Tag: Increase
Forex reserves inch up to $17.209b
The country’s foreign exchange reserves remain almost flat at $17.209 billion during the current week ending on the 21st of this month. Following a...
Vegetable prices increase, will someone explain why?
Although Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is to stage a protest against inflation, the prices of kitchen items continue to rise in Punjab, with the...
Weekly inflation witnesses increase
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on October 20, for the lowest income group up to Rs8000, has registered an increase...
Mobile phones ‘don’t raise risk of brain cancer’
Using a mobile phone does not increase the risk of brain cancer, claim scientists. Research into cancer rates of one of the largest groups...
Corporate profits increase by 26pc
Corporate profits in 4Q soared by 26 per cent YoY, the most in any quarter in FY11. The growth was led by the banking...
FAPUASA demands funds to increase employee salaries
The office bearers of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Federation of All-Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA) demanded on Thursday that the government pay 15...
Increase in private schools’ fees perturbs parents
A large number of private educational institutions in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have enhanced their fee with the start of new...
Transporters increase fares just before Eid
As people begin leaving for their hometowns to celebrate Eid, transporters have started fleecing them by increasing fares, while the authorities pay no heed...
Petroleum, coal exports increase in July
The exports of petroleum and coal products witnessed a wide surge of 152.56 per cent during the first month of the current fiscal year...
Exorbitant increase in administrative expenses of banks
A plausible increase in the administrative expenses of nine leading banks of the country has been witnessed since 2008, while in total they have...
SC seeks PIA’s reply to plea against increase in Haj and...
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to submit a comprehensive report by August 18 over doubling of fares during...
Weekly inflation witnesses nominal increase
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week that ended on August 11, 2011, for the lowest income group of up to Rs3,000, has...
Remittances increase to $1.1b in July FY12
Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis continued to show a rising trend as an amount of $1,096.31 million was received in the country in...
Gas price increase to shatter economy
Government’s decision to increase gas prices by 13.5 per cent will have devastating repercussions for the national economy as it would not only oust...
Urea prices witness phenomenal increase
Prices may further increase by Rs464
Fertiliser prices in the country have witnessed a steep increase of Rs750 to Rs800 per bag during the last...
Cabinet to decide on 13.6% increase in gas tariff today
The federal cabinet will decide on 13.6 percent increase in gas tariff along with the Petroleum Ministry’s request for amendments in the Pakistan Penal...
12% increase in power tariff on the cards
Even though a minister-level committee, headed by Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh, again failed to devise a strategy to overcome the electricity shortage crisis, it...
