Tag: Inflation

Petrol prices likely to be slashed in July

The government is likely to reduce the prices of petroleum products: petrol by Rs 1.50 per litre, and high speed diesel by Rs 1.00...

Inflation gives boom to insurance business

Amid slow domestic economic activity the spike in prices of commodities, machinery and motor vehicles has given a boom to the business of insurance...

China restricts lending as inflation hits 5.5pc

China said Tuesday its politically sensitive inflation rate hit its highest level in nearly three years in May, prompting Beijing to further restrict bank...

Sugar prices set to rise again

Sugar price in the country may surge to Rs80 per kilogramme in the next couple of months as huge amounts of sugar have been...

Govt borrowing keeps inflation high

Inflationary pressures in the terrorism-hit country seem to persist, as all indicators of money aggregates, including the money supply, keep growing at a rapid...

Work underway on special Ramadan Package: Elahi

Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, Senior Central Leader Pakistan Muslim League and Senior Federal Minister has said that nationwide reduction in price of the essential commodities...

Labour Party holds rally against inflation

Labour organisations, led by the Labour Party Pakistan (LPP), held a protest at the Mall Road on Tuesday against inflation, unemployment and load shedding...

Weekly inflation falls by 0.32pc

The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the lowest income group, has dwindled by a weekly 0.32 percent in the week ended on May 19....

Govt to align monetary policy to promote investment, curb inflation

The government has decided to align the monetary expansion for the next fiscal year in line with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth target...

Weekly inflation rises by 0.07pc

The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the lowest income group up to Rs 3,000, has registered a weekly increase of 0.07 percent. SPI, in...

Unrelenting inflation to remain untamed in near future

Inflationary pressures in Pakistan are likely to remain persistent at least in the near future, as monetary aggregates in the poverty-stricken South Asian country...

Inflation damaging old books business

Already agitated by soaring prices of new books, books’ buyers feel fatigued by higher rates of second hand books at Sunday Bazaar of old...

Professionals protest inflation, load shedding

Engineers, Doctors, Professors and other professionals residing in TECH, Alpha and PCSIR Societies conducted a peaceful protest along with their families at Canal Bank...

Inflation down by 0.2pc in April: SBP

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), on Friday, said that headline annual inflation exhibited a slight decline of 0.2 percent in the last month....

Inflation – the most unfair tax

The grueling price hike is hurting the highest income groups lesser in comparison with those earning below Rs 12,000 a month at a time...

Shaikh seeks ADB’s help to counter inflation

Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh sought help from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to come up with options to manage the challenge of...

Masses strongly protest against increase in petroleum prices

Masses have strongly protested in various cities of the country against the current increase in price of petroleum products. According to media reports, people in...