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PM urged to expedite Rs23bn power bill relief

KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Jawed Bilwani has appealed the Prime...

Updated 31 May, 2025 07:30am

Nepra’s decisions on KE tariffs: Power Div. flags potential consumers harm, urges revision

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division on Wednesday announced plans to file reviews of the National Electric Power Regulatory...

Updated 29 May, 2025 08:27am

Markets

Excise dept to go solar, slash electricity bills

LAHORE: The excise department has devised a plan to reduce its electricity bills and office rent expenses by...

Published 22 May, 2025 06:08am

Editorials

Grid must transform immediately

EDITORIAL: One reform the Prime Minister is particularly optimistic about is the reduction in power prices. Yes,...

Published 05 May, 2025 06:14am

Opinion

Complicated power billing system

I find the electricity billing system unnecessarily complicated and completely lacking in transparency. While...

Published 03 May, 2025 06:07am

Pakistan

‘Cut in power prices is like cumin in mouth of a camel’

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party Karachi President Abdul Hakim Quaid has said that the reduction in electricity...

Published 19 Apr, 2025 07:05am

KE’s petition: Nepra notifies Rs3.02 relief under Jan FCA

KARACHI: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has issued its decision regarding KE’s petition of...

Updated 05 Apr, 2025 08:47am

Pakistan

PM’s package: KE consumers get over Rs2.2bn relief

KARACHI: K-Electric consumers have benefited approximately over Rs. 2.2 billion in terms of financial relief on ...

Published 28 Mar, 2025 05:35am

APTMA for passing on full negative Jan 2025 FCA relief to KE consumers without deduction

ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has requested the power sector regulator to pass on the...

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 09:38am

Provisional negative adjustment of FCA: Nepra urged to pass on benefit to KE consumers

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has been urged to pass on entire benefit of...

Updated 27 Feb, 2025 09:19am

Pakistan

Electricity bills: Governor condemns FIRs against farmers by Rangers

LAHORE: Governor Punjab, Sardar Saleem Haider Khan strongly condemned the Rangers’ force for filing FIRs against...

Updated 07 Feb, 2025 07:44am

Business & Finance

National development impossible without cheap power: Mian Zahid

KARACHI: The Chairman of the National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and...

Updated 07 Feb, 2025 07:16am

Consumers overcharged by Discos & KE: Nepra detects contradictions in data

Observes that the number of consumers adjusted does not match the number of affected consumers

Updated 25 Jan, 2025 02:43pm

Deadline of CM Punjab’s solar panel scheme ends

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched free Solar Panel Scheme to provide permanent relief to...

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 04:34pm

Business & Finance

Electricity bills: LCCI for withdrawing fixed charges, reducing taxes

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has demanded of the government to withdraw fixed charges and...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:46am

Markets

‘Rs146bn unpaid’: Energy minister writes letters to provinces for outstanding power dues

Overdue electricity bills hindering ongoing reforms in energy sector, Awais Leghari says

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 10:31pm

Nepra warns Discos and KE: ‘Resolve overbilling issue or face legal action’

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has warned Discos and K-Electric to resolve...

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 03:05pm

Markets

PM announces power relief ‘winter package’

ISLAMABAD: At a time when electricity bills had become exorbitant and seemed to have reached a breaking point, Prime...

Published 09 Nov, 2024 06:36am

Editorials

Challenge of poverty reduction

EDITORIAL: It turns out that poverty reduction remains a formidable challenge despite all the recent macroeconomic...

Published 27 Oct, 2024 02:44am

Opinion

Net metering: Balancing the scales—I

Potential promises of clean, sustainable, and long-term cost-saving alternatives have dominated the discussion about...

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

‘Bharo Bill Foran; Karo Mulk Roshan’: KE proposes a country-wide campaign

ISLAMBAD: While supporting the power minister’s terminology for power theft as economic terrorism, K-Electric (KE)...

