Islamabad [Pakistan], September 2 (ANI): Owing to rising food and energy prices in Pakistan, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the country has surged to a nearly 49-year high of 27.3 per cent in August, media reports said citing official data.
Bangkok [Thailand], August 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who is in Thailand to attend the 9th India-Thailand Joint Commission Meeting as both nations celebrate 75 years of establishment of diplomatic relations will hold meeting with his Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai today in Bangkok.
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): The price of life-saving drugs in Pakistan might witness an increase of 7 per cent and the price of other medicines may also hike by up to 10 per cent as per the Drug Pricing Policy of 2018 amid the rising inflation rate in the country.
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday reported that the inflation rate in the country has spiked to a 14-year high of 24.9 per cent in the month of July, media reported.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Inflation in Pakistan increased to 21.32 per cent in the month of June, the highest in over 13 years, a media report said on Friday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 6 (ANI): At least 16 cases of illegal transportation of wheat have been registered during the last two weeks in Sargodha city of Pakistan's Punjab province, according to local media.
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): Pakistan's trade deficit widened to USD 28.8 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year more than the annual target set by the federal government further increasing the foreign borrowing requirement to bridge the yawning gap.
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 1 (ANI): Pakistan's inflation has reached a two-year high by soaring to 12.96 per cent in the first month of 2022, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Tuesday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 2 (ANI): Prices of consumer goods continues to rise in December as inflation edged up to 12.3 per cent from 11.5 per cent, the highest in 21 months, local media reported citing the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data released on Saturday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 26 (ANI): The gap between import data from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) alarmingly grew to a historic high of USD 1.5 billion in November, the biggest sum in a single month since 2008 when reconciliation issue first arose.