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Power sector needs policy reforms: study

ISLAMABAD: The power sector of Pakistan is a mess and requires comprehensive and swift governance and policy ...

Published 02 May, 2023 05:59am

Govt urged to initiate process of appointing new Nepra chairman

ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Tauseef H Farooqi has urged the Cabinet...

Updated 02 May, 2023 08:48am

Editorials

Hot desert’s coal left out in the cold

EDITORIAL: The dollar crunch is hitting the economy hard; the power sector is no exception either. One more casualty...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

Business & Finance

Nepra, CFA sign MoU to promote collaborations in power sector

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society...

Published 20 Apr, 2023 06:30am

Markets

Experts underscore need for improving investment conditions for Chinese renewable energy investors

KARACHI: Industry experts called for improving investment conditions to attract interest from Chinese renewable...

Published 18 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

Hydrogen initiatives

The good news is that two hydrogen initiatives have been announced in Pakistan recently; one by NEECA and the other...

Updated 12 Apr, 2023 06:54am

Invoking Article 170 (2) of Constitution: PAC directs AGP to conduct Nepra’s audit in 15 days

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Tuesday directed the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) to carry out...

Updated 12 Apr, 2023 08:35am

Internal issues, repeal of rules affect Nepra’s performance

ISLAMABAD: The power sector’s regulatory body, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), is said to be...

Updated 11 Apr, 2023 09:59am

Editorials

Reasons for FDI drought

EDITORIAL: The ECC (Economic Coordination Committee) of the cabinet seems to have its hands full these days, but for...

Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:24am

Editorials

Pakistan: into the great economic abyss

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Stock Exchange remains sluggish with brokers citing the delay in the staff-level agreement on...

Published 01 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Markets

Nepra chief highlights importance of SCADA-III

LAHORE: Chairman National Electricity Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has said that effective and timely...

Published 01 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

After all, it’s the transmission, stupid!

During Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign for presidency, James Carville famously coined the phrase “it’s the...

Updated 25 Mar, 2023 07:03am

BR Research

Investing in grid transmission

In the power sector, investment in transmission system is as important as the investment in the generation capacity....

Published 24 Mar, 2023 08:52am

Too tight fiscal space: MoF bans SGs, subsidies

Cites limited fiscal space and cap on expenditures as reasons

Updated 21 Mar, 2023 09:02am

BR Research

The tightrope between recoveries and circular debt

To end (or limit) the increase in the power sector circular debt flow, under the condition of the IMF, the ...

Published 17 Mar, 2023 08:53am

Business & Finance

Islamic finance industry facing challenge of undocumented economy: SECP

ISLAMABAD: The Islamic finance industry in Pakistan is facing the biggest challenge of undocumented economy and...

Published 26 Feb, 2023 03:27am

Editorials

Fixing power sector will be a long haul

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s energy imports - petroleum, LNG, LPG, and coal-stood at $25 billion in the last fiscal ...

Published 10 Feb, 2023 03:56am

Crucial IMF talks begin today

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team arrived in Islamabad and formal talks on the 9th review of the...

Updated 31 Jan, 2023 09:06am

BR Research

FDI – No respite soon!

The lull for foreign direct investment is stretching with continued political uncertainty and the disastrous ...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 09:38am

Gas sector: Dar for early settlement of circular debt

Officials say gas sector circular debt has reached Rs 1.6 trillion and would become comparable to power sector circular debt if reforms are not undertaken

Updated 22 Jan, 2023 10:12am

Business & Finance

Japan extends loan to Punjab power sector project

ISLAMABAD: The Japanese government extended the project loan effective period up to 31 December 2024 of ongoing loan...

Published 17 Jan, 2023 06:02am

Opinion

Partly Facetious: A technical glitch

“How goes it?” “Which year is this?” “2023 why?” “Could someone let the Finance Minister know which...

Published 13 Jan, 2023 06:05am

Senate panel questions govt’s ‘seriousness’ about power sector

ISLAMABAD: The government’s seriousness to deal with the issues of the power sector was questioned as NTDC was...

Updated 03 Jan, 2023 09:04am

Editorials

Circular debt challenge

EDITORIAL: The power sector circular debt has crossed the Rs 2.5 trillion mark and is growing. None of the political...

