Flour, oil, chicken, vegetables, meat, pulses and milk are many times more expensive in a year. Photo: APP Karachi: The Sindh government restored the commissary system in the province ten years ago on the basis that food prices, transport fares, encroachments, hoarding and illegal matters could be controlled under this system. Instead, there has been…
Islamabad: Apart from Karachi, electricity is likely to be expensive for all consumers in the country due to the monthly fuel price adjustment. A request for an increase of 1 rupee 17 paise per unit price of electricity has been filed in Nepra. CPPA has submitted the January monthly fuel adjustment request to Nepra. Nepra…
The volume of imports in rupees increased by 40% compared to last year. Photo: File Islamabad: Pakistan has imported food items worth 13 trillion 47 billion rupees during seven months (July to January). During the first seven months (July to January) of the current financial year 2022-23, Pakistan has imported a total of 13 trillion…
Decision to include mobile numbers in records of users to protect their personal data. Photo: File Islamabad: Google has removed 14 applications from its Play Store on the request of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). According to media reports, NADRA had raised the issue of information breach of Pakistani citizens with the American…
The interbank rate of the dollar fell below 263 rupees. Photo: File Karachi: The dollar remained in reverse gear for the second week in a row on the prospect of a staff-level agreement with the IMF. The rupee began to strengthen due to the possible early recovery of the IMF program by increasing the price…
Sharjeel Inam Memon—File photo Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that President Arif Alvi should understand the position and role. In his statement on social media, he has said that the President should not act like a member of the Tiger Force. Sharjeel Inam Memon has further written that the President of Pakistan…
—File photo The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has submitted a request to increase the price of electricity by Rs 1.17 paise per unit. CPPA submitted January fuel adjustment request to Nepra. The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) says the CPPA application will be heard on February 28. Nepra says the decision on the…
Peshawar: In Islamia Collegiate School, the watchman opened fire and killed Professor Bashir. According to the police, Professor Bashir used to teach in the English department of Islamia College, the watchman has escaped after the shooting. Further investigation of the incident is underway. Eyewitnesses say that there was a bitter exchange between the watchman and…
The scope of the investigation into the terrorist attack on the Karachi Police Office has been widened, while more details of the vehicle used by the attacker have also been revealed. The investigating authorities have also found mobile phones near the dead bodies of the terrorists, but it cannot be immediately determined whether the mobile…
The sixth episode In the summer of 1914 in Canada, the secret of the famous Komagata Maru battle story was revealed. Kuldeep Singh, a wealthy Indian businessman, chartered the Komagata Maru and sailed the cargo ship from Hong Kong to Vancouver. There were 376 Punjabis on board, of which 340 were Sikhs, more than half…
