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NA body informed: Rs620bn taxes collected through power bills

Published 18 Jun, 2026 06:54am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance was informed on Wednesday that the government is...

AGP orders HESCO to remove meters of defaulters

Updated 24 Feb, 2026 09:41am

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has directed the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) to ...

Pakistan govt to pay power bills of flood-hit people: PM

Updated 15 Sep, 2025 09:20am

LAHORE: Announcing a waiver of electricity bills for domestic power consumers in flood-affected areas for the...

Flood-hit areas: Governor for waiving, taxes, power bills

Published 05 Sep, 2025 05:53am

LAHORE: The country is currently facing the most difficult situation due to the devastation of floods and the...

Permission to KE to recover Rs50bn: Sindh PA speaks in unison against Nepra

Updated 29 Jul, 2025 08:46am

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Monday witnessed strong cross-party consensus against Nepra’s recent decision...

Repayments via power bills: DC fans to replace AC ones thru govt initiative

Published 06 May, 2025 03:19am

ISLAMABAD: The government is poised to launch a nationwide initiative to replace alternating current (AC) fans with...

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,...

‘Rs146bn unpaid’: Energy minister writes letters to provinces for outstanding power dues

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 10:31pm

Overdue electricity bills hindering ongoing reforms in energy sector, Awais Leghari says

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...

70pc serviced population in Pakistan does not pay power bills: ADB

Updated 21 Aug, 2024 11:56am

Bank, in its report 'Pakistan National Urban Assessment' argues that by issuing stay orders delaying legal procedures and allowing offenders of meter tampering and related ordinances to merely pay a fixed fine, courts contribute to the problem

High power bills, ‘unjust’ taxes: Traders to stage protest demonstration today

Published 08 Aug, 2024 06:22am

KARACHI: The city’s business community has announced a protest demonstration against the soaring electricity bills...

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...

Power bills: FBR to explain the reasons behind ‘two further taxes’ today

Updated 12 Jul, 2024 09:18am

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry and the Federal Board of Revenue’s failure to explain the logic of collecting two...

Electricity consumers 'overcharged' in July & August: NEPRA report

Updated 05 Dec, 2023 03:02am

Authority says it took 'serious notice' upon complaints reported in its offices from all over country regarding excessive, inflated, and wrong bills charged by distribution companies (Discos)

Surging power bills and thievery

Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am

EDITORIAL: A significant reason for the mounting energy circular debt is uncontrolled power theft. Earlier this ...

‘FPA, QTA in power bills’: SC issues notices to AGP, respondents

Updated 04 Oct, 2023 08:34am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court issued notice to the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) and respondents in petitions...

A culture of strikes

Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am

The Karachi chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami has given a call for a shutdown in the country’s largest city for today...

Inflation, power bills, fuel prices: JI Karachi chapter gives call for shutdown on 19th

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chapter chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has given a call for citywide shutdown on...

‘POF paid Rs124.88m power bills’

Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:07am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) is not a defaulter. POF has already paid his August bills of Rs 124.88...

CM urges KE to generate cheap electricity by using local fuel

Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:22am

KARACHI: Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Former Justice Maqbool Baqar has urged K-Electric to generate cheap...

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

PBF demands govt withdraw ‘inflated’ power bills immediately

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

KARACHI: Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) demanded the government withdraw the inflated electricity bills which are...

Senate body shows populist approach to power bills

Updated 02 Sep, 2023 05:54pm

The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat takes serious notice of the hike in electricity prices

Anger on power bills could turn into anti-govt movement?

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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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