As the holy month of Ramadan commenced on Monday, government websites have restricted civil servants, students and children in a majorly Muslim region from fasting. The ruling Communist party is known for its atheism and has for years prevented government employees and minors from fasting in Xinjiang, a place with over 10 million devout Muslim […]
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Giving citizens some more to digest following Eid festivities, the government dropped a petrol bomb, rising oil prices by up to Rs4.40 per litre. Effective from today, the government announced a price hike in petroleum products. Earlier, the government had decided to retain prices of petroleum products at the current level due to Eid-ul-Fitr. However, […]
At least one person was killed and nineteen others sustained injuries in an explosion that occurred near the entrance of Safari Park, Karachi. The blast occurred when a bus carrying passengers to participate Youm-e-Quds rally on MA Jinnah Road was passing by the area. However, there is no confirmation on the nature of the blast […]
Karachi: (Monday, July 30, 2012) As the Eid-ul-Fitr approaches, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decides to inject fresh currency notes in the market from August 01. To equally circulate the fresh currency notes, the SBP will utilize over 10,000 branches of the commercial banks across Pakistan. The fresh currency notes will be available to […]
Jul 30 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Saturday, July 21, 2012) President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari has directed the respective chief ministers of all four provinces including Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir to effectively control prices of all the essential items during the holy month of Ramadan to facilitate the people. The President sent these directives to the respective provinces […]
Jul 21 2012 | Posted in
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Karachi: (Friday, July 20, 2012) The meeting of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is currently underway to observe the crescent for the month of Ramadan 1433 A.H. Concurrently, meeting of Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committees is also being held in the building of Ministry of Religious Affairs in Islamabad. Moreover, zonal committees are also meeting in their respective areas. […]
Jul 20 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Wednesday, July 18, 2012) Advisor to Prime Minister for Petroleum, Dr Asim Hussain said here today that in order to ensure sustained power supply across Pakistan, uninterrupted fuel supply to power producers is being ensured. He said that the government is doing this despite the non-payment of dues on part of the thermal power […]
Jul 19 2012 | Posted in
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In what appeared to be another claim by Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, the Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved uniform loadshedding across the country. The meeting held with the premier in the chair decided that all provinces will face an equal amount of power outages. The meeting, however, decided that there will be no loadshedding […]
KESC to be paid the price differential for continuous power supply – Pakistan oil & gas sector update PAKISTAN: It has been learnt from reliable sources that federal government of Pakistan will be providing billions of rupees to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) to balance the difference in furnace oil and gas prices that ensured […]
Nov 22 2011 | Posted in
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Noman Javaid makes an effort to recite prayer with a blended touch of his vocal charisma. The Musician and vocalist is well familiar with the strategy to put his efforts and talent in the right place, as ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’ singer seems to be in consistent approach to release tracks on a number of occasions. […]
Oct 18 2011 | Posted in
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