JDW Sugar Mills, four others agree to procure sugarcane crop at govt prices
ISLAMABAD: In an undertaking to the Supreme Court on Thursday, five sugar mills including PTI’s Jahangir Tareen’s JDW Sugar Mills have agreed...
JDW sugar mills profits for FY 2017 tumble 26.13 percent
LAHORE: Jahangir Tareen’s JDW Sugar Mills profits tumbled 26.13 percent for the financial year 2017 ended 30th September 2017.
Gross sales of JDW...
Cotton scientists for complete elimination of pink bollworm, white-fly
MULTAN: The Punjab Agriculture and Research Board (BARB) has decided to launch various schemes for the elimination of pink bollworm and whitefly...
Influential sugar mills biggest threat to cane growers: PEW
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said influential sugar mills mafia has emerged as a great threat to millions of cane growers.
This mafia continues to exploit growers across the country...
Punjab government gives go ahead for Rs22bn agriculture programme despite expired contracts
LAHORE: Punjab government has given go-ahead for the Rs 22.813 billion Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Programme, despite the expiry of contracts for...
Wheat sowing completed in 97pc areas: Senate Committee told
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research on Thursday was informed that wheat cultivation had been completed in over...
Provincial governments asked for ensuring purchase of sugarcane on fixed rates
ISLAMABAD: National Food Security and Research Minister Sikandar Hayat Bosan called upon the provincial governments to ensure purchase of sugarcane from the...
Raw cotton exports increase 49.78pc in five months
ISLAMABAD: Raw cotton exports from the country during the first five months of the current financial year, 2017-18, increased by 49.78 per...
Philip Morris (Pakistan) sets new tobacco export record in 2017
KARACHI: Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited (PMPKL) has set a new record for Pakistan’s tobacco sector by exporting around 7.3 million kilograms of...
LCCI opposes suggestions for increase in POL prices
LAHORE: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has demanded the government reject any suggestion for increase in petroleum products (petrol, oil...
CCI members advocate sugar mafia
ISLAMABAD: Despite countrywide uproar, protests and strikes of sugarcane growers, none of the members of Council of Common Interests (CCI) under the...
ECC approves 2m tons wheat, 300,000 tons of sugar exports
ISLAMABAD: To rein in current account deficit, the government on Friday allowed exports of two million tons of wheat and 300,000 tons...
IRSA to cut water supply to provinces from December 25Â
ISLAMABAD: Electricity load shedding might increase amid chilling weather as the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has decided in consultation with the...
Fatima Fertilizer, Fatimafert proposed merger delayed
LAHORE: A bourse filing Friday by Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited revealed its board of directors decided to delay the proposed merger between...
Pakistan-Uzbