A ship carrying grain left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for Istanbul on Monday under a safe passage agreement.The sailing was made possible after Turkey and the United Nations brokered a grain-and-fertiliser export agreement between Russia and Ukraine l…
More rain-wind/thundershower expected in most parts of country
More rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Kashmir, upper and central Punjab, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, north Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan during next twelve hours.However, isolated heavy falls are also expected in NorthEastern Punjab .Tempe…
Protecting rights of journalist community top priority of Govt: Marriyum
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb says protecting the rights of journalist community is top most priority of the government.Talking to a delegation of newly elected office bearers of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists in I…
CM Punjab announces Rs 800,000 compensation for flood victims
Punjab Chief Minister Chudhary Pervaiz Elahi announced financial assistance of eight hundred thousand rupees for family of each deceased in flood hit areas of Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh, Muzaffargarh and Mianwali.He stated this while chairing a meeting in …
Raise in Pensions of Federal Government Employees Notified
The Finance Ministry has formally enhanced the existing rate of pensions of federal government pensioners to 15 percent as per the announcement made by the Finance Minister during the budget speech on June 10. The Finance Division issued an office memo…
Govt Gets Mixed Response from Refineries on Russian Crude Oil
The government has received responses from a number of local refineries for buying oil from Russia after it invited suggestions for this purpose.The Ministry of Energy (Power Division) had asked the Managing Directors of the key local oil refineries of…
OGRA Increases LPG Prices for July
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Friday increased the prices of liquified petroleum gas (LPG).The authority announced an increase of Rs. 1.66 per kg in the price of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) for July.According to the notification, the pr…
Pakistan’s HC felicitates Canadian people on Canada Day
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Canada Zaheer Janjua has felicitated Canadian government and people on the Canada Day.In his tweet today (Friday), the High Commissioner said both Pakistan and Canada are making 75th anniversary of the establishment of d…
Govt revises prices of petroleum products
In view of the fluctuations in petroleum prices in the international market and exchange rate variation, the government has decided to increase prices of petroleum products in the country form today (Friday).According to Ministry of Finance, the govern…
Palm oil supply from Indonesia to Pakistan will complete by July 10: Ambassador Adam
The palm oil supply operation from Indonesia to Pakistan will be completed by July 10.This was stated by Indonesian Ambassador to Pakistan, Adam Mulawarman Tugio while talking to APP in Islamabad on Friday.He said five ships have already arrived at Kar…