Pakistan refiners warn $6bn upgrades at risk due to fuel price deregulation plan KARACHI: Pakistan's plans to deregulate fuel prices could lead refiners to halt planned upgrades worth up to $6... Updated 23 Apr, 2024 08:45pm
Business & Finance Global freight acceleration will lift fuel prices: Kemp LONDON: Global trade flows have showed signs of accelerating at the start of 2024, as the major industrial economies... Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am
BR Research WPI: Gas and power at the core The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for February 2024 clocked in at 18.66 percent – at a 31-month low, and surely comes... Published 11 Mar, 2024 08:31am
Print PL on HOBC fuel kept unchanged ISLAMABAD: The Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have sustained the price of Hi-Octane blending component (HOBC) fuel... Updated 03 Feb, 2024 03:02pm
Markets Reduction in fuel prices greeted HYDERABAD: President Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry Muhammad Farooq Shaikhani welcomed the... Published 17 Dec, 2023 03:01am
Business & Finance Hike in fuel, energy prices: Senate body says agri input cost increased by 200pc ISLAMABAD: With the increase in petroleum products, gas, and electricity prices, the input cost for agriculture... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
BR Research Cement prices: Fast in Slovember For months—and long before this fiscal year began—cement prices have soared without showing any signs of weakness or... Published 29 Nov, 2023 08:43am
Print OMAP urges ministry, Ogra to reconsider proposed weekly adjustments LAHORE: Chairman Oil Marketing Association of Pakistan (OMAP) Tariq Wazir Ali on Sunday appealed to the Ministry of... Updated 27 Nov, 2023 08:38am
Business & Finance Policy rate kept unchanged on inflation, C/A KARACHI: While maintaining the policy rate at 22 percent, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of... Published 31 Oct, 2023 05:26am
BR Research Just passing by Last week, Lucky Motors informed potential car buyers that the company is reducing the prices of its vehicles or... Published 11 Oct, 2023 08:44am
Markets Investments to determine fuel prices at the pump: UAE ABU DHABI: Fuel prices consumers pay at the pump will be driven by a willingness to keep investing in fossil fuels,... Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am
BR Research Agha steel: Gold worthy? It has been three years since the long-steel rebar maker, Agha Steel went public with an initial public offering... Published 28 Sep, 2023 08:58am
Business & Finance Prices of essential kitchen items continue to show increasing trend ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items especially vegetables and fruits have continued witnessing an... Published 24 Sep, 2023 03:21am
Pakistan Hike in fuel prices: LHC seeks reply from govt, others LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought a response from the caretaker government and others on a... Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am
Pakistan POL price hike: Railways hikes fares by 5pc ISLAMABAD: Following an increase in fuel prices, the Pakistan Railways (PR) has announced an increase of five ... Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:51am
Opinion A culture of strikes The Karachi chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami has given a call for a shutdown in the country’s largest city for today... Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am
Markets Business community rejects hike in fuel prices PESHAWAR: Business community here along with transporters and political parties on Sunday rejected the recent... Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am
Pakistan Govt urged to withdraw hike in fuel prices KARACHI: In a stern reaction to the fresh fuel oil prices’ hike to the all-time highs, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) ... Published 17 Sep, 2023 06:05am
Markets Prices of kitchen items rise on hike in fuel prices ISLAMABAD: Following a further increase in petrol and high-speed diesel prices, the prices of essential kitchen ... Published 17 Sep, 2023 06:05am
Business & Finance Business community rejects hike in fuel prices KARACHI Business and industrial community Saturday outrightly rejected Rs40 per litre hike in petroleum products’... Published 17 Sep, 2023 06:05am
Print Another big hike in fuel prices on the cards ISLAMABAD: The interim government may announce, once again, a significant raise in the ex-depot prices of petroleum... Updated 14 Sep, 2023 10:58am
Opinion Price hike, inflation challenges The price hike and prohibitive inflation are exacting their toll on people in an unprecedented manner. The food... Published 09 Sep, 2023 06:20am
Print Economic update for August: Upward adjustment in energy tariffs, fuel price hike to strain inflationary pressures: MoF ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry Wednesday said the upward adjustment in energy tariffs and further increase in fuel... Updated 07 Sep, 2023 09:33am
Opinion Energy efficiency in buildings During the last week of August 2023, people were taken aback when they received their electricity bills. Even those... Updated 06 Sep, 2023 11:01am
Opinion A palpable sense of austerity According to Collins Online Dictionary, “Austerity is a situation in which people’s living standards are reduced... Published 05 Sep, 2023 06:22am
Opinion Need for protecting Pakistan-IMF deal Regardless of the intensity of growing public anger against ‘inflated’ electricity bills, the caretaker setup... Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am
Markets Transporters increase fares on hike in fuel prices KARACHI: Following another massive hike in fuel prices, the local transporters in Karachi, have unilaterally... Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am
Pakistan Railways hikes fares by 5pc on increase in fuel prices ISLAMABAD: Following an increase in fuel prices, the Pakistan Railways (PR) has announced an increase of five ... Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am
Opinion Public sentiment taken for granted The public sentiment has mostly been taken for granted by the governments and the parliamentarians as a class with ... Updated 02 Sep, 2023 07:59am
Print Hike in fuel prices, power tariffs: JI to observe countrywide strike today KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is observing a countrywide strike on Saturday against hike in petroleum and... Updated 02 Sep, 2023 08:39am