mohsin Aziz says power sector has become a matter of national security and emergency

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

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Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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