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PPAs

The price of power

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Pakistan does not have an energy crisis. It has a crime scene. The lights flicker — not because there is no...

Energy Purchase Agreements: ISMO says wind projects financially protected

Published 09 Mar, 2026 05:05am

ISLAMABAD: The Independent System and Market Operator (ISMO) has stated that wind power projects remain financially...

Siddiqsons Energy takes step to resolve its dispute with PPIB

Updated 31 Dec, 2025 07:36am

ISLAMABAD: The Siddiqsons Energy Limited (SEL) has proposed the resolution of its dispute with the Private Power...

CPPA-G & other entities: Nepra under fire for allowing ‘undue’ power costs

Published 24 Dec, 2025 06:21am

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday came under sharp criticism for allowing...

PD accused of making irrational RLNG policy decisions

Updated 25 Oct, 2025 09:18am

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has reportedly accused the Petroleum Division of taking irrational policy decisions...

Recovering PPIB’s annual fee: Nepra approves 1.1 paisa per kWh tariff hike

Published 08 Jul, 2025 06:15am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved a power tariff increase of 1.1 ...

Projected savings of Rs1.567trn: Nepra clears revised PPAs of four GPPs

Published 25 Apr, 2025 06:05am

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday approved, in principle, the revised...

Revised terms rejected: Nepra hiring firm to conduct Halmore’s forensic audit

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 02:43pm

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) is in the process of hiring a firm to conduct...

Transitioning to privatization of Discos-I

Published 24 Mar, 2025 06:46am

The Pakistan Power Sector is always in the news – primarily, for its perceived and actual inefficiency and the...

PPAs, IAs without coercion: Govt secures written confirmation from IPPs

Updated 19 Mar, 2025 09:32am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has secured written confirmation from the Independent Power Producers (IPPs)...

KAPCO’s power plant to remain in system till 2027

Updated 25 Feb, 2025 10:04pm

Pakistan’s power producer Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) on Tuesday informed that the National Electric...

Rethinking energy sector reforms

Updated 24 Feb, 2025 07:17am

Recently, eight multilateral development finance institutions, including the Asian Development Bank and ...

8 Development Finance Institutions caution govt

Updated 20 Feb, 2025 01:45pm

ISLAMABAD: In a major development, eight Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have warned the government that...

FPCCI terms 100bps policy rate cut ‘grossly insufficient’ reduction

Published 28 Jan, 2025 06:45am

KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has apprised that the business, industry and trade community of ...

The tallest nail

Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:32am

To a hammer everything is a nail and IPPs are the tallest nails. Decades ago, when this scribe was a student of...

Contracts with 8 more IPPs renegotiated, NA told

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 12:26pm

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Friday that contracts with eight additional independent power...

July FCA: KE allowed Rs3/unit tariff hike

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 08:39am

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has increased KE’s tariff by Rs 3 per unit under...

Summoned for probe in 2nd phase: IPPs agitating over non-payment

Updated 22 Oct, 2024 09:24am

ISLAMABAD: The Independent Power Producers (IPPs) that are to be quizzed in the second phase to shift them from take...

Net metering: Balancing the scales—III

Updated 21 Oct, 2024 08:36am

One frequent option often advocated to address the issue of growing power rates for all consumers, particularly...

Pay-mode conversion: Govt summoning 18 IPPs next week

Updated 19 Oct, 2024 09:45pm

ISLAMABAD: The government is expected to commence summoning top bosses of 18 Independent Power Producers (IPPs),...

Termination of contracts with IPPs

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

EDITORIAL: The government’s decision to terminate power purchase agreements (PPAs) with five of Pakistan’s ...

Govt stops payments to 18 IPPs ahead of negotiations?

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm

ISLAMABAD: The government is said to have stopped payments to 18 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) of 4,267-MW...

PM, federal cabinet efforts to terminate five PPA’s lauded

Published 12 Oct, 2024 07:25am

KARACHI: Chairman of the Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) for Balochistan, Daroo Khan Achakzai and PBF South Punjab...

Power sector: Govt commits to IMF about drastic reforms

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:59pm

ISLAMABAD: The government has committed to the International Monetary fund (IMF) to revise terms of Power Purchase...

Awais praises army chief’s supportive role

Updated 11 Oct, 2024 02:24pm

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, on Thursday expressed gratitude to Army Chief...

Hubco likely to follow suit: Four IPPs ink deal to annul pacts early

Updated 08 Oct, 2024 09:29am

Government shows willingness to pay previous capacity dues of five IPPs

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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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