BERLIN -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Monday that European powers would “pay the price” if they sent weapons to rebel forces seeking to topple him.“If the Europeans deliver weapons, then Europe’s backyard will become terrorist, and Europe will pay the price for ...

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 ...

Terrorism has no religion! Killing innocent people who belong to any caste, colour, religion and culture is a heinous act and can’t be justified by any cause or motive. Britain was shaken after the brutal killing of a British security man in front of an army base in East London. Everyone, ...

ISLAMABAD -  Ahmad Ahmadani - As the PML-N-led government is set to take hold of power at the centre, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has approved gas price hike for the next financial year 2013-14, setting a test case for welfare oriented new regime how to tackle the rising inflation ...

The head of PML-N and Prime Minister-in-waiting, Mian Nawaz Sharif has issued immediate directives for decrease in petroleum prices, effective 1st June.Party sources have announced that directives passed over to OGRA officials have instructed them either to decrease the prices or refrain from their ...

LONDON: A unique first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” annotated by author JK Rowling has sold for a record 150,000 pounds ($227,421) at a London charity auction, Sotheby’s said.The 1997 book, featuring handwritten notes, 22 original illustrations and a ...

BRUSSELS: A Chinese businessman has paid a world record 310,000 euros (263,053 pounds) for a Belgian pigeon, highlighting Asia’s huge and growing interest in racing birds. The one-year-old award-winning pigeon named Bolt was bred by Belgian pigeon fancier Leo Heremans, a well-known name to ...

GENEVA - Prestigious jeweller Harry Winston, which was acquired earlier this year by Swatch Group, bought a new colourless, flawless 101.73-carat diamond for a record $26.7 million at an auction in Geneva, auction house Christie’s said.Christie’s representative Raul Kadakia told ...

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, ...

The deadly collapse of a building in Bangladesh late last month made news around the world and brought the country back into the Western media spotlight. On 24th April, Rana Plaza, a eight-story building housing several garment factories, and situated in Savar, 24 km outside the Bangladeshi ...

LAHORE - The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought appearance of Minster of Science and Technology on May 14 for assistance in Interferon injections case and inquiry against a Pakistani Scientist who had ‘challenged’ the multinational companies and cloned locally ‘cheapest ...

LAHORE  - The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) marketing companies on Tuesday reduced the prices of LPG by Rs6 per kilogramme (kg). The companies took decision following the reduction of prices in the international market and that the Ogra ensured the implementation on new prices, said the ...

The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been cut by Rs6 per kilogram across the country.With this decision, price of domestic cylinder has come down by Rs72 and commercial cylinder by Rs272.According to Irfan Khokhar, Chairman of LPG Distributor Association, LPG price has been slashed in the ...

ISLAMABAD : The LPG distributors association has reiterated its commitment to continue support towards government for extending relief to consumers. “The caretaker minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Sohail Wajahat Saddiqi has convened meeting of the LPG distributors association to ...

karachi - Hike in the prices of printing paper is being witnessed after the announcement of May 11 general elections schedule by the Election Commission of Pakistan. On the other side, Punjab Textbook Board has started the printing which is also the main cause of printing paper shortage or price ...

TOKYO BLOOMBERG - As the Bank of Japan prepares to boost its inflation forecasts this week, analysts from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to JPMorgan Chase & Co. say the estimates may themselves be used as a tool for ending deflation. The BoJ may indicate that its 2 per cent inflation target will be ...

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has sent the summary seeking a decrease in the price of petroleum products to the Petroleum Ministry.According to Media Reports, if the summary is approved the price of petroleum products will be decreased on April 1.The price of petrol will decrease by ...

ISLAMABAD - Iran has agreed to supply natural gas to Pakistan at a discount price while Pakistan has shown its willingness to change certain provisions of draft agreement pertaining construction of 781 km long gasline to be laid on Pakistani side. The two countries have also agreed to set up an oil ...

The Lahore High Court (LHC) Monday issued notice to the federal government on plea filed against the recent hike in prices of petroleum products.The plea launched by Judicial Activism Panel, states that a petition was lodged earlier on the raise in the POL prices seeking the government to unravel ...

According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan 91% of Pakistanis say recent Price Hike in Petrol and Diesel has directly affected them either severely (65%) or moderately (26%).A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was ...

It’s been almost two months since Pakistan closed the two key border crossings into Afghanistan used to supply NATO troops in Afghanistan, and though alternate routes have kept the supplies flowing, the financial cost has been substantial.A Pentagon official says the cost of moving supplies ...

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) marketing companies on Tuesday increased the price by Rs 11 per kilogramme (kg) across the country with immediate effect. According to spokesman of LPG producers, the companies have increased the tariff after the approval of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA).

The federal government keeping in view the concerns and hardships of growers has decided to increase the support price of wheat from Rs950 to Rs1,150 per maund. The farmers and wheat growers have lauded the federal government for reasonable increase in wheat support price and said that it will help ...

Islamabad High Court issued notice to OGRA (Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority) and Ministry of Petroleum and submit their reply in a petition against increase in petroleum prices. The petitions argues that increase in petroleum prices is a violation of Article 9 of the Constitution. It prays the ...

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Sunday increased gas prices for all sectors, a notification has been issued in this regard. According to the notification, CNG gas would be available at the approximate price of Rs 66.44 per kilogramme for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Potohar ...

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has raised prices of Liquefied Petrolium Gas (LPG) by Rs.9 per kg here on Friday. A notification has been issued in this regard. According to details the imported LPG will be available at 126 while locally produced LPG will be sold at Rs.114 per Kg.

Opener Gautam Gambhir on Saturday became the costliest cricketer in the IPL by fetching a whopping $2.4 million (approx Rs 11.04 crore) on the first day of the auctions where Indian players proved to be the biggest draw with three others going for more than $two million. In a high-profile auction, ...

Massive increase in the petroleum prices with the start of new has revealed that how much PPP government loves the Pakistani people. PPP leadership is calling Insurrection by taking such anti-people steps. POL price hike is just like stabbing the already wounded economy said PML-N senior leader ...

High prices of gas cylinder is causing trouble for the residents of Dina. As per details, gas cylinder for domestic use is being sold at the cost of Rs.1550 that is higher than common markets rates and selling of gas cylinders at higher rates causing trouble for the poor residents of the ...

The Sindh government has decided to fix the retail price of sugar at Rs71 per kilogramme, retracting its earlier assessment of Rs61 per kilogramme. District Coordination Officers (DCOs) have been directed to complete all arrangements immediately to ensure sugar supply at the final retail price, ...