ISLAMABAD - The Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and petroleum dealers have jacked up the prices of petroleum products by up to Rs 2.70/litre across the country owing to hike in GST on petroleum products and supply of the products to non-registered companies.Sources in oil sector told this scribe ...
Islamabad - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government would struggle to restrict inflation at eight percent during the upcoming financial year 2013-14 due to the steps taken in budget including reducing subsidies and putting additional taxation burden on the masses.The government has ...
ISLAMABAD - The SPI for the week ended on June 6, for the lowest income group up to Rs 8,000, increased by 0.80 per cent as compared to the previous week. The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 189.15 points against 187.65 points registered in the previous ...
Islamabad- Touching multi-year low level, Pakistan’s inflation rate eased to 5.1 percent in May 2013 against the corresponding period of the previous year mainly due to the declining food prices, revealed the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday.Inflation based on CPI ...
Karachi- Index heavy weight OGDC and MCB helped benchmark KSE-100 index to cross record 22,000 level. At KSE-100 share index added 257.80 points or 1.18 per cent to stop the day at 22080.85 points compared to 21823.05 points of the last working day on Friday. Samar Iqbal said once again low priced ...
Islamabad - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended on May 23, for the lowest income group up to Rs 8,000, registered increased of 0.06 per cent as compared to the previous week.The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 186.90 points against ...
ISLAMABAD - The SPI for the week ended on May 16, for the lowest income group up to Rs 8,000, registered increase of 0.35 per cent as compared to the previous week. The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 186.78 points against 186.13 points registered in the ...
islamabadThe SPI for the week ended on May 9, for the lowest income group up to Rs 8,000, increased by 0.39 per cent as compared to the previous week.The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 186.13 points against 185.40 points registered in the previous week. ...
LAHORE - “Problems like unavailability of pure water, inflation and increasing unemployment are the real issues which are creating challenges in the way of both new and old aspirants of general elections”.These views were expressed by PML-N candidate from PP-140, Majid Zahoor during an ...
ISLAMABAD : The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended on May 2, for the lowest income group up to Rs 8,000, decreased by 0.19 per cent as compared to the previous week. The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 185.40 points against 185.76 points ...
karachi - Pakistan Stocks closed yet again at all time high led by oil and fertilizer stocks after global commodities recover and urea sales data reported over 24pc growth YoY.Karachi stock market benchmark KSE-100 share closed crossing another milestone with the addition of 192.10 points, as it ...
ISLAMABAD - Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation fell to 5.8 per cent in April 2013 over the corresponding period of previous year, marking a new low since 2007.Inflation based on CPI was registered at 5.8 per cent in April 2013 over the corresponding period of previous year, revealed the figures ...
seoul - South Korea's inflation slowed to 1.2 percent on-year in April, reflecting falling oil and vegetable prices, government data showed Wednesday.The inflation rate was 0.1 percentage point down from a 1.3 percent on-year gain in the previous month, Statistics Korea said. It remained at the ...
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has said that if voted to power‚ his party will introduce a system based on justice and equality besides controlling price hike and unemployment.Addressing a public meeting in Mandi Bahauddin on Sunday‚ he said youth can play a vital role in ...
ISLAMABAD : The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended on April 25, for the lowest income group up to Rs 8,000, slightly decreased by 0.01 per cent as compared to the previous week. The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 185.76 points against ...
BEIJING - Chinese inflation hit a 10-month high in February while growth in industrial production and retail sales slowed, official data showed on Saturday, complicating policymakers’ efforts to boost recovery.Growth in the world’s second-largest economy slowed to a 13-year low of 7.8pc ...
ISLAMABAD - Inflationary pressure in Pakistan’s economy measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been recorded at 7.04 per cent during February 2013 compared to the same period of the previous year.The rate of inflation in Pakistan remained within single digits during the ongoing ...
ISLAMABAD - The rate of inflation in Pakistan rose in the month of January 2013, though it remained within single digits, as the benchmark consumer price index clocked in an increase of 8.1 per cent in last month compared to the same period the previous year.According to the data released by the ...
Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said that Pakistan’s economy continues to show signs of recovery with improvement in key macroeconomic indicators. Despite major external and internal shocks, the economy has shown resilience and is projected to grow by 4.3 percent in FY13 after a ...






