• New warehouse transfer rates for HSD and LDO are Rs276.54 and Rs226.15 per liter.• The country’s fuel consumption has increased by 20% in the last two months despite rising prices.• Miftah says oil levies were applied to revive a halted IMF loan program. ISLAMABAD: As promised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government … Read more
The government announced Thursday that it would raise the price of gasoline by 14.85 rupees per liter, the fourth increase in the last 35 days, and the cumulative amount of all increases since May 26 is close to rupees 100. According to a notice issued by the Finance Department, after the recent increase, gasoline prices … Read more
More than 80% of Pakistan’s population faces “Severe water shortage”. If there is no change, it is expected to increase. As the country faces a water crisis, development sector expert Umer Karim said: third pole. Umer Karim is an irrigation and water management expert. Karim has been working in irrigation and water management for over … Read more
On Thursday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered a restart of voting in the Punjab provincial election held on 16 April and ordered that the votes of 25 dissident PTI members be excluded from the counting process. The five judges, Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan, Justice Shahid Jamil Khan, Justice Shehram Sarwar Chaudhry, Justice Sajid Mahmood … Read more
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has firmly stated that the rebel group will not withdraw its demands to cancel the former annexation of Fata and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, the head of the illegal group, told a YouTuber: “Our demands are clear and, in particular, canceling the merger of KP and … Read more
Delegations from across Afghanistan arrived in the capital Kabul on Wednesday for a meeting of religious scholars scheduled to discuss important issues. Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said at a press conference in Kabul on Thursday that around 3,000 scholars, tribal elders and influential figures will attend the grand rally. Mujahid said several committees have … Read more
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) “firmly rejected” India’s hints of linking a Pakistani organization with a suspect involved in the murder of a Hindu tailor in Udaipur. “I saw reports in the Indian media that they were trying to link the Indian national accused to a Pakistani organization, referring to the investigation … Read more
The US dollar weakened against the rupee as it fell more than Re1 in interbank trading on Wednesday morning. Analysts have linked the situation with optimism surrounding the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lifting its lending tranche. According to the Pakistan Foreign Exchange Association (FAP), the US dollar reached Rs204.75 around 11 am, down Rs1.25 from … Read more
At least 46 migrants were found dead on Monday in and around an abandoned truck on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. The grim discovery was one of the worst immigrant-related disasters in the United States in recent years, occurring five years after a similar catastrophic event in the same central Texas city a few … Read more
Human rights activists and journalists on Tuesday condemned the “arbitrary” and “illegal” arrest of the co-founder of India’s top fact-checking website, which has been fiercely critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mohammed Zubair was detained after being questioned by police on Monday, and a Delhi court ordered four more days in custody for further questioning. … Read more