NEPRA okays Rs5.27 per unit hike in KE tariff

KARACHI: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Friday okayed a hike in electricity tariff for K-electric consumers by Rs5.27 per unit. The residents of the metropolis would bear an additional Rs7 per unit on basic tariff from July 2022. NEPRA issues

$2.3b Chinese loan deposited in Pakistan bank: FM tells

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail Friday announced that a Chinese consortium loan of RMB 15 billion (roughly $2.3 billion) has been credited into the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) account, increasing Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves. In a Twitter message, Miftah said: “I

Punjab govt warns of filing treason cases against Imran, lies

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Friday has warned to file treason cases against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his allies under Articles 5 and 6 of the constitution. During a press conference at the Chief Minister’s

Father, two sons gunned down in front of Shikarpur police

SHIKARPUR: A father and his two sons were gunned down in police mobile within the jurisdiction of Chak police station near Shikarpur on Friday. According to police, an armed clash took place between two rival groups of Badani Jatoi and Shar communities

Pakistan denounces extra-judicial killing of 11 more Kashmiris

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Friday strongly condemned extra-judicial killing of eleven more Kashmiris in fresh acts of state-sponsored terrorism by Indian occupation forces in Pulwama and Baramulla Districts of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Addressing a weekly press briefing here, Foreign Office

Rs116m funds provided to all bar associations: Wahab

KARACHI: Administrator Karachi, Sindh Government Spokesman and CM Advisor on Law Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Friday said that the struggle of the lawyers community for an independent judiciary is unprecedented. “Legislation will be enacted to allocate court fees to the Bar Association,”

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