Updated 02 Jan, 2023 04:43pm

Business & Finance

Power transmission programme: ADB approves $0.2m technical aid to support Tranche-4 of MFF

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved technical assistance of $0.2 million to support the...

Updated 28 Dec, 2022 08:50am

Power sector receivables cross Rs2.5trn mark

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s energy sector is going through severe crisis as the power sector’s receivables against various...

Updated 28 Dec, 2022 08:52am

BR Research

FDI – no way out!

That the FDI continues to spiral down is nothing surprising. There will be no respite in plummeting foreign...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 08:54am

BR Research

Seeking FDI in the power sector

The importance of FDI in Pakistan cannot be overemphasized – especially in a time of extreme dollar liquidity...

Published 14 Dec, 2022 09:04am

Markets

For next year: NPCC seeks accurate power demand forecast

ISLAMABAD: The National Power Control Centre (NPCC), an arm of National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has...

Published 14 Dec, 2022 05:57am

Nepra not happy over ‘tactics’ aimed at blocking CTBCM

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) said on Wednesday that implementation on Competitive...

Updated 08 Dec, 2022 09:12am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gulf Leasing / Sep 28 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	5.50 ▲ 1.00 (22.22%)
Chakwal Spinning / Sep 28 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	1.42 ▲ 0.24 (20.34%)
Dandot Cement / Sep 28 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	10.29 ▲ 0.99 (10.65%)
Abdullah Shah / Sep 28 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	5.49 ▲ 0.45 (8.93%)
Universal Ins. / Sep 28 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	3.80 ▲ 0.29 (8.26%)
Shakarganj / Sep 28 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	37.42 ▲ 2.61 (7.50%)
Int. Knit. / Sep 28 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	14.47 ▲ 0.97 (7.19%)
JDW Sugar / Sep 28 JDW Sugar Mills Limited(JDWS)	374 ▲ 24.00 (6.86%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Sep 28 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	16 ▲ 1.00 (6.67%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Sep 28 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.86 ▲ 0.05 (6.17%)

Stock	Price
F.Treet Manuf / Sep 28 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	3.20 ▼ -0.69 (-17.74%)
SME Leasing Ltd / Sep 28 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	2 ▼ -0.40 (-16.67%)
Pak Oilfields / Sep 28 Pakistan Oilfields Limited(POL)	390.99 ▼ -48.50 (-11.04%)
Shadab Textile / Sep 28 Shadab Textile Mills Limited(SHDT)	10.72 ▼ -1.00 (-8.53%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Sep 28 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	24.80 ▼ -2.00 (-7.46%)
Masood Textile / Sep 28 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	41.65 ▼ -3.21 (-7.16%)
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.02 ▼ -0.38 (-7.04%)
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 28 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	24.40 ▼ -1.60 (-6.15%)
Ismail Ind. / Sep 28 Ismail Industries Limited(ISIL)	650 ▼ -40.69 (-5.89%)
Pak Paper Prod / Sep 28 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	49.50 ▼ -2.57 (-4.94%)

Stock	Volume
Maple Leaf Cement / Sep 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,085,943 ▼ -0.14
Pak Petroleum / Sep 28 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	9,115,995 ▲ 0.05
Agritech Limited / Sep 28 Agritech Limited(AGL)	7,352,000 ▲ 0.31
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	7,096,855 ▲ 0.01
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 28 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	6,933,000 ▲ 0.15
Oil & Gas Dev. / Sep 28 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	6,830,288 ▼ -0.51
Dewan Motors / Sep 28 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	6,537,980 ▲ 0.03
Bankislami Pak. / Sep 28 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	6,477,203 ▼ -0.06
B.O.Punjab / Sep 28 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	6,308,530 ▼ -0.02
Fauji Foods Ltd / Sep 28 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	5,427,162 ▲ 0.18

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 28	288.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 28	287.73
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 28	149.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 28	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 28	1.21
Euro to USD / Sep 28	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Sep 27	5.43

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 27	4274.51
Nasdaq / Sep 27	13092.85
FTSE 100 / Sep 27	7593.22
Dow Jones / Sep 27	33550.27
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 27	15217.45
France CAC40 / Sep 27	7071.79
India Sensex / Sep 28	66115.09
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 28	31744.50
Hang Seng / Sep 28	17429.46

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 27	17935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 27	174950
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 28	94.58
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 28	1874.97
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 28	88.65

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