Pakistan’s petrol price has climbed by roughly Rs28 per litre since the start of September, according to fuel price tracking confirmed in Thursday’s 11am headlines, as the country’s newly adopted daily pricing mechanism continues to push pump rates upward in near-constant, incremental steps rather than the larger, more predictable fortnightly revisions consumers were accustomed to...
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has said petrol prices could fall by as much as Rs106 per litre if the government abolishes the petroleum levy and removes certain taxes on the commodity, as his party’s weeks-long protest campaign against fuel prices heads toward a critical government meeting on Thursday. Speaking on Geo News’...
The federal government on Wednesday announced a sharp reduction in the price of high-speed diesel, cutting the rate by Rs32.63 per litre, while simultaneously raising the price of petrol by Rs2.97 per litre, in one of the more dramatic single-day fuel price revisions the country has seen since shifting to a daily pricing mechanism. According...
Jamaat-e-Islami launched the next phase of its nationwide campaign against the petroleum levy and rising inflation on Sunday, staging simultaneous sit-ins outside Governor Houses in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta, with party leadership vowing the protests would continue until the government agreed to withdraw the levy altogether. In Karachi, JI workers marched from different parts...
Pakistan has strong laws on paper protecting women, from workplace harassment legislation to honour killing reforms. Yet enforcement gaps, low female workforce participation, and rural education drop-offs mean progress rarely reaches daily life. Areeba Ahmed examines why.
Petrol pumps across Karachi and the rest of the country entered an indefinite shutdown from midnight on Tuesday after talks between fuel retailers and the federal government collapsed, threatening fresh disruption for commuters and transporters in a city already stretched by rising fuel costs. The All Pakistan Petrol Pumps Owners Association announced the strike after...