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Gold price hits all-time high of Rs. 178,800 per tola
KARACHI: Domestic gold prices continued their record-breaking spree on Tuesday as one-tola and 10-gram rates hit an all-time high of 178,800 and Rs153,292 after gaining Rs3,900 and Rs3,344 respectively.
According to the All Sindh Sarafa…
KP Chief Minister shows concerns over countrywide inflation
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has expressed grave concern over the rising inflation in the country coupled with non-provision of budgeted funds of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province by the incumbent Federal Government,…
WB okays $1.69 billion to assist Pakistan in rehabilitation…
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Tuesday approved $1.692 billion in financing for five projects in the flood-hit province of Sindh, announced the global lender in a statement.
Out of the five, three projects…
Govt unveils strategy to reduce Power consumption
ISLAMABAD: The Federal government on Tuesday unveiled its Energy Conservation Plan, according to which all the markets and restaurants will be shut down at 8pm.
Speaking during a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Defence…
Forces kill terrorists at Bannu CTD Center: report
BANNU: Security Forces have wrapped up their 'search and kill' operation after gunning down the terrorists holding hostages inside the Counter-Terrorism Department’s (CTD) compound in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday.
Forces were…
A security officer martyred in an attack by Afghanistan border
Parachinar: A border strike from Afghanistan led the death of security officer on the Pak-Afghan border at Shurki in Kurram district.
According to police sources, there was an attack with automatic weapons on the Pak-Afghan border in the…
8 killed, 25 injured in Rajanpur road accident
RAJANPUR: Eight people lost their lives and 25 were injured in a head-on collision of buses that occurred due to fog on Indus Highway near Shahwali in Rajanpur district of Punjab.
All of the deaths occurred on the spot, rescue officials…
Oil and Gas reserves discovered in Sindh’s Sanghar
KARACHI: Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) informed investors on Monday that it had discovered Oil and Gas in an exploratory well named Chak-5 Dim South-3 in Sindh’s Sanghar district.
In a regulatory filing, the company said…
Impasse prevails after militants seize CTD facility in Bannu
BANNU: Talks between the government and militants — who took over the Bannu Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) compound a day earlier — did not result in any breakthrough till date.
On Sunday, detained militants inside the CTD facility…
BHC reorders quashing cases against Swati
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Monday, once again, ordered the dismissal of all the cases registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Azam Swati in the province for controversial tweets against military officials.…