RAWALPINDI:  The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has sent summary to the Punjab government for enhancing tariff for domestic consumers by 40 per cent and commercial consumers by 100 per cent.The increased tariff, if approved, will be effective from next financial year. Wasa has not ...

HAFIZABADWhile expressing resentment over arbitrary and uncalled for hike in power tariff by Rs5.82 per unit, local businessmen, industrialists and housewives have called upon the upcoming Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to take prompt and stern action against NEPRA and others for their ...

SIALKOTExporters, manufacturers, vender industry and traders have expressed deep concern over the increase in electricity tariff and termed it stabbing the already sinking industrial sector in the back.Sialkot which is totally export-oriented city and hub of cottage industry has been facing 18 to ...

In quick succession, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has decided to increase the electricity tariff by Rs 5.8 per unit for domestic and commercial consumers. Earlier, the power tariff was raised by Rs 1.24 per unit on the pretext of fuel adjustment last month. And now the ...

lahore - With the highest cost of doing business in the region, the tanning sector is already under pressure and decision of Nepra to increase tariff by Rs 5.80 per unit will prove last nail in the coffin of this industry.The industry is already facing loadshedding of 8 to 10 hours which has added ...

lahore - The trade and industry on Friday severely criticised the caretaker government for making a huge increase of Rs5.82 in per unit price of electricity and termed it an anti business decision aimed at sabotaging the popularity of PML-N government. They said that at a time when the business ...

LAHORE (PR): Thousands WAPDA Workers took out a large procession under the aegis of" ALL PAKISTAN Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union (Regd) from Bakhtiar Labour Hall led by Trade Union leader Khurshid Ahmed accompanied by Rana Abdul Shakoor, Malik Ehsanullah, Zajiod Kazmi, Rana Muhammad Akram, ...

KARACHIPakistan’s top cricketers are expecting the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to give them another pay hike when the new central contracts for the year 2013 are given before the team leaves for the ICC Champions Trophy. The sources close to some of the players said on Sunday that they were ...

National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved increase in power tariff by Rs 1.34 per unit under fuel adjustment.Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) had sought increase of Rs 1.37 per unit, stating that production of 6,000MW exceeded Rs 54 billion due to additional usage of ...

islamabad - Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has sought 165 per cent hike in the prices of hydel power from NEPRA while the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has also asked to approve Rs 2.20/unit increase in electricity tariff on account of monthly fuel price adjustment.At ...

In this new era of economic trade-offs or ‘imperfect solutions’ (as some economists are calling it), the policy choice on which way to tilt, or to opt for a combination of policy choices from opposing spectrums, largely depends on the skill and vision of the economic managers. At a time ...

ISLAMABAD - Citizens of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have voiced strong protest against arbitrary increase in the rates of chappati and bread by the bakers. The bakers have raised the price of simple chappati from Rs 5 to Rs 6, naun from Rs 6 to 7 and o\puratha from Rs 15 to 20. ...

RAWALPINDI - Students of private schools and their parents have voiced strong protest against the unprecedented raise in registration and admission fee by the Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RBISE). Admission form fee has been increased to Rs 200 and Rs 600 are being ...

The Supreme Court Wednesday sought records pertaining to the details of tariff accounts and rejected a request submitted by owners of the CNG station seeking an increase in the price of per kilo price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).A two-member bench of the apex court comprising of Justice Jawwad ...

RAWALPINDI – Parents of the students studying in Sir Syed School, Tipu Road have expressed grave concern over the sudden hike in the school fee without giving any reason or government notification. The school is a semi-government institution and running on public-private cooperation basis. ...

LAHORE - Qoumi Tajir Ittehad (QTI) has given a three-day deadline to the government for the withdrawal of recent hike in the prices of petroleum products.Qoumi Tajir Ittehad Supreme Council met here Friday under the leadership of Chairman Khawaja Azhar Gulshan and also attended by President Quomi ...

ISLAMABAD - Three CNG associations of country have threatened to close down all CNG stations by 6th June for indefinite period if government fails to stop more Cess and price hike of CNG in the country.During a joint press conference on Thursday by the top leadership of CNG associations including ...

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday termed frequent upward revisions in the prices of fuel and electricity and continued government borrowing proves incompetence of the tax collectors.President PEW, Dr Murtaza Mughal has said that the Government continues to revise energy ...

KARACHI - Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Mian Abrar Ahmad has rejected recent hike in petroleum prices, terming the decision as “brutal attack” which will slowdown and cripple commercial and industrial activities.He also expressed deep concern over highly ...

WASHINGTON - The US Department of State Friday announced its decision to increase fees for most nonimmigrant visa applications and Border Crossing Cards from April 13, 2012."For a number of reasons, the current fees no longer cover the actual cost of processing nonimmigrant visas." said the ...

LAHORE - The Punjab Pensioners’ Association has demanded increase in medical and inflation allowances and re-implementation of pension commutation policy for the period of at least 10 years. The Association raised these demands at its meeting here on Saturday. The participants of the meeting ...

NANKANA SAHIB - Transport owners and drivers strongly condemned the 650 percent increase in fines for violating a traffic regulation by the Punjab government. The owners and drivers of rickshaws, cars and other public transports and their unions termed the increase cruel and unjustified. The ...

Nasir Iqbal Khattak and      G Mursalin Marwat  PESHAWAR/ LAKKI MARWAT/ KARAK - Jamaat-e-Islami, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chief Prof Ibrahim has criticised the government over what he called an ‘artificial’ price hike in the country.He demanded of the rulers to ...

FAISALABAD - Textile associations have decided to oppose the proposed increase in the tax revenue and termed it an anti industrial move to destroy the industry. They also urged the government to stop the EOBI, Social Security and Labour department inspection teams from visiting the industrial units ...

KHANEWAL - The parents protested against the sudden hike in the academic fees of Khanewal Public School and College (KPC&C), here the other day.As per detail, the school administration served notices of hike of Rs200 per student. The angry parents called the sudden fees hike unjust and demanded ...

KARACHI - Excessive increase in the prices of life-saving and other drugs echoed in the Sindh Assembly on Friday. Expressing grave concern over and condemning the exorbitant increase ranging between 80 to 100 percent in the prices of life saving and others drugs, Sindh Minister for Health Dr Saghir ...

ISLAMABAD - Showing concerns over not broadening tax base of the country, Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Mumtaz Haider Rizvi on Tuesday said that increase in revenue collection is only due to the higher prices of petroleum products and surge in imports, sources told The Nation.Mumtaz ...

AHMAD AHMADANIISLAMABAD - In a move adequately connected to adding woes and worries for the hard-pressed masses, state-owned LPG producers have jacked up their base price of commodity for the month of February with immediate effect.Following the unbearable sky high raise in the prices of Petroleum ...

FAISALABAD - With a huge increase in petroleum prices, electricity and gas tariffs in the last four years, manufacturing cost of exportable items has increased substantially making Pakistani exports uncompetitive at international market, a exporters’ leader said.“It paved the way for ...

TOBA TEK SINGH - Speakers at labour conference held in Kamalia, the other day, condemned the government for hiking tariffs of gas and electricity and prices of petroleum products.While addressing the conference, Labour party Pakistan central leader Farooq Tariq said that due to wrong policies of ...