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Today’s outlook: International flights resume, flour prices hiked by Rs5/kg

Here are some of the news stories we are expecting to follow today (Saturday):

  • Flour prices have been hiked by Rs5 per kilogramme. A 20kg bag of wheat in Lahore is being sold at Rs925.
  • Pakistan has shot down another Indian spy quadcopter near the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir.
  • Both national and international airlines have been allowed to operate international flights from all major airports, except Gwadar and Turbat.
  • Around 80% of PIA flight PK-8303’s debris has been lifted from the crash site. The Airbus experts are in Karachi to help investigate the crash.
  • The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority has recommended reducing the petroleum products’ prices by Rs12 per litre.
  • A Punjab Assembly session has been summoned at Lahore’s Faletti’s Hotel instead of the assembly.
  • NAB has called PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and the Election Commission of Pakistan has summoned Ahsan Iqbal on June 2.
  • The Sindh Education Board has announced that no student will be failed this year nor positions assigned. The students who failed in their ninth and 11th grade examinations will be promoted to the next class.
  • Transporters of Karachi have summoned a meeting today. They have been demanding the Sindh government resume public transport services.
  • ICYMI: Pakistan reported on Friday the highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day with 57 fatalities. Click here to read the full story.


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