Updated 02 Oct, 2024 09:25am

Pakistan

Farmers urge govt to address issue of inflated bills

LAHORE: Farmers have urged the Punjab government to take up the issue of inflated electricity bills with the federal...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Pakistan

JI says will organise nationwide sit-ins on thoroughfares on 29th

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has announced nationwide sit-ins on main roads on...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Costly electricity: IPPs’ capacity charges not the sole factor: experts

KARACHI: Energy experts have blamed a host of issues for the rising electricity prices, saying that the recent...

Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:27am

Opinion

Factory shutdowns

A week ago, I was invited by the leadership of the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry to their city to stir...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

Pakistan

JI chief denounces recent legislation about ICT rallies

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has denounced the recently introduced legislation aimed at...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 02:42am

QTA mechanism: Rs1.75/unit hike approved for Discos, KE

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved an increase of Rs1.75 per unit in...

Updated 07 Sep, 2024 03:13pm

Examination by petitioners: SC asks Nepra to ensure availability of relevant papers of CPPA-G, NTDC & IPPs

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court asked the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to ensure that all the...

Updated 07 Sep, 2024 09:41am

Pakistan

No reports of IMF objections to power relief package of Punjab govt: minister

LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari said on Wednesday that there are no reports of IMF objections to...

Updated 05 Sep, 2024 09:20am

Opinion

The power struggle: navigating Pakistan’s energy crisis

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

Published 03 Sep, 2024 07:01am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 20	283.77
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 20	283.52
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 20	146.09
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 20	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 20	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 20	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 20	5,967.84
India Sensex / Jun 20	82,408.17
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 20	38,403.23
Nasdaq / Jun 20	19,447.41
Hang Seng / Jun 20	23,530.48
FTSE 100 / Jun 20	8,774.65
Dow Jones / Jun 20	42,206.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 20	23,350.55
France CAC40 / Jun 20	7,589.66

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 20	74.93
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 20	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 20	306,069
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 20	3,368.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 20	66.70
Petrol/Litre / Jun 21	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 21	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Jun 20 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	356 ▲ 40.99 (13.01%)
Faisal Sp. / Jun 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	313.91 ▲ 33.82 (12.07%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 20 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	33.53 ▲ 3.42 (11.36%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jun 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.90 ▲ 1 (11.24%)
Crescent Fib. / Jun 20 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	50.25 ▲ 5 (11.05%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 20 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	25.43 ▲ 2.33 (10.09%)
Shams Textile / Jun 20 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	31.52 ▲ 2.87 (10.02%)
Rupali polyester / Jun 20 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	24.61 ▲ 2.24 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jun 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	39 ▲ 3.55 (10.01%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Jun 20 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	621.82 ▲ 56.53 (10%)

Stock	Price
Mahanna Islamic Index / Jun 20 Mahanna Islamic Index Traded Fund(MIIETF)	12.92 ▼ -2.14 (-14.21%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jun 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	61.07 ▼ -7.82 (-11.35%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 20 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	41 ▼ -4.9 (-10.68%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 20 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.28 ▼ -5.59 (-10.01%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 20 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	11,153.83 ▼ -1239.27 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 20 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	173.06 ▼ -19.23 (-10%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 20 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	56.21 ▼ -6.24 (-9.99%)
Int. Knit. / Jun 20 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	20.18 ▼ -2.23 (-9.95%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.49 ▼ -0.27 (-9.78%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jun 20 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	40.61 ▼ -4.39 (-9.76%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	42,791,268 ▼ -0.04
TRG Pak Ltd / Jun 20 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	26,664,589 ▼ -4.92
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 20 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	25,526,681 ▼ -0.26
Yousuf Weaving / Jun 20 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,497,580 ▲ 0.29
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,445,689 ▲ 0.08
Sui South Gas / Jun 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	13,554,568 ▼ -0.06
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	9,805,036 ▼ -0.27
Dewan Cement / Jun 20 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	9,257,161 ▼ -0.86
Invest Bank / Jun 20 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	8,867,595 ▼ -0.26
Pak Refinery / Jun 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	8,518,206 ▲ 0.01

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