PESHAWAR: Following the daylong shutter down strike by nanbais (bakers), the district administration on Thursday agreed to increase roti price from Rs10 to Rs15...
Nanbai association president Haji Mohammad Iqbal told Dawn that the strike had been called off after the association’s successful negotiations with the district administration over roti price...
PESHAWAR: The Nanbai Association Peshawar on Friday announced that its members would go on strike across the province next Monday over the failure of its talks with the provincial government and district administration over roti price...
Association president Khaista Gul told Dawn that if the roti price wasn’t increased by the administration in line with the escalating price of wheat flour, nanbais would close shops for an indefinite...
PESHAWAR: Nanbais observed a shutter down strike in different parts of the province, including Peshawar, on Monday against an increase in the price of wheat flour and announced that they would continue the strike until the government increased the price of roti in line with the flour’s market rate...
4 million tons wheat, while the government increased the daily quota of flour mills up to 5,000 tons to control the increasing flour...
KARACHI: Utter neglect towards marine pollution costs Pakistan billions of rupees every year that includes the huge expenditures the country incurs on account of vessel repair and maintenance, as constant flow of untreated toxic effluent towards the sea has doubled (metal) corrosion rate...
According to him, the Pakistan Navy alone incurs a loss of Rs1bn annually on vessel repair and maintenance as (metal) corrosion rate owing to...
In a rare reference to the Quaid-i-Azam, the JI emir said they would try to make Pakistan as envisaged by Jinnah and Allama Iqbal...
Not only this, the right wing party head said the JI had political power to ensure the early provision of “roti, kapra aur makaan” or food, job and shelter for everyone in the country...
A district and sessions court in Lahore on Monday awarded a death sentence to a person after he was found guilty of murdering his daughter for not making ‘gol roti’, DawnNews reported...
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet decided on Tuesday to bring down prices of naan and roti to their previous rates throughout the country...
“Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken a stern notice of increasing prices of naan and roti and decided to take immediate steps to revert them to their original rates,” said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan at a press conference after the cabinet meeting... ...
A day after Prime Minister Imran Khan ordered to bring down prices of naan and roti to their previous rates throughout the country, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Wednesday reverted the gas tariff for non-commercial tandoors to the pre-June 30 level...
The decision was taken on a proposal submitted by the Ministry of Energy to revise gas prices for roti tandoors...
PESHAWAR: The Nanbai Association Peshawar called off the strike on Tuesday evening as the district administration agreed to reduction in the weight of Rs10 roti...
Nanbai association president Haji Mohammad Iqbal told Dawn that 115 grammes of roti would be sold for Rs10 and 170 grammes’ for Rs15...
We are quick to haggle with the daily-wage owner and the man who sells fruits at the corner shop, not truly understanding that the small profit he makes is essential to his survival...
Think for a moment about the man whose salary 10 years ago was Rs9,000 and today is Rs12,500
KARACHI: Some three armed robbers stormed a private microfinance bank in the old city’s Kharadar area on Tuesday, held security guards and staff at gunpoint and took away more than half a million rupees as the bank management allegedly had not followed the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to prevent such robberies, police said...
Only on July 20, armed robbers took away three million rupees from the Gulshan-i-Iqbal branch of a...
KANDAHAR: A senior Afghan police official regarded as one of the country's most powerful men has banned the use of Pakistani Rupees (PKR) in the key southern province of Kandahar...
The rupee has been widely used in Afghanistan's eastern and southern provinces bordering Pakistan...
Centaurus Mall is one of Islamabad's hottest attractions...
Yet the mall's management caused a roar on social media when it announced on Thursday that the mall would enforce an entry fee of Rs
UMERKOT: The district inquiry committee formed by the provincial government to probe corruption in the Umerkot health department released its report on the occasion of the World Anti-Corruption Day on Wednesday, unveiling massive corruption running into billions of rupees, mismanagement and violation of laws and demanding action against the culprits...
ISLAMABAD: After securing a clean chit from the judicial inquiry commission into rigging in the 2013 elections, the government has released details of the losses it claims Pakistan suffered due to the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) demonstrations last year...
The detailed information gathered from various sectors under the guidance of Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar claims that the country was...