By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Consumer price inflation slowed to 23.8 percent in November as aggressive policy tightening dampened demand, official data showed on Thursday.
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Taxman tops 5-month revenue target
The development may just have bolstered the position of Finance Minister Dar vis-à-vis the IMF that the government can stay on-budget in fiscal year 2022-23 and needs not raise additional resources. By Muhammad Ali.
Govt keeps domestic fuel prices unchanged
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government on Wednesday decided to keep domestic prices of gasoline and diesel unchanged until December 15, finance minister Ishaq Dar said.
TTP suicide bomber kills four, wounds at least 26 in southwestern Pakistan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A suspected suicide bomber from the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) blew himself up near an escorting police truck carrying security personnel to protect polio workers in the restive Balochistan province on Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring 26 others, including 23 policemen, just two days after the militant group ended a ceasefire.
Pak-US conclave on higher education gets underway
The three-day event aims to bring together leaders and decision makers from universities, industry, and government to invigorate and rethink higher education in the 21st century. By Naveed Naqvi.
Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal and others at a reference organised by the Ministry on November 29, 2022 to mark the first death anniversary of late journalists Ziauddin. Handout photo.
Sitara-e-Imtiaz for the late Ziauddin hailed
Its conferment on a journalist sterling credibility and impeccable integrity is a nation’s debt repaid, and adds to the credibility of the civilian award. By Naveed Naqvi.
Tobacco crop. Image courtesy of Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTB)
New MIPs set for tobacco crop of 2023
The prices, okayed by the ECC, are indicative and do not entail any financial obligation on the part of the federal government. By Staff Reporter.
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What next for PTI?
Can the party that was once the hope of the middle class recover from the series of setbacks it has suffered one after the other since April? By Ahmer Kureishi.
New CJCSC Gen Mirza assumes office
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) is the senior most officer in the Pakistani military, who outranks all services chiefs including the COAS. By Naveed Naqvi.
FIA gets two-day remand of Swati
The firebrand senator is in trouble with the law again after sending slanderous tweets from his Twitter handle. By Naveed Naqvi.