LAHORE / RAWALPINDI: Taking notice of growing complaints of overbilling being made by protected consumers, Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday ordered legal action against the officers and staff involved in the practice. The minister directed all FIA directors to immediately redress the injustice being done to the electricity consumers using up to 200 units, says
Expressing dismay over purchase of 132kV circuit breakers worth millions of rupees by the distribution companies from blacklisted firms through local suppliers, the Ministry of Energy has asked all the Discos to submit a report on the issue. The report has been sought after the engineering associations of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) and Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) filed
As parliament authorised the federal government on June 28 to impose over Rs1.7 trillion in additional taxes for the current fiscal year, it was also compelled to retrospectively approve a record Rs9.4tr for expenditure overruns and re-appropriations, nearly five times more than the previous year’s amount. This massive overspending occurred despite claims of austerity and tight fiscal control b
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) achieved a historic milestone on Wednesday as the KSE-100 index closed at 80,233.67 points, marking the first time it has ended a session above the 80,000 mark. This significant surge follows a continued bullish trend, with the index gaining 680 points from the previous session. During intra-day trading, the index reached a high of 80,193.76 points at 11
The benchmark KSE-100 index climbed 627.99 points, or 0.79 per cent, to stand at 80,180.87 points from the previous close of 79,552.88. Finally, the index closed at a record-high 80,233.67, up by 680.79 points or 0.86pc, from the previous close. On Tuesday, the index had crossed the 79,000 milestone for the first time in its history. Analysts attributed the bullish trajectory to surging global