For 13 years, Rashid Ali has driven a three-wheeled motorised rickshaw around Lahore. His day starts at 6am and sometimes does not end ?until midnight, but he was long able to make $6.50 a day - enough for his family's bare essentials. Now, with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices surging, he does»»»

LAHORE – For 13 years, Rashid Ali has driven a three-wheeled motorised rickshaw around Lahore in eastern Pakistan. His day starts at 6am and sometimes does not end until midnight, but he was long able to make US$6.50 (S$8.30) a day – enough for his family’s bare essentials. Now, with liquefied petr»»»

Traders said the price of a 12kg cylinder surged 56 per cent to 7,000 Pakistani rupees (US$25.30) within days of border closures triggered by the war in Iran, or about 583 rupees per kg on the open market. Rashid Ali, 33, waits for customers while offering rides in his liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)»»»

Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday urged farmers unions to stop holding frequent protests against the state government, saying that he was the “mittar keeda” of farmers (farmer-friendly insect), and they should seek a meeting with him before launching agitations. Addressing farmers during the i»»»

Umar Khalid HYDERABAD: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) objected to the proposed screening of a documentary on jailed activist Umar Khalid at IIIT-Hyderabad, saying screening an uncertified film would violate the Cinematograph Act unless an exemption had been granted, according to new»»»