Pakistan is facing many serious problems nowadays, but the problem of price-rise is the most serious one. The government of Pakistan and LPG producers has recently dropped three more bombshells on the people of Pakistan by increasing the price of oil products. Though many of the petroleum products are deregulated now but broadly their prices [...]
Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has issued a notification of new rates of compressed natural gas (CNG). According to notification 1-kilogram (CNG) would be sold at Rs66.42 against Rs59 in Pothohar Region, Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while 1-kilogram CNG would be sold at Rs63.11in central Punjab and Sindh.
So the [...]
If it’s a struggle for me then what must it be like for all the rest? There is a roof over my head, food in the larder and a warm bed to sleep in. I lack little. That which I do not have I either don’t need or don’t desire — but if I did [...]
If the Gilani-Zardari regime spend half of time on the issues like management of resources and their provision to the people, which they spend in protecting their NRO and rallying for Kerry-Lugar Bill, the people would be in far much better condition as they are now.
Even at the start of winter, where is no massive [...]
Though there isn’t much difference remains now in the prices of petrol and the compressed natural gas (CNG), still the tight budgets force people to save money where it is possible. CNG being less expensive is the fuel of choice for the vehicles, especially the smaller ones.
Plethora of domestically assembled CNG kits are available in [...]
Taxes and duties are a major source of income for any government to run its functions. A government, which fails to put economic progress on the right track by introducing certain policies to give boost to industrial, human resource and business sectors, becomes totally dependent on taxation.
After selling the Cash Cows the only option remains [...]
Throughout Pakistan after the protests of traders, laborers, farmers, government employees, hundreds of protesters including women and children are staging sit-ins and marches in big cities and towns. As usual, when the masses stage peaceful protests, the thuggish police start applying baton-charge and tear gas upon them.
This time when the protestors in Rawalpindi staged a [...]
As the various parameters are affecting the economy the major ones are un-stable currency value and the petroleum prices. Once the crude oil went above USD 147 per barrel the government got a plea to raise the petroleum prices in Pakistan. This also had affected CNG prices (which is totally local product) also.
All means [...]
Officials, of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), in a statement has stated that if government takes responsibility then OGRA may review rates of CNG.
It was also mentioned that the input price of CNG is Rs 22 per Kg and gas stations selling it near Rs 49 a KG.
What does it mean “if government takes [...]
On the fourth day of the operation in the Khyber Agency, empty residences and so-called central structures of the three banned outfits of Lashkar-e-Islam, Ansar-ul-Islam and Tanzeem Amar Bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munqar are under perpetual shelling of the security forces, and the escapted militants are now threatening for the retaliation and all the [...]
