Tag: Fuel
Nigerian police ‘beat fuel price protesters’
Police on Thursday fired tear gas and beat demonstrators who staged a protest in Nigeria’s main northern city against soaring fuel prices, organisers of...
Rihanna and Chris Brown fuel speculations of reunion
Almost three years after their highly publicised breakup, Brown and Rihanna stirred up speculation about a reunion on Twitter last week. Brown was sentenced...
Govt fails to find solution for expensive fuel mix
Even after showing some forward movement on the power sector reforms, the government still remains at loss on how to address the sphinx like...
Govt releases Rs 6 billion for fuel oil purchase
Government has released Rs6 billion to enable the generation companies to make timely payment to fuel oil suppliers to overcome the forced power outage...
Small electricity consumers spared fuel charges
The Lahore High Court on Monday abolished the fuel adjustment duty for small consumers of electricity using up to 350 units in a month,...
LPG to become most expensive fuel of Pakistan
LPG prices are expected to touch Rs150 per kilogram after an increase of Rs14 per kilogram from 1st January, after imposition of the newly...
Fuel-saving vehicle equipment makes its way to the market
Future Technologies, a Lahore-based concern, promoting the latest technological development and innovation-based products launched a fuel-saving, environmental-friendly gadget, Panther, which was displayed at the...
Petrol consumption rises 34 per cent
Petrol consumption in the country swelled by 34 per cent in November owing the upsurge in gas load-shedding to the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)...
8,000 litres of fuel burnt in oil tankers explosion
Over 8,000 litres of fuel was burnt when a minor blast caused a fire in one of the two oil tankers parked at the...
34 NATO fuel trucks destroyed in Quetta attack
Up to 34 trucks were destroyed in a rocket attack on Thursday on a NATO trucking terminal in Quetta supplying troops in neighbouring Afghanistan,...
‘Hike in petroleum prices a deadly bomb on masses’
The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) has termed the recent hike in petrol and diesel prices a deadly petroleum bomb on poor...
Fuel prices and fares go hand in hand
All Pakistan Transport Owners Association raised inter-city transport fares on Friday owing to an increase in petroleum prices two days ago.
Transporters increased the fares...
PR suspend 38 more trains owing to fuel shortage
Pakistan Railways on Wednesday suspended the operations of another fleet of 38 mail trains owing to fuel shortage and imposed an emergency.
According to sources,...
Supply of fuel in danger as Rs179bn circular debt cripples PSO
Longstanding circular debts, which have piled up to the “high point of” Rs179 billion, have made financial situation of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) “untenable”....
Imposition of CNG levy to pave way for LPG businesses
Government’s plan to impose a massive levy of Rs140 per mmBTU on compressed natural gas (CNG) will bring its price closer to petroleum products...
LHC suspends fuel surcharge on another 35 industrial units
The Lahore High Court (LHC) suspended on Monday the recovery of fuel adjustment surcharge for the months of April and May from another 35...
