Tag: Increase

Cricketers get 25pc pay increase in new contract

The Pakistan Cricket Board in its fresh central contract has enhanced the players salary by 25 percent and awarded 42 players the centr5al contract...

NEPRA increased power tariff by Rs 2.38

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has permitted the distribution companies to boost the power tarrif as much as Rs 2.38 per unit...

Increase in school fees perturbs parents

A large number of private schools in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have enhanced their fee with the start of new academic...

PML-N tables motion against power tariff hike

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly against the government's recent move to increase electricity tariff...

POL prices may rise on March 1

As oil prices increased in the international market, prices of petroleum products are expected to increase in Pakistan from the first of March. The...

Total expansion in debt, liabilities increases 7.2 per cent

The share of the domestic component was 76.3 per cent of total expansion in debt and liabilities during first five months of current fiscal...

Remittances show 21.54% increase: SBP

Overseas Pakistani remitted an amount of $7,435.98 million in the first seven months of on going fiscal year2011-12 showing an increase of 21.54 per...

Fuelling the problem

Most cruelly, our government is poised to increase petroleum prices once again. Our state-economy is now such that it totally lacks any cushion mechanism...

PSO in dire straits as receivables increase

Pakistan’s biggest petroleum handler, Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is on the verge of financial collapse since its outstanding dues from various ‘energy sector’ entities...

The new buzz word

Nearly after 64 years of independence, the country has come back to the stage it had started from. Before partition, there were protests in...

Proposed increase in wheat price to cause inflation: PFMA

Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Punjab Chairman Chaudhry Abdul Jabbar has said proposed increase in wheat prices will result in a new wave of...

PIAF asks withdrawal of electricity tariff increase

Sudden increase of Rs3.40 per unit in electricity tariff ostensibly in the name of fuel adjustment not only has its repercussions in industry, but...

Electrocuted by power tariff

The recent increase in power tariff will deliver a devastating jolt to the consumers across the country. Being highly incompetent in producing a single...

Exports of sports goods increase 5.39pc to $79.469m

Exports of various sports goods increased by 5.39 per cent, during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, when compared against the same...

Cement sales post nominal increase

Cement sales during the month of October posted a nominal increase of 0.74 per cent as the sector faced an uphill task to cope...

Destroying agrarian economy

Price of urea fertiliser has once again been increased by Rs 450 per bag. The last increase of Rs 202 was only two weeks...

Corporate profits soar by impressive 43pc YoY in 1st quarter

Corporate profits during 1QFY12 soared by 43 per cent YoY and 15 per cent QoQ led by growth in the heavy-weights E&P and Banks,...