Tag: Prices

Increase in POL prices likely from August 16

Petroleum product prices are likely to be increased by Rs1 per litre from August 16, media reports said. According to sources, the price of petrol,...

Vegetable, fruit prices inflate

The data collected by FAFEN monitors observing prices of 52 commodities and services at 194 retail outlets in 107 districts across Pakistan shows that...

Weekly revision of POL prices dismissed

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee has dismissed the summary seeking revision of prices of petroleum products on a weekly basis. The standing committee on...

ECC okays weekly revision of petroleum prices

Despite tough opposition from Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has allowed to determine oil prices...

Petroleum prices go up by Rs 7.67 per liter

Following frequent hikes in electricity tariffs for load shedding-marred citizens, the government took away the little ease motorists enjoyed for a month by raising...

Government raises POL prices

The government on the advice of OGRA has approved an increase in the price of petroleum products which will go into effect from midnight. The...

Auto industry protections to be abolished: PEW

While expressing deep concerns over rising prices of locally made vehicles, the Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) has urged the government to abolish protections for...

Vendors overcharge despite decrease in vegetable prices

Vegetable prices have decreased while fruit prices are still high in the local market as well as at weekly bazaars of the capital during...

Prices rise, employment falls

Regrettably, with the beginning of holy Ramadan, the prices of daily edible items have massively surged in the upper and lower Sindh districts especially...

‘Even in Ramadan they have no shame!’

With the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, the rates of daily use items have sky-rocketed while the profiteers and hoarders seem to...

Zardari for controlling prices in Ramadan

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday directed the chief ministers of the four provinces besides Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir to effectively control the...

MANY OTHER FACTORS, APART FROM POLITICIANS’ WHIMS, AFFECT CHICKEN PRICES

The poultry prices go up and down only because of demand and supply mechanism and not because of whims of politicians, former Pakistan Poultry...

Petrol, CNG just got dearer!

The Ministry of Finance has approved the summary envisaging increase in prices of all petroleum products, except high speed diesel. The government has decided...

Prices of 600 items at utility stores slashed

The government has issued a notification relating to the cut down in prices of 600 items at the utility stores. The notification said that the...

Govt to raise POL, CNG prices by up to Rs 5

The government on Saturday decided to increase the prices of petroleum products and CNG from Re 1 to Rs 5. Per reports, CNG price...

Petrol prices to be slashed further

Petrol prices are likely to be reduced further by Rs 2.5 per liter from July 15. According to sources, the price of high...

Transport Dept decreases inter-city fares

The Punjab Transport Department has revised its fares after the recent reduction in fuel prices. It has revised the fares for stage carriages, (non-AC)...