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Dollar Shortage Puts Pakistani Rupee Under Fresh Pressure Amid Flood Crisis

  • September 1, 2025
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 The Pakistani rupee is facing renewed pressure as a severe shortage of US dollars grips the local market, leaving exchange companies struggling to meet surging demand. The scarcity has sparked growing concerns over hoarding, smuggling, and distortions in the foreign exchange market, heightening anxiety among businesses and consumers alike. Currency experts say that while recent […]

 IARC Highlights Global Efforts to Tackle Childhood Cancer for Awareness Month 2025

  • September 1, 2025
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 Each September, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) joins the global health community in marking Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. This year, IARC is reinforcing its commitment to improving understanding, prevention, and treatment of cancers that affect children and adolescents worldwide. Unlike adults, children are more likely to develop cancers such as leukaemias, lymphomas, […]

Govt Announces Closure of Utility Stores Corporation  Nationwide Employees Assured Full Protection with Historic  Severance Package

  • September 1, 2025
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ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhary on Sunday  notified the closure of the Utility Stores Corporation( USC) across Pakistan, assuring that the rights  of all workers — permanent, contractual, and daily wagers — would be shielded under the high  minister’s directives. He said a agreement had been reached with the […]

Govt Keeps Petrol Price Unchanged, Cuts Diesel and  Kerosene Slightly 

  • September 1, 2025
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Analysts See Move as Balancing Relief MeasuThe decision to retain the petrol price and provide modest cuts in other fuels is expected to offer  limited relief to consumers and transporters, especially amid ongoing inflationary pressures. Diesel,  widely used in agriculture and heavy transport, remains a key determinant of food and commodity  costs, and its Rs […]

PM Shehbaz Expresses Grief Over Afghanistan  Earthquake 

  • September 1, 2025
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed profound sorrow over the tragic loss of lives and  widespread destruction caused by the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, jolting  Kabul and several parts of Pakistan, including Islamabad. Extending heartfelt condolences on behalf  of the people and Government of Pakistan, he conveyed prayers for the victims and sympathies […]

Pakistan Launches Nationwide Polio Drive Targeting  28 Million Children Over 240,000 Health Workers Mobilised as Cases  Persist in 2025

  • September 1, 2025
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Pakistan has launched a week-long nationwide polio eradication drive from September 1–7, 2025,  targeting more than 28 million children under the age of five across 99 districts The campaign, led  by the National Emergency Operations Center will deploy over 240,000 trained health workers for  door-to-door vaccination. The initiative covers children in Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, Islamabad, […]

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Rupee Under Strain as Dollar Shortage Deepens, Floods Add to Economic Woes

  • September 1, 2025
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 Pakistan’s currency markets are under mounting stress as a sharp shortage of US dollars disrupts trade and fuels speculation, leaving the rupee vulnerable despite recent stabilizing measures. Exchange companies report growing difficulty in meeting demand, raising concerns about hoarding, smuggling, and widening distortions between official and open-market rates. While the State Bank of Pakistan has […]