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State Bank increases policy rate for next two years

Posted on September 21, 2021 by News Desk

Islamabad September 20 (Online): State Bank of Pakistan has announced to increase the Policy Rate by (7 to 7.25) percent for the next two months. The Monitory Policy Committee of the Bank said on Monday that the economic recovery which has exceeded expectations and is […]

Cement export increases by 3.26%

Posted on August 2, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, The exports of cement witnessed an increase of 3.26 percent during the fiscal year 2020-21, against the exports of the corresponding period of last year. The cement exports were recorded at $267.910 million during July-June (2020-21) against the exports of $259.441 million during July-June […]

Tractor production increases 65.24% in ten months

Posted on May 19, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, The production of farm tractors in the country witnessed an increase of 65.24 percent to 41,327 units during first ten month of financial year 2020-21, against the production of 25,009 units in same period of last year. During the period under review, the production […]

Local POL production increases 12.71% in 3rd quarter

Posted on May 9, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, The overall production of petroleum commodities has witnessed an increase of 12.71 percent during the first three quarters of financial year 2020-21 as compared to corresponding period of last year. The Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) products that showed growth including kerosene oil production, […]

NEPRA increases power tariff by Rs0.64 per unit

Posted on April 8, 2021 by News Desk

Islamabad – The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has allowed the ex-WAPDA Discos an increase of Rs.0.64 per unit in power tariff under the Fuel Charges Adjustment (FCA) for the month of February. The decision will have an impact of Rs 5.28 billion on […]

Sindh’s COVID-19 positivity ratio increases in March

Posted on March 8, 2021 by News Desk

After coronavirus restrictions were relaxed, the COVID-19 positivity ratio in Sindh has seen a sharp rise in the first week of March. The ratio measures how many people tested for coronavirus actually had the virus (tested positive) as a percentage of total tests conducted. As per the […]

Textile exports increase 8.23pc to $8.765b in seven months, 10.79pc in January

Posted on February 21, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD-The exports of textile commodities witnessed an increase of 8.23 per cent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of last year. The textile exports were recorded at $8765.739 million in July-January (2020-21) against the exports of $8099.095 […]

Ogra increases RLNG price by $0.88 per MMBTU

Posted on February 5, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD – Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Thursday notified the revised price of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) on networks of the SSGC and SNGPL for the current month. According to a notification issued by the authority, there is $0.8883 per million british thermal […]

Gold price increases by Rs100 per tola

Posted on January 13, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD – The price of 24 karat per tola increased by Rs100 and was sold at Rs113,300 on Tuesday against its sale at Rs113,200 the previous day, Karachi Sarafa Association reported. Providing market details, it said the price of ten-gram 24 karat gold […]

Gold price increases

Posted on December 22, 2020 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD – The price of 24 karat gold on Monday witnessed an increase of Rs50 and was traded at Rs112,500 against its sale at Rs112,450 the previous day. Likewise, the price of ten-gram gold also increased by Rs43 and was sold at Rs96,451 […]

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