KARACHI: An acute water shortage has emerged in Karachi after water levels of Hub dam dropped to a dangerously low level. Residents of Karachi’s central district on Saturday complained of severed water…
BADIN: Farmers of Badin have been sustaining acute water shortage for long which has caused them huge economic losses and their fertile soils have become barren. Lack of government’s attention, the monopoly…
Says NAB in dire need of reforms ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that if the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) wins the next general elections, Punjab Chief Minister and party…
The residents of Sector G-7/2 staged a protest against the prolonged gas outages which had increased the woes of the citizens. Residents of Sector G-7/2, including women and children, staged a protest…
Domestic consumers have been facing difficulty in cooking food and warming their homes during the icy winter which has broken all past records. Citizens have had to deal with low gas pressure…
Domestic consumers in various areas faced great hardship on Tuesday because of gas shortage and low pressure. Consumers complained that gas pressure sharply dropped from 6 am to 10 am. “This is…
The Pakistani rupee sank to an all-time low against the dollar Friday on high oil prices and forex reserve fears as the country repaid nearly $400 million to the International Monetary Fund.…
Vegetable prices have decreased while fruit prices are still high in the local market as well as at weekly bazaars of the capital during the month of Ramadan. According to market rates,…
The European single currency fell below $1.22 on Thursday, striking a fresh two-year low amid the eurozone crisis and as traders saw receding prospects of US Fed stimulus measures. At about mid-day,…
Non communicable diseases including stroke are the leading killers in low and middle income countries like Pakistan. A cross-sectional survey from a multiethnic transitional Pakistani community showed that almost a quarter of…
Global stocks slid and the euro hit a four-month low on Monday on worries about a potential exit by Greece from the euro zone, while the outlook for slower world growth worsened…
Pakistani rupee hit a record low as it was traded at 91.35 to the dollar in the open market on Monday. Pakistan Rupees rate was in a continue declining trend against US…
Prime Minister chided Cabinet Committee On Investment (CCOI) for putting up low intensity issues, particularly enhancing tariff from three per cent to 7.5 per cent for PTA, with the committee as it…
Never a dull moment in our country’s political or economic situation. When it is not the season of political intrigues, it is the economy that is spewing fresh controversies. The latest being…
The rupee traded at a record low of 90.70 to dollar for the third consecutive trading session on Friday, a private TV channel reported. In inter bank market, rupee traded at 90.70…
Residents of Rana Town on Monday staged a demonstration to protest gas outages and low pressure. The protesters, mostly women and children, blocked the main road and chanted slogans. They said gas…
Announcing an all out support to the protest movement by industrialists, traders and workers against fuel price hike, stoppage of gas to industries and prolonged load shedding of electricity, the Jamaat-e-Islami on…
