PM directs to ensure uniform flour price across country
ISLAMABAD:Â Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed to ensure uniform prices of wheat and flour across the country.
Presiding over a meeting about...
FFC announces half-yearly financial results in 200th BoD meeting
RAWALPINDI: In the 200th meeting of Board of Directors of Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited (FFC) held on July 27, 2020, the Board...
Urea offtake surges 81pc YoY in June
On a cumulative basis, however, urea offtake declined 7pc to 2.6m tonnes in the first half of 2020
Govt approves Rs1.5bn sales tax subsidy on locally manufactured tractors
ISLAMABAD: The government, under its 'agricultural fiscal package', has approved Rs1.5 billion sales tax subsidy on locally manufactured tractors in order to...
Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim posts loss of Rs1.16bn
The Board of Directors (BoD) of Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited on Friday released its financial results for the second quarter of...
Food ministry, CCP to take action against collusion, cartelisation in wheat industry
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFSR) in collaboration with Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has decided to chalk out...
Govt reiterates commitment to ensuring wheat supply at fixed prices
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Food Security and Research on Tuesday reaffirmed the government's commitment to ensure supply of quality wheat at...
Centre asks Sindh to announce wheat release policy to stabilise prices
ISLAMABAD:Â The federal government on Monday urged Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to immediately announce its wheat release policy to help...
Food minister says hedging can increase trading of cotton, other agri commodities
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam on Monday said that hedging can play a role in enhancing...
KP flour mills fear crisis as wheat stocks drop to 150,000 tonnes
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Flour Mills Association’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chapter on Sunday said that the stocks of wheat at KP government warehouses has...
Govt formulating ‘crop insurance policy’ to facilitate farmers: minister
'There is no immediate threat of food shortage in the country despite ongoing locust attacks and prediction of above-normal monsoon rains'
Food ministry committed to facilitating wheat importers
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Food Security and Research on Friday said that it will facilitate wheat importers in order to meet...
ECC directs food ministry to import wheat, ensure availability at affordable prices
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Wednesday directed the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to accelerate...
PM Imran orders crackdown on wheat hoarders
ISLAMABAD:Â The government has decided to launch a crackdown on elements involved in wheat hoarding across the country.
This was decided at a high-level...
Export woes sour Pakistan’s prized mango season
'Mango exports have dropped around 40pc compared to the same period last year, with just a few months left in the season'