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inflated power bills

Discos: JI chief condemns overbilling practices

Published 23 Jul, 2025 08:02am

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman, has strongly condemned the overbilling practices of power...

‘Apna Meter Apni Reading’ App unveiled

Updated 23 Jun, 2025 09:36am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif has approved phasing out the role of meter readers in power Distribution...

Farmers urge govt to address issue of inflated bills

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

LAHORE: Farmers have urged the Punjab government to take up the issue of inflated electricity bills with the federal...

Rawalpindi Agreement: JI will hold sit-in on main roads on 29th

Updated 27 Sep, 2024 08:04am

LAHORE: Chief Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman on Thursday presided over the meeting of the central and...

JI says will organise nationwide sit-ins on thoroughfares on 29th

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has announced nationwide sit-ins on main roads on...

High power bills, taxes: Traders call for countrywide strike

Published 26 Aug, 2024 08:14am

QUETTA: President, All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran, Amjad Baloch on Sunday announced to observe a shutter down strike...

Discos slammed for issuing inflated bills

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 09:20am

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s (FPCCI) Businessmen Panel (BMP) has slammed...

Hike in prices of solar-powered inverters expected

Published 15 Jul, 2024 07:22am

LAHORE: Excessive panel imports have encouraged aggressive solar power system installations by consumers across the...

Inflated power bills: PM orders action against errant officials

Updated 07 Jul, 2024 10:10am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that action should be taken against the officers and officials...

Ex-PM Nawaz lists his achievements

Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am

QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that 400 small dams were built...

FPA, QTA in electricity bills: SC sets aside LHC verdict

Updated 17 Oct, 2023 09:35am

Declares Fuel Price Adjustment (FPA) and Quarter Tariff Adjustment (QTA) in electricity bills as illegal and without lawful authority

‘Inflated’ bills: Intelligence agency comes to the rescue of power consumers?

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 12:40pm

Agency has prompted caretaker government to intervene and take action to provide immediate relief

JI holds sit-in at Governor’s House

Published 09 Oct, 2023 06:24am

KARACHI: Karachi on Sunday witnessed a significant demonstration as the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) held a sit-in before ...

Govt as the biggest power defaulter

Updated 17 Sep, 2023 06:37am

The media is replete with news of the Power Sector – mostly negative. Most recently, it is the exorbitant bills...

Nepra grills CEOs of Discos for inflated electricity bills

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 09:12am

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday grilled Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)...

Aug electricity bills: Consumers hit by Rs7.64 to Rs15 per unit hike: PD

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:34am

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has revealed that domestic and commercial consumers have been hit by Rs 7.64 to Rs....

The energy quagmire

Published 11 Sep, 2023 07:00am

When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. ‘Increase electricity consumption to lower the...

Caretakers likely to ease the woes of power sector

Updated 11 Sep, 2023 10:00am

The Power Division proposes implementation on 'old proposed measures with new words' to the caretaker government with the assertion that now failure is no option

Bills: repenting for the sins of others

Published 09 Sep, 2023 06:20am

Jolted by the severe backlash against highly inflated power bills resulting in protests across the country joined by...

Inflated electricity bills: Senate body assails Power Div for ‘incompetence’

Updated 06 Sep, 2023 09:45am

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Power on Tuesday scolded the top brass of Power Division for shifting burden...

Have the people risen?

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:12am

Arriving on the back of backbreaking inflation across the board, the increased tariff in electricity bills has ...

Provinces, LEAs to be taken on board: PM asks power sector to act against defaulters

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 09:59am

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has asked the power sector to take immediate action against...

Misdirected anger?

Published 05 Sep, 2023 06:22am

EDITORIAL: Authorities will have to be very careful about how they handle the turbulence created by the protests ...

‘Inflated’ power bills: Obdurate IMF refuses to buy into govt data

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 10:03am

Conveys its disagreement to the data provided by the federal government

Power sector woes: caretaker PM Kakar orders immediate action against electricity theft

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 08:38pm

Directs authorities to submit reports in this regard on daily basis

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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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