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ISLAMABAD – The National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources on Monday condemned the government for its inaction over closure of CNG outlets and recommended imposing equal tax on all sectors in order to provide maximum relief to CNG consumers while keeping the prices at the current level. A...

There hasn't been a single week since Supreme court has slashed the prices by 30/- Rupees, OGRA and All Pakistan CNG Association seems quite unhappy even after 4 hearings OGRA presented various new formulas but SC rejected them all, Yesterday at CNG station while talking with them I found that...

The engine of an Islamabad-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, with Members National Assembly, federal ministers, and Chief Justice of Pakistan on board caught fire just before take off on Sunday. The flight, PK-300 was on the taxiway when the fire broke out in one of its engines, media reported....

Waziristan, FATA -- A U.S. Drone Strikes fired two missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan's restive South Waziristan tribal district on Saturday, killing at least three people, a government official said. It was the second drone attack in less than 72 hours targeting suspected militants in the Sheen Warsak area, located...

ISLAMABAD: Gas price are set to increase for all categories with the advent of the new year as the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has recommended a price hike of Rs31.12 per million British thermal unit (mmbtu). The regulator has forwarded the summary to the petroleum ministry, suggesting an...

November 30, 2012 ISLAMABAD – There seems to be no closer end to the CNG price muddle as commodity dealers have rejected Ogra’s new pricing formula and declared to keep the filling stations shut, leaving the public in the lurch.According to the formula presented by the Ogra (Oil and Gas...

The mysterious metal objects, which fell from the sky baffling villagers in Dadu late Wednesday night, were parts of Pakistan’s Hatf V Ghauri missile, a spokesman for the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. “The metal parts found in a remote area of Dadu, as reported in media today, were...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court dismissed on Thursday a petition against banning mobile chat services and late-night packages after petitioners withdrew their petition. The petitioners – Cell phone companies Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Warid and Zong – through their counsel Ali Raza requested the court to allow them to withdraw their...

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Wednesday successfully conducted the training launch of Medium Range Ballistic Missile Hatf-V (Ghauri). The launch was conducted by a Strategic Missile Group of the Army Strategic Force Command on the culmination of a field training exercise that was aimed at testing the operational readiness of the Army...

CNG stations across the country went on an indefinite strike from Monday to protest against the reduction in sale price, causing great deal of trouble for commuters. The CNG stations owners claim that they cannot sell the gas on the reduced price, saying that the incurring losses are unbearable for...

It is reported that 110 .pk sites hacked by turkish hackers, I was the first one to inform on the twitter and Facebook about Google Pakistan website has been hacked, I wasn't sure about who hacked and why, now after few hours getting the report that around 110 website (...

November 24, 2012 - Mobile Service suspended by 6 AM PST in 49 major cities of Pakistan. The decision to suspend mobile phone services in the country was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by Interior Minister Rehman Malik in Islamabad on Friday to review security measures adopted to provide peaceful...