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electricity tariffs

The discount nobody noticed

Updated 05 Sep, 2026 07:23am

EDITORIAL: A Power Division review has found that coal-fired power plants buying from the same international...

Forum warns against costly long-term energy contracts

Updated 28 Aug, 2026 09:08am

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Forum on Energy and Economy has urged the government to avoid entering into long-term...

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 / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 1	158.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 1	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 1	1.32
Euro to USD / Oct 1	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
India Sensex / Oct 1	71,770.30
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 1	68,956.72
FTSE 100 / Oct 1	10,413.82
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 1	24,851.64
France CAC40 / Oct 1	7,827.14

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.40
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 1	92.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 1	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 1	376,059
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 1	4,162.20
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	400.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 1	78.41

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Oct 1 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Oct 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	196.28 ▲ 17.84 (10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 1 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	280.46 ▲ 25.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Oct 1 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	84.78 ▲ 7.71 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 1 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	65.60 ▲ 5.96 (9.99%)
Arctic Textile / Oct 1 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	57.29 ▲ 5.17 (9.92%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15.68 ▲ 1.41 (9.88%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Oct 1 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	22.36 ▲ 1.95 (9.55%)
Asim Textile / Oct 1 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	124.56 ▲ 10.6 (9.3%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	125 ▼ -39.01 (-23.79%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	45.51 ▼ -5.06 (-10.01%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	44.03 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Oct 1 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	43.67 ▼ -4.85 (-10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
East West Ins. / Oct 1 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	59.25 ▼ -6.37 (-9.71%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 1 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	32.42 ▼ -3.43 (-9.57%)
Karam Ceramics / Oct 1 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	156.18 ▼ -15.27 (-8.91%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 1 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	29.62 ▼ -2.87 (-8.83%)
Apna Microfin. / Oct 1 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	18.07 ▼ -1.73 (-8.74%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	93,751,754 ▲ 0.11
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 1 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	38,616,570 ▲ 0.09
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	26,026,242 ▼ -0.14
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	25,714,456 ▲ 0.03
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	22,551,198 ▼ -2.9
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	19,722,398 ▲ 0
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,323,432 ▼ -0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,315,970 ▼ -0.01
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	16,558,025 ▲ 1.41
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,113,756 ▼ -1.8

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