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An appeal for a price hike in electricity rates in Karachi has been formally submitted, with a request for an increment of 10 rupees and 32 paise per unit. The application, directed to Nepra, encompasses three separate quarterly adjustments for the fiscal year 2022-23.In the submission presented by the government to Nepra, the initial quarterly adjustment for the period of October-December 2022 has sought a raise of 47 paise, while the subsequent quarterly adjustment for July-September 2022 is targeted at an increase of Rs 4.45 per unit. The application forwarded…

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Karachi . Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has unequivocally stated that the government has no clue that what will be the socioeconomic repercussions of the third massive hike in petroleum prices as FPCCI can see the inflationary pressures to mount beyond the control of any sector or industry to absorb. Industrial shut downs; decline in exports; dwindling domestic demand; social unrest; unemployment and non-existent economic growth will follow, he added. Mr. Irfan Iqbal Sheikh maintained that the most glaring and worrisome aspect of the last few hikes is that the…

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KARACHI: Dr. Gohar Ejaz, Minister of Commerce, Production & Industry, stated that it is imperative that Pakistani exporters, especially textile related, must comply with all ILO International Labor Standards including Occupational Safety and Health Standards(OSH), in order to manifest their progressive march towards achieving the objectives of huge increase in exports. He was talking to a delegation of Employers Federation of Pakistan(EFP) consisting of President Malik Tahir Javaid, Former President Majyd Aziz, and Member Board of Directors Mian Akram Farid, in his office in Islamabad. The Commerce Minister added that…

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