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Net-metering regime: Solar generation surges in FY26: Advisor

Updated 17 Jul, 2026 09:20am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s rapid expansion in solar net-metering capacity — growing nearly 37-fold in six years to around...

Industrial power tariffs: PALSP urges govt to end structural anomaly

Published 10 Jul, 2026 05:43am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) has urged the government to eliminate the...

Jul-Mar power consumption grows 3.8%

Updated 12 Jun, 2026 07:51am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s overall electricity consumption has posted a growth of 3.8 per cent during the first nine...

The petroleum question: putting the levy story in context

Updated 09 Jun, 2026 05:25am

Few line items in any Pakistani budget generate as much heat as the petroleum levy. The numbers are read at the...

The quiet repair of Pakistan’s power sector

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

For most of the past decade, the energy sector has been the wound that Pakistani policymakers reopened every summer....

Inflation: The Core heats up

Updated 02 Jun, 2026 07:07am

Headline CPI inflation rose11.66 percent year-on-year in May, the highest in 24 months. Headline inflation stayed...

Rising costs push packaging, paper industry into crisis

Updated 18 May, 2026 09:19am

LAHORE: Pakistan’s packaging and paper industry is facing mounting economic pressure as soaring raw material and...

First right of refusal: empowering Pakistan’s local businesses

Published 17 May, 2026 05:08am

Pakistan’s efforts to privatise State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have sparked debate about the future of vital...

FPCCI urges Nepra to conduct capacity audit of existing fleet

Updated 09 May, 2026 02:43pm

ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has urged National Electric Power...

Nepra approves Rs42.577bn DIP for PESCO for 2025–2029

Updated 09 May, 2026 09:21am

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved a Distribution Investment Plan (DIP)...

Industrialists advocate for ‘stable’ policies

Published 09 May, 2026 05:51am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s industrialists have urged the government to formulate stable industrial policies and...

March FCA: Nepra approves Re0.0102 per unit relief

Updated 06 May, 2026 08:56am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved a negative fuel charges adjustment...

PM Shehbaz orders formulation of strategy to stabilise electricity tariffs

Published 02 May, 2026 10:47pm

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while chairing a meeting on energy sector reforms on Saturday, directed the...

Pakistan cannot afford a war it isn’t fighting

Published 24 Apr, 2026 06:38am

If the first shock is in the markets, the second is always at home. Not immediately. Not dramatically. But...

Power consumers may get Rs1.14/unit relief

Updated 18 Apr, 2026 09:03am

ISLAMABAD: Power consumers, who bear the brunt of Fuel Charges Adjustment (FCA) are likely to get a relief of around...

How Pakistan can power the AI economy with Thar energy

Updated 17 Apr, 2026 07:56am

Pakistan is paying for electricity it does not use. Through capacity payments, billions of rupees flow annually to...

Solar without a plan

Published 17 Apr, 2026 06:16am

Pakistan’s solar transition is no longer a policy ambition—it is already underway, but in a manner that is uneven,...

Global energy shocks: Country has potential to reduce vulnerability: PDP

Published 16 Mar, 2026 04:51am

KARACHI: The ongoing crisis in the Middle East has exposed our deep vulnerability to global energy shocks, demanding...

Jan FCA: Nepra ups tariffs for Discos & KE by Rs1.6274

Published 05 Mar, 2026 05:31am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has increased electricity tariffs for...

Workers’ remittances

Updated 28 Feb, 2026 05:53am

EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has released remittance data for July-January 2025-26 that shows nearly...

Export decline

Updated 26 Feb, 2026 09:05am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s trade deficit with nine regional countries has increased by 41.32 percent with China by far in...

US Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s global tariffs

Published 20 Feb, 2026 09:14pm

US president exceeded his authority, court says

Domestic consumers: PD notifies fixed monthly charges

Updated 17 Feb, 2026 01:12pm

Protected consumers using up to 100 units per month exempted from the Rs 200 fixed charge

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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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