Strict action ordered against profiteers KARACHI: Additional Chief Secretary Local Government of Sindh Engineer Syed Najam Ahmad Shah has warned the... Published 23 Feb, 2023 05:52am
Print Subsidised essential items: PM takes firm step to firm up Ramazan strategy Calls for improving liaison between centre and provinces and directs strict action against hoarders Updated 14 Feb, 2023 09:01am
Print Edible oil: SBP, MoF urged to ask banks to open LCs ISLAMABAD: The edible oil industry has asked the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Ministry of Finance to direct the... Updated 06 Jan, 2023 09:12am
Pakistan USC introduces system for purchasing subsidised items ISLAMABAD: On the special orders of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Utility Stores Corporation (USC) is providing... Published 31 Oct, 2022 07:12am
Business & Finance Market distortions: CCP brings out study on 10 essential items ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has strongly criticised the government’s policy of ... Published 18 Oct, 2022 06:42am
Print Essential commodities: Stakeholders told to avoid speculative trading ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal Thursday directed the... Updated 16 Sep, 2022 09:49am
Print Import permits for onion, tomato to be issued ISLAMABAD: Aimed at ensuring the supply of essential commodities in the market and stabilise prices, the Ministry of... Updated 31 Aug, 2022 09:47am
Markets Essential commodities: NPMC takes stock of prices ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Tuesday reviewed the prices of essential commodities ... Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am
Markets ‘Essential commodities available at all Utility Stores’ KARACHI: Subsidized items sugar, ghee and flour are available in abundance at all Utility Stores across the ... Published 24 Jul, 2022 05:04am
Print 5 edible items: Subsidy likely to continue for 2 more months Economic Coordination Committee expected to provide relief on Atta, sugar, Ghee, rice, and pulses under the PM’s Relief Package-2020 Updated 09 May, 2022 10:38am
Pakistan Ex-post facto approval of expenditure: ECC asks MoI&P to seek legal opinion ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed Ministry of Industries and... Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am
Pakistan PPP demands govt halt sell-off process ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government should stop the... Published 04 Feb, 2022 04:43am
Markets Prices of essential commodities decreasing, claims Punjab CM LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that prices of essential commodities are decreasing due ... Published 19 Dec, 2021 04:37am
Pakistan PPP holds countrywide protests against inflation, price hike ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) held countrywide protests against the rising price hike of essential... Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am
Opinion The spectre of price hike According to federal cabinet, the prices of essential commodities have been declining for the last two weeks. Well,... Published 09 Dec, 2021 04:29am
Print Essential commodities: Prices declining, cabinet told Fawad Chaudhary says 30 percent discount to the low-income group on essential commodities through ration cards from January 2022 would provide further relief Updated 08 Dec, 2021 04:36pm
Pakistan Covid-19 pandemic: USC providing subsidy on 5 essential commodities ISLAMABAD: During Covid-19 pandemic, despite curtailed working hours and employees of Utility Stores Corporation of... Published 03 Dec, 2021 04:31am
Print Tarin asks provinces to ensure availability of flour in market ISLAMABAD: The Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin, has asked the provincial... Updated 02 Dec, 2021 09:30am
Print Essential commodities: PM concerned at hoarding, smuggling Directs all stakeholders to undertake urgent measures and bring out-of-the-box solutions to control smuggling Updated 02 Dec, 2021 09:21am
Markets Wholesale, retail prices of commodities re-fixed FAISALABAD: The District Price Control Committee meeting was held at DC office under the chairmanship of Deputy... Published 22 Nov, 2021 05:31am
Print Tarin urges provinces to lift imported sugar stock Tarin expresses concern over significant differentence in the price of wheat flour in Sindh and Balochistan as compared to the other provinces Updated 11 Nov, 2021 09:41am
Opinion Stop playing the blame game Blaming the Sindh government for soaring prices of sugar is not just sufficient; the federal government that has ... Published 10 Nov, 2021 05:47am
Pakistan Two sugar mills sealed as govt steps up crackdown on hoarders LAHORE: To ensure sale of sugar at the officially-fixed price and its availability in the market, the provincial... Published 06 Nov, 2021 03:57am
Print Price stabilization: Tarin directs Punjab CS to provide sugar to KP govt ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin Wednesday directed the chief ... Updated 04 Nov, 2021 09:38am
Print PML-N terms it ‘a fraud package’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), while terming Prime Minister Imran Khan’s relief package as a... Updated 04 Nov, 2021 09:38am
Print 3 essential items: PM announces relief package ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced a Rs120 billion subsidy package on three essential commodities ... Updated 04 Nov, 2021 09:32am
Print PM to announce relief package today ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to address the nation today (Wednesday) to take it into confidence... Updated 03 Nov, 2021 11:33am
Print 'Artificial' inflation: PM for strict action against 'perpetrators' ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said that strict action should be taken against the perpetrators ... Published 19 Oct, 2021 03:52am
Pakistan 23,000 profiteers, hoarders fined KARACHI: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh for Bureau of Supply and Prices Dr Khatu Mil Jeewan has said that... Published 13 Oct, 2021 04:47am
Markets Essential commodities: Price hike hurts living standards of people: Mian Zahid KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan and President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum,... Published 30 Sep, 2021 04:15am