Punjab Finance Minister Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said that the present government had ensured modern health facilities and free medicines by increasing the health budget to Rs 102 billion. He said that all-out…
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended on July 4 for the lowest income group up to Rs 8,000 registered an increase of 0.55 percent as compared to the previous…
The recent cold wave has people rushing to weekly bazaars to stock up on winter accessories. The a hike in demand for winter clothes like jackets, coats, scarves, sweaters, hats, earmuffs was…
The recent cold wave has people rushing to weekly bazaars to stock up on winter accessories. The a hike in demand for winter clothes like jackets, coats, scarves, sweaters, hats, earmuffs was…
The sharp drop in temperature in the twin cities has led to a hike in the sale of fish and increase in the number of sale points in different areas. The demand…
More than 1000 seats of doctors were lying vacant in Punjab and the Punjab government had failed to hire doctors on these seats despite repeated advertisements in the last 2 years, Pakistan…
If we look at the next generation which will succeed the rule of this country we see that tragedy does not end with the change in faces. In fact, if anything the…
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation has increased to 11 per cent in the month of October 2011 showing an upward trend from the corresponding period last year. Secretary Statistics Division,…
With Eidul Azha not far away and prevailing cold weather conditions after the rain, a great rush was witnessed in the weekly bazaars of the federal capital to buy sweaters and jackets.…
Recently released sector data shows aggregate deposit growth are up 4.1 per cent YTD (till Aug 19, 2011) driven by high NDA (Net Domestic Assets), while credit offtake remained subdued, and was…
The imports of tea in the country registered an increase of 17.03 per cent during the first month of financial year as the country consumed about 9,116 metric tonnes in the month…
Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to register a 12.46 per cent YoY rise for the month of July 2011 against the rise of 13.13 per cent YoY recorded in June 2011.…
Although rain turned the weather pleasant and reduced the temperature but there was no respite from load shedding, which instead of decreasing increased on Saturday. Despite decrease in usage of air conditioners,…
Increase in electricity tariff and imposition of 0.2 per cent turnover tax has pushed the prices of 20 kg wheat flour bag by Rs20 to Rs560 per bag. Former Chairman of All…
The rise in prices of kitchen items including chicken, beef, mutton, sugar, wheat flour, rice, onion and fresh milk has pushed up the weekly food inflation by 0.53 percent to 16.65 in…
ISLAMABAD – Export of food group, during the last nine months of current financial year, has registered an increase of 25.55 percent compared to the same period of last financial year. Food commodities, worth $3.083 billion, were exported during the period from July to March 2010-11 as against $2.455 billion in the year 2009-10, said figures released by the Federal Bureau of Statistic on Tuesday.
Export of basmati rice increased by 4.67 percent during the period under review, as
LAHORE – The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has generated 3.2 billion additional units of hydroelectricity during the period July 2010 to March 2011 compared with the corresponding period of last year. This increased generation was triggered by greater water availability in reservoirs, in addition to efficient operation and management of hydropower stations, said a press release issued by WAPDA.
This contribution of low-cost hydroelectricity, by WAPDA, to the
