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IPPs

Growth must be backed by structural reforms

EDITORIAL: Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar while addressing the 26 Sustainable Development Conference...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am

Editorials

Circular debt devil could devour economy

EDITORIAL: That the devil of power circular debt has not stopped growing despite successive increase in base ...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:13am

Chinese IPPs: MoF seeks update on payment issues

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) has sought updated status from Power Division on commitments made by Caretaker...

Updated 22 Nov, 2023 09:21am

Power sector circular debt swells despite recovery drive

Reaches Rs 2.537 trillion during first quarter

Updated 21 Nov, 2023 09:57am

Opinion

SIFC making waves?

Special Facilitation Investment Committee (SIFC) was established by the Shehbaz Sharif-led government on 17 June...

Updated 20 Nov, 2023 07:08am

Opinion

Importance of central planning cannot be overemphasized

Academics keep on telling us about the progress Pakistan achieved during the 1960s – basically, through the...

Updated 13 Nov, 2023 07:02am

Insulating IPPs from úndue’ deductions: OICCI urges Nepra to amend its rules

ISLAMABAD: Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has urged National Electric Power Regulatory...

Updated 09 Nov, 2023 03:52pm

Chinese power cos: MoFA asks MoF and PD to resolve payment issue

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has asked Ministry of Finance and Power Division to resolve payment...

Updated 09 Nov, 2023 04:08pm

Opinion

Loss-making Discos — Who tops the chart?

Unfortunately, the Pakistan Power Sector is never away from the public eye– specifically, since the last two...

Updated 08 Nov, 2023 06:28am

Conversion of PKR into USD: PPIB conveys its reservations regarding IPPs to SBP

ISLAMABAD: The Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has conveyed its reservations with respect to power...

Updated 27 Oct, 2023 09:24am

Opinion

The quick fix

The people of Pakistan are beaten by frightening inflation and rising prices, and now the terror attacks on the...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

Editorials

Invoking nostalgia

EDITORIAL: The long scheduled and much-awaited Nawaz Sharif speech at Minar-i-Pakistan in Lahore – the same day as...

Published 24 Oct, 2023 05:05am

From Libor to SOFR: DFIs anxiously waiting for transition

10 Development Finance Institutions wait for transition from USD London Interbank Offer Rate to Secured Over Night Financing Rate in Pakistani energy sector

Updated 23 Oct, 2023 10:11am

Opinion

Capacity payments conundrum

The matter of increased capacity payments to power plants has sparked a heated controversy. In recent years, these...

Updated 19 Oct, 2023 05:34am

Power projects: Chinese again refuse to renegotiate PPAs

ISLAMABAD: Chinese power projects have, once again, refused to renegotiate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with the...

Updated 13 Oct, 2023 09:49am

Opinion

Circular history of power sector

The presently beleaguered Power Sector is being assailed by its generalist governors. Conveniently forgetting that...

Updated 12 Oct, 2023 06:38am

Opinion

No more business as usual—II

Known solutions to our problems start with merit-based governance and justice system adhering to our Constitution....

Updated 05 Oct, 2023 06:51am

Opinion

Anatomisation of power tariff

Power Sector as a whole and specifically the electricity tariff is under discussion every day. All and sundry are...

Updated 04 Oct, 2023 06:48am

Editorials

Milking the system for what it is worth

EDITORIAL: During a press briefing in Washington DC, Julie Kozack, Director of Communications International Monetary...

Published 04 Oct, 2023 06:20am

PPIB urges SBP to clear $700m dues of power projects

ISLAMABAD: Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has urged State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to clear pending...

Updated 02 Oct, 2023 10:00am

Opinion

Power sector controversy: take-or-pay contracts

Energy prices have increased tremendously which has created controversy and unrest in the country. IPP contracts are...

Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am

Pakistan

JI chief calls for ‘forensic audit’ of IPPs

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq has called for a forensic audit of independent power producers...

Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am

Contracts with IPPs, tariffs and ‘SOFR’: ECC tells PD to analyse impact of change, financial implications

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed the Power Division to analyze...

