LAHORE: With the federal government hinting, and the Punjab most probably following, at wheat release price of Rs1,950 per 40kg, the flour price is set to increase by a staggering 22...
73 per cent – from the current official price of Rs860 per 20 kilo to Rs1,100...
HYDERABAD: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi has said that price hike has become a global issue and prices of essential commodities increase with rise in prices of fuel and appreciation of dollar’s rate against rupee...
He said at a gathering of businessmen and industrialists in Kotri after a luncheon hosted in his honour by Jamshoro Chamber of Commerce on Thursday that governments always faced fiscal issues...
LONDON: It was January 2016 and oil prices had crashed to their lowest in more than a decade...
Falih told an audience of oil executives, bankers and policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the world's top oil exporter might benefit from oil below $30 per barrel...
Over the past month, there has been a barrage of criticism by users of ride-hailing services like Uber and Careem...
The reason behind this criticism has been the higher than usual fares due to price surcharges...
Disabilities range from blindness, cerebral palsy, mental disorders, thalassemia, physical deformities and hearing and speech impairments to name a few...
There are two major tribes in the village, Miya and Shpon, and unions between men and women from solely these two clans is the ongoing tradition...
CLIMATE change is a threat multiplier for large-scale malnutrition and stunting in Pakistan...
It is only now that the linkages between climate change and malnutrition have begun to become clearer, even if the experts have long highlighted the climate threats to agriculture and food security...
CLIMATE change is a threat multiplier for large-scale malnutrition and stunting in Pakistan...
It is only now that the linkages between climate change and malnutrition have begun to become clearer, even if the experts have long highlighted the climate threats to agriculture and food security...
ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of hoarding of essential items, the government has prepared an ordinance for taking stern action against hoarders and artificial price hike of 32 consumer items...
Under the ordinance, which is prepared on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan, hoarders will face maximum three years of imprisonment and fine equivalent to 50 per cent of the value of seized items...
Reactions poured in after the government raised the prices of petroleum products on Thursday, just a week after the last price increase...
94 and light diesel at Rs178...
Automakers, beset by exchange rate volatility, increase in taxes and a dwindling supply of parts, have recently given their consumers a big shock by hiking prices...
Some of the companies that have revised their rates are Indus Motor Corporation (IMC), Kia Lucky Motor Corporation (KLMC), Honda Atlas Cars Limited (HACL) and Hyundai Nishat Motors...
RABAT: Thousands of protesters marched in Morocco’s capital Rabat on Sunday decrying the “high cost of living and repression”, amid surging inflation and rising social discontent...
The people want to eliminate despotism and corruption,” chanted the crowd, estimated by journalists to be around 3,000 people, the largest such rally in recent months...
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank says that Pakistan’s economy has failed to achieve its growth potential in spite of benefiting from lower prices of oil which accounts for almost a third of its imports...
In its annual report published on Friday, the bank pointed out that the failure was due to weak performance in exports caused by structural issues such as a lack of diversification and supporting infrastructure in the...
This presents an excellent opportunity: water experts have for decades decried the irrational prices attached to water, and regularly blame low prices for a major chunk of the country’s inefficient water use...
water from rivers and canals), and the cost of groundwater (i...
LONDON: Every World Cup failure for Pakistan sparks a wave of reviews and sackings and the promise of a fresh approach — until the team wins again and all is forgotten...
The script is expected to be similar after Sarfraz Ahmed’s team failed to make the semi-finals in England and Wales despite a late charge...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday took exception to erstwhile rulers for their lack of foresight and long-term approach, saying “election-to-election” planning of former leaders had put the nation in a difficult position...
“Either they [former rulers] lacked vision or they thought of their five years of power and our nation suffered dearly in its wake...