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Invest in renewable energy

The recent upsurge in circular debt (CD) accumulation coincided with the signing of “take-or-pay” contracts for...

Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am

NEPRA evaluating KE’s write-off claims

ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Waseem Mukhtar has reportedly supported...

Updated 01 Jun, 2024 07:19pm

Revenue-based power load-shedding to continue: govt

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Leghari on Thursday acknowledged that the government is applying revenue...

Updated 31 May, 2024 08:57am

BR Research

Upstream sector challenges

The upstream oil and gas sector has been in trouble for some time now. The weakness of the oil and gas sector can...

Published 30 May, 2024 07:49am

Business & Finance

Promotion of manufacturing sector ‘Govt devises doable strategy to overcome rising production cost issue’

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan, has said that the present government has devised a...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

Opinion

Pakistan’s energy sector: Growing burden of circular debt

As a result of the alleged corruption and ineptitude of the power bureaucracy in the country, the cost of dealing...

Published 26 May, 2024 02:56am

Share under NFC Award: Govt may explore option of sharing debt servicing, power circular debt with provinces

Government left with only 42.5 percent from divisible pool with interest payments and circular energy debt no longer sustainable

Updated 25 May, 2024 08:29pm

Foreign investors pressurise govt for remitting dividends

ISLAMABAD: Foreign investors are said to be mounting pressure on dollar-starved Islamabad for remitting dividends to...

Updated 20 May, 2024 10:31am

BR Research

Circular debt target: Optimistic much?

The IMF program review report is out and it reads much of the same for the energy sector, in terms of progress and...

Published 15 May, 2024 08:49am

IMF delineates steps to curb gas circular debt

Fund suggests price adjustments should continue to move toward the full phasing out of captive power usage this year

Updated 11 May, 2024 08:10pm

BR Research

Loadshedding: Discos in a bind!

Pakistan’s power sector is in a constant state of flux. It has its weird cycles of its own- a period of severe power...

Published 08 May, 2024 06:39am

Editorials

Chronic power defaulters

EDITORIAL: So, once again the government faces the “challenging task” of extracting recoveries – this time more than...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am

BR Research

Circular debt mystery: What is the real number?

If it had not been for the World Bank Pakistan Development Update, the common folk would have continued guessing the...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 08:00am

MoI&P asked to settle impasse with provinces: Selling ‘un-needed’ imported urea becomes new headache for govt

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has directed the Ministry of Industries and Production (MoI&P) to settle impasse...

Updated 01 Apr, 2024 08:45am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz says macroeconomic stability, growth priority of govt

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said his government’s top priority is to ensure macroeconomic stability and...

Updated 26 Mar, 2024 06:32pm

10 Discos seek Rs2.765trn tariff adjustment

Requested adjustments are on account of O&M costs, currency depreciation, Return on Rate base, Gross Margin, less; other income, net margin and Prior Year Adjustment

Updated 26 Mar, 2024 12:36pm

Markets

Power sector woes: PM Shehbaz assigns tasks to ministries

Wants them completed in 1-3 months

Updated 25 Mar, 2024 10:23pm

IMF says will disburse final SBA tranche

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan have reached a staff-level agreement on the second and...

Updated 21 Mar, 2024 08:41am

Business & Finance

PD claims: ‘No meeting on 2nd, final review of SBA held with IMF team’

ISLAMABAD: Power Division claimed that they held no meeting with the visiting team of International Monetary Fund...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am

Rs160bn FBR notice lands SNGPL in hot water

ISLAMABAD: The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) is reportedly in hot water after receiving the tax demand...

Updated 09 Mar, 2024 04:10pm

BR Research

Rate cut in the offing?

The bond market is expecting a rate cut soon while the forex players are expecting the currency to be under...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 09:14am

BR Research

Dismal discos

You can come up with even fancier way of circular debt settlement next year, can be craftier in the next base tariff...

Published 29 Feb, 2024 08:39am

Business & Finance

Business community rejects hike in electricity bills: KCCI

KARACHI: Business and industrial community rejects another hike of Rs 7.5 per unit in electricity bills. President...

Published 28 Feb, 2024 06:10am

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan power sector circular debt soars to Rs2.635trn

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s power sector circular debt has reached Rs 2.635 trillion during first seven months of...

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 08:53am

Markets

Businessman urges incoming govt to address circular debt issue

LAHORE: Ali Alam Qamar, Entrepreneur, industrialist and Director of Flying Group of Industries, highlighted the...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

Editorials

Opposition to plans

EDITORIAL: The circular debt reduction and the tariff reduction plans proposed by the Ministry of Energy have been...

Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am

BR Research

Circular Debt – a tough row to hoe

The circular debt continues to be a growing challenge, literally, and it’s the real pain in the energy sector. The...

Published 16 Feb, 2024 08:57am

Markets

IMF rejection of CD, tariff strategy: MoF’s ‘half-hearted’ support cited as the reason

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry’s half-hearted support may have been a reason behind the IMF rejection of the...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 09:20am

Markets

KSE-100 stages dramatic recovery after falling below 60k

Turns a corner after plunging over 1,450 points in opening few minutes of trading

Updated 13 Feb, 2024 09:35pm

Markets

IMF not onboard with energy ministry’s tariff rationalisation, circular debt management plans

Mission Chief Nathan Porter says circular debt ‘reduction plan’ entails fiscal risks given chain of transactions involved and would also continue use of supplementary grants

Updated 13 Feb, 2024 10:33pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 13	278.73
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 13	278.53
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 13	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 13	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 13	1.28
Euro to USD / Jun 13	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 13	5421.03
India Sensex / Jun 13	76818.22
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 13	38793.17
Nasdaq / Jun 13	17608.44
Hang Seng / Jun 13	18017.22
FTSE 100 / Jun 13	8215.48
Dow Jones / Jun 13	38712.21
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 13	18630.86

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 13	78.31
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 13	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 13	206361
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 13	2311.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 13	71.55
Petrol/Litre / Jun 14	268.36

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 14 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 14 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 14 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 14 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 14 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 14 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 14 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 14 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 14 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 14 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 14 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 14 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 14 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 14 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 14 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 14 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 14 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 14 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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