A Voice of the Unheard Tuesday, October 6, 2026
LAHORE: For Lahore’s motorcyclists, the Rs100-a-litre petrol relief arrived less than three weeks ago. In talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it is already being treated as temporary. According to sources familiar with the talks, the government and the IMF remain divided over fuel subsidies. The Fund insists that blanket fuel subsidies end and...
LAHORE: The Vision Alliance won all 15 Associate Class seats in the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) elections. Its rival, the PPBA Alliance, won none in Thursday’s polling, which strengthens the Vision Alliance’s hold on the city’s most influential business body. The chamber’s election commission declared that the Vision Alliance polled 4,525 panel...
LAHORE: Vision Alliance has won 12 of the 15 Executive Committee seats in the Corporate Class of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), according to provisional results. The rival PPBA Alliance won the other three seats. More than 19,000 voters are casting their ballots today for the Associate Class seats. This is the...
LAHORE: The federal Power Division has ordered a formal inquiry into alleged serious irregularities in the Grid System Construction (GSC) Circle of the Lahore Electric Supply Company, the wing responsible for building the grid stations that carry power into the city’s neighbourhoods. According to sources, the inquiry covers projects worth billions of rupees, unusual delays...
LAHORE: Pakistan’s inflation returned to double digits in August at 11.1%, against 3.1% a year earlier, and the weekly index tracking essentials crossed 10% again last week. Food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 13.89% year on year, the fastest of any major group. In Lahore, the pressure arrives at three points every household meets daily which...
Chery Q, Haval H6 GT PHEV and Suzuki Fronx ADAS get prices at the 21st PAPS; BYD unveils the Denza B8 and Sealion 6 as manufacturers press the government for certainty under the Auto Policy 2026-31. LAHORE: The 21st Pakistan Auto Show concluded at the Expo Centre Lahore on Sunday after a three-day run across...
Federal petroleum minister says there is no shortage at present, global prices are up 80 percent against a 50 percent pass-through in Pakistan, and gas imports will be scaled up for winter. LAHORE: Federal Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik warned in Lahore on Sunday that the price of petrol could rise to Rs1,000 per litre...
LAHORE: The federal government has issued a notification enforcing a sweeping austerity drive that cuts fuel consumption of all official vehicles by 50 percent, imposes a complete ban on the purchase of new vehicles and suspends foreign visits for three months, as it moves to curb petroleum use and trim state expenditure. The notification also...
LAHORE: The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) has refused to provide petrol under the government’s relief scheme in its current form. The association says it was not consulted and that the financial burden cannot fall on dealers. The refusal comes hours before the scheme’s nationwide rollout, even as some motorcyclists have already started receiving subsidised...
LAHORE: Pakistan’s long-awaited new auto policy is almost complete and will be launched very soon, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Haroon Akhtar Khan has said, adding that its central aim is to make cars more affordable for consumers and that all additional customs and regulatory duties will be abolished under it. Speaking on a...