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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday sought replies from the caretaker government of Punjab and the police on petitions questioning the alleged maltreatment of PTI women workers, including fashion designer Khadija Shah, and seeking their release in the May 9 violence. In a joint petition, Ms Shah’s father, former finance minister Salman Shah, and husband Jahanzeb Amin, contended through a counsel that the police arrested the fashion designer for her alleged involvement in the attack on the Jinnah House. The counsel argued that police obtained custody of Ms Shah from the trial court till May 30 and shifted her to jail for her identification parade. However, he said, the police did not produce her before the trial court despite the expiry of the judicial remand. He said Ms Shah had been kept in the Kot Lakhpat jail and neither her family nor lawyers had been able to visit her. He said various reports about her health and conditions in which she was being kept surfaced but the fa

LAHORE: The caretaker Punjab government has asked the PTI to provide proof of the killing of 25 people in the May 9 incidents for investigation into the matter. “Investigation will be launched if the names of 25 people killed in riots are given to the government,” caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi said here on Wednesday. PTI chief Imran Khan had claimed that 25 people were killed during violent clashes on May 9. He reiterated that only 11 women prisoners, belonging to PTI, were in jails across the province and a four-time counter check was made after every arrest. Information Minister Amir Mir said of 300 women involved in the May 9 violence, 46 had been arrested so far. Of them, 29 had been released on bail, he said and contradicted the CM’s claim of the arrest of 11 PTI women. “Some 17 women are in prisons for the identification parade,” Mir said. Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2023 from The Dawn News - Home https://ift.tt/PrgMTAZ https://ift.tt/8Ldy7Rr

QUETTA: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday called for early disposal of the small domestic cases to avoid the aggravation of disputes and bloodshed. Addressing a seminar in Quetta, the president said the federal and provincial ombudsman had their key role in the promotion of public service and good governance. President Alvi said as a member of National Assembly (NA) in 2017, he proactively worked for passing a bill related to alternate dispute resolution to reduce the burden on the mainstream judiciary. Dr Arif Alvi pointed out, “When physical interaction was not possible owing to security issues, the executives including himself must have arranged online setups such as “Zoom meetings” to ensure direct communication with the common people to guarantee timely justice delivery.” Last night, he said, “He disposed of 10 cases of the federal ombudsman and normally he disposes of the cases of appeals in just a few hours. The president also stressed the need to raise awareness about t

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Wednesday that the price of petrol was being reduced by Rs8 and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs5 per litre for the next fortnight. The new prices of petrol and HSD are Rs262 and Rs253 per litre, respectively. View this post on Instagram The price of light diesel oil (LDO) was also slashed by Rs5 per litre to Rs147.68 while the price for kerosene oil remained unchanged at Rs164.07. In a video address, he said that there was no substantial change in the international prices of petroleum products in the last 15 days and neither had the rupee appreciated against the dollar. “But the government tried to create as much room as possible to provide relief to the people,” the finance minister said. The cuts come on the heels of a previous round of price reductions in the prices of petrol, HSD and LDO on May 15 by Rs12, Rs30 and Rs12, respectively. While announcing these cuts in prices, Dar had a

Kosovo’s top Olympic body said on Wednesday it had asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to open disciplinary proceedings against Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic over his public statements on clashes in the country. On Monday, after confrontations began between ethnic Albanians and Serbs, Djokovic scrawled the message “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence” on a camera following his victory in the opening round of Roland Garros. A Kosovo Olympic Committee (KOC) spokesman told AFP on Wednesday that Djokovic was “stirring up” political tensions. Djokovic “breached the fundamental principles of the Olympic Charter regarding political neutrality and involved yet another political statement in sports”, the KOC wrote in a letter sent to the IOC on Tuesday. KOC head Ismet Krasniqi asked the IOC to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Djokovic, an Olympic bronze medallist in 2008, said the letter posted on its Facebook page. Such “behaviour cannot be tolerate

PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have killed terrorists associated with proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a shootout, ARY News reported. As per details, the CTD, security forces and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police conducted an operation in Peshawar where the terrorist opened firing on the KP police. The terrorist was killed when he was escaping from the responsive attack by the security forces. According to the CTD officials, the terrorist was involved in eight attacks on CTD, security forces and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police. Furthermore, he belongs to the outlawed terrorist group TTP Gandapur. The spokesperson said arms and ammunition were seized from their possession. Earlier on May 24, security forces gunned down  six terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in South Waziristan district, said ISPR . The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in general area Kot Azam, South Waziristan District. “Duri

