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Daily Fuel Pricing Has Triggered Two Strike Threats in a Month
Petrol dealers and goods transporters both demanded the daily fuel price rule be changed. One was refused outright. The other got 15 days.
Ali Akhtar · · 4 min read
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The Petrol Dealer Margin Rise Costs Consumers Rs 26 Billion a Year
The strike ended with a Rs 1.34 margin rise from 1 September. It goes on the pump price, not government revenue, and adds over Rs 26bn a year.
Ali Akhtar · · 4 min read
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Transporters Say the Strike Continues, Sindh CM Says It Is Nearly Over
The goods transport strike is in its seventh day. Transporters put the cost at Rs 50 billion and say it goes on. Sindh's CM says almost resolved.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Late Customs Filing Will Cost Rs 25,000 a Day From October
Two SROs take effect on 1 October. Penalties start at Rs 25,000 a day and the customs system will now calculate and serve them automatically.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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Pakistan Collected Rs 1.567 Trillion in Fuel Levy Last Year
Petroleum levy collection rose 29 per cent in FY26 and beat both targets. The same week, dealers are striking over Rs 1.34 a litre.
Ali Akhtar · · 4 min read
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to Build Joint Defence Bodies
Turkey's defence ministry says political and military mechanisms will be formed under the Makkah pact signed on 7 August. They do not exist yet.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Power Companies Want Rs 1.35 More a Unit From September
Distribution companies have asked NEPRA for Rs 34 billion over three months. It is a request, not a decision, and the reasons are uncomfortable.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
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Why Petrol Pumps Are Striking While Petrol Gets Cheaper
Petrol is down Rs 7.58 since 6 August, yet dealers shut tomorrow. They are arguing about a different number, and the daily price rule is why.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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The Basmati Ruling Blocks India, It Does Not Give Pakistan a Trademark
An Australian court refused India's exclusive claim to the word Basmati. That is not the same as Pakistan gaining one, and the gap matters.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Gas Cut to Quetta and 6 Balochistan Towns After Pipeline Damage
Gas is back in parts of Quetta on a rationed schedule, three windows a day. No date for normal supply. How to stay safe on rationed gas.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Auto Policy 2026-31 Clears Its Committee, But Not the Cabinet
The Dar-led steering committee has agreed the EV, hybrid, tax and localisation framework. It still needs the ministry and then the cabinet.
Ali Akhtar · · 4 min read
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52 Life-Saving Medicines Are Approved But Cannot Be Sold Yet
Cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's drugs cleared pricing on 24 July. They stay off the shelves until the cabinet signs and DRAP notifies a price.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
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Petrol Pumps to Shut Nationwide From 6am on 15 August
Dealers say pumps close Saturday morning after talks failed. The same shutdown was announced in July and did not hold. What to do before then.
Ali Akhtar · · 8 min read
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14 August: Roads Closed, Fireworks at Five Places, Rain Forecast
Islamabad shuts part of the Expressway and Faisal Avenue, heavy vehicles banned to 14 August. Lahore fireworks locations, and rain is forecast.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Three Pakistani Sailors Killed in a Red Sea Attack on Their Ship
Deputy PM Ishaq Dar confirmed the deaths on a commercial vessel struck in Bab el-Mandeb. Some reports say two. What is known so far.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Late Tax Filing Now Costs Rs 25,000, Not Rs 1,000
The ATL surcharge rose from Rs 1,000 to Rs 25,000 for individuals on 1 July. Returns are due 30 September. Check what you are budgeting.
Shahid Anwar · · 9 min read
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Short-Term Debt Grew Four Times Faster Than Long-Term Debt
Federal debt rose 7.4 per cent to Rs 83.6 trillion. Short-term domestic borrowing rose 24.8 per cent. That gap is what matters.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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Nearly Half of Banaspati Ghee Samples Failed the Government's Tests
PCSIR tested 491 packaged samples. 176 failed. Banaspati ghee was the worst at 98 of 204. The full breakdown by product.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Transport Talks Fail, Strike Goes Into a Fourth Day
Alliance president Malik Shehzad Awan says the deadlock holds after talks with federal and Sindh officials. Trucks and tankers stay parked.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Gold Hits a Record. Three Sites Showed Us Three Different Prices.
The association rate reached Rs 456,536 a tola. We opened three price sites at the same moment and none of them matched. Here is why.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Hajj 2027 Will Cost Rs 1.2 Million, First Payment From 18 August
What Hajj 2027 costs from Pakistan. Two government packages at Rs 1.2m and Rs 1.3m, what the price covers, and how instalments are paid.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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Lahore Metro Bus Stops From 11 August Over a Fuel Dispute
The operator says it will stop the Gajjumata to Shahdara service from Tuesday. A court ordered the authority to supply fuel. It appealed.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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Swimming Is Banned in Punjab and Much of Sindh Right Now
Punjab has a 60 day ban, Hyderabad division 30 days from 9 August, Karachi beaches to 23 August. Breaking one is a criminal offence.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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Seven Children Drowned in Sindh in Two Days, Not in Floods
Four died in a Jacobabad pond and canals, three teenagers in the Indus at Kotri. None of it was flooding, and that changes what helps.
Ali Akhtar · · 8 min read