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electricity consumption

Steel sector: New procedure to charge sales tax issued

Published 30 Jun, 2026 05:08am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Act 2026 has issued a new procedure for the steel sector to charge sales tax on the basis of per...

Dec-Feb electricity consumption up 3.5pc: PD

Published 04 Apr, 2026 06:16am

ISLAMABAD: Power Division (PD) has claimed that overall electricity consumption has increased by 3.5 percent in...

Fixed charges: Nepra receives review plea challenging its determination

Updated 11 Mar, 2026 09:30am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has received a review petition challenging its...

Jul–Mar power usage down 3.6pc

Published 10 Jun, 2025 06:07am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s electricity consumption has declined by 3.6 per during the first three quarters...

Beating the heat, cutting the cost: How inverter fans have taken over the market

Updated 26 Mar, 2025 07:45pm

As electricity prices remain high, middle-income group consumers in Pakistan are turning to inverter fans,...

Winter incentive package: A cold start

Published 10 Jan, 2025 07:43am

The government’s winter incentive demand package has landed with a whimper. The plan to incentivize incremental...

Power sector: (Woeful) State of Industry Report

Published 02 Jan, 2025 08:31am

The power sector regulator, Nepra has issued the much-awaited State of Industry Report 2024, which expectedly reads...

PM Shehbaz calls for immediate shutdown of inefficient power plants, pushes for renewables

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 09:54pm

Statement from PM's Office says premier wants reforms in power sector expedited

Winter demand initiative: Not more than Rs2.5/unit saving even with 40pc rise in consumption

Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am

LAHORE: The industrial consumers have apprehended that the maximum saving would not exceed Rs2.5 per unit even with ...

Winter Incentive Package: A welcome U-Turn

Published 10 Dec, 2024 09:00am

The government’s decision to include net metering electricity consumers in the Winter Demand Initiative is a...

ECC approves power relief package for winter

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 08:45pm

Consumers to be charged a flat rate of Rs26.07 per unit for electricity usage above benchmark consumption

Pakistan’s power generation increases in October as cost surges

Published 18 Nov, 2024 03:20pm

Power generation in Pakistan stood at 10,262 GWh (13,793 MW) in October 2024, an increase of over 7% YoY compared to...

Bijli Sahulat Package: Worth a try

Published 13 Nov, 2024 08:46am

The winter electricity package termed “Bijli Sahulat Package” has finally been approved with much fanfare. The IMF...

Power consumption boost: ‘Winter package’ in limbo as conflicting claims about IMF assent emerge

Updated 07 Nov, 2024 09:25am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government’s proposed ‘Winter Package 2024’ to enhance electricity consumption in winter...

Pakistan’s power generation falls sharply amid rising costs, solarisation

Updated 19 Sep, 2024 10:24pm

Power generation in Pakistan clocked in at 13,180 GWh (17,714 MW) in August 2024, a decline of over 17% YoY as...

Power tariffs: Taking the cashflow approach

Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:44am

The first quarter of the current fiscal year has bene quite a happening one for the electricity sector. From record...

Nepra concerned at drop in power consumption

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 09:27am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has raised concerns over the reduced electricity...

Tariff adjustments keep coming

Published 26 Aug, 2024 08:15am

The state-owned power distribution companies have sought Rs46.9 billion on account of the quarterly tariff...

Govt urged to conduct forensic audit of IPPs

Published 28 Jul, 2024 06:49am

KARACHI Chairman of the FPCCI Advisory Board and National Business Group Pakistan, President of Pakistan Businessmen...

Dismal discos

Published 29 Feb, 2024 08:39am

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

Power sector: there’re solutions aplenty but...

Published 25 Dec, 2023 05:42am

The power sector woes are not resolving despite successive and massive increases in the consumer tariffs –...

Higher tariffs cause power consumption decline: APTMA

Updated 13 Dec, 2023 09:48am

ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumption of textile sector in the jurisdictions of Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco)...

The energy quagmire

Published 11 Sep, 2023 07:00am

When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. ‘Increase electricity consumption to lower the...

Let’s tighten our belts for one year: all will be well

Updated 23 Feb, 2023 06:14am

There comes a time in almost any life, when one has to tighten one’s belt and rein in one’s consumption, for the...

Electricity saving: It isn’t broke; don’t fix

Published 22 Dec, 2022 07:54am

So, energy conservation is the new plan. Nothing was ever seen before, but least needed than ever before. The idea ...

Under law, retail outlets should be closed by 8pm: traders

Published 05 Dec, 2022 05:47am

KARACHI: Lack of law implementation encourages the city’s retail businesses to stay arbitrarily open till ...

PTI terminates Faisal Vawda’s membership

Updated 29 Oct, 2022 10:05pm

Membership suspended after the press conference held by Vawda 'did not represent party policy and views'

KE Q1 results shows considerable decline

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 1	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 1	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.35
Euro to USD / Jan 1	1.14
SOFR % / Jan 1	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jan 1	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jan 1	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jan 1	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jan 1	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 1	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jan 1	8,338.81

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	310.71
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	4,017.39
Diesel/Litre / Jan 1	323.30
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 1	78.63

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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