Fuel spike lifts SPI to 8.62% YoY

Petrol, diesel and LPG lead weekly gain of 0.23%; bananas, tomatoes, chicken ease KARACHI: Pakistan’s short-term inflation accelerated again as the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) rose 8.62% year-on-year in the week ended September 10, up from 8.35% a week earlier, after a sharp jump in fuel and cooking-gas prices more than offset cheaper perishables. The…

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Govt cuts petrol, diesel prices again

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday slashed the prices of petrol and diesel by up to Rs6.80 per litre for the next fortnight effective from May 23. This is the second week the consumers are enjoying reduction in prices of high speed diesel and petrol. Even, after the fresh reduction, the prices of petrol and high…

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Judicial Commission questions Mir Raza Ali’s business partner over irregularities

Commission expresses displeasure at Bhurday’s conduct, says behaving more like a suspect than a witness Mir Raza Ali, owner of the popular dessert shop Wafflix, whose body was found in Gulistan-e-Jauhar after he was allegedly kidnapped from PECHS. SCREENGRAB/ Youtube The judicial commission probing the murder of young entrepreneur Mir Raza Ali recorded statements from…

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Police file kidnapping FIR in missing girl case

Day-long search along four kilometres stretch of Nullah Leh ends without leads; locals stage protest RAWALPINDI: Following a day-long search for a six-year-old girl who went missing near Committee Chowk which bore no fruit, the police have registered a kidnapping case and officially launched an investigation. Earlier in the day, when the girl’s father reported…

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HC judges’ appointment matter may land in court

ISLAMABAD: As President Asif Ali Zardari continues to withhold approval of the summary regarding the appointment of high court judges, the federal government is considering approaching the superior judiciary to seek a constitutional interpretation of the matter. Sources told The Express Tribune that the government intends to seek a final resolution of the issue, contending…

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Ex-AJK PM survives bid on life

Former Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) prime minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas survived an armed attack on his convoy in Palandri on Friday, however, his bodyguard was killed while protecting him, and several of his associates sustained injuries. Sardar Tanveer, who is also the Azad Jammu and Kashmir President of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), was travelling…

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