The Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted bail to Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday in exchange for Rs50,000 in surety bonds.
Following advice from the Petroleum Division, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) notified a gas sale price increase ranging from 16.6% to 124% for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines and Sui Southern Gas Company consumers on Wednesday.
The federal government has raised the price of petrol to a historic high in order to please the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for unlocking the vital loan tranche, only hours after unveiling a tax-laden’mini-budget’.
The minimum one-way trip to Dubai now costs Rs150,000, and ticket prices to Jeddah and Madina have increased by more than Rs28,000.
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), disregarding the austerity measures taken by the prime minister, intended to use a foreign loan intended for an outdated information technology system to upgrade 155 luxury cars at a cost of approximately Rs1.6 billion.
Coordinator to Prime Minister on Commerce and Industries Rana Ihsan Afzal Khan said on Wednesday that the government had made some difficult decisions to streamline the economy and necessary reforms were inevitable to revive the country’s economy.
Coordinator to Prime Minister on Commerce and Industries Rana Ihsan Afzal Khan said on Wednesday that the government had made some difficult decisions to streamline the economy and necessary reforms were inevitable to revive the country’s economy.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday left for Turkey to extend Pakistan’s support and solidarity following the recent earthquake that killed over 40,000 people in regions of Turkey and Syria.
ISLAMABAD: As part of a fresh push by the two nations to broaden their collaboration beyond security and Afghanistan, the point man for US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is expected to arrive in Islamabad on Friday (tomorrow).
ISLAMABAD: After raising the price of gasoline by Rs35 per litre on Jan 29, two days ahead of schedule, the government is poised to dump another bomb on the general public on Feb. 16 (Thursday).
On Wednesday, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad denied bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in a case filed against the former prime minister for protesting outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan was summoned to appear before an Islamabad banking court today (Wednesday) in relation to a matter involving banned funding.
