The government has informed NEPRA that it wanted to increase power rates for consumers of the “unprotected category” using up to 100 units per month by about Rs4.06 per unit instead of Rs7.91,hence this burden has to be passed on to the higher consumption categories.
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Imran Khan had filed a petition in the court under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution, claiming that the bill has “virtually eliminate[d] any white-collar crime committed by a public office holder”.
Pakistan’s stock market has lost another 978 points on Tuesday amid growing political and economic uncertainty in the country in…
KARACHI:/ISLAMABAD The Sindh High Court (SHC) today approved the request of Dania Shah, the third wife of late televangelist and MNA Aamir Liaquat, to…
The rating comes even though Islamabad had agreed to a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week.
On June 22, the rupee had closed at a record low of 211.93 against the greenback and since then the currency has remained volatile.
Iran is already enriching to up to 60 per cent, far above a cap of 3.67pc under Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Uranium enriched to 90pc is suitable for a nuclear bomb.
At the beginning of the trade, the market started at 42,074 points, but later at 1:14pm, it plunged over 750 points, hitting 41,329 points.