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reduced the prices of petrol, diesel and other petroleum products once again for the next 15 days, ARY News reported on Wednesday. While addressing a press conference, Ishaq Dar said that no major changes were seen in oil prices in global market. He announced the reduction in petrol price by Rs8 per litre, diesel price by Rs5 per litre and light diesel by Rs5 for the next 15 days. The new price of petrol has been reduced from 270 to Rs262 per litre, diesel from Rs258 to Rs253 per litre and light diesel from Rs152 to Rs147 per litre. No changes were made in the kerosene price which is stable at Rs164.70 per litre. Read: Low-priced petrol scheme being worked out: Musadik Malik The new prices of petroleum prices will be taken into effect from June 1. This is the third consecutive reduction in the petroleum products prices in Pakistan since April On May 15, the finance ministry had notified a decrease in petrol, diesel and other petroleum pro

TEXAS: Dr Fowzia met her sister Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in Fort Worth town of the United States where she is currently detained, after the long wait of 20 years. British attorney Clive Stafford Smith accompanied Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui to meet her sister. According to JI Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Aafia Siddiqui is currently being detained at the infamous FMC Carswell prison. Dr. Aafia Siddiqui has been granted the right to meet her family. The senator said that Aafia’s elder sister Dr. Fowzia has met Aafia and he is next to meet the “Daughter of Nation” on Thursday. کل ڈاکٹرعافیہ سےمیری ڈاکٹرفوزیہ اورکلائیو اسٹافورڈاسمتھ سمیت جیل میں ملاقات ہوگی۔ لیکن آج ڈاکٹرفوزیہ کی ملاقات کاافسوسناک احوال سن لیجیے۔اگر چہ صورتحال تشویشناک ہے لیکن ملاقاتوں کابات چیت کاراستہ کھل گیا۔اب ضرورت اس بات کی ہےکہ عوام آوازاٹھائیں اورحکمرانوں کومجبورکرےکہ وہ فوری… — Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan | سینیٹر مشتاق احمد خان (@SenatorMushtaq) May 30, 2023 Read more: Senator Mushtaq hopes Aafia Siddiqui’s sooner retu

PARIS: Global leaders should be working to red­u­­ce “the risk of extinction” from artificial intelligen­ce technology, a group of ind­ustry chiefs and experts warned on Tuesday, urging policymakers to equate its threat on a par with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” more than 350 signatories wrote in a letter published by the nonprofit Centre for AI Safety (CAIS). The one-line statement was signed by dozens of specialists, including Sam Altman whose firm OpenAI created the ChatGPT bot. As well as Altman, they included the CEOs of AI firms DeepMind and Anthropic, and executives from Microsoft and Google. Also among them were Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio — two of the three so-called “godfathers of AI” who received the 2018 Turing Award for their work on deep learning — and professors from institutions ranging from Harvard to Chin

MINCHINABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member of National Assembly (MNA) from NA 166 Muhammad Asghar Shah decided to leave the party, ARY News reported. As per details, the former MNA announced that he is leaving Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as he can no longer continue his journey with them. He condemned the May 9 riots and asked to punish those who were involved in attacks on military instalments.  Read more: Another PTI leader quits party, politics Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) General Secretary Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz earlier decided to quit his party over the May 9 violence. It is pertinent to mention here that several PTI lawmakers and members have parted their ways with the party following the May 9 violence, wherein military installations including General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi and Corps Commander House Lahore were attacked after the arrest of party chairman Imran Khan. May 9 events Violent clashes broke out across Pakistan after former prime minister and Pa

ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Tuesday claimed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had agreed on holding of elections in late September or early October, but former premier Imran Khan “rejected the government’s proposal”, ARY News reported. In a statement, the law minister said that the government held two ‘informal sessions of talks’ with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Lahore. Azam Nazeer Tarar said that the party did agree on holding of elections in late September or early October, but Imran Khan “rejected the government’s proposal and tabled another condition”. “Later, the PTI delegation told us that Imran Khan wants immediate dissolution of assemblies”, Tarar said, adding that as per the party’s delegation, the former prime minister was not agreeing on the proposal. The government’s team, he said, told PTI representatives that no option was left if their chairman wants dissolution of assemblies immediately. Meanwhile, Azam Nazeer Tarar said that the Supreme C

