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Move branded as ‘peak relief strategy’: Govt rolls out scheduled power outages

Updated 15 Apr, 2026 08:54am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has rolled out scheduled power outages of up to 2.25 hours during peak evening...

Energy import trap

Published 10 Mar, 2026 06:09am

Pakistan’s latest fuel price shock — with petrol and diesel rising by nearly Rs55 per litre overnight — is not...

KP to lay new transmission line in Swat for cheap hydropower

Updated 09 Feb, 2026 05:39am

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to lay a new transmission line in Swat district to transmit...

KP CM seeks immediate release of Net Hydel Profit payments

Updated 26 Jan, 2026 07:16am

ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi has urged the federal government to immediately release...

ADB approves USD330m loans to upgrade power grid

Published 21 Nov, 2025 05:36am

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved loans totalling USD330 million to Pakistan for the Second...

40.8MW Koto hydropower project in Lower Dir inaugurated

Updated 16 Nov, 2025 10:48am

The project generates 207 million units of electricity annually and brings in about Rs 2.4 billion in yearly revenue

KP completes three power projects; seven projects in execution stage

Published 15 Sep, 2025 07:36am

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has completed three major hydropower projects of 63MW electricity this ...

KP expresses reservations over proposed energy framework

Published 10 Sep, 2025 05:52am

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has expressed reservations over the federal government’s proposed...

FPCCI urges Nepra to reconsider cost escalations by Wapda

Published 09 Sep, 2025 05:43am

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

Hurting hydropower and cotton

Published 05 Sep, 2025 06:19am

Pakistan and India sprang from the same subcontinent, sharing rivers, soil, and memory. Yet for 78 years since...

Expensive hydel power coming up

Published 05 Sep, 2025 05:53am

Wapda’s FY 2026 tariff petition before NEPRA is unfolding not as a routine cost recovery exercise, but as a vivid...

Floods damage 32 mini power stations in KP

Published 20 Aug, 2025 03:24am

PESHAWAR: The devastating floods, torrential rains and cloudbursts in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have...

Yet another chance to reset the future

Published 03 Jul, 2025 02:51am

On the morning of June 27, the Swat River, usually a tranquil ribbon winding through the valleys, suddenly roared to...

Power (generation) struggle continues

Updated 27 Jun, 2025 03:41am

After a robust 22 percent year-on-year jump in electricity generation in April 2025, May barely moved the...

Green Sukuk

Updated 03 Jun, 2025 06:47am

The Ministry of Finance recently issued Pakistan’s first Green Sukuk, valued at Rs30 billion, under the ...

Power generation rises — but at what cost?

Published 23 May, 2025 06:12am

Finally, there is some surge in power generation (read: consumption). It increased by 22 percent year-on-year in...

Reduced hydropower, costly fuels: Govt warns of potential hike in power bills

Updated 30 Apr, 2025 02:28pm

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday warned of a potential hike in electricity bills during the summer months,...

KP formally takes up NHP dues issue with PM

Published 03 Apr, 2025 05:23am

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur, has formally taken up the issue of the...

Chinese company to purchase 120MW electricity

Published 10 Feb, 2025 05:35am

PESHAWAR: Chinese Investment Company (China Century Steel Mills) has contacted the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for...

KP govt hosts roadshow to showcase energy sector projects

Published 18 Dec, 2024 06:37am

PESHAWAR: The KP government in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) programme,...

No ‘sacred cow’ among IPPs now: Awais

Updated 30 Nov, 2024 04:35pm

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Division, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari Friday said providing relief to the power...

SAARC is no longer relevant

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 08:19am

That SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) has been facing since 2016 a situation in which any...

Pakistan’s power system: challenges and solutions

Updated 19 Aug, 2024 10:18am

The current high cost of electricity in Pakistan has undoubtedly hurt domestic, commercial, and household...

Rising cooling demand to keep coal plants online this year, IEA says

Published 19 Jul, 2024 10:36am

PARIS: Global electricity demand is set to grow at its fastest pace in nearly 20 years this year, spurred by...

Progress of Spat Gah power project reviewed

Published 15 Jul, 2024 07:26am

PESHAWAR: Secretary Energy and Power Nisar Ahmad Khan called foreign investment as a milestone in the coming days...

CASA-1000 suddenly gets new lease of life?

Updated 25 Jun, 2024 09:01am

ISLAMABAD: The authorities in Pakistan are hopeful of resumption of suspended work on transmission line of Central-...

Suki Kinari Hydropower Station: First Unit registers success

Updated 17 Jun, 2024 03:03pm

LAHORE: The first unit (Unit 4) of Pakistan Suki Kinari Hydropower Station, the largest hydropower power station...

Water woes to stay even after dam construction

Updated 11 Jan, 2024 12:04pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s water woes are unlikely to be over even after construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam (DBD) in 2030...

Hydropower, transmission: Major projects face rupee cover issue

Updated 05 Jan, 2024 08:45am

ISLAMABAD: Major hydropower and transmission line projects are reportedly facing Rupee cover issues due to less...

NTDC supports conversion of Lalpir, Pakgen to Thar coal

Updated 02 Jan, 2024 08:24am

ISLAMABAD: National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has supported conversion of M/s Lalpir (LP) and Pakgen...

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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 20	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	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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