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Hike comes into effect from July: Rs65bn financial impact also added to gas tariff raise: govt

ISLAMABAD: The interim government has raised the gas prices up to 193 percent with effect from July 2023 for...

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 09:56am

Gas tariffs increased

The drastic devaluation of rupee against dollar has resulted into increasing cost of gas

Updated 31 Oct, 2023 10:00am

Editorials

Rising Sensitive Price Index: sensitive matter

EDITORIAL: The year-on-year (YoY) increase in the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) remained worryingly high at 29.65...

Published 31 Oct, 2023 05:26am

Opinion

No more gas circular debt buildup?

Gas price rationalization is a big reform undertaken by the caretaker government in view of the fact that in the ...

Updated 30 Oct, 2023 06:01am

Gas tariff hike won’t affect 57pc consumers: govt

Minister for Energy Muhammad Ali says increase in gas tariffs will help control and end the ever-increasing circular debt of petroleum sector

Updated 27 Oct, 2023 11:30am

Opinion

No more business as usual–III

Businesses have to take lead for delivering energy at a reasonable cost under a planned strategy and implementation...

Published 11 Oct, 2023 03:10am

Privatising Discos to create private-sector monopolies, warns World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The privatisation of distribution companies (Discos) may lead to private-sector monopolies in the absence...

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 08:46am

Editorials

Power circular debt

EDITORIAL: Despite successive revisions in base tariff and imposition of all kinds of surcharges, which together ...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

Editorials

Milking the system for what it is worth

EDITORIAL: During a press briefing in Washington DC, Julie Kozack, Director of Communications International Monetary...

Published 04 Oct, 2023 06:20am

‘Unholy’ pacts with IPPs must be reviewed: Senate panel

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat recommended that there is an essential need to...

Updated 28 Sep, 2023 10:08am

Protected gas consumers: Rs500 per mmbtu gas tariff hike under study

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has been considering a proposal for increasing Rs500 per mmbtu gas tariff for 60...

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 11:17am

BR Research

PPL - earnings galore in FY23

FY23 - it’s been a good year for the oil and gas exploration and production companies as the currency depreciation...

Published 22 Sep, 2023 08:44am

Markets

Pakistan’s power sector circular debt swells to Rs2.31tr in FY23

Despite massive increase in tariff, amount increases Rs57bn during fiscal year

Updated 19 Sep, 2023 08:51pm

Opinion

Govt as the biggest power defaulter

The media is replete with news of the Power Sector – mostly negative. Most recently, it is the exorbitant bills...

Updated 17 Sep, 2023 06:37am

Markets

Minister asks PSO management to ‘minimise’ circular debt

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy, Muhammad Ali, held an important meeting with the Pakistan State Oil (PSO)...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:22am

KE consumers: Govt slammed for seeking over Rs10/unit positive adjustment

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday came under severe criticism from business community and domestic...

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 08:53am

Opinion

Failure of power sector: stop the blame game

It was only recently that the Senate Standing Committee on Power on unbraided the top brass of Power Division for...

Published 10 Sep, 2023 03:20am

Govt says gas prices to be revised upward

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government said on Friday that gas prices have to be revised upward across the board...

Updated 09 Sep, 2023 08:44am

Opinion

The anatomy of Discos’ BoDs

The whole nation is seized by the huge bills received by the people. KE – as a vertically integrated utility –...

Updated 08 Sep, 2023 06:40am

Opinion

Energy efficiency in buildings

During the last week of August 2023, people were taken aback when they received their electricity bills. Even those...

Updated 06 Sep, 2023 11:01am

‘Inflated’ power bills: Obdurate IMF refuses to buy into govt data

Conveys its disagreement to the data provided by the federal government

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 10:03am

Opinion

The circular debt paradox

The power sector has an annual turnover of around Rs 3.3 trillion. Of this, collection stands at around 88 percent,...

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

Caretakers and a trembling economy

Elections are the backbone of a strong democratic process. Free and fair elections and a smooth transfer of power...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Editorials

Setting the record straight

EDITORIAL: Spare a thought for the caretaker setup. Their only fault, after all, is being in the wrong place at the...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

BR Research

Electricity bill to keep haunting

There is no good news. Electricity bills in August are perhaps breaking records for all kinds of consumers. It was...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 08:42am

Opinion

Power sector woes

Improving decision-making processes is crucial for establishing a fair and sustainable electricity sector. In...

Published 30 Aug, 2023 03:33am

Opinion

Addressing energy poverty

Pakistani citizens are grappling with the alarming reality of their energy expenses. The range is noted to hover...

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 07:03am

Opinion

Road to urgent resolution of the power tariff crisis

Rising electricity bills are breaking the back of the domestic consumers and making manufacturing businesses...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Business & Finance

Power bills: Miftah says IMF not likely to give any relief

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail has claimed that without seeking permission from the International...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Editorials

Same old story

EDITORIAL: Perhaps successive governments have simply failed to understand the power sector circular debt issue from...

Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Diesel/Litre / Apr 19	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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