Tag: Hike

NEPRA approves power tariff hike by 5 paisa per unit

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Wednesday approved 5 paisa per unit increase in the power tariff under the fuel adjustment plan. The...

LPG prices go up by Rs3 per kg

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) price goes up by Rs3 per kilogram on Wednesday putting a burden of Rs35 on domestic cylinder. “LPG prices have been...

Crude up in Asia on Middle East tensions

Crude oil prices rose in Asia Thursday with Middle East supply risks coming to the fore after Turkey warned Syria of a tougher response...

Rise in POL prices signifies under-performing rulers, traders say

President of traders’ union, Range Road, Rana Jalil Hassan said on Sunday the unstable prices of petroleum products was a perfect example of the...

OGRA unleashes another ‘petrol bomb’

In its latest use of lethal ‘petrol bombing’, OGRA has recommended an increase in petroleum products by 3.04 perliter, CNG by Rs2.50 kg while...

Petrol, CNG prices likely to go up

The prices of CNG and petrol are expected to be increased by Rs2.50/kilogram and Rs3/litre respectively from the next week under the weekly review. According...

Fuel price-hike

The steep hike in petrol prices has left people across all sections of the society completely enraged. This has obviously sent shockwaves to the...

OGRA proposes Rs 1.75 a liter hike in petrol price

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Saturday sent a summary to the Petroleum Ministry proposing an increase in petrol price by Rs...

OGRA proposes Rs1.75 per liter hike in petrol price

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Saturday proposed to raise petrol price by Rs1.75 per liter and ease diesel rate by only 20...

21 commodities see price hike; 18 register drop

Data collected for August shows the prices of 21 commodities went up as compared with the preceding month while those of 18 came down...

Parents protest DPS fee-hike, fund misusage

Parents of the students of Divisional Public School (DPS) have protested the increase in the school fee, use of school funds for the repair...

POL, CNG prices up again

The Ministry of Finance has approved the proposal forwarded by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) seeking an upward revision in the prices of...

Mobile, telecommunication imports increase in July

The Telecommunication imports during the first month of the ongoing fiscal year (2012-13) increased by 12.98 percent and 16.24 percent as compared to the...

POL prices hike challenged in LHC

The recent hike in petroleum prices was challenged in the Lahore High Court (LHC) here on Tuesday. Judicial Activism Panel had submitted the petition in...

Oil up in Asia on China, Europe stimulus hopes

Crude rose in Asia on Tuesday as weak manufacturing numbers from Europe and China boosted hopes of fresh central bank stimulus measures, analysts said. New...

KTAAC rejects hike in POL prices

Traders and business community of the port city has rejected the government decision of increase in petroleum prices and gave a two-day deadline to...