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PM assures presidents of chambers of commerce: Steps being taken to ensure access to easy business loans

Premier stresses efforts to lower electricity costs

Updated 24 May, 2025 10:41am

Govt plans to lower power costs to boost manufacturing: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Government is planning to lower electricity costs as part of a broader plan to bring relief to...

Updated 29 Mar, 2025 04:26pm

BR Research

The urgency is real

There should be no ambiguity about transitioning towards renewable energy resources and developing a competitive...

Published 17 Feb, 2025 07:44am

BR Research

Power sector: (Woeful) State of Industry Report

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

Published 02 Jan, 2025 08:31am

BR Research

Hub Power Company Limited

The Hub Power Company Limited (PSX: HUBC) stands as Pakistan’s first and largest Independent Power Producer (IPP),...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 09:00am

BR Research

Fixing the grid demands holistic and urgent intervention

As per NEPRA’s performance evaluation report on power plants, 82 percent of electricity costs in FY24 were...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 09:23am

BR Research

Power sector’s antidote

Economists are decrying the current state of the power sector and the resultant burden of skyrocketing electricity...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 07:48am

Pakistan

Punjab govt’s electricity subsidy should be appreciated, not criticised: Atta Tarar

Minister for Information and Broadcasting responds to criticism from various political quarters over selective provision of relief

Updated 19 Aug, 2024 09:42pm

Opinion

‘Escalating political temperature…’

This is apropos a letter to the Editor titled “Escalating political temperature” carried by the newspaper a...

Published 19 Aug, 2024 03:20am

Perspectives

You should have seen it coming: solar surge in Karachi amid escalating energy costs

In Karachi, Pakistan’s largest metropolis, residents are increasingly turning to solar as a solution to soaring...

Published 17 Aug, 2024 12:11pm

Markets

Business leaders for swift resolution of IPPs issue

LAHORE: Business leaders call for swift resolution of IPPs issue, citing severe impact on industrialization and...

Published 17 Aug, 2024 07:47am

Business & Finance

Power costs, import bans and RDs: Jam pledges to address the issues hurting businesses

KARACHI Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan has pledged the ministry’s full support in addressing the...

Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz extends electricity bill payment deadline by 10 days

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered a 10-day extension for electricity bill payments, according to an...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 10:51pm

Opinion

Enough is enough!

Overwhelmed by the relentless surge in electricity costs, Pakistan’s business community is at its wits’ end....

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

Opinion

Energy sector – ‘a nightmare’

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar in a statement this week has described the energy sector as “a...

Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am

May 23 FCA: Nepra approves tariff hike for Discos, KE

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday accorded in principle approval of...

Updated 06 Jul, 2023 08:41am

Markets

FCA for November: NEPRA raises electricity rate by Rs4.3 per unit

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Thursday raised electricity tariff by Rs4.3 per unit for...

Published 13 Jan, 2022 05:10pm

Business & Finance

Spanish inflation soars to 29-year high

MADRID: Spanish inflation accelerated in November to its highest level in nearly three decades on the back of rising...

Published 30 Nov, 2021 05:23am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 16	283.37
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 16	283.17
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 16	144.74
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 16	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 16	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 16	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Jun 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,976.97
Nasdaq / Jun 14	19,406.83
Dow Jones / Jun 14	42,197.79
India Sensex / Jun 16	81,650.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 16	38,314.09
Hang Seng / Jun 16	23,975.22
FTSE 100 / Jun 16	8,884.17
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 16	23,603.27
France CAC40 / Jun 16	7,748.88

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 16	71.77
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 16	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 16	310,613
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 16	3,417.30
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 16	68.02
Petrol/Litre / Jun 17	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 17	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 16 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	3.93 ▲ 1 (34.13%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 16 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	4.39 ▲ 1 (29.5%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jun 16 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	4.48 ▲ 1 (28.74%)
Cresent Jute / Jun 16 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.57 ▲ 1 (28.01%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 16 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	4.60 ▲ 0.95 (26.03%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 16 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	3.85 ▲ 0.79 (25.82%)
Shaheen Ins. / Jun 16 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.67 ▲ 0.92 (19.37%)
Media Times Ltd / Jun 16 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	3.21 ▲ 0.5 (18.45%)
Equity Modaraba / Jun 16 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.86 ▲ 0.58 (17.68%)
LSE Capital / Jun 16 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.37 ▲ 0.9 (16.45%)

Stock	Price
Intermarket Securities / Jun 16 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	5.82 ▼ -51.44 (-89.84%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 16 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	17,000.19 ▼ -1888.91 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 16 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	263.77 ▼ -29.31 (-10%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 16 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,615.10 ▼ -179.45 (-10%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 16 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	27.62 ▼ -3.07 (-10%)
Faisal Sp. / Jun 16 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	299.22 ▼ -30.74 (-9.32%)
Apna Microfin. / Jun 16 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.70 ▼ -0.96 (-8.23%)
GOC (Pak) / Jun 16 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	73.72 ▼ -5.38 (-6.8%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 16 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	24.16 ▼ -1.54 (-5.99%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jun 16 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	40.60 ▼ -2.37 (-5.52%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	267,081,176 ▲ 0.17
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 16 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	92,031,551 ▲ 1
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 16 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	86,020,335 ▲ 0.79
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 16 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	73,827,515 ▲ 0.48
Media Times Ltd / Jun 16 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	56,419,406 ▲ 0.5
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 16 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	43,086,504 ▲ 1.78
Sui South Gas / Jun 16 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	37,905,727 ▲ 1.76
Dewan Cement / Jun 16 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	29,277,399 ▲ 1.11
Cnergyico PK / Jun 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	23,084,256 ▼ -0.06
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 16 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	22,313,740 ▲ 0.04

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