Short-term inflation in Pakistan has surged 29.88 per cent year on year in the week ending on November 2 due to the increasing prices of kitchen products, according to official data released on Friday, Dawn reported.
Around 500 people, mostly motorcyclists, suffer injuries in road traffic accidents in Karachi on a daily basis and are brought to emergency units of different hospitals for treatment, a health conference in the city was informed on Friday, Dawn reported.
Pakistan on Friday opened more border centres to expedite the return of tens of thousands of undocumented Afghan nationals, an official said, Dawn reported.
As the IMF's $3 billion stand-by arrangement initiated its first review on Thursday, the Pakistani rupee experienced a declining trend against the US dollar, casting uncertainty on future prospects, Dawn reported on Thursday.
The workers of Pakistan's Water and Sanitation Services Company on Wednesday demonstrated against the non-payment of salary for three months in Bannu, Dawn reported.
Most of the Afghan refugees returning to Afghanistan suffer from stress and mental trauma, according to doctors at the health camp set up by the government in Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber tribal district, Dawn reported.
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq stepped down from the post of chief selector of the men's cricket team amid the team's disastrous ICC Cricket World Cup campaign, Dawn reported on Monday.
Private publishers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have refused to print textbooks for public sector schools until the payment of Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 4 billion dues by the provincial textbook board amid the province's financial crisis, Dawn reported on Sunday.
A journalist was injured after he fell from his motorbike after unknown gunmen opened fire on him on Rawalpindi Road here on Saturday, Dawn reported, citing the police.
Three more persons were killed and 12 others injured as incidents of firing continued for the fifth day on Saturday at different places in the Kurram tribal district, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
Anwaarul Haq Kakar, the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan has directed the appropriate authorities to guarantee farmers have a continuous supply of fertiliser during the Rabi season and to accelerate the implementation of projects carried out in cooperation with China, Dawn reported.