Tag: Increase

Ghee, cooking oil production increase by 4.91, 9.22%

    Vegetable ghee and cooking oil production during the last seven months of the current financial year witnessed 4.91 per cent and 9.22 per cent...

Law committee agrees to increase reserved seats for minorities in NA,...

The Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Tuesday unanimously agreed to increase reserved seats for minorities in National Assembly as well as in...

Total foreign investment declines to $54.4m in July

Total foreign investment further decreased to $54.4 million in the first month of current fiscal year compared to $85.5 million received in the same period last year.

OGRA proposes Rs 4.26 increase in petrol price

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday forwarded a summary to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural resources seeking increase in prices of all petroleum products except high speed diesel oil.

Regularise, increase our wages: female teachers

Female teachers protested here on Saturday to demand that the concerned authorities regularise the payment of a minimum monthly stipend. They orchestrated a demonstration...

Delhi rapes increase by one third in 2014

The number of rapes reported in New Delhi increased by nearly a third in the last year, police said Friday, highlighting the alarming levels...

Food exports increase 5.43 percent to $3.59b

ISLAMABAD Exports of food products increased by 5.43 percent during the first three quarters of the current fiscal as compared to the corresponding period...

NA body urges govt to raise pension of EOBI staffers

ISLAMABAD The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development on Monday took notice of meagre pension being paid to EOBI...

Power tariff likely to go up by Rs 2.19 per unit

ISLAMABAD Power tariff is likely to go up by Rs 2.19 per unit and this increase will be made under monthly fuel adjustment surcharge head....

Govt withdraws power tariff increase notification

Bowing before the Supreme Court and the people’s reaction over the unprecedented increase in the power tariff, the government has withdrawn the recently issued...

Power tariff explosion: 30% hike in electricity rates expected for domestic...

A 30 percent increase in electricity tariff for domestic consumers is expected from October 1. Per details, the new tariff will be applicable upon the...

Rising house rents

Unaffordable house rents in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are creating accommodation problems for bachelors, students and the working class. Demand for residential...

What will we eat if not wheat? PML-Q submit motion against...

Punjab Assembly (PA) members belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML-Q) submitted an adjournment motion in the assembly’s secretariat against the recent...

Flour prices not to increase: food minister

A meeting presided by Punjab Chief Secretary Muhammad Javed Aslam decided that the Punjab government would not allow any increase in the price of...

KP govt rejects increase in power tariff: Shaukat Yousafzai

  Spokesman for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government, Shaukat Ali Yousafzai, has rejected the recent increase in power tariff, saying the issue of increasing power...

POL prices to go up by Rs 4.99 per litre

The government is set to raise the prices of petroleum products by as much as Rs 4.99 per litre from August 1 due to...

Defence budget up by 10% to Rs 627 billion

The PML-N government on Wednesday announced an increase of 10 percent in the defence budget, earmarking Rs 627 billion ($6.3 billion) for the defence...