This stunning growth in the crude oil price in global markets is an indicator of further hike in domestic fuel prices in the days ahead.
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Javed Mahmood
I am an experienced writer, analyst, and author. My exposure in English journalism spans more than 28 years. In the past, I have been working with daily The Muslim (Lahore Bureau), daily Business Recorder (Lahore/Islamabad Bureaus), Daily Times, Islamabad, daily The Nation (Lahore and Karachi). With daily The Nation, I have served as Resident Editor, Karachi. Since 2009, I have been working as a Freelance Writer/Editor for American organizations.
According to NCOC, 7,539 new infections were detected overnight after 63,272 diagnostic tests conducted countrywide, which raised positivity rate to 11.91%.
Interior Minister criticised the opposition’s inability to defeat the government on any motion or bill during its three and a half years in power so far.
PM Khan is scheduled to visit China in the first week of February 2022 to further bolster bilateral ties.
In recent weeks, many Senators, MNAs and MPAs have tested positive for the Covid, including the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif and Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin.
Pakistan took up the matter with India but did not get any response and without any intervention from India, Punjab govt will not be able to tackle the pollution problem in Lahore.
Tensions mounted further after NATO said it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing Eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets in response to a Russian troop build-up near its border with Ukraine.
Looking at scores from previous years, Pakistan’s CPI ranking has been on the decline: in 2020, the country was ranked 124th out of 180 countries, 120th in 2019 and 117th in 2018.