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Oct-Dec QTA for Discos: Nepra agrees to approve Re0.5/unit hike in tariff

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday gave its consent to approve Paisa 50 ...

Updated 23 Feb, 2023 09:22am

Motion filed with Nepra: Govt seeks additional surcharge of Rs3.39/unit for 4 months

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has filed a Motion with National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to...

Updated 21 Feb, 2023 08:55am

Pakistan

Discos, Wapda employees not eligible for assistance package

LAHORE: Employees of power distribution companies (Discos) and Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) are not...

Published 19 Feb, 2023 03:19am

Business & Finance

PD official testifies before NA panel ‘Electricity worth Rs380bn is stolen every year’

ISLAMABAD: Power Division Secretary Rashid Mehmood Langrial on Friday testified before the National Assembly...

Updated 18 Feb, 2023 08:59am

Business & Finance

Jan 23 power breakdown: Nepra forms probe body as entities adopt contrary stances

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has constituted a five-member inquiry committee to...

Updated 17 Feb, 2023 08:47am

Dec 2022: Nepra approves negative adjustment

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved negative adjustment of Rs 2.32 per...

Updated 17 Feb, 2023 08:47am

PM for giving Discos to provinces

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif is all set to hold meeting with Chief Ministers to convince them of...

Updated 16 Feb, 2023 08:58am

Purchases by Discos from net metering consumers: Nepra trashes plan to revise power rates

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has trashed its plan to revise rates of...

Updated 15 Feb, 2023 09:07am

‘Viable’ energy sector: PD fails to prepare plan

ISLAMABAD: Power Division has reportedly failed to prepare a plan for a “viable” energy sector by steering the...

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 08:58am

Business & Finance

Govt to revise power tariff mechanism for AJ&K

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is said to have decided to revise electricity tariff mechanism for Azad Jammu...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Opinion

Survival without the IMF

Since the end of World War II, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have emerged as the most...

Updated 12 Feb, 2023 09:36pm

Business & Finance

Oct-Dec QTA: Discos seek increase in tariffs

ISLAMABAD: Power Distribution Companies (Discos) have sought an increase of up to Paisa 70 per unit in their tariffs...

Published 12 Feb, 2023 03:56am

Increase in price of Paracetamol okayed

ECC also approves circular debt management plan, extra surcharge on power

Updated 11 Feb, 2023 09:03am

Tariff of indigenous gas-run CPPs likely to be reviewed

Government to allow new CPPs with cogeneration technology to get RLNG connections at notified tariff

Updated 06 Feb, 2023 09:06am

Editorials

Discos and their losses

EDITORIAL: Some things never change. Nepra’s (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s) Performance...

Published 04 Feb, 2023 06:08am

IMF team ‘quizzes’ PD’s top brass

International Monetary Fund Mission raises questions on the performance of power sector and violation of commitments made in the previous review

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 10:34am

Business & Finance

KE, Discos: Nepra approves negative tariff adjustments

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday approved in principle a negative...

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 09:24am

Markets

Nepra asks Discos to file quarterly tariff adjustments

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has directed power Distribution Companies...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Markets

Discos inflict Rs170bn loss on exchequer

KARACHI: The national exchequer has to bear a whopping Rs 170 billion financial loss on account of low collection of...

Published 30 Jan, 2023 05:56am

Jamshoro coal-fired power plant unit: KE proposes three participation structures

ISLAMABAD: K-Electric (KE) has proposed three structures for its participation in the second unit of Jamshoro coal...

Updated 26 Jan, 2023 09:18am

CPPA-G seeks FCA of Rs2.20/unit for Dec 2022

ISLAMABAD: Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has sought negative adjustment of Rs2.20 per unit in...

Updated 20 Jan, 2023 08:52am

Opinion

Power distribution sector’s performance – II

T&D losses have been valued at Rs 520 billion. If losses are reduced to Nepra’s (National Electric Power...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Q1 of July-Sept 2022-23: Nepra allows Discos to recover Rs41.938bn under QTA mechanism

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has allowed power distribution companies...

Updated 18 Jan, 2023 08:50am

Nepra approves hike in KE tariff under QTA

ISLAMABAD: While setting aside concerns of business community, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra)...

Updated 14 Jan, 2023 08:42am

Editorials

Discos’ privatisation: It’s never too late

EDITORIAL: Prime Minster Shehbaz Sharif has formed a committee to find legal ways to create space for participation...

Published 13 Jan, 2023 06:05am

Opinion

Power distribution sector’s performance – I

Circular debt and privatisation of power distribution companies are under active discussion these days in the...

Published 12 Jan, 2023 06:10am

Business & Finance

KE’s tariff: Nepra approves Rs7.43 per unit negative adjustment

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved negative adjustment of Rs 7.43 per...

Updated 12 Jan, 2023 08:50am

PM forms committee: Govt wants private sector’s entry to Discos

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a 14-member Committee aimed at finding legal ways to create...

Updated 11 Jan, 2023 08:58am

Markets

KE incurred less line losses: Nepra chief says performance of all Discos dismal

KARACHI: Chairman National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Tauseef Hassan Farooqi, while expressing ...

Published 08 Jan, 2023 03:48am

Nepra allows KE Rs7.43 cut, Discos Re0.19 hike per unit

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has allowed Rs7.43 per unit decrease in...

Updated 28 Dec, 2022 08:49am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 23	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 23	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 23	154.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 23	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 23	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 22	5010.60
Nasdaq / Apr 22	15451.31
Dow Jones / Apr 22	38239.98
India Sensex / Apr 23	73884.02
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 23	37552.16
Hang Seng / Apr 23	16828.93
FTSE 100 / Apr 23	8045.70
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 23	17967.18

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 19	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 22	213220
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 23	82.41
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 23	2301.86
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 23	82.37
Petrol/Litre / Apr 24	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 24 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 24 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 24 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 24 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 24 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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