6SharesThe attack of locusts has posed a greater threat to Pakistan as compared to the coronavirus contagion, as the food crops continue to grow scarce day by day, Bloomberg reported. The locust infestation now covers a wide area of 57 million hectares in all of Pakistan, however, the total crop area spreads over 23 million hectares, updated […]
Abdul Qayyum Kundi writes about the economic issues in Pakistan including the rising inflation and argues that the opposition parties are not acting as responsible opposition over government’s failure to contain the crisis. A few days ago, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari criticised the government’s IMF package and demanded it be reviewed. […]
132SharesEnergy Minister Omar Ayub on Saturday said that the government aims to bring the circular debt down to zero from Rs450 billion by December 2020. The government is planning to recover Rs300 billion from electricity “defaulters and thieves”, Omar Ayub said in a press conference, adding that power companies had been able to recover Rs81bn […]