6 per cent rupee devaluation in a single day on Thursday would not only trigger a new wave of price hikes but the expensive loans after the interest rate hike would hit industrial activities, warned trade and industry leaders on Thursday...
Earlier this week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) had raised the interest rate by 100 basis points to a 25-year high of 17pc to tame inflation but the latest currency devaluation would limit the...
Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association General Secretary Umer Islam Khan estimated a jump of Rs3 to Rs5 per kg/litre in ghee and cooking prices after the GST hike...
Costly steel and cementAgha Steel Industries also raised the price of steel bars of 16-32mm and 10-12mm sizes to Rs304,000 and Rs306,000 from Rs300,000 and Rs302,000 citing a hike in GST...
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...
IT was an expanding industry all over the world and Pakistan had also witnessed a substantial increase in IT-related income, he said...
When Kainat Naz joined a women-friendly technology boot camp a year ago, she had no idea it would completely change her life and her views on how women can work in conservative Pakistan...
So she signed up for a tech programme called TechKaro, an initiative by Circle — a social enterprise that aims to improve women’s economic rights in Pakistan — and is now working full-time for a software company...
The latest study by a leading blood diseases institute in Karachi suggests there is a slim chance of a second wave of the novel coronavirus in the country, further strengthening the government's policy of reopening businesses...
9pc, which is very low compared to Pakistan, according to the study...
ISLAMABAD: As active cases of Covid-19 surpassed the 11,000 mark, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Tuesday formally announced that the second wave of the deadly virus has started in the country...
A few weeks ago Pakistan was being praised globally for its efforts and strategy to control the virus, but people stopped following the SOPs due to which the number of cases again started...
The directive comes a day after Pakistan's active Covid-19 cases surpassed the 11,000 mark and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan formally announced that the second wave of the deadly virus had started in the country...
Pakistan closed its borders and took a number of steps to stop the spread...
Intensive care units across Pakistan are nearing capacity as a second, deadlier wave of the coronavirus builds momentum and officials struggle to counter public indifference to the pandemic...
“The coming two weeks are critical and our situation is going to worsen,” said Qaisar Sajjad, secretary general of the Pakistan Medical Association...
ISLAMABAD: With most of the Covid-related restrictions having been relaxed despite lukewarm response of even health workers to the government-run vaccination campaign, health experts fear a resurgence in number of cases that may compel the government to declare a third wave of coronavirus in the country...
The NCOC also allowed increase in number of spectators attending Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches from 20pc to 50pc and...
A day after the National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) re-imposed restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country, Pakistan reported more than 2,000 virus cases for the first time since January...
According to official data, Pakistan has reported 2,258 cases in the last 24 hours, marking the first time the country has reported over 2,000 infections since January 29, when 2,186 cases were recorded...
Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said on Saturday that Pakistan's coronavirus situation could soon cross levels seen during the first wave in June last year, warning that if the surge in cases is not controlled, tougher restrictions will have to be imposed...
Umar was addressing a media briefing after chairing a session of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the nerve centre of Pakistan's virus...
• Minister warns of tougher restrictions • NCOC reports highest cases in last nine months • British variant affects subcontinent • Vaccinated citizens can obtain certificatesISLAMABAD: As the British variant of Covid-19 rages across the subcontinent, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Saturday warned that the country could soon surpass the peak witnessed in the first wave due to continued violation of standard operating...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday warned of a looming fourth wave of Covid-19 in the country, terming the Delta variant, which is believed to have originated in India, “the biggest concern”...
Pakistan has witnessed a sudden rise in daily cases in recent days...
Hong Kong announced a two-week ban on incoming flights from eight countries, including Pakistan and India, and tightened restrictions on Wednesday as authorities feared a fifth wave of Covid-19 infections...
Incoming flights from Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Britain and the United States, including interchanges, would be banned from Jan 8 to Jan 21, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam told reporters...