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Pakistan’s cement sector joins solar wave as Gharibwal doubles down on renewable

Gharibwal Cement Limited has taken a significant step towards sustainable energy consumption with the successful...

Published 16 Jun, 2025 11:36am

Markets

Jul–Mar power usage down 3.6pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s electricity consumption has declined by 3.6 per during the first three quarters...

Published 10 Jun, 2025 06:07am

Business & Finance

Going green: Power Cement to install 7.5MW wind plant

In a significant step toward sustainability, Power Cement Limited (POWER) has announced plans to set up a 7.5MW wind...

Updated 21 May, 2025 05:18pm

Business & Finance

Renewable rush continues in Pakistan: Logistics firm to setup 1MW solar plant

Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited (AATM), a former textile unit turned logistic service provider, is developing a...

Published 14 May, 2025 02:27pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s steel maker activates 6.4MW solar plant at Karachi plant

International Steels Limited (ISL), a subsidiary of International Industries Limited, has completed and activated a...

Updated 09 May, 2025 10:49pm

Business & Finance

PM approves 10-year IGCEP 2025–35

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved Pakistan’s long-awaited 10-year Indicative Generation...

Published 02 May, 2025 06:12am

Rs300bn ‘oil savings’ will be allocated to Balochistan: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced that Rs300 billion saved over the past two years from...

Updated 16 Apr, 2025 08:54am

Renewable energy: Projects get Nepra exemption

Authority amends its law to exempt renewable energy projects to be established by foreign countries under Inter Governmental Commercial Transactions (IGCT) Act, 2022

Updated 25 Dec, 2024 11:50am

Technology

Islamabad to become ‘model city’ for EVs: Tanveer

As part of the government’s commitment to increase electric vehicle (EV) usage in Pakistan, Federal Minister for...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 10:41pm

150MW renewable energy projects: Nepra concludes hearing of KE’s Bid Evaluation Report

KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) has made remarkable progress in its journey toward renewable energy with the submission of...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:39am

Pakistan

Sindh minister says govt has unveiled comprehensive plan to address power challenges

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Energy, Planning and Development Syed Nasir Shah has said that, Sindh government is...

Updated 29 Nov, 2024 08:55am

Markets

120MW solar project: KE receives lowest bid from KAPCO

Power utility K-Electric (KE) received the lowest tariff bid from Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) for its...

Updated 26 Nov, 2024 07:45pm

Markets

Expanding renewables: Kohat Cement installs 5.34 MW solar power plant

Kohat Cement Company Limited (KOHC) has installed and commissioned a 5.34 MW on-grid solar power plant. The cement...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 03:31pm

Pakistan

‘USAID leads country’s renewable energy transformation’

KARACHI: A small village in southern Pakistan, where light after sunset was once a rare luxury, now glows with ...

Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am

Power Division fails to deliver on PMO’s tasks

ISLAMABAD: Power Division is said to have failed to comply with majority of tasks including establishment of...

Updated 13 Nov, 2024 10:43am

Pakistan

Dar briefs CTGI chairman over FDI scope in Pakistan

BEIJING: Executive Vice President of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) and Chairman of China Three Gorges...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

Markets

Pakistan’s power generation falls over 8% year-on-year

Power generation in Pakistan clocked in at 8,023 GWh (10,784 MW) in March 2024, down 8.2% as compared to the same...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:23pm

‘Withheld’ renewable energy projects: PFREIF accuses Power Div of misguiding SIFC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Renewable Energy Investors Forum (PFREIF) has accused Power Division’s bureaucracy of...

Updated 17 Apr, 2024 09:10am

Co’s interest in RE projects: SIFC expresses reservations on UAE focal persons’ attitude

ISLAMABAD: The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has expressed reservations at the focal persons for...

Updated 27 Mar, 2024 08:47am

RE projects: PPIB willing to alter draft pact with Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD: The Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has expressed willingness to alter draft framework...

Updated 15 Mar, 2024 09:15am

Renewable energy projects: Saudi ministry raises questions over ‘need for new pact’

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy is said to have raised questions on the need for new agreement on...

