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inflation in pakistan

FIA Arrests CNIC Counterfeiters

APP Islamabad: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Corruption Circle in Islamabad on Tuesday apprehended a four-member gang allegedly involved in distributing counterfeit CNICs to non-nationals. Acting under the guidance of…

Walking Terror on the Horizon

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The daunting challenges faced by the residents of Pakistan are vividly captured in a recent image depicting the lengths to which individuals must go to secure a vital resource—natural gas. In a distressing…

Shrinking Middle Class

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Middle class forms the economy but in Pakistan, this class is diminishing due to inflation and unchecked price hikes. A report says that the middle class was at 45 per cent in General Pervez Musharraf’s…

Electricity Bills Continue to Claim Lives

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: People have come out in great numbers as what they are earning is far less than what they are supposed to pay in the form of electricity bills dispatched by power companies, especially in recent months.…

Pakistan’s Fault Line

Seemab Khan Peshawar: Pakistan hatched out of the colonial egg on 14th August 1947, justifiably on an ideological basis followed by Islamic democracy and a desire for maximum provincial autonomy. The 1973 Constitution of Pakistan divided…

Where We Are, Why We Are?

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradfors: Allah does not change the state of people until they change it themselves. At least 78 people were killed in a stampede in Yemenwhilst queuing for financial aid distribution. We also hear of regular reports from…