Tag: Rises
Death toll in Chitral rises to 33
The death toll in attack on Security forces check posts at Chitral by Afghan militants rises to 33 when eight dead bodies recovered from...
Marble export rises despite challenges
The marble industry is in great trouble and about 650 marble quarries have closed during the last two years in Balochistan, owing to disputes...
Water level at Nullah Leh rises to 15 feet
The water level at Nullah Leh has risen up to 15 feet in Nullah Lai near Rata Pul following heavy rain on Thursday morning....
Mexico mass graves toll rises to 241
The number of bodies recovered from mass graves in this northern Mexican city rose to 241, public security officials said in updating the toll...
The sun rises in the east
In these turbulent times for the country it would not be wrong to suggest that Pakistan’s economic fortunes are tied to the east and...
Death toll in Peshawar blasts rises to 35
The death toll in the Saturday’s bombings in Peshawar’s Khyber Super Market has risen to 35 while the routine business activities in the locality...
Number of women car drivers rises
While many consider that driving a car is not a woman’s job, the women of Lahore believe otherwise. The number of female car drivers...
Nowshera bakery bombing toll rises to 19
The death toll from the late Sunday night’s suicide bombing on an army-run bakery in Nowshera rose to 19 when a teenage girl succumbed...
Germany E.coli cucumber death toll rises to 14
An E. coli outbreak linked to contaminated cucumbers that has killed 14 people and made more than 300 seriously ill in Germany has spread...
Bourse rises while rupee plummets
The Pakistani rupee fell to a record low of 86.50 against the U.S. dollar, but ended firmer on possible verbal central bank intervention, on...
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...
Cotton sowing rises by 164 percent
Sindh province has so far achieved 28 percent of proposed cotton cultivation targets while cotton sowing has increased by 164 percent compared to same...
Food export rises by 25.55 percent
ISLAMABAD - The food group export from the country during last nine months of current financial year registered an increase of 25.55 percent as compared to the same period of last financial year.
Food commodities worth US$ 3.083 billion were exported during the period from July to March 2010-11 as against the US$ 2.455 billion of the year 2009-10, said the figures released by the Federal Bureau of Statistic on Tuesday.
The export of basmati rice increased by 4.67 per cent
Food commodities worth US$ 3.083 billion were exported during the period from July to March 2010-11 as against the US$ 2.455 billion of the year 2009-10, said the figures released by the Federal Bureau of Statistic on Tuesday.
The export of basmati rice increased by 4.67 per cent
Oil demand rises strongly
KARACHI - After witnessing a slump in oil consumption on account of devastating floods in the 1HFY11, the local oil demand pattern continues to show growth. During March 2011, the country's oil consumption rose by a significant 21 percent monthly and two percent YoY to stand at 1.7 million tonnes, on account of higher sales of Furnace Oil (FO) and Motor-spirit (Petrol).
Worryingly, a spike in consumption has increased country's reliance on imported resources to 75 percent
Worryingly, a spike in consumption has increased country's reliance on imported resources to 75 percent
TSP count rises alarmingly in Lahore, Islamabad, Pindi
ISLAMABAD - With 'Total Suspended Particles' in the air in Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi exceeding the WHO standard by 4.4 to 7.5, the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) has failed to maintain air quality control, revealed by the agency's report.
The study was conducted in three cities during the last three months but the results were disappointing. An official in EPA told Pakistan Today that few days back a meeting was also held to review the report and
The study was conducted in three cities during the last three months but the results were disappointing. An official in EPA told Pakistan Today that few days back a meeting was also held to review the report and
Curtain rises on Punjab Games today
LAHORE - The full dress rehearsal of 71st Samsung Punjab Games was carried out here at the Punjab Stadium on Wednesday while the formal opening of the games will be held today (Thursday) at 7.30 pm when Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif will declare the event open.
Organising secretary Idris Haider Khawaja said that all the nine divisions of the province have reached Lahore and took active part in the rehearsal. He said that different events will start at different
Organising secretary Idris Haider Khawaja said that all the nine divisions of the province have reached Lahore and took active part in the rehearsal. He said that different events will start at different
Production of light automobiles rises
ISLAMABAD - Production of cars and jeeps surged by 15.10 percent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year in comparison to the same time last year. As many as 75,537 cars and jeeps were produced during July-January 2010-11 as compared to the production of 65,626 units last year, according to data provided by Federal Bureau of Statistics.
The production of cars and jeeps witnessed growth of 8.52 percent during January 2011 as compared to the same month of last
The production of cars and jeeps witnessed growth of 8.52 percent during January 2011 as compared to the same month of last
