Tag: Inflation
Pakistanis should expect substantial decrease in salaries in 2020
The people of Pakistan are the only nation in the Asia-Pacific who will record a substantial decrease in salaries made next year on the...
Imran asks ministries, provinces to bring down wheat, sugar prices
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday directed the federal ministries and provincial governments to bring down prices of wheat, sugar, cooking oil, fruits...
No changes in federal cabinet, says interior minister
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Interior Ijaz Ahmed Shah on Wednesday denied reports of any changes in the federal cabinet, saying the prime minister has confidence...
Party has just started, says Bilawal
---PPP's anti-govt drive to start from Sukkur tomorrow
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday announced that his party will stage a sit-in...
PPP protests against inflation in KP
PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) workers led by party’s provincial general secretary Misbah-ud-Din and Naghat Orakzai protested rising inflation in front of Press Club...
Zardari warns of catastrophe if economy worsened further
--Former president says if people took to streets against incumbent system, no one will able to stop them
--Former finance minister Asad Umar criticises budget,...
China inflation hits highest level in 15 months
Inflation in China rose to its highest level in more than a year in May driven by surges in pork and fruit prices caused...
Hike in petroleum prices another bombshell on poor, says Ishaq Dar
ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said that the recent increase in the petroleum prices was another bombshell on the poor people,...
Eid in the times of inflation
--Customers complain about hike in prices of festive commodities
--Shopkeepers say dwindling economy has harmed their business
LAHORE: Shopping has gained pace in the provincial capital...
33% Pakistanis believe inflation is most pressing issue at the moment:...
ISLAMABAD: According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, 1 in 3 Pakistanis (33%) believe inflation is the...
Inflation grips twin cities’ markets ahead of holy month of Ramazan
ISLAMABAD: Vegetable, fruit and other markets selling commodities of daily routine in the twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad have been hit by surging price-hike with the holy month...
PM to visit Hazara families on Sunday, says Firdous
--PM's special assistant says defeating inflation govt's top priority
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay a visit to the Hazara families on Sunday and...
Inflation hits 9.41 per cent, highest in five years
--Energy costs in particular have risen sharply, hit by a series of devaluations of the rupee
ISLAMABAD: Consumer price inflation rose in March to its highest...
Govt drops petrol bomb on suffering masses
--Price of petrol and high-speed diesel increased by Rs6 after govt okays hike in POL prices
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Sunday increased prices of petroleum...
PPP to kick off mass contact campaign from Mar 26
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday announced that it will commence its public contact campaign against rising inflation from March 26.
PPP Chairman Bilawal...
PML-N leaders slam govt for increasing masses’ plight
ISLAMABAD: Senior leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday criticised the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) policies, saying the party had promised paradise...
