The price of petrol has decreased while the price of high-speed diesel has increased, according to the government’s updated petroleum product prices.

The Petroleum Division has announced that the price of gasoline has been lowered by PKR 1 per litre, resulting in a new price of PKR 334.18 a litre.

In the meantime, high-speed diesel now costs PKR 386.83 per litre after a price hike of PKR 3.37 per litre.

The updated prices went into effect after midnight, according to the notification.

Following fruitful negotiations with the association’s delegation, Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik has established a high-level committee to handle the demands of the Oil Tanker Contractors Association (OTCA).

Within a week, the group, which will be led by the Special Secretary Petroleum, must present its recommendations.

The Oil Tanker Contractors Association (OTCA), the Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC), the Directorate General of Oil (DG Oil), and the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) will all be represented.

Following a discussion between the petroleum minister and an OTCA delegation headed by President Abidullah Afridi, the development took place.

The group voiced concerns about the freight formula, the reduction in the White Oil Pipeline quota, and problems with commercial loading during the conference.

Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the foreign minister of Kuwait, will begin a two-day official visit to Pakistan tomorrow (Tuesday).

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar has invited the visit.

The Kuwaiti foreign minister will meet with Ishaq Dar, the foreign minister and deputy prime minister, during the visit.

The two parties will discuss regional and global trends of mutual interest and examine the full range of bilateral relations.

The Pakistani leadership is also anticipated to receive a courtesy call from Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

The visit demonstrates Pakistan and Kuwait’s shared determination to deepen their long-standing alliance and broaden collaboration for the benefit of both nations.

Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s deputy prime minister, had reiterated the country’s solid support for the UN and successful multilateralism.

He voiced these opinions over the phone with Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Both sides discussed the most recent regional events and emphasized the significance of ongoing diplomacy, communication, and positive involvement in promoting regional and global peace and stability.

In order to reach a peaceful and long-lasting conclusion, the IAEA Director General expressed optimism that the parties would continue to communicate and engage after the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.

A woman who gets a divorce because of her husband’s abuse, cruelty, or other marital wrongdoing is not automatically denied her right to dower (haq mehr), according to a ruling by the Lahore High Court.

In a landmark ruling on khula, divorce, and dower rights, the court decided that each case’s facts define who is entitled to dower and that not all khula cases need the return of dower.

A appeal submitted by Arsalan contesting the rulings of the Family Court and the District Judge in Toba Tek Singh was dismissed at the preliminary hearing stage by Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, who also gave the written verdict.

The petitioner claimed that the Federal Shariat Court had already ruled that sub-sections (5) and (6) of Section 10 of the Family Courts Act, 1964 were in conflict with Islamic injunctions and that the Supreme Court was still considering the case. He argued that the Family Court lacked the authority to give his ex-wife any share of the dower.

The ruling states that the pair was married on March 18, 2022, with an unpaid dower of Rs. 100,000.

Nisha Shahid, the wife, told the Family Court that after she insisted on receiving the dower, her husband started abusing her physically. She said that he was unemployed, frequently aggressive over trivial matters, addicted to drugs and larceny, demanded money from her parents, verbally abused her, threw her out of the house, neglected to pay maintenance, and never made an effort to make amends.

The District Judge rejected the husband’s appeal as unmaintainable, but the Family Court partially accepted her claim and granted her 50% of the postponed dower.

The High Court made a distinction between khula and judicial dissolution of marriage, noting that the question of returning the dower may come up if a woman seeks khula only because she no longer wants to be married. However, the wife retains her right to dower and the husband cannot demand its return if the marriage terminates due to the husband’s cruelty, violence, maltreatment, failure to give maintenance, or other legally recognized circumstances.

The court further ruled that psychological, emotional, verbal, and financial abuse are all considered forms of abuse in addition to physical violence. It further stated that a wife’s credible testimony and the circumstances surrounding the incident may be sufficient evidence, and that she is not have to provide a medical report or FIR for each incidence.

The ruling emphasized that merely classifying the divorce as khula does not automatically terminate the wife’s dower rights and instructed Family Courts to first ascertain the true cause of the marriage’s dissolution before resolving the dower issue.

In order to ensure that women are not denied dower in cases where the husband’s misconduct is proven, the Lahore High Court also suggested that the Punjab government and the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan amend the law to require Family Courts to clearly determine responsibility for the breakdown of a marriage before deciding dower claims.

The Punjab Law Secretary and the Pakistani Law and Justice Commission were instructed by the court to receive copies of the ruling.