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Ramazan inflation exposes Pakistan's weak market regulation
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Fruit and vegetable prices in Punjab surged during Ramazan, exceeding official rate lists and straining consumers. Vendors cite higher wholesale costs, while farmers face rising production expenses. Weak enforcement and supply-demand pressures continue to challenge Pakistan's price control s
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Governance failure exposed as Lahore struggles to rein in food prices
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The administration in Lahore has dismissed a dozen price control magistrates for what authorities termed persistent inefficiency, a decision that highlights the depth of public anger over unchecked inflation in everyday markets. The deputy commissioner ordered their immediate removal and rev
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Pakistan: Punjab curbs wheat movement, launches geotagging to avert crisis
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Punjab has imposed wheat movement restrictions and launched geotagging of stocks to prevent shortages after floods destroyed crops, Dawn reported. Authorities cracked down on hoarding, boosting flour mill reserves and lowering wheat prices from PKR 3,800 to PKR 3,000 per 40kg, as protests er
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Pakistan: Food inflation surges in Punjab province as price control fails
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Rising food prices across Pakistan's Punjab province have sparked widespread public frustration, with consumers consistently forced to pay well above the officially fixed rates for everyday essentials, The Express Tribune reported.
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Pakistan: Rawalpindi grapples with record inflation in essential commoditi
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Rawalpindi is facing record inflation in essential commodities, with prices of staples like pulses, cooking oil, and dairy products soaring. Local associations have raised concerns, but government inaction on price control has left residents frustrated and uncertain about the future.
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Pakistan: Punjab's price control efforts falter amid rising inflation, ine
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Despite multiple efforts and new initiatives from the Punjab government, inflation continues to surge across the province as outdated price control measures fail to contain artificial price hikes and profiteering.
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NSE Imposes 90 per cent Limit on SME IPO Prices: A Look at the Reasons
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21: NSE's 90% Price Control Cap Explained: National Stock Exchange of India has introduced a new rule to regulate the pricing of IPOs, effective 4 July 2024. The rule sets a cap on how much the share price can increase on the first day of trading compared to the IP
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Pakistan's human rights body urges immediate action to alleviate escalatin
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The group demanded the imposition of price controls on essential goods such as staple foods and medicines.
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Reports claiming significant hikes in prices of medicines are false, misle
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"Some media reports have highlighted that medicine prices will witness a significant hike by up to 12 per cent from April 2024. These reports further claim that more than 500 medicines will be affected by this increase in price. Such reports are false, misleading and malicious", an official
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"Price hike in medicines under Drug Price Control Orders, made during UPA
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Manadaviya, in a series of tweets was replying to Kharge's earlier tweet in which he took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a reported hike in prices of some essential medicines, saying he has taken "supari (contract)" to "pick pockets" of the people.
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Belarus introduces price controls for certain non-food items
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], April 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarus is introducing price controls for certain non-food products such as toothpaste, toilet paper, and soap, the country's government said on Thursday.
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Committee on price control to be established in Afghanistan amid spike in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A price control committee is to be established in Afghanistan amid a spike in prices on imported food and fuel, Afghan Khaama Press news agency reported on Wednesday.
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