PMDC opens complaint window till Nov 1; over half of Sindh candidates fail MBBS test Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has officially announced the provisional results of MDCAT 2025, the nationwide entry test for admission to MBBS and BDS programmes across Pakistan. According to PMDC, …
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Finance Ministry notifies new fuel prices nationwide, effective from November 1. Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has issued a notification increasing petroleum product prices across Pakistan while reducing the rate of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The new POL prices take effect from November 1, 2025. Petrol has been raised …
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Aftab Maken The government is expected to increase petroleum prices by up to Rs 2.34 per litre for the next fortnight, effective from November 1, 2025, in line with fluctuations in global oil markets. According to official estimates, the price of petrol is projected to rise by Rs 1.48 per …
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Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has reviewed K-Electric’s Multi-Year Tariff (MYT) for 2024–2030 to correct structural flaws that risked creating an unnecessary financial burden on the national budget and giving the private power utility advantages not available to other electricity distribution companies (DISCOs). Power experts …
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Candidates will compete for 22,00 MBBS and BDS seats across Pakistan MDCAT Test 2025 Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) will conduct the nationwide Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) tomorrow, Sunday, October 26, 2025. A total of 140,129 candidates have registered for the examination, …
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Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The Bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan has come to a temporary halt due to security concerns at key border customs stations, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said in a statement on Friday. Customs authorities, however, confirmed that import clearances had been completed for most consignments …
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BeNewz Report ISLAMABAD: The Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA), chaired by Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain, on Thursday reviewed the performance of Kharif crops for 2025–26 and approved production targets for the upcoming Rabi season. The meeting was attended by provincial agriculture ministers, secretaries, and …
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Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday reviewed inflationary trends and approved several technical supplementary grants (TSGs) across sectors, as the government emphasized coordinated policy measures to stabilize prices and protect consumer purchasing power. Chairing the meeting at the Finance Division, Federal Minister for …
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SPI shows 5.03% year-on-year increase; PBS data highlights mixed commodity trend Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s weekly inflation, measured through the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), rose by 0.22% for the week ended October 23, 2025, driven by higher prices of key food and household items including onions, eggs, sugar and cooking …
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Electricity rates for additional units reduced; production costs expected to fall Aftab Maken Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari announced that the government has decided to allocate 7,000 megawatts of surplus electricity to the industrial and agricultural sectors to boost economic productivity. He said both sectors are …
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