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CPEC IPPs: Finance Division asks PD to adjust Rs20.726bn as advance payment

Finance Division has once again advised that Power Division may adjust the advance payments to CPEC-IPPs against next five months of FY 2023-24

Updated 08 Jul, 2023 05:15pm

Editorials

‘Massive’ load-shedding, ‘inflated’ bills

EDITORIAL: Summer never comes without the curse of load-shedding in this country, more in rural than urban areas, ...

Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am

Hike in power tariff widely expected

Federal government mulls an increase in electricity tariff of up to Rs 5 per unit

Updated 19 Jun, 2023 11:37am

What is IMF’s demand in relation to Budget? Clarity of vision, precise steps, clear outcomes

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Aisha Ghaus Pasha Wednesday said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 09:01am

Markets

PIAF calls for overhauling of power sector through drastic measures

LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has stressed the need for overhauling the ...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

ADB ready to defer Discos’ audited entity financial statements to Dec 31

ISLAMABAD: Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expressed willingness to defer Audited Entity Financial Statements ...

Updated 15 Apr, 2023 08:52am

KOEN accuses Nepra, others of ‘jeopardizing’ two hydropower projects

ISLAMABAD: M/s Korea Southeast Power Co., Ltd. (KOEN), a South Korean power sector company has expressed its...

Updated 09 Apr, 2023 11:01am

Nepra grills PD team for proposing surcharge plan

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Thursday grilled Power Division for proposing...

Updated 17 Mar, 2023 09:17am

Financial obligations: Chinese firm urges CPPA-G to allocate maximum funds

CPPA-G has allocated Rs 2.93 billion to CPHGC till March 10, 2023

Updated 17 Mar, 2023 11:33am

Senate body irked by absence of power minister

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Power has deplored that the continuous absence of the...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 09:03am

Editorials

Power planning marred by myriad miscalculations

EDITORIAL: According to a Business Recorder news item, the government has decided not to change the location of ...

Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am

Power sector: IMF has concerns about next year’s circular debt: Dastgir

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Tuesday that International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...

Updated 01 Mar, 2023 09:07am

Talks on power as hot season arrives early

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directs no load shedding should be done during Sehar and Iftar in Ramazan

Updated 01 Mar, 2023 09:13am

IMF-govt talks give birth to ‘mini-budget’

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says government has agreed to impose Rs170 billion in additional taxes

Updated 11 Feb, 2023 05:15pm

Opinion

Will PPAs become road blocks to solar energy ‘revolution’?

Shorter PPAs may prevent the lock-in of unsustainable incentives while offering a reprieve from expensive fossil-fuel based power generation at a considerable margin

Updated 08 Feb, 2023 02:51pm

Policy-level talks with IMF begin today

ISLAMABAD: Technical-level talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team are said to have...

Updated 07 Feb, 2023 08:40am

Power sector: Govt has Achilles heel somewhere, IMF finds it

Finance Ministry and Power Division hold threadbare discussions with IMF

Updated 07 Feb, 2023 08:44am

Editorials

Discos and their losses

EDITORIAL: Some things never change. Nepra’s (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s) Performance...

Published 04 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Markets

Energy reforms critical for economy: MoS Aisha

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha said that reforms in the energy sector are critical ...

Published 02 Feb, 2023 06:12am

IMF team ‘quizzes’ PD’s top brass

International Monetary Fund Mission raises questions on the performance of power sector and violation of commitments made in the previous review

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 10:34am

Business & Finance

Pasha warns of stagflation this year

LAHORE: Noted economist and former finance minister Dr Hafiz Pasha has warned that Pakistan inflation can skyrocket...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 06:22am

Sahiwal, Port Qasim coal-fired plants: NPCC urges CPPA-G to take up technical schedules

ISLAMABAD: National Power Control Centre (NPCC) has urged CPPA-G to take up technical schedules of coal-fired power...

Updated 16 Jan, 2023 09:46am

Opinion

Power distribution sector’s performance – I

Circular debt and privatisation of power distribution companies are under active discussion these days in the...

Published 12 Jan, 2023 06:10am

Business & Finance

KE’s tariff: Nepra approves Rs7.43 per unit negative adjustment

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved negative adjustment of Rs 7.43 per...

Updated 12 Jan, 2023 08:50am

Budgetary targets: Govt to take fiscal measures set by IMF: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said Monday that a discussion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in...

Updated 12 Jan, 2023 09:50pm

SBP seeks feeder-wise data of power consumers

ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has sought feeder-wise data of electricity consumers to be used to project...

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 09:03am

Editorials

On energy conservation

EDITORIAL: The country needs to vigorously pursue the objective of energy conservation; there are no two ways about...

Published 07 Jan, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

To many it sounds like PDM wants to have its cake and eat it

The plot thickens. With SBP’s (State Bank of Pakistan’s) forex reserves expected to fall below $5 billion in a...

Published 02 Jan, 2023 05:54am

Opinion

All is far from well

The state of the economy today should be a source of serious concern to the eleven-party coalition government in...

Published 02 Jan, 2023 05:54am

Markets

19 projects: NTDC asked to justify cost overrun of around Rs65bn

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has asked the National Transmission and Dispatch...

Published 27 Dec, 2022 07:43am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.85 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	501.13 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	85.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	481.25 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.53 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 2 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	96.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.85 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	501.13 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	85.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	481.25 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.53 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 2 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	96.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Maple Leaf Cement / Dec 2 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	43,072,746 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Dec 2 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	39,797,114 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Fert Bin / Dec 2 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	27,568,000 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Dec 2 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	27,255,000 ▲ 0.00
Hum Network / Dec 2 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	22,004,000 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,256,413 ▲ 0.00
D.G.K.Cement / Dec 2 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	14,240,764 ▲ 0.00
Air Link Com. / Dec 2 Air Link Communication Limited(AIRLINK)	13,542,140 ▲ 0.00
Dewan Cement / Dec 2 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	12,062,500 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	10,296,343 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 1	285.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 1	284.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 1	146.82
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 1	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 1	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 1	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Dec 1	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 1	4594.63
India Sensex / Dec 1	67481.19
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 1	33431.51
Nasdaq / Dec 1	14305.03
Hang Seng / Dec 1	16830.30
FTSE 100 / Dec 1	7529.35
Dow Jones / Dec 1	36245.50
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 1	16397.52
France CAC40 / Dec 1	7346.15

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 1	74.07
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 1	17235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 1	189043
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 1	2072.22
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 1	79.42

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