Friday, July 1st, 2022
Inflation rises to whopping 21.3pc in June, highest in over 13 years
ISLAMABAD: Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 21.32 per cent in June, the highest in over 13 years, data shared by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed on Friday. Last month, inflation was recorded at 13.76pc. In June, inflation rose 6.34pc month-on-month (MoM) and 21.32pc year-on-year (YoY), which was the highest figure since December 2008 when inflation stood at 23.3pc. According to the PBS, inflation increased by 19.84pc in urban areas and 23.55pc in rural areas. Multiple sectors witnessed double-digit inflation but the trend was drivenRead More
Experts call for increase in budget to ensure free and compulsory education in Punjab
LAHORE, JUL 1 /DNA/ – Education experts at an advocacy forum while projecting the vitality of education towards an educated society and national progress, have emphasized on the need for girlseducation with more focus on the increased allocation of budget for this sector especially in Punjab. The advocacy forum was arranged by the Awaz CDS Pakistan here with a major focus to highlight the importance of education without any gender bias and raise demand for sufficient budgetary allocation for education sector. Chief Executive Awaz CDS Pakistan Zia ur Rehman; ProfessorRead More
SC takes up PTI’s plea against LHC order to recount votes for Punjab CM election
ISLAMABAD, JUL 1: The Supreme Court is currently hearing the PTI’s petition against the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) order to recount the votes cast in the Punjab chief minister election held on April 16 excluding those cast by 25 dissident PTI lawmakers. A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, is presiding over the hearing. At the outset of the hearing, PTI’s lawyer Babar Awan highlighted that one of the judge from the LHC bench had pennedRead More
US, FC KPK officials inaugurate new training facilities
Islamabad, JUL 1 /DNA/ – United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Todd D. Robinson and the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan INL Section Director Mark Tervakoski joined Inspector General of Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa South Major General Muhammad Munir Afsar, Deputy Inspector General of Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North Major Brigadier Sajid Majeed, and other senior Frontier Corps leadership as they inaugurated new training structures and signed an agreement for two joint projects worth approximately $10.5 million (2.1 billion PKR) on July 1,Read More
Pakistan, India exchange lists of prisoners
ISLAMABAD, JUL 1 /DNA/ – Government of Pakistan shared with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad a list of 682 Indian prisoners detained in Pakistan including 49 civilians and 633 fishermen. This step is consistent with clause (i) of the Consular Access Agreement between Pakistan and India, signed on 21 May 2008, under which both countries are required to exchange lists of prisoners in each other’s custody on 01 January and 01 July every year. The Indian Government also simultaneously shared a list of 461 Pakistani prisoners in India includingRead More
17 dead in southern Ukraine strikes, after Russia quits Snake Island
Kyiv, Ukraine, JUL 1: At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded Friday in missile strikes on Ukraine’s Odessa region, a day after Russian troops abandoned positions on a strategic island in a major setback to the Kremlin’s invasion. The news came after NATO leaders wrapped up a summit in Madrid, with US President Joe Biden announcing $800 million in new weapons for Ukraine. “We are going to stick with Ukraine, and all of the alliance are going to stick with Ukraine, as long as it takes to makeRead More