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Electricity: Use more, not less

The crackdown season is in full swing – from exchange companies hoarding dollars to those hoarding sugar, and...

Published 08 Sep, 2023 08:43am

Markets

Further hike in power tariff: Traders staging protest demo outside Nepra office today

KARACHI: In response to a contentious proposal for yet another increase in the electricity prices, traders are...

Published 08 Sep, 2023 06:01am

Business & Finance

Governor apprises minister about KCCI concerns on energy issues

ISLAMABAD: Governor Sindh, Kamran Tessori on Thursday called on caretaker Federal Minister for Energy Muhammad Ali...

Published 08 Sep, 2023 06:01am

Govt to tighten the noose around power thieves

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to launch crackdown across the country against electricity theft,...

Updated 07 Sep, 2023 09:17am

Editorials

A little light at the end of the tunnel?

EDITORIAL: A visible intent of the stakeholders to deal with smuggling and endemic corruption recently shared during...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am

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 electricity bills: Senate body assails Power Div for ‘incompetence’

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Power on Tuesday scolded the top brass of Power Division for shifting burden...

Updated 06 Sep, 2023 09:45am

Opinion

Have the people risen?

Arriving on the back of backbreaking inflation across the board, the increased tariff in electricity bills has ...

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:12am

‘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

Provinces, LEAs to be taken on board: PM asks power sector to act against defaulters

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has asked the power sector to take immediate action against...

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 09:59am

Gallup Survey: Default seems imminent, say businesses

KARACHI: Majority of Pakistan’s businesses are “not hopeful at all” about the ability of caretaker Prime Minister...

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 09:12am

Editorials

Misdirected anger?

EDITORIAL: Authorities will have to be very careful about how they handle the turbulence created by the protests ...

Published 05 Sep, 2023 06:22am

Pakistan

Power sector woes: caretaker PM Kakar orders immediate action against electricity theft

Directs authorities to submit reports in this regard on daily basis

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 08:38pm

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

Power bills and public anger

The usual jargon was issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on 27, Sunday, after an inconclusive emergent meeting...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

Economic policy needs a hard reset

The present currency crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented. PKR has depreciated against USD from 180 to 305 since ...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

COAS explains to businesspeople SIFC potential

Emphasises Special Investment Facilitation Council's potential to attract substantial investments of up to 100 billion dollars from countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and others

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 11:39am

Business & Finance

BMP says will step up protest against hike in electricity tariffs

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has pledged to...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

‘Shutter-down’ strike observed across KP

PESHAWAR: Likewise other parts of the country, traders’ communities in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:34am

Pakistan

‘Inflated’ power bills, other issues: PPP senator says caretakers don’t have solutions

ISLAMABAD: Senator Quratulain Marri of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has said the people are paying tax...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

People paying tax separately on electricity bills, on salaries too: Marri

ISLAMABAD: Senator Quratulain Marri of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has said the people are paying tax...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Hike in fuel prices, power tariffs: JI to observe countrywide strike today

KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is observing a countrywide strike on Saturday against hike in petroleum and...

Updated 02 Sep, 2023 08:39am

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

Senate body shows populist approach to power bills

The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat takes serious notice of the hike in electricity prices

Updated 02 Sep, 2023 05:54pm

Anger on power bills could turn into anti-govt movement?

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Intelligence Agencies have proposed to the provincial government to stress upon the federal...

Updated 02 Sep, 2023 03:53pm

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

Pakistan

Rising inflation and inflated bills: Partial ‘shutter-down’ strike in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A partial shutter-down strike was observed against rising inflation and inflated bills in the provincial...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Business & Finance

Capacity payments to IPPs: Caretakers must invoke ‘force majeure’: FCCI chief

FAISALABAD: Caretakers must invoke “force majeure” to stop capacity payments to the IPPs in prevailing...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Piqued by political parties, PM says ‘there’s no crisis’

Says the economy was in shambles because non-productive sectors had been incentivised while they contributed nothing to the economy

Updated 01 Sep, 2023 10:01am

Power sector woes: ‘Privatisation’ of Discos emerges as long-term solution

ISLAMABAD: The government had the only viable option to spread electricity bills of July in the next four to five...

Updated 01 Sep, 2023 11:09am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 24	278.59
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 24	278.39
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 24	155.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 24	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
India Sensex / Apr 24	73852.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 24	38460.08
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Hang Seng / Apr 24	17201.27
FTSE 100 / Apr 24	8040.38
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 24	18088.70

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 24	82.83
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 24	2318.17
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 24	81.01
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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