Tag: Surge

Ugandans protest surge in violence against women

KAMPALA: Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Uganda's capital Saturday demanding police action to stop a spate of kidnappings and murders of...

Police to blame for surge in crimes against children in Punjab:...

LAHORE: Over 750 child abuse cases were registered in 2017, with children mostly aged between 3 and 15 years, reported a local English daily. The...

Surge in terrorist attacks in first quarter of 2016

  The first quarter of 2016 witnessed a sharp rise in terrorist attacks across Pakistan, in spite of robust government-led attempts to implement its 20-point...

Minister takes notice of surge in prices of medicines

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Saira Afzal Tarar has taken notice of the increase in prices of medicines across the country. According...

As climate impacts hit, Pakistan faces migration surge: experts

Fisherman Muhammad Yusuf's family has been living on the island of Hajamaro, just over three miles off the coast of southern Pakistan, for generations....

Surge in Muslim prisoners in British prisons: report

Prisons in England and Wales have seen a surge in the number of its Muslim prisoners since 2002, BBC reported. In 2002, 5,502 prisoners across...

LPG prices go up by Rs3 per kg

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) price goes up by Rs3 per kilogram on Wednesday putting a burden of Rs35 on domestic cylinder. “LPG prices have been...

Loadshedding affects Eid preparations and business activities in Peshawar

Surge in prolonged and unscheduled loadedshedding as the Eid-ul-Azha draws nearer has further added to miseries of the citizens of provincial capital. According to details,...

Power shortfalls surges to 4563MW

Surge in electricity loadshedding has made of lives of citizens miserable as power shortage fall has again mounted to 4563MW due to halt in...

Blackouts continue as shortfall reaches 5,000MW

Massive blackouts continued throughout the country with shortfall reaching 5,000 megawatts on Monday. According to details, the consumption of electricity has increased to 18,600...

NATO supply trucks surge at Torkham

The flow of trucks supplying NATO troops in Afghanistan has surged at Torkham border in recent days, officials said Wednesday, despite a deadly attack...

Power shortfall rises to 5,500 MW despite tall claims of no...

Despite tall claims by the government to reduce the loadshedding during Ramzaan, it has again intensified as the shortfall went up to 5,500 megawatt forcing...

Electricity shortfall again surges to 4,870MW

The electricity shortfall in the country increased to 4,870 megawatts on Monday resulting in prolonged hours of loadshedding. Despite tall claims by Energy Management Cell,...

Tokyo stocks end down 1.20%

Tokyo stocks fell 1.20 percent on Friday amid concerns over the US economy and the yen's surge against the euro, driven by Europe's fiscal...

Power shortfall surges to 7,000MW

The power shortfall on Monday reached to 7,000 megawatt across the country as the power generation companies have reduced power production due to non...

Bears halt bull surge, index down 16.31 points

The day saw the trading volumes at the ready-counter were recorded lower by 2.759 billion to Rs 6.336 billion against 9.093 billion. The benchmark...

China says hikes fuel prices by most in three years

China on Tuesday hiked fuel prices by the biggest margin in nearly three years after a surge in the cost of global crude, the...