World Bank recognises grim spectre of food price rise Says food prices have been increasing for 11 consecutive months Updated 13 Apr, 2023 08:50am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.92pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended April 6, 2023, recorded an ... Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am
Business & Finance SPI inflation down 0.36pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended March 30, 2023, recorded a ... Published 01 Apr, 2023 06:21am
Business & Finance Exchange rate, POL prices: Inflation may stay at elevated level: MoF ISLAMABAD: Inflation is expected to stay at an elevated level due to exchange rate depreciation and recent upward... Published 01 Apr, 2023 06:21am
Print Free wheat flour: PM visits distribution points LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday paid a surprise visit to the free flour distribution centres in... Published 25 Mar, 2023 06:25am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 1.80pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended March 22, 2023, recorded an... Updated 25 Mar, 2023 08:47am
Print PM orders action against hoarders, profiteers ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that legal action should be taken against hoarders and... Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:35am
Business & Finance Sindh govt issues directives for checking price hike, hoarding KARACHI: Sindh government’s Directorate General for Bureau of Supply and Prices has announced that proactive... Published 21 Feb, 2023 06:57am
Print Russian oil and gas will start reaching this year: govt LAHORE: Minister of State for Petroleum Division Dr Musadiq Masood Malik has said under the Pak-Russia agreement,... Updated 20 Feb, 2023 08:52am
Business & Finance Weekly SPI inflation stays unchanged ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended January 19, remained unchanged,... Published 21 Jan, 2023 06:49am
Business & Finance Pakistan Customs launches ‘Linking International Values’ system ISLAMABAD: Directorate General Valuation (Customs), Karachi has launched LIVE (Linking International Values) system... Updated 13 Jan, 2023 08:52am
Business & Finance Pakistan: Weekly SPI sharply up 1.09pc ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) witnessed a sharp increase of 1.09 percent ended on January 5, 2023... Updated 07 Jan, 2023 08:50am
Print World food prices hit record high in 2022 Food prices surged after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year on fears of disruptions to Black Sea trade Updated 07 Jan, 2023 08:55am
Business & Finance SPI inflation down 0.4pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator-based inflation for the week ended December 15, recorded a decrease of 0.40... Published 17 Dec, 2022 06:50am
Opinion Lack of prudent macroeconomic policies “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they... Published 14 Dec, 2022 05:57am
Business & Finance SPI records 0.62pc increase WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended on November 17, recorded an... Published 19 Nov, 2022 05:49am
Markets Oil falls LONDON: Oil prices fell on Monday, dragged down by a firmer US dollar while surging coronavirus cases in China ... Published 15 Nov, 2022 05:52am
Print SPI inflation up 0.74pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended November 10, recorded an increase... Updated 12 Nov, 2022 09:38am
Markets Rates of food items on the rise in Peshawar PESHAWAR: Prices of vegetables, live chicken/ meat, flour and other edibles remained on higher side in the local... Published 24 Oct, 2022 05:45am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.35pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended on October 20, recorded an ... Updated 22 Oct, 2022 09:47am
Business & Finance SPI down 0.57pc on WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended on October 13, recorded a decrease... Updated 15 Oct, 2022 12:41pm
Markets Prices of kitchen items continue to surge in local market PESHAWAR: Prices of important kitchen items like vegetables, pulses, live chicken/meat, farm eggs, flour, and others... Published 26 Sep, 2022 07:19am
Business & Finance SPI inflation down 8.11pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended September 22 recorded a... Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am
Business & Finance SPI inflation down 0.19pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended September 15 for the... Updated 17 Sep, 2022 11:03am
Business & Finance Aug CPI inflation hits multi-decade high of 27.3pc YoY ISLAMABAD: Consumer Price Index (CPI) surged to a multi-decade high of 27.3 percent on a year-on-year basis in ... Published 02 Sep, 2022 06:00am
Markets FTSE 100 ends higher LONDON: Britain’s top share index ended near a 10-week peak on Tuesday as strong results from BHP Group sparked a... Published 17 Aug, 2022 06:55am
Pakistan ‘Cost of borrowing also increasing’: Social instability growing due to high energy, food prices: analyst KARACHI: Social instability is growing in Pakistan due to three major challenges, namely rising energy prices, hike... Published 17 Jul, 2022 05:19am
Markets Asia Coffee: Vietnam, Indonesia prices fall on weakness in London HANOI/BANDAR (LAMPUNG): Prices in major Asian robusta beans suppliers, Vietnam and Indonesia, fell this week... Published 08 Jul, 2022 05:36am
Print Subsidy on 5 commodities for KP to continue: ECC allows one-time release of banned items stuck at ports, airports ISLAMABAD: The government has allowed one-time special permission for the release of stranded consignments of banned... Updated 06 Jul, 2022 09:59am
Opinion From war to wild weather, global crop problems point to years of high food prices Eric Broten had planned to sow about 5,000 acres of corn this year on his farm in North Dakota, but persistent... Published 29 Jun, 2022 05:44am