People buy dried fruit in a market in Karachi on February 1, 2023. – Reuters SPI displays a weekly drop of 0.69%, an annual drop of 2.72%. The tomatoes, the chicken, the onions lead a drop in the weekly price in the essential elements. Onion, tomato, record wheat flour in net annual price drops. Pakistan … Read more
A representative image of a currency dealer counting $100 bills. — AFP/File The current account surplus for December alone climbs to $582 million. The turnover surplus decreased by 15% compared to the previous month. . Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomes current account surplus. KARACHI: Pakistan recorded its highest current account (CA) surplus in 15 years … Read more
People buy pulses and cereals at a wholesale market in Karachi on February 1, 2023. — AFP KARACHI: Short-term inflation in Pakistan, as measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), jumped by 0.8% for the week ending December 26, 2024, according to data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released today (Friday). Year-on-year inflation … Read more
(Left to right) These file photos show Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan and Justice Athar Minallah of the Supreme Court. — Supreme Court website Institutions busy chasing political opponents: Judge Minallah. Justice Malik says no one can even predict the tenure of a prime minister. The “lack of will to do something” … Read more
A currency trader counts Pakistani rupee notes as he prepares to exchange U.S. dollars in Islamabad, December 11, 2017. — Reuters Pakistan has a current account surplus of $729 million. The surplus reflects the importance of remittances and the reduction in trade deficits. November marks the 4th consecutive month of surplus. KARACHI: Pakistan recorded its … Read more
Bay Area climber missing after attempting to climb New Zealand’s highest peak Bay Area climber missing after attempting to climb New Zealand’s highest peak 03:44 Three climbers – two from the United States and one from Canada – missing for five days on Aorakithe highest peak in New Zealand, are believed to have died in … Read more
A worker pulls a loaded handcart down a street at a wholesale market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 4, 2023. — AFP COLOMBO: Consumer prices in Sri Lanka fell 2.1 percent in November, the highest rate of deflation recorded by the economically fragile island nation since 1961, according to official data released on Saturday. An … Read more
Workers cross London Bridge railway and underground station during the morning rush hour in London, Britain, September 8, 2021. — Reuters UK workplaces are among the worst in Europe for long hours, tight deadlines and limited autonomy, without being any more productive, says report prepared as new Labor government plans tougher rules for employers. Three-fifths … Read more