Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), the government’s weekly barometer of inflation for essential goods, edged up by just 0.05 percent for the week ended August 27, 2026, according to the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The marginal weekly uptick came even as household …
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— Latest in a String of Regulatory Failures Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has imposed a fine of Rs 38,900,000 on Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (PMCL), operating as Jazz, after finding the company failed to comply with mandatory regulations governing the issuance, verification and monitoring of Corporate …
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BeNewz Report ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has formally handed implementation of the Pakistan Oil Refining Policy for Upgradation of Existing/Brownfield Refineries, 2023, to Inter State Gas Systems (ISGS), sidelining both the sector regulator OGRA and the ministry’s own bureaucracy from direct execution of the multibillion-dollar programme. A Petroleum Division letter designated …
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BeNewz Report Islamabad: The Ministry of Housing and Works (Technical Wing) has written a formal letter to the Administrator of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Rawalpindi/Islamabad, requesting that DHA join the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) as a joint venture partner in the ongoing Commoners Sky Gardens project. According …
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BeNewz Report ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet met on Monday at the Finance Division under the chairmanship of Finance and Revenue Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, taking up nine agenda items spanning food security, energy, defence and water resources. Wheat Stock Distribution The committee approved a summary …
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BeNewz Report LAHORE: A bill that would formally strip Beaconhouse National University (BNU) of its for-profit tag and reshape how the private university is run has plunged a Punjab Assembly standing committee into open disagreement, with members unable to agree even after hours of debate. What the Bill Actually Says …
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Telecom operators pour $178 million Into 5G rollout Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s three major cellular mobile operators (CMOs) have collectively invested roughly $178.6 million to upgrade over 1,100 sites for 5G service since the government’s landmark spectrum auction earlier this year, according to figures shared by the Ministry of Information Technology …
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Misleading buyers with fake or hidden layout plans, orders mandatory public display Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s real estate watchdog has confirmed what thousands of prospective home buyers in the capital have long suspected: private housing scheme sponsors are routinely deceiving the public by hiding, withholding or falsifying the approval …
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Onion prices jump 14%, petrol up nearly 4% Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s short-term inflation gauge, the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), rose by 0.49 percent for the week ended August 20, 2026, driven chiefly by a sharp spike in onion prices and a fresh round of fuel hikes, according to data …
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BeNewz Report ISLAMABAD: Customers of MCB Bank, one of Pakistan’s largest commercial banks, have been left frustrated after widespread disruptions hit the bank’s digital banking platform, MCB Live, along with related online and mobile banking services. Account holders across the country have reported being unable to log in, transfer funds, pay …
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