Gold price increases Rs800 to Rs109,100 per tola
ISLAMABAD: The price of 24 karat gold has increased by Rs800 on Thursday and was traded at Rs109,100 as against its trading at Rs108,300...
LHC decides to form high-level commission to probe petroleum crisis
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Thursday conducted hearing on a case pertaining to petroleum crisis in the country and decided to form a...
Pakistan’s massive plantation drive boosts honey production
CHANGA MANGA: Around five years ago, Pakistan's Changa Manga Forest saw a massive plantation drive, with the vision to rejuvenate the forest land that...
Pakistan’s inflation rate edges up slightly to 8.6pc in June
ISLAMABAD: Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate edged up slightly to 8.6 per cent year-on-year in June, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said in...
IMF expects Asia’s economy to shrink by 1.6% due to coronavirus...
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it expects Asia’s growth to contract by 1.6% as the economies grapple with the fallout of...
Finance Ministry rejects proposal to lower levy on petroleum by Rs10
ISLAMABAD: Finance Ministry on Wednesday rejected a recommendation by Petroleum Division to reduce levy on petroleum products by 10 rupees per liter. According to reports,...
IHC moved against recent hike in prices of petroleum products
ISLAMABAD: Mian Muhammad Aslam, who is a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami, has challenged the Rs26 overnight increase in petrol prices in the Islamabad High...
Pakistani rupee strengthens against US dollar
KARACHI: The exchange rate of Pakistani rupee strengthened by Rs0.08 against US dollar in the interbank market. According to forex dealers, the Pakistani rupee appreciated...
State Bank of Pakistan receives $1.3bn from Chinese banks
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received $1.3 billion as loan disbursements from Chinese banks this week, the central bank announced in...
Govt hikes petrol price from Rs74.52 to Rs100.10 per litre with...
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday decided to increase the prices of petroleum products with immediate effect in view of the rising oil prices...
Afghanistan
Three female media workers shot to death in Afghanistan
Three female Journalists were shot and killed in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, their TV network said, in what appeared to...
Eight dead, 31 injured as barrage of rocket fire hits Afghanistan capital Kabul
At least eight people were killed and 31 wounded Saturday when a barrage of rockets struck densely populated parts of Kabul, officials said, marking...
Thousands of Afghan refugee families benefit from emergency cash assistance
PESHAWAR: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has provided emergency cash assistance to over 50,000 vulnerable Afghan refugee families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in...
Terrorists storm Kabul University, Killing at Least 25
At least 25 people were killed and 22 other wounded when gunmen stormed Kabul University in a 6-hours-long assault that witnessed students left in...
