No justification for capacity charges
It is worth mentioning here that due to the continuous increase in electricity and gas prices during the last few years, where the work in the industry has come to a standstill, the payment of gas and electricity bills for the common man as well as f...
High time to get terror genie back in bottle
The dreadful incidents of terrorism in the country are an opener for the security appartus. The anti-Pakistan game behind the terrorist attack on Chinese engineers in the Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday last demands that...
PSX sets new record in the wake of IMF accord
Pakistan Stock Exchange on Wednesday set a new record due to an extraordinary rally and the record of the highest level of 100 index was broken. After the agreement with the IMF, the investors were once again mobilized by the government's clear polic...
No relief in sight
The energy crisis in Pakistan is getting worse. Sui Northern Gas has asked for a third hike in gas prices in a year. Its prices are being hiked by 155 percent from July 1. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his anger on this and has asked fo...
Trade ties: Pak team visit of Kabul
It is hoped that the visit of the delegation of the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan to Kabul to discuss the issues occurring in the bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan will prove to be very helpful in removing the coldness in the relati...
Updating the tax system
The Federal Board of Revenue, taking a big step to bring the shopkeepers and traders into the tax net, has issued a notification for the mandatory registration scheme for dealers, retailers, manufacturers and importer-cum-retailers. According to the...
High food prices adding to masses' woes
A recent survey during the first ashra of the ongong holy month of Ramazan shows that poverty has risen to unprecedented level in the country. There has been alarming number of people availing the facilities of various Dasterkhwan (food distrib...
A welcome development
It is welcome to note that the government has started setting its own house right. Yes, the government, while formally launching the austerity drive, has first banned ministers, parliamentarians and government officials from spending foreign tr...
Further increase in gas prices in the offing
After the painful increase in gas prices across the country by 200% from November 1, 2023 and 67% on February 1, 2024, this trend has not stopped, domestic and industrial consumers will have to bear a new burden of 147% increase from July 1, 2024. Ac...
Terrorism in North Waziristan
The Pakistan's tribal district of North Waziristan located on the Pak-Afghan border has been targeted by the heinous acts of terrorists, for the elimination of which the Pakistan Army is actively working day and night and has eliminated many of their...
