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Across key sectors: SIFC develops investment pipeline worth USD40bn

Published 22 Sep, 2026 05:15am

ISLAMABAD: The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has developed an investment pipeline worth...

Govt begins to move out of power business

Published 21 Sep, 2026 04:53am

Power Minister announced government will neither sell nor traditionally buy electricity from producers

Speakers raise questions over new electricity charges system

Published 16 Sep, 2026 08:42am

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday raised questions over the newly introduced electricity charges system...

Mian Zahid demands paying capacity charges from federal budget

Published 16 Sep, 2026 08:25am

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum and All Karachi Industrial...

Power market: from paper to practice

Published 15 Sep, 2026 04:57am

EDITORIAL: Power regulator Nepra’s approval of uniform Use of System Charges (UoSC) is an important step towards...

PBC proposes framework to address electricity challenges

Published 12 Sep, 2026 05:46am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has proposed a strategic framework to stimulate electricity demand,...

FBR expands list of iron/steel makers subject to Rs5/unit ST

Published 08 Sep, 2026 06:01am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has expanded the list of iron/steel manufacturers on which sales tax...

Nepra’s UoSC decision hailed

Published 08 Sep, 2026 06:01am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Energy (Power Division), Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, and the Ministry of...

One energy system, too many silos

Updated 07 Sep, 2026 07:21am

Why Pakistan must stop managing fuels and start governing energy as a system. Pakistan’s energy crisis is not the...

BESS made mandatory: Nepra approves amendments to electricity wheeling auction process

Updated 05 Sep, 2026 04:17pm

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved, with modifications, amendments to the...

Detection billing system: Power Division decides to introduce reforms

Updated 05 Sep, 2026 09:24am

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has decided to introduce fundamental reforms in the detection billing system to...

The discount nobody noticed

Updated 05 Sep, 2026 07:23am

EDITORIAL: A Power Division review has found that coal-fired power plants buying from the same international...

The coal nobody loved — and why it might be saving us

Updated 03 Sep, 2026 06:47am

There is a moment every household in Pakistan knows well: the bill distributor dropping the paper slip at the door...

PD invites bids for Guddu plant steam turbine rehab

Updated 31 Aug, 2026 09:23am

ISLAMABAD The Power Division has invited international competitive bids for rehabilitation of the steam turbine of...

Lowering electricity cost: CCoE approves NEP amendments, IEP design

Updated 19 Aug, 2026 09:34am

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday approved amendments to the National Electricity Plan (NEP) 2023-27 and the...

Jul power generation cost surges 38pc YoY

Updated 19 Aug, 2026 09:25am

ISLAMABAD: The fuel cost of electricity generation increased by 38 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs10.8821 per unit...

China’s solar shift: What’s in it for Pakistan

Updated 18 Aug, 2026 07:42am

Pakistan’s solar boom was built on falling panel prices. But as the market matures, the focus is shifting from...

Row over GST on power: FCC grants interim relief to KEPZ units

Published 14 Aug, 2026 05:48am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) granted interim relief to companies operating in the Karachi...

Breaking up the gas utilities

Published 08 Aug, 2026 04:54am

Unbundling Gas Utilities could be repeating Wapda’s costly mistake if the policymakers do not comprehend and learn...

Time-based power tariff: IMF not allowing Pakistan to offer cheap electricity: Leghari

Published 05 Aug, 2026 05:45am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari has said that the International Monetary Fund...

Steel melters to pay sales tax on basis of electricity consumed

Published 02 Aug, 2026 04:02am

ISLAMABAD: The steel melters, re-rollers and composite units of steel melting and re-rolling mills will pay sales...

PM orders technical audit of power firms’ billing systems

Published 31 Jul, 2026 06:55am

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to rein in persistent inefficiencies in the power sector, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on...

Solar Home Systems

Published 24 Jul, 2026 05:06am

What can be more heartening than learning that hundreds of thousands of families living in the low-income and remote...

Coal fills the gap

Updated 22 Jul, 2026 07:40am

FY26 ended with Pakistan’s power sector in a better place than many would have expected just a few months ago. The...

Pakistan’s circular debt isn’t a financial crisis

Published 18 Jul, 2026 05:03am

Circular debt is a governance failure; it isn’t a financial crisis. Every year, the nation is presented with a new...

Govt may increase June FCA by Rs1.20 per unit

Published 17 Jul, 2026 06:52am

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to increase electricity tariff by Rs1.20 per unit for June 2026 across the...

The solar paradox

Published 28 Jun, 2026 05:03am

For the past two decades, the story of solar energy has been one of extraordinary optimism—and rightly so. Few...

NA body informed: Rs620bn taxes collected through power bills

Published 18 Jun, 2026 06:54am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance was informed on Wednesday that the government is...

Discos launch new electricity bill format

Updated 18 Jun, 2026 09:06am

ISLAMABAD: Power Distribution Companies (Discos) across the country have introduced a redesigned electricity bill...

Power subsidy cut 19pc to Rs830bn

Published 13 Jun, 2026 06:17am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reduced the power sector subsidy by around 19 percent to Rs 830 billion for...

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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

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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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