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The profundity of economic power

The US has warned of potential sanctions for any country considering business deals with Iran hours after India...

Updated 18 May, 2024 06:13am

Markets

Govt urged to devise viable solar energy policy

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar, Friday, while urging the government to devise viable solar energy policy have...

Published 18 May, 2024 05:45am

Tariff rationalisation for industries: PM orders preparation of strategy

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to immediately prepare a strategy regarding tariff...

Updated 18 May, 2024 09:17am

Opinion

The AJK curtain-raiser

I fear the recent unrest in AJK was not an isolated affair, nor does the delayed Rs35bn sweetener mean the end of ...

Published 16 May, 2024 06:28am

Revision of buyback rates: PM directs Nepra, PD to amend net metering rules

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is said to have directed the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority...

Updated 16 May, 2024 12:07pm

PD gets PM’s nod for power tariff hike

Federal Board of Revenue in consultation with Ministry of Finance to review overall taxes applicable on electricity consumers

Updated 16 May, 2024 09:45am

Pakistan

Protesters call off march in AJK

MUZAFFARABAD: An alliance of civil rights group on Tuesday called off a protest march in Pakistan-ruled Kashmir ...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

Opinion

Time to act: 9 cents/kWh

The country faces daunting economic challenges. A shrinking industrial base, a bulging workforce with no jobs to...

Updated 15 May, 2024 06:28am

AJK govt asked to set up its own Disco

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reportedly asked AJ&K government to establish its own power Distribution...

Updated 15 May, 2024 08:50am

BR Research

Power load-shedding must end

As the power regulator approved Rs2.84/unit on account of monthly Fuel Charges Adjustment (FCA) for March 2024 –...

Published 13 May, 2024 08:58am

Opinion

Growth model needs to be long term

Pakistan has never achieved impressive growth rates in its history with the highest rate (average) achieved in the...

Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am

Opinion

Electricity tariffs

In Pakistan, it is a known fact that electricity is costly as compared to other countries of the region and its cost...

Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am

BR Research

Energy prices take charge of WPI

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) at 13.9 percent for April 2024 was at a 39-month low. It should spell good news for...

Published 07 May, 2024 09:30am

Opinion

The dumb national electricity policy of 2021

A good public policy is one that addresses a societal problem effectively, is based on evidence and research,...

Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am

147MW Patrind HPP: Nepra disposes of SHPL motion for review

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has disposed of a review motion of Star Hydro...

Updated 06 May, 2024 09:16am

Pakistan

Sindh governor for revisiting architecture of bureaucracy

KARACHI: The Governor of Sindh, Muhammad Kamran Khan Tessori, has said that the design of bureaucracy needs to be...

Updated 04 May, 2024 06:37am

Markets

Energy sector experts say ‘solar tax is not a hoax’

LAHORE: The energy sector experts have feared that the solar tax was not a hoax. Rather, it was a litmus check to...

Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am

Opinion

Gas pricing 2.0: transforming Pakistan’s energy landscape with WACOG

In a move that could reshape the energy landscape of the nation, the government is now seriously considering the...

Updated 25 Apr, 2024 03:27am

Net metering power: Govt mulling bringing buyback rates down to Rs11/unit from Rs21

Current trend has misbalanced govt's plan to pay capacity charges, sources say

Updated 25 Apr, 2024 10:07am

Sans formal govt approval: CPPA-G expresses inability to supply power to RSEZ

ISLAMABAD: Central Power Purchasing Agency -Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has reportedly expressed its inability to supply...

Updated 22 Apr, 2024 09:24am

Opinion

Rising energy prices: adverse impact on masses

In Pakistan, 64 percent of total energy demand is met by fossil fuels, while hydropower’s and renewables’ share...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:56am

Business & Finance

TMA concerned at diversion of captive power generation gas to grid

KARACHI: The Senior Vice Chairman Syed Usman Ali along with the prominent exporters of the Towel Manufacturers...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am

BR Research

Electricity (price) shock incoming

One of the key objectives of the IMF’s next Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to Pakistan will be “restoring the energy...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 10:49am

Pakistan

FESCO restores electricity supply before Sehri

FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) always tries to provide round the clock electricity supply to...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 05:47am

CEOs of Discos ordered to stop electricity theft

Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Leghari encourages officials of Discos to leverage technology and innovation in their efforts to eradicate power theft

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 09:55am

Use of System Charges: Higher unit cost will make power trade unfeasible?

ISLAMABAD: The higher cost of about Rs 26 per unit Use of System Charges (UoSC) to be recovered from key consumers...

Updated 27 Mar, 2024 09:25am

NTDC asked to expedite work on power evacuation projects

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari has directed National Transmission and...

Updated 27 Mar, 2024 09:39am

Early completion of Gwadar Power Plant ordered

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal directs concerned stakeholders to remove all the bottlenecks and start the construction work immediately

Updated 27 Mar, 2024 11:48am

Ban on unions in energy cos: PSI seeks ILO’s intervention

ISLAMABAD: The government is facing troublesome situation with respect to ban on unions in energy sector companies...

Updated 26 Mar, 2024 09:45am

Pakistan

‘Price hike can ultimately lead to political crisis’

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, Mian Zahid Hussain said that increasing prices of ...

Published 22 Mar, 2024 04:57am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Hang Seng / May 17	19535.61
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 18	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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