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Bangladesh raises electricity prices in latest Mideast war-related hike

Published 03 Jun, 2026 06:01pm

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission announced the 16% hike two days after fuel prices were raised

MPC meeting on 16th: Analysts give mixed views on key rate direction

Published 13 Jun, 2025 05:59am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to hold its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on ...

Power tariffs: There is some respite!

Published 24 Jun, 2024 08:50am

The base adjustment in Power Purchase Price (PPP) has been okayed by the regulator, and it is now a matter of days...

PM Shehbaz announces Rs10.69 reduction in electricity price for industrial sector

Published 14 Jun, 2024 08:35pm

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced a massive reduction of Rs10.69 per unit in electricity tariff for...

FPCCI demands cut in policy rate, power tariffs

Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am

LAHORE: Zaki Aijaz, Regional Chairman and Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and...

Power sector controversy: take-or-pay contracts

Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am

Energy prices have increased tremendously which has created controversy and unrest in the country. IPP contracts are...

WPI – refusing to budge

Published 06 Sep, 2023 07:30am

Such are the times that a 24 percent year-on-year increase in wholesale price index (WPI) is being viewed as a...

Rising inflation, price hike assailed

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

KARACHI: Central leader of Businessmen Forum Captain Abdul Rasheed Abro has expressed his concern over the ever...

Wholesale price hike: Far from over

Published 04 Aug, 2023 08:25am

If petroleum does not do it, electricity will. That has been the story of wholesale prices for a while as WPI index...

Power tariffs: The rabbit hole

Published 12 Jul, 2023 09:25am

With Nepra’s decision to impose Rs1.25/unit in lieu of periodic adjustment for 3QFY23 to be collected in 1QFY24 ...

Policy rate hike won’t help tame inflation: expert

Published 05 Apr, 2023 06:16am

KARACHI: Historic jump by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), jacking up key policy rate by 100 basis points to a record...

Imran Khan censures govt for ‘massive’ fuel hike

Updated 30 Jan, 2023 09:29am

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday strongly criticised...

Adherence to IMF deal is an imperative

Published 03 Jan, 2023 03:25am

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while addressing a press conference stated that Pakistan has no other ...

Sri Lanka freezes recruitment in fresh austerity drive

Published 02 Jan, 2023 05:20pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka began a fresh austerity drive Monday, freezing government recruitment as new taxes and higher...

SPI inflation down 0.09pc WoW

Updated 31 Dec, 2022 08:46am

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended December 29, recorded a decrease ...

Nepra allows KE Rs7.43 cut, Discos Re0.19 hike per unit

Updated 28 Dec, 2022 08:49am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has allowed Rs7.43 per unit decrease in...

WPI peaked – CPI maybe not!

Published 08 Nov, 2022 08:58am

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) was seen peaking in August 2022, as highlighted in the space earlier. At 32.6 ...

Electricity price reduced by Rs4.25: minister

Published 16 Oct, 2022 03:53am

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday said electricity price had been...

SC moved against FAC hike

Published 25 Aug, 2022 06:09am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been approached against the huge Fuel Adjustment Charges (FAC) in the electricity...

May FCA: Rs9.42/unit tariff hike approved for KE

Updated 05 Jul, 2022 09:38am

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday approved an increase of Rs 9.42 per unit ...

April FCA: Nepra allows KE hike of Rs5.27/unit

Updated 25 Jun, 2022 09:51am

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved an increase of Rs 5.27 per unit in...

Pandemonium in Senate as opposition protests hike in fuel prices

Updated 04 Jun, 2022 10:01am

ISLAMABAD: The opposition lambasted the government in the Senate on Friday for increasing fuel prices up to Rs60 in...

EEC mulling over plan: People in upper income basket may share subsidy burden

Updated 01 Mar, 2022 09:56am

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to impose one-time tax on 5 percent people in the upper income basket to finance...

Power tariff hike

Published 09 Nov, 2021 07:25am

Electricity tariffs for the domestic consumers are going dearer by more than what was earlier suggested. The ...

Discos' domestic consumers, KE: Base tariff for over 300 units' consumption raised

Updated 06 Nov, 2021 10:33am

Decision, applicable from November 1, issued just days before the expected formal announcement of agreement between govt and IMF

Nepra notifies Rs1.65 per unit QTA

Updated 05 Oct, 2021 09:48am

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has notified Quarterly Tariff Adjustment (QTA) of Rs...

Off-peak hours: PD moving proposal on seasonal energy pricing

Updated 04 Sep, 2021 09:23am

Hammad Azhar says proposal is aimed at encouraging power consumption during off-peak hours

Export-oriented sectors: ECC approves continuation of gas, power subsidy

Updated 17 Aug, 2021 09:48am

Move aimed at reducing cost of manufacturing and supporting the momentum of growth in exports

Delayed adjustments come with a cost

Published 25 May, 2021 07:25am

The energy minister stamped the verdict the other day, what was becoming increasingly evident from the ...

Power tariff: Quarterly adjustment

Published 19 May, 2021 07:25am

The power regulator has allowed Rs0.9 per unit on account of first and second quarterly tariff adjustment for FY21....

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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 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	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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