Updated 28 Sep, 2023 10:18am

‘Unholy’ pacts with IPPs must be reviewed: Senate panel

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat recommended that there is an essential need to...

Updated 28 Sep, 2023 10:08am

Editorials

Significant rise in poverty

EDITORIAL: World Bank officials while briefing the media noted that Pakistan’s poverty level rose to 39.4 percent...

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 07:05am

Markets

Energy tariff hike triggers significant steel price surge: PALSP

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) issues a grave warning to the nation as the...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am

Business & Finance

Agreements with IPPs the reason behind power crisis: Shaikhani

HYDERABAD: President of Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industry Muhammad Farooq Shaikhani has said...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 07:11am

Pakistan

JI chief reiterates demand for reduction in power tariff

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Siraj-ul-Haq addressing the sit-in protest in front of Governor House on the ...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Pakistan

JI chief urges people to ‘reject corrupt ruling elite’

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Siraj-ul-Haq has said that the prolonged rule of a select few families in Punjab ...

Published 22 Sep, 2023 03:33am

PPIB: FD’s nomination for representation rejected

Updated 21 Sep, 2023 09:10am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Haseeb Waqas / Dec 1 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	10.38 ▲ 1.00 (10.66%)
Bela Auto / Dec 1 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	8.79 ▲ 0.81 (10.15%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 1 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.70 ▲ 0.21 (8.43%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 1 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.50 ▲ 0.46 (7.62%)
Bannu Woollen / Dec 1 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	30.21 ▲ 2.11 (7.51%)
Chashma / Dec 1 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	65.58 ▲ 4.58 (7.51%)
Crescent Steel / Dec 1 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	43.53 ▲ 3.04 (7.51%)
IBL HealthCare / Dec 1 IBL HealthCare Limited(IBLHL)	39.95 ▲ 2.79 (7.51%)
Atlas Honda Ltd / Dec 1 Atlas Honda Limited(ATLH)	373.27 ▲ 26.04 (7.50%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 1 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	245.32 ▲ 17.12 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Nazir Cotton Mills / Dec 1 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	3.07 ▼ -0.83 (-21.28%)
Trust Mod. / Dec 1 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	1.43 ▼ -0.17 (-10.63%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 1 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	8.30 ▼ -0.95 (-10.27%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 1 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	9.06 ▼ -0.94 (-9.40%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 1 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	8.51 ▼ -0.74 (-8.00%)
Ideal Sp. / Dec 1 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	14.66 ▼ -1.19 (-7.51%)
AKD Hospitality / Dec 1 AKD Hospitality Limited(AKDHL)	159.28 ▼ -12.91 (-7.50%)
Blessed Tex. / Dec 1 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	317.28 ▼ -25.72 (-7.50%)
Universal Network (GEM) / Dec 1 Universal Network Systems Limited (GEM)(GEMUNSL)	32.99 ▼ -2.67 (-7.49%)
Metro Steel / Dec 1 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	21.37 ▼ -1.73 (-7.49%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Dec 1 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	50,052,966 ▼ -0.21
Cnergyico PK / Dec 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,689,157 ▼ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Dec 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	35,409,231 ▼ -0.13
Fauji Fert Bin / Dec 1 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	32,650,500 ▲ 1.67
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	30,751,189 ▼ -0.01
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 1 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	30,039,307 ▲ 0.58
Kohinoor Spining / Dec 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	23,573,500 ▼ -0.20
The Searle Co. / Dec 1 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	21,694,598 ▼ -0.38
Dewan Cement / Dec 1 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	21,032,000 ▲ 0.07
Fauji Cement / Dec 1 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	15,482,500 ▲ 0.67

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 30	285.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 30	285.23
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 30	147.02
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 30	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 30	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 30	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Nov 29	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 29	4550.58
Nasdaq / Nov 29	14258.49
Dow Jones / Nov 29	35430.42
India Sensex / Nov 30	66809.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 30	33486.89
Hang Seng / Nov 30	17042.88
FTSE 100 / Nov 30	7437.50
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 30	16203.24
France CAC40 / Nov 30	7279.08

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 29	17735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 29	185614
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 30	78.06
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 30	2044.28
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 30	79.69

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