Fuel price hike-induced inflation: Provinces asked to take steps to curb pressures Updated 05 Apr, 2026 10:29am Minister Ahsan Iqbal issues online meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee
Ahead of Ramazan: NPMC reviews price trends, other matters Published 07 Jan, 2026 05:53am ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee presented a detailed overview of inflation trends, noting that...
Ahsan for plan to ensure price stability Published 19 Nov, 2025 06:53am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal directed all relevant...
Pricing mechanism across country: DCs directed to analyse wholesale, retail prices regularly Published 05 Jul, 2025 05:57am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal directed all deputy...
Price disparities and crisis of governance Published 15 Apr, 2025 05:54am EDITORIAL: The revelation that the gap between wholesale and retail prices of essential commodities in Pakistan has...
NPMC reviews price stabilisation strategies Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:07am ISLAMABAD: In the month of October 2024, non-perishable food items experienced a controlled rise of 1.01 per cent as...
NPMC notes significant decline in inflation Updated 09 Oct, 2024 09:33am ISLAMABAD: National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) meeting revealed significant declining trend in inflation over...
Prices: provinces, ICT asked to curtail wholesale-retail gap Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am ISLAMABAD: The Caretaker Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Muhammad Sami Saeed has ...
One big reason for food inflation Published 09 Nov, 2023 05:38am EDITORIAL: The National Price Monitoring Committee’s (NPMC’s) revelation of a 40 percent differential in...
Essential commodities: NPMC satisfied with current price trend Updated 03 Nov, 2023 08:59am ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) reviewed the prices of essential commodities and expressed...
Wholesale, retail prices of essential commodities: NPMC underscores need for reducing gap Updated 26 Sep, 2023 08:47am ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) reviewed the prices of essential commodities on Monday and...
ECC struggles to lower prices of essentials Updated 15 May, 2023 09:05am Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) suggests measures required to be taken to lower inflation in the country
Inter-provincial coordination needed to avoid commodities’ scarcity: NPMC Published 27 Jan, 2023 07:30am ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Thursday reviewed the prices of essential commodities...
10 essential food commodities: CCP completes draft study aimed at addressing market distortions Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has completed a draft study aimed at addressing market...
Essential commodities: Stakeholders told to avoid speculative trading Updated 16 Sep, 2022 09:49am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal Thursday directed the...
Reviving NPMC Published 04 Sep, 2022 05:44am EDITORIAL: It took the government four months of runaway inflation to realise that disbanding the National Price...
Private sector allowed to import wheat Updated 02 Sep, 2022 10:00am Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet allows private sector to import 0.8 Million Metric Tons (MMTs) of wheat without subsidy
Essential commodities: NPMC takes stock of prices Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Tuesday reviewed the prices of essential commodities ...
Tarin urges govt to hold National Price Monitoring Committee meeting Updated 16 May, 2022 06:46pm Former finance minister says not a single meeting has been held by the current coalition government
Import of wheat: ECC directs MNFS&R, MoC, TCP to work out modalities Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am ISLAMABAD: Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed Ministry of National Food Security and...
Wheat imports: Tarin asks ministry to come up with ‘accurate need’ Updated 29 Mar, 2022 10:06am ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has asked the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to come up...
Ministry proposes 3MMT of wheat import Updated 19 Mar, 2022 10:27am ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Food Security & Research (MoNFS&R) has proposed import of three million...
Wheat flour: Balochistan govt asked to ensure price stability Updated 10 Mar, 2022 09:36am ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has directed the Balochistan authorities to ensure stability in the prices...
Low diesel stocks cause concerns Updated 24 Feb, 2022 09:50am ISLAMABAD: Expres-sing concern over low stocks of high speed diesel (HSD), a meeting of the National Price ...
Stability in wheat prices: Balochistan asked to take required steps Updated 09 Feb, 2022 09:44am ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) has been informed that wheat flour prices in...
NPMC informed: Sugar prices in Rawalpindi, Lahore and Quetta on the higher side Published 05 Feb, 2022 05:46am ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) has been informed that sugar prices in Rawalpindi, Lahore,...
Tarin asks ministry to firm up wheat supply strategy Published 03 Feb, 2022 04:02am ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin Wednesday directed the Ministry of National Food Security...
Strategic reserves of wheat: Ministry directed to formulate strategy Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has asked the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFS&R)...
Rising rates of pulses perturb Tarin: ‘Keep your finger on the pulse’ Updated 13 Jan, 2022 12:03pm Finance minister directs the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to build strategic reserves of pulses
Govt to import pulses to bridge supply-demand gap Updated 02 Jan, 2022 09:51am ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee was informed that the government would be importing...