Tag: Rs

Greenback moves up amid oil payments pressure

Despite improvement in reserves and other economic indicators of Pakistan, the Rupee has started to weaken in Pakistan while the US currency will further improve its position till end of next June this year, analysts said.

Parliament Lodges defaults on Rs 19.11m electricity bills

The Water and Power Ministry is yet to recover electricity bills worth Rs19.11 million from the Parliament Lodges. According to a report of the...

Fly to Karachi for Rs 1,999 only!

Air traffic is growing at a rate of 12 percent per annum in Pakistan due to insufficient and improper transport means including railways and...

Pressure on reserve position, external balance to persist in ’12

Economic experts believe the country’s reserve position and external balance will be key determining factors going into ’12 as fiscal and monetary policies failed...

Can democracy work?

On the competence of the electorate If an elected person or group of persons proves disappointing one can only blame oneself, as with marriage to...

PML-N embezzled Rs 15.3m in spraying water and diesel against dengue:...

Calling the deaths caused by dengue virus “murder of the people by the Punjab government”, Senator Babar Awan on Wednesday said around Rs 15.3...

PM announces Rs 100 million for IST

Prime Minister (PM) Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday announced Rs 100 million would be allotted for the Endowment Fund for the welfare of the...

Get a ‘friend’ for Rs 10

Observing the increasing use of mobile phones in the country, swindlers have modified their game-plan. By using women as the bait, swindlers have now...

Sept 30 last date for exchanging Rs 500 banknote:SBP

September 30, 2011 is the last date for exchanging Rs 500 old design (bigger size) banknote. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has once...

Robbers kill man, loot Rs 10m in daring heist

Robbers shot dead a 60-year-old man and injured another for resisting a heist in Lytton Road police precincts on Thursday. The robbers fled with...

Govt decides to raise petroleum prices Rs 4 per liter

The government decided to raise Rs 4 per liter on petroleum items by keeping in view increase in the prices of crude oil in...

Shahbaz promises Rs 80 billion for Rawalpindi schools

Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has directed the approval of a grant of 80 billion for the provision of furniture to the schools of...

CDA to spend Rs 85m on road maintenance in F/11

The Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA), Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, has said the authority is committed to provide basic civic amenities and quality infrastructure to...

‘Mirpurkhas needs Rs 2 billion’

Pakistan People’s Party MNA and PPP Mirprkhas President Mir Munawar Ali Khan Talpur on Monday demanded the Sindh government and federal government announce Rs...

Dacoit gang busted, Rs 1m seized

The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of the capital police on Monday busted a gang of dacoits and arrested five outlaws. The police also...

PSO seeks Rs17 billion immediately to avoid default

The cash strapped public sector entity Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has sent a SOS to the government seeking immediate release of Rs 17 billion...

Rs 5b grant to curb violence in Karachi: Malik

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced President Asif Zardari released Rs 5 billion to end the violence in Karachi. Addressing a press conference at...