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electricity cost

Govt apprised of Debt Servicing Surcharge, other ‘burdens’ on industrial consumers

Updated 11 Dec, 2025 07:34am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has brought to the government’s notice that...

April FCA: Power Division seeks Rs1.27/unit positive adjustment

Updated 22 May, 2025 10:57am

ISLAMABAD: Power Division has sought a positive adjustment of Rs 1.27 per unit in electricity tariffs for April 2025...

Pakistan’s power generation increases 22% in April

Published 21 May, 2025 11:12am

Power generation in Pakistan clocked in at 10,513 GWh in April 2025, an increase of over 22% YoY compared to the...

Overcapacity dilemma: mismanagement or misjudgment?

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

This is apropos two back-to-back letters by this writer to Editor titled ‘Overcapacity dilemma: mismanagement or...

Quarterly adjustment rises

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:31am

The power regulator Nepra approved another Rs1.74/unit on account of quarterly tariff adjustments, pertaining to...

Poverty and power costs cannot be fully eradicated: PM

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:19am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday said a complete freedom from poverty and the cost of electricity...

Power sector challenges beyond capacity payments

Published 05 Aug, 2024 07:21am

While the capacity payments to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) have grabbed major spot light these days, our...

President for resolution of IPP issue thru consensus

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 08:38am

FAISALABAD: IPPs is a ticklish issue which needs to be resolved by evolving consensus among all stakeholders, said...

Govt working towards reducing electricity cost: minister

Updated 16 Dec, 2023 09:06am

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Power and Petroleum Muhammad Ali has said that the government is working on...

Pakistan’s cost of power generation declines over 25% in September

Updated 20 Oct, 2023 09:59pm

Amid rising electricity bills, the cost of power generation in Pakistan registered a significant decline of over 25%...

Reducing rising electricity tariff? — III

Updated 01 Aug, 2023 06:43am

In the previous space, we focused on immediate financial restructuring solutions for enabling reduction in...

FCA for May: Rs1.45/unit positive adjustment in KE tariff approved

Updated 15 Jul, 2023 09:08am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved the positive adjustment of Rs1.45...

C-5 project: PAEC’s point of view

Updated 14 Jul, 2023 10:02am

ISLAMABAD: This is apropos a news report “$5bn Chashma-5 N-Plant to produce power at Rs 20 per unit: Country has...

Electricity generation cost falls 11% year-on-year in March

Updated 26 Apr, 2023 04:57pm

Power generation in the country witnesses significant increase of 12.7% on a monthly basis

Pakistan's power generation cost increases significantly in December

Published 19 Jan, 2023 01:26pm

The total cost of generating electricity in the country increased nearly 18%, hitting Rs7.04 KWh in December 2022...

Pakistan's power cost and generation declines significantly in Nov

Published 19 Dec, 2022 03:13pm

Cost of power generation during first five months of fiscal year up 35%

Pakistan's electricity generation cost up 57% YoY in August as production dips

Published 17 Sep, 2022 03:44pm

The total cost of generating electricity in the country jumped 57%, hitting Rs10.06 KWh in August 2022 compared to...

June FCA: Nepra notifies Rs11.1023 per unit hike in K-Electric’s tariff

Updated 11 Aug, 2022 07:19pm

FCA will be distributed across bills of August and September 2022

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

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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