LAHORE: Former lawmakers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from South Punjab, who have recently parted ways from the party, are likely to join Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) tomorrow, ARY News reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Sources told ARY News that more than 15 former lawmakers from South Punjab will announce joining the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) tomorrow. The PTI deserters will make the announcement along with PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in a press conference. Sources claimed that the former president will hold a press conference tomorrow at 8:00pm from Makhdoom House in Model Town. It is pertinent to mention here that several PTI lawmakers and members have parted their ways with the party following the May 9 violence, wherein military installations including General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi and Corps Commander House Lahore were attacked after the arrest of party chairman Imran Khan. Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) suffered two huge blows as forme

ISLAMABAD: The students from Pakistan won the second and third prizes in the Network Track and third prizes in the Innovation Track at the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Global Final concluded at Huawei Headquarters in Shenzhen, China. The first to be held in person since 2019, the event’s culmination was a competition between finalists in 146 teams from 36 countries, the state news agency reported. Before the Final, more than 120,000 students from more than 2000 universities in 74 countries and regions around the world took part in the ICT Competition, said a news release received here on Tuesday. The winner of the second prize in the Network Track comprised of Muhammad Faeez, Asad Anwer and Faheem Yar Khuhawar from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro and Maryam Fareed from Lahore College for Women University while the team made of Fatima Shafique from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, Eman Yaqoob from Lahore College for Women Univers

BEIJING: China sent three astronauts to its now fully operational space station as part of crew rotation on Tuesday in the fifth manned mission to the Chinese space outpost since 2021, state media reported. The spacecraft, Shenzhou-16, or “Divine Vessel”, and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert in northwest China at 9:31 a.m. (0131 GMT). The astronauts on Shenzhou-16 will replace the three-member crew of the Shenzhou-15, who arrived at the space station late in November. The station, comprising three modules, was completed at the end of last year after 11 crewed and uncrewed missions since April 2021, beginning with the launch of the first and biggest module – the station’s main living quarters. China has already announced plans to expand its permanently inhabited space outpost, with the next module slated to dock with the current T-shaped space station to create a cross-shaped structure. Read mor

RAWALPINDI: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) session judge, Sardar Amjad Ishaq was shot dead over resisting a house robbery in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, ARY News reported. According to police, two dacoits entered the house of the AJK judge in the limits of Rawat police station and made the house members hostage at gunpoint. The robbers opened fire at the AJK judge over resisting the dacoity. The judge was rushed to hospital in injured condition, where he breathed his last. The police have begun the hunt for the robbers involved in the dacoity. Read more: Judge, family looted in Karachi’s Baloch Colony Earlier, in Karachi, an additional sessions judge and his family were looted in Baloch Colony area. The police said two armed men robbed Additional Sessions Judge Naved Hussain and his family of their mobile phones and other valuables at gunpoint within the jurisdiction of the Baloch Colony police station and sped away. A first information report (FIR) report was registered following the

• WFP, FAO report notes $77.5bn to be repaid over next three years • Political instability, lack of IMF deal to hit ability to import food ISLAMABAD: Acute food insecurity in Pakistan is likely to further exacerbate in coming months if the economic and political crisis further worsens, compounding the effects of the 2022 floods, warns a new United Nations report published on Monday. The report titled, Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Progra­mme (WFP) covers the June to November 2023 period. It notes that amid the current global economic slowdown, mounting public debt has exacerbated the ongoing financial crisis in Pakistan. It points out that authorities will have to repay $77.5 billion external debt between April 2023 and June 2026, a substantial amount considering the country’s GDP of $350bn in 2021. Growing political instability and lagging reforms prevent th

Lahore: A joint investigation team (JIT) probing the attack on Lahore Corps Commander House (Jinnah House) on May 9 has summoned PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday (today). Mr Khan has been asked to appear before the JIT at 4pm at the Qilla Gujjar police headquarters. He has been called for questioning in a case registered with the Sarwar Road police station against the attack. Mr Khan has been nominated in the case for allegedly abetting the attackers who ransacked and set fire to the Jinnah House when he was in prison. “Imran Khan is required to attend the office of the DIG Investigation to join the investigation proceedings entrusted to the JTI formed by the Punjab government,” reads the summon notice issued by Lahore DIG (investigation) Kamran Adil, who is heading the JIT. Lahore police chief Bilal Siddique Kamyana confirmed that the PTI chief has been summoned for questioning. An official source said that the former prime minister will be questioned to determine the scale of

