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load shedding

Heatwave intensifies but KE says there will be no load-shedding

Published 04 May, 2026 06:39am

KARACHI: Heatwave has intensified in Karachi, with temperatures reaching 40°C, according to the Pakistan...

LNG supplies arrive, load-shedding ends: Leghari

Updated 02 May, 2026 05:01pm

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Division, Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari on Friday announced that scheduled...

Load management ends in Pakistan as LNG supply stabilises system: Leghari

Updated 01 May, 2026 06:59pm

Federal Minister for Power Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari on Friday announced the end of load management across the...

Improved hydel generation: No load management during peak hours on 29th: PD

Published 01 May, 2026 05:18am

ISLAMABAD: Power Division (PD) said on Thursday that the country witnessed no load management during peak hours on...

Pakistan’s power crisis also transmission crisis

Published 28 Apr, 2026 06:05am

Unless the grid is strengthened urgently, cheaper electricity will remain stranded, costly generation will keep...

‘Load-shedding’ challenged in LHC

Published 16 Apr, 2026 06:16am

LAHORE: Judicial Activism Penal on Wednesday approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) against load shedding announced...

Burning dollars: Pakistan’s RLNG policy failure

Published 14 Apr, 2026 02:25am

Pakistan did not drift into its RLNG crisis. It engineered it—through bad pricing, forced demand destruction, and a...

A crisis of supply and management

Published 02 Apr, 2026 06:03am

EDITORIAL: A summer power plan built on load-shedding, tariff hikes and emergency fuel switching may be unavoidable,...

HBL Manufacturing PMI eases to 51.8 on softer growth in new orders

Published 03 Feb, 2026 06:05am

KARACHI: The HBL Pakistan Manufacturing PMI eased to 51.8 in January, down slightly from 52.8 in the previous month,...

KE to conduct annual maintenance on 14 out of 74 grids in December

Published 08 Dec, 2025 09:52pm

KE says the maintenance is a routine preventive measure to ensure reliable and efficient high-voltage power supply across major city areas

PCDMA decries prolonged load shedding in Jodia Bazar

Published 03 Dec, 2025 05:59am

KARACHI: Business activity in Jodia Bazar, Karachi’s largest wholesale market and a key artery of the country’s...

Blackouts and broken promises: lessons from KE’s privatisation — II

Updated 09 Jul, 2025 08:21am

Lessons and way forward The bottom line for consumers is that privatisation did not deliver reliable power,...

Forced load-shedding: Nepra issues show-cause notice to KE

Updated 25 Jun, 2025 09:28am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has issued show-cause to K-Electric for not...

K-Electric urges govt to take control of 300 loss-making feeders

Published 01 Jun, 2025 03:03am

KARACHI: K-Electric wants the government to take control of 300 loss-making feeders, out of a total of 2,129, to ...

NA panel directs KE to stop unannounced load-shedding

Published 27 May, 2025 03:05am

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Government Assurances expressed its grave concern over ...

Sindh PA slams KE for carrying out ‘unjustified’ load-shedding

Updated 20 May, 2025 07:32am

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Monday strongly criticised K-Electric for carrying out “unjustified and...

HCSTSI criticises ongoing severe load-shedding by HESCO

Published 29 Jan, 2025 06:46am

HYDERABAD: President of Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industry (HCSTSI), Muhammad Saleem Memon, has...

KCCI urges govt to probe stepped-up load-shedding

Published 16 Jan, 2025 03:04am

KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Jawed Bilwani while strongly criticizing...

No load-shedding in franchise areas: SSGC

Published 23 Dec, 2024 06:03am

KARACHI: At the outset it must be noted that SSGC is continuously experiencing gas shortages due to the yearly...

Discos: Dancing to the tune of inefficiency

Published 12 Dec, 2024 08:42am

NEPRA’s FY24 Performance Evaluation Report is out, and the results are depressingly predictable. Pakistan’s power...

LESCO collects over Rs7m from 301 defaulters in 24 hours

Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am

LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has recovered Rs 7.098 million from 301 dead defaulters in all the...

LESCO says 1933 feeders exempted from load-shedding

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

LAHORE: In a significant move to optimize power distribution, the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has ...

Quarterly adjustment rises

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:31am

The power regulator Nepra approved another Rs1.74/unit on account of quarterly tariff adjustments, pertaining to...

Government all set to redefine load-shedding

Updated 19 Aug, 2024 09:37am

Finance Division asks Power Division to share views of Nepra and NTDC on the proposed amendments on revenue-based load shedding

Up to 500 units: Nawaz says Punjab govt to reduce province’s power tariff by Rs14 per unit for Aug-Sept

Updated 16 Aug, 2024 08:36pm

Also announces Rs700bn package for solar panels

Nepra tells KE: ‘Load-shedding only when necessary’

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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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