Ali Pervaiz Malik rules out a fuel shortage and says November supplies are covered, but gives no new price before talks with refiners on Tuesday
Only Rs91 billion of Rs511 billion approved under the Apna Ghar housing scheme has reached borrowers, the prime minister’s review meeting was told
One Swedish store says its freezers were “hacked” and set to 50 degrees as food is thrown away at dozens of shops
“The world has eroded its supply buffers,” Sultan Al Jaber tells the ADIPEC energy conference in Abu Dhabi, with diesel stocks at a 35-year seasonal low in some markets
Emergency departments stay open as the Pakistan Medical Association protests point of sale rules and criminal cases against doctors
Those convicted will serve their sentences in Pakistani prisons before going home, officials say, after raids on seven centres last month led to more than 600 arrests.
The deputy commissioner must explain the extended detention of Noreen and Uzma on November 4, while Aleema Khan’s petition has been adjourned until next week.
Prices rose 1.1 per cent in the month, and inflation has averaged 10.05 per cent so far this financial year against 4.79 per cent a year earlier.
Workers want the minimum wage more than doubled to 30,000 taka a month, and say a new government wage board does not go far enough.
He had been detained since June 2024 and his family was told only recently. He is the second UN employee to die in Houthi custody.