LAHORE: Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Investigation Dr Anoosh Masood has revealed the status of women prisoners being kept in Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore after the May 9 riots, ARY News reported on Monday. SSP Investigation Punjab police Dr Anoosh Masood elaborated on the status of women prisoners being kept in Kot Lakhpat Jail after the former premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan levelled serious allegations of mistreatment with the female inmates.  Dr Masood detailed that 10 women prisoners are currently present in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail after May 9 riots. “I visited Kot Lakhpat Jail and talked to the arrested women to inquire about their complaints and issues.” READ: Women prisoners at Kot Lakhpat Jail being treated as per SOPs, CM told “The prisoners told me that they are not facing any issues in the jail. Women prison cells are separate from male prison cells in the jail and male officials are not allowed to enter the premises.” Yesterday, for

RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned former federal minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed in National Crime Agency (NCA) £190 million Scandal or Al-Qadir Trust Case, ARY News reported on Monday. According to details, the former interior minister has been directed to appear before the anti-corruption watchdog in person tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11am. As per the NAB notice, Sheikh Rasheed was also asked to bring along all documents related to the case. Earlier on May 24, Sheikh Rasheed ‘skipped’ NAB’s appearance for a probe in National Crime Agency £190m scandal. Sheikh Rasheed was asked to appear before the NAB as a former member of Imran Khan’s cabinet which passed the decision for the settlement of £190m from the United Kingdom. Read more:  IMRAN KHAN JOINS NAB INVESTIGATION IN NCA £190M SCANDAL Sheikh Rasheed in his response denied receiving any written notice from the NAB and added the name under which he received the notice, h

Boeing Co is working on a deal to sell at least 150 737 Max jetliners to Saudi Arabian startup Riyadh Air, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. The new carrier, wholly owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), is looking for about 300 to 400 single-aisle jets in total, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Airbus SE could also claim a part of the order, the report added. Boeing, Riyadh Air and PIF did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Boeing previously won another order by state-owned airline Saudia and Riyadh Air for a combined 78 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, the fifth-largest commercial order by value in the plane maker’s history. from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/honwqQX https://ift.tt/la5jOT9

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said that ‘I always wanted to make Pakistan economic power’, ARY News reported.  Addressing a public gathering in Lahore from London the former prime minister congratulated the nation on 25th Youm-e-Takbeer Day.  Nawaz Sharif said that he was offered billions of dollars and threats to stop carrying out the nuclear test, but he made Pakistan a nuclear power which is a symbol of defence and dignity of the country. He said that people started pulling his legs and the journey towards economic development was stopped. The USD value was Rs 104 in comparison to the Pakistan rupee in 2017 and now it is over 300, flour was Rs 33 per KG and now 1kg flour costs Rs 120, Nawaz Sharif added. The PML-N supremo condemned May 9 violence saying that the nation need May 28, 1998 events which is the sign of prosperity and development, not a May 9 symbol of hate and damage to the country. Read more:  Imran Khan incited youth for May 9

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday said negotiations can’t be held with PTI Chairman Imran Khan until “he apologises, takes corrective actions, owns the problem, and promises” the nation that anything even close to the May 9 riots will take place in the future. In recent days, Imran has made impassioned appeals to state institutions to immediately sit with his party, talk and find a solution to put the country on the path of progress. The PTI on Saturday also constituted a seven-member “negotiation committee” without any explanation of who the committee will negotiate with for talks on elections. Speaking on Geo’s Jirga , the PML-N leader was of the view that the May 9 riots “changed everything completely” bringing the election negotiations between the government and PTI back to square one. “Now in this situation how will you negotiate until he (Imran) doesn’t apologise to the nation, he has only condemned the Jinnah House [torching] along with others, but he hasn’t condemned a

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that Pakistan will overcome the economic crisis with or without the International Monetary Fund (IMF). While talking to a private news channel, Ishaq Dar said that Pakistan will not default with or without the IMF. He added that foreign powers are surprised that Pakistan does not default so far. He claimed that former prime minister Imran Khan had destroyed the national economy after coming into power. He added that Imran Khan’s government got a $100 billion market from the previous PML-N government but it was destroyed and Pakistan had nearly defaulted. READ: Ishaq Dar says ‘Pakistan to not make tough decisions on IMF’s demand anymore’ Dar said that IMF asked Pakistan to arrange $6 billion and a technical deal was signed to arrange $3 billion before and after the loan programme. He added that IMF MD had also confirmed that Pakistan will not default. “We will try to avoid putting financial burden on common people in the next bu

PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Sunday rued that “some people” had tried to “pull his legs” during his three government tenures when he aimed to ensure that Pakistan remained ahead in development and prosperity. Addressing a PML-N rally in Lahore to commemorate the silver jubilee of Youm-i-Takbeer, the date of Pakistan’s nuclear tests, Nawaz said that going ahead with the tests despite all international pressures and offers was the “real absolutely not”. “We do not carry aggressive designs against anyone but cannot permit anyone to look at us with a dirty eye. It has always been my wish for which I made efforts … that Pakistan remains ahead in development and prosperity as well … but what can I do unfortunately I have to say, that some people began pulling my legs. “This happened in 1993, again in 1999 and you saw it happened in 2017 as well. Who knows what fear these people have of me that they want to ruin a smiling and thriving country,” the former premier said. He contrasted t

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif congratulated Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his presidential win, ARY News reported. Heartiest congratulations to my dear brother H.E. President @RTErdogan on his historic re-election as President, Republic of Turkiye. He is one of few world leaders whose politics has been anchored in public service. He has been a pillar of strength for the oppressed Muslims & a… — Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) May 28, 2023 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took to tweeter saying ‘Heartiest congratulations to my dear brother President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his historic re-election as President, Republic of Turkiye.’ The Prime Minister said Recep Tayyip Erdogan is one of few world leaders whose politics has been anchored in public service. He said the Turkish President has been a pillar of strength for the oppressed Muslims and a fervent voice for their inalienable rights. Shehbaz Sharif said Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s presidential

Turkiye’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed victory in presidential runoff polls. Addressing his supporters in Istanbul, Erdogan said that the Turkish nation is the winner in the second round of the presidential election and all 85 million of the nation’s citizens won. With this victory, the door of the “Century of Türkiye” has opened, he emphasized. His speech came after results showed him leading with 52.10 percent of the vote with 98.2 percent of the ballots counted. Opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu received 47.88 percent. “Your will has become Türkiye’s unbending, stainless power at the ballot box,” Erdogan added. More than 60 million people were registered to vote, including 4.9 million first-time voters. A total of 191,885 ballot boxes were set up for voters in the country. Earlier today, Turks began voting in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and persist with Turkiye’s increasingly authoritari

MOSCOW: Russia’s economy is in a state of “unstable equilibrium”, Russian economic analysts said in a report, with the growth stimuli that prevented a serious slump last year petering out and new drivers struggling to gain traction. Russia’s economy proved unexpectedly resilient when faced with tough Western sanctions last year, helped by rising military production and huge state spending, but a return to pre-conflict levels of prosperity remains a long way off. Analysts at Russia’s Centre for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-term Forecasting wrote in the report that growth drivers that limited the economic contraction to just 2.1% in 2022 were waning and the requisite increases in private investment and commodity exports were not yet bearing fruit. Published in Dawn, May 28th, 2023 from The Dawn News - Home https://ift.tt/RblHaLX https://ift.tt/m3lqvLi

ISLAMABAD: Youm-e-Takbeer is being observed on Sunday with national zeal and fervour to commemorate the historic nuclear tests at Chaghi, Balochistan, in 1998.  On this day, Pakistan became the seventh nuclear power of the world with a demonstration of nuclear capabilities and the first in the Muslim world after conducting nuclear tests at Chaghai in Balochistan on 28th May 1998 as a response to India’s nuclear bomb tests on 11th and 13th May of the same year at Pokhran in the Rajasthan state of India. The successful tests made Pakistan’s defense invincible. Special prayers were offered in the morning for the progress and prosperity of Pakistan, the supremacy of the constitution, and the eradication of terrorism. Read more:  Youm-e-Takbeer: Shehbaz lauds Nawaz’s ‘decisive’ leadership PM vows to turn Pakistan into economic power Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in his message on Youm-e-Takbeer said the nation would have to move ahead with the same spirit to attain economic sovereign

KARACHI: While already reeling under record-high food inflation, consumers are now bracing for another shock as they will be paying an average 10 per cent more for branded breakfast items from Sunday. Breadmakers have again raised the prices of various bakery items citing surging rates of raw materials, utility bills and transportation/distribution costs. After pushing up prices by 16-17pc in June 2022, the manufacturers again jacked up the prices of their products by an average 19pc in September 2022 and with the latest third hike of 10pc consumers have to brave an overall 46pc spike in less than a year. A four-member family, which was earlier spending Rs728 every month for procuring two packs of small bread (Rs91 each) in June 2022, will now have to spend Rs960 (Rs120) for the same. Karachi Bread Association General Secretary Haroon Iqbal Sheikh told Dawn that the price of super fine flour (maida), which holds 65-68pc share in the manufacturing of bread and other bakery items, s