All-time high price of wheat flour pushed weekly inflation in Pakistan up 1.80 per cent week-on-week and 46.65 per cent year-on-year during the seven-day period that ended on March 23, pointing to even tougher times ahead in the country, Geo News reported. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data issued on Friday attributed the surge in […]
A stampede broke out on Wednesday during the distribution of subsidised wheat flour outside the offices of Razaar tehsil’s headquarters in Pakistan’s Swabi. No one was injured in the stampede, Dawn reported. Residents said that mismanagement marred the distribution of subsidised flour. Riaz Khan said people queued up for flour outside the THQ offices and […]
Expressing grave concerns over the shortage of different medicines including life-saving drugs, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) demanded the government to ease the process of opening letters of credit (LCs) for drug manufacturers, Dawn reported. In a statement issued here on Thursday, the PMA said that it had already warned the government that the failure […]
With only a few days left for Ramzan, the Pakistan government has raised the price of petrol to Pakistani Rupee (PKR) 272 per litre, adding pressure on the inflation-weary people, Geo News reported. The Finance Division, in its fortnight bulletin, attributed the price hike to the depreciation of the Pakistani rupee against the US dollar […]
Amid the ongoing financial crunch in Pakistan, another car maker company Honda on Wednesday announced to close its plant citing severe disruption in supply chain as major reason, reported Geo News. Honda Atlas Cars –the assembler of Honda automobiles in the country blamed current economic situation for its decision and said that the plant will […]
The medical supply to CENAR Cancer Hospital in Balochistan has been stopped by the Pakistan administration for the last two months, Pakistan vernacular media, The Balochistan Post reported. According to the reports, Balochistan’s only cancer hospital’s medical supply has been stopped due to the financial crisis in Pakistan. the medical supply was under the Balochistan […]
