Tag: Consumers
Govt plans to review loadshedding schedule: Awais Leghari
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Thursday said the government was planning to review the power load-shedding schedule that it had...
Drop in vegetable prices cause relief for consumers
LAHORE: Low prices of vegetables have stopped to cause a hole in the consumers’ pockets except for cauliflower, owing to better supply in the...
OGRA raises gas prices to keep consumers warm this winter
By AHMAD AHMADANI
Passes Rs31 billion along to gas consumers as it asks govt if it will give direct subsidy or cross subsidy to any...
Govt urged to extend relief to LPG consumers
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Distributors Association on Tuesday urged the government to take measures for provision of gas at affordable prices to consumers who...
Another industry wants subsidies
Govt urged to extend relief to LPG consumers
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Distributors Association has urged the government on Monday to take measures for provision...
SC seeks details of additional tax charged from CNG consumers
The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Friday sought details of general sales tax (GST) charged from CNG consumers over the last six years,...
Lahore: A haven for the high!
Lahore continues to be a safe haven for drug peddlers and consumers alike. From poverty-stricken residencies to posh colonies, reports by intelligence agencies claim...
Low gas pressure hits domestic consumers hard
In clear violation of directives issued by the prime minister regarding gas supply to domestic consumers, a number of residents, especially in Sector I-10,...
IESCO announces two hours loadshedding for domestic consumers
Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has issued new schedule of load-shedding for domestic consumers under load management.
Two-hour load-shedding would be experienced in 24 hours...
Genuine protection to consumers demanded
Concerned citizens of Karachi have recommended establishment of consumer protection councils by the residents of each and every locality in the metropolis so as...
PM for ensuring uninterrupted gas supply to domestic consumers in winter
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to prepare a winter plan and ensure that domestic consumers...
DISCOs fleecing consumers, PAC told
Water and Power Secretary Zafar Mahmood on Thursday told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) were over-billing consumers to compensate...
Mukhtar makes his mark
Within two days of taking over the Ministry of Water and Power, Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has made his presence felt to the electricity consumers...
UPS battery retailers fleece consumers
The rising mercury and increased load shedding hours have left the consumers in the provincial metropolis at the mercy of UPS battery retailers who...
Consumer shares lift Wall Street, but Greece drags
Quarterly results helped boost the S&P consumer discretionary sector index, with TJX (TJX.N) up 7.4 percent at $42.65 and Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS.N) up...
Global stocks, euro slip as Europe concerns mount
Global stocks retreated on Friday as uncertainty over Europe’s festering debt crisis overcame an early bounce driven by better-than-expected U.S. consumer sentiment, while oil...
A potentially groundbreaking moo-ment
A new research has identified 2.7 billion low-income consumers in developing countries as the global dairy industry’s next big growth opportunity due to an...
