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'Pakistan's energy challenges cannot be addressed through isolated interventions'

Published 31 Jul, 2026 11:29pm

Pakistan’s energy challenges cannot be resolved through isolated policy measures, as sustainable reform requires...

Non-operational IPPs: Senate panel questions billions in capacity payments

Updated 29 Jul, 2026 10:01am

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat expressed serious concern over billions of rupees in...

Capacity payments & minimum tax: IPPs flag concern over ITO reinterpretation

Updated 05 Mar, 2026 09:06am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are raising concerns over the reinterpretation of the...

Increased per-unit power costs: Nepra report identifies reason

Updated 27 Feb, 2026 09:04am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has stated that underutilization of power...

Steel producers body wants power supplied to industry at lower cost

Updated 14 Jan, 2026 08:53am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) has approached the Federal Minister for Power,...

From energy debt to solar discipline: a lesson from China

Published 07 Nov, 2025 06:27am

The chronic energy crisis driven by soaring tariffs, burgeoning circular debt, and heavy dependence on imported ...

QTA for Q1FY26: FPCCI rejects proposed positive adjustment

Updated 29 Oct, 2025 08:31am

ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has rejected the proposed positive...

Cutting take-or-pay liabilities: PD told to submit plan for RLNG lifting at Rs2000/MMBTU

Updated 18 Oct, 2025 09:49am

Move comes amid concerns that domestic gas fields are being shut down to accommodate surplus, high-cost RLNG in other sectors, including residential consumers

Power market liberalisation

Published 26 Sep, 2025 06:23am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s power sector is inching closer to a long-delayed transition from the single-buyer model to...

Auditor General of Pakistan asked to conduct IPPs’ audit

Updated 19 Aug, 2025 11:20am

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee launches renewed push for accountability in Pakistan’s power sector

Power sector sitting on ticking time bomb

Updated 19 Jul, 2025 08:13am

“The off-grid solar revolution” and “the surplus-grid capacity crisis” constitute a ticking time bomb for...

Fixing power sector before it sinks the economy

Updated 18 Apr, 2025 07:03am

Pakistan’s power sector has transformed from an essential utility into a systemic liability. Instead of powering...

Mahl HPP: CSAIL seeks 3-year LoI extension

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 02:58pm

Government considers different options to slash the number of committed power projects of 10,000MW

Revised PPAs inked with about one dozen IPPs

Updated 30 Nov, 2024 04:34pm

Government’s energy task force engaged in ‘hard talks’ with IPPs of 1994 and 2002, who are still resisting on the proposed cut in their profits, financial gains of the past and interest on late payment

IPP claims contracts being negotiated ‘forcibly’

Updated 08 Nov, 2024 09:42am

ISLAMABAD: M/s Sapphire Electric Company Limited (SECL) has said that this is the fourth time sovereign power...

Contracts with 8 more IPPs renegotiated, NA told

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 12:26pm

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Friday that contracts with eight additional independent power...

The power sector challenges

Published 25 Oct, 2024 07:02am

Due to a significant economic downturn and resentments in public, the government had no choice but to implement...

Focus on structural reforms

Published 13 Oct, 2024 06:46am

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, while talking to a group of investors led by Barclays, ...

Govt ends deals with five private IPPs

Updated 11 Oct, 2024 09:12am

KARACHI: Government has ended power purchase contracts with five private companies, including one with the country’s...

Building a resilient energy sector

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 07:38am

The power sector in Pakistan has become a hotbed of discussions, with a particular focus on the long-standing issue...

IPPs and capacity payments – how to deal with the challenge

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

This is a follow-up piece. The first part appeared on 1st August 2024. Both may be read together. Let us explore...

The power struggle: navigating Pakistan’s energy crisis

Published 03 Sep, 2024 07:01am

Energy crisis, rising tariffs, IPPs, capacity payments! These words appear in Pakistani newspapers daily,...

Task force on IPPs: another wild goose chase?

Published 12 Aug, 2024 06:36am

The formation of the Energy Task Force on Independent Power Producers (IPPs) appears to be a distraction from the...

Begrudging private sector

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

At the outset, the recent Independent Power Plants (IPPs) controversy has magnified the bitterness and grudges that...

IPPs and capacity payments

Updated 01 Aug, 2024 07:31am

Let me ask some basic questions to start the discussion. What is the main issue with the Pakistani economy? Is it...

Govt urged to revisit contracts with IPPs

Published 29 Jul, 2024 06:37am

PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) provincial Chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao said the agreements reached with...

PKI urges govt to stop making capacity payments to IPPs

Published 25 Jul, 2024 06:24am

LAHORE: The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) has asked the government to halt payments to the Independent Power...

FPCCI demands govt review IPP agreements

Published 23 Jul, 2024 08:10am

KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has once again urged the government to...

PYMA urges govt to reconsider deals with IPPS

Published 23 Jul, 2024 08:03am

KARACHI: Sheikh Khalil Qaiser, Chairman of the Pakistan Yarn Merchants Association (PYMA), along with Senior Vice...

Govt urged to renegotiate power tariff with IPPs

Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:29am

KARACHI: Industrialists urged the federal government to renegotiate the power tariff in the given contracts with...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

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Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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