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ISLAMABAD: Owing to political pressure on the rising wheat and sugar prices, the government on Monday withheld an announcement to increase natural gas tariff by 5-15 per cent to avoid public criticism. According to informed sources, a second session of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet was called in the evening to consider a summary by the energy …

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