Updated 12 Mar, 2024 06:10pm

Opinion

Navigating FDI challenges in power sector

The latest investment setback suffered by the renewable energy sector in Pakistan is the unsuccessful endeavour to...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

Pakistan

Global DFIs reluctant to finance projects due to country risk?

ISLAMABAD: The international Development Financial Institutions (DFIs) are reluctant to finance projects in Pakistan...

Published 19 Jul, 2023 03:21am

$5bn Chashma-5 N-plant to produce power at Rs20 per unit: Country has swallowed a bitter pill?

ISLAMABAD: The dollar-deficient Pakistan is said to have accepted a bitter pill of $ 5 billion Chashma-5 (C-5)...

Updated 12 Jul, 2023 08:50am

UAE minister due after Eid to ink different deals

ISLAMABAD: A high-level delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) headed by Sultan Al-Jabar, Minister for...

Updated 24 Jun, 2023 08:54am

Markets

FPCCI chief praises PM for green-lighting 13 new RE projects

KARACHI: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has applauded the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for his decisive push...

Published 21 Jun, 2023 05:21am

Renewable energy: German envoy urges govt to approve Cat-III projects

Business & Finance

Opinion

Texas: Wind and solar stake claim to land of oil

Modern Texas was built on oil, and its production has long been a source of immense pride. But now, areas that moved...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:48am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 16	283.37
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 16	283.17
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 17	144.76
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 17	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 17	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Jun 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,976.97
Nasdaq / Jun 14	19,406.83
Dow Jones / Jun 14	42,197.79
India Sensex / Jun 17	81,649.49
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 17	38,502.10
Hang Seng / Jun 17	23,945.81
FTSE 100 / Jun 17	8,845.59
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 17	23,441.60
France CAC40 / Jun 17	7,694.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 16	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 16	310,613
Petrol/Litre / Jun 17	258.43
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 17	72.01
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 17	3,388.42
Diesel/Litre / Jun 17	262.59
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 17	67.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Cresent Jute / Jun 17 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	5.57 ▲ 1 (21.88%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 17 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	4.55 ▲ 0.67 (17.27%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jun 17 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	9.28 ▲ 1 (12.08%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jun 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	18.98 ▲ 1.73 (10.03%)
Merit Packaging / Jun 17 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	14.92 ▲ 1.36 (10.03%)
Service Textile / Jun 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	17.88 ▲ 1.63 (10.03%)
MACPAC Films / Jun 17 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	26.81 ▲ 2.44 (10.01%)
Bannu Woollen / Jun 17 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	57.71 ▲ 5.25 (10.01%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	57.33 ▲ 5.21 (10%)
Pak Datacom / Jun 17 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	378.26 ▲ 34.39 (10%)

Stock	Price
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 17 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.86 ▼ -0.74 (-16.09%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 17 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	3.31 ▼ -0.54 (-14.03%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 17 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	3.87 ▼ -0.52 (-11.85%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 17 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	77.10 ▼ -8.57 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 17 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	237.39 ▼ -26.38 (-10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 17 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	15,300.17 ▼ -1700.02 (-10%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 17 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	24.86 ▼ -2.76 (-9.99%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jun 17 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	43.34 ▼ -4.8 (-9.97%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 17 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,457.04 ▼ -158.06 (-9.79%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 17 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	2.95 ▼ -0.32 (-9.79%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	239,756,205 ▼ -0.01
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 17 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	97,496,465 ▼ -0.05
Sui South Gas / Jun 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	49,860,990 ▲ 1.54
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 17 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	49,081,749 ▼ -0.54
B.O.Punjab / Jun 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	43,532,329 ▲ 0.17
Bank Makramah / Jun 17 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	41,528,036 ▲ 0.2
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 17 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	37,900,841 ▼ -0.11
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 17 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	37,499,448 ▼ -0.52
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	25,538,700 ▼ -0.21
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 17 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	23,790,756 ▲ 0.67

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