The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has approached the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) seeking an increase of Rs2.52 per unit in electricity tariffs under the July fuel price adjustment mechanism.

According to Nepra, the CPPA has filed an application seeking the tariff adjustment based on electricity generation costs recorded during July.

The application stated that 10.78 per cent of electricity was generated from imported LNG during the month, costing around Rs77.19 billion, with the fuel cost of LNG-based generation reaching Rs47.37 per unit.

Electricity generated from furnace oil accounted for 1.42pc, with generation costs amounting to Rs10.77 billion.

The application showed that hydropower contributed 39.81pc of total generation, while local coal accounted for 10.91pc and imported coal 14.38pc. Nuclear sources contributed 10.10pc, with their fuel cost recorded at Rs3.02 per unit.

Around 31 million units of electricity were also generated using diesel in July. The cost of diesel-based generation stood at Rs54.47 per unit.

Nepra said it would conduct a hearing on the CPPA’s request on August 27.

If approved, the proposed adjustment would place an additional burden of around Rs41 billion, including GST, on electricity consumers.
 

The increasing tensions between the US and Iran caused the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) to turn negative on Tuesday, falling 500.35 points to 180,002.09 points.

The KSE-100 index fluctuated between an intraday high of 180,602.44 points and a low of 179,458.65 points, starting from a level below the previous close. 193,008,824 shares were traded during the session.

In the last trading session, the KSE-100 finished at 180,502.44 points.

The benchmark index had a good session the day before, closing at 180,502.45 points, up 397.83 points, or 0.22%, from 180,104.61 points the day before.

The United Nations said Sunday that more than 700 trucks delivering international humanitarian aid reached Afghanistan via Pakistan, despite a near-total shutdown of the land border between the two countries during skirmishes in October.

The convoy was transporting “food and other critical humanitarian items,” Olga Cherevko, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan, told AFP.

“724 trucks of humanitarian cargo have crossed into Afghanistan thru Torkham, reaching families who need it most,” tweeted Mo Yahya, the United Nations Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan.

He also thanked Islamabad and “all those who made it possible for us to maintain the humanitarian lifeline”.

But in early August, the World Food Program (WFP) warned that acute child malnutrition had risen to crisis levels in Afghanistan this year.

WFP said approximately 14 million Afghans are facing acute hunger, following deadly earthquakes last year, several climate-related calamities this year and the return of millions of Afghans from Iran and Pakistan since 2023.

The conflict with Pakistan has caused the near-total closure of the land border between the two countries since October 2025, significantly disrupting logistical routes for the delivery of humanitarian aid, WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau told AFP in May.