Weekly inflation up by 0.45 percent

ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation, measured by Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), witnessed an increase of 0.45 percent for combined consumption group during the week ended on January 26, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday. The SPI for the week under review in the above-mentioned group was recorded at 221.54 points as compared to […]

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350th meeting of ETPB board members held

LAHORE:The 350th meeting of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) board members was held here on Friday under the chairmanship of ETPB Chairman Habib-ul-Hamman Gilani. Hindus, Sikhs, official and non-official members and board officers from across the country participated in the meeting. The meeting approved maintenance and repair work at Katas Raj Mandir Chakwal, Gurdwara […]

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Pak students to visit Japan under Japan-SAARC Program from Feb 1

ISLAMABAD:On the invitation by the Government of Japan, a delegation of nine Pakistani students accompanied by a supervisor will visit Japan from February 1-7, under the Japan-SAARC Network Program of people-to-people exchange known as JENESYS. The students’ delegation comprises five undergraduate students from COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus, and four high school students from Westminster […]

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Levies personnel killed in Kachhi

QUETTA:Personnel of the Levies force was gunned down on Friday by unidentified gunmen in an attack on Levies Check post, official sources confirmed. They said that a Levies officer was martyred as a result of the firing of miscreants at Bala Nari Madad Levies Check post in the Kachhi district of Balochistan. The martyred official […]

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Rupee loses another Rs 6.82 against dollar

ISLAMABAD:The exchange rate of the Pakistani rupee depreciated by Rs 6.82 against the US dollar in the interbank trading on Friday and closed at Rs 262.60 against the previous day’s closing of Rs 255.42. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of dollar in the open market were recorded […]

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Rs 32,53,500 fines imposed on profiteers

NAROWAL: District Officer (DO) Industries Zeeshan Niaz has said that on the special orders of chief secretary Punjab and Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Shahrukh Niazi, the process of price checking on a daily basis across the district is in progress. Under which price magistrate was checking the shops on a daily basis to ensure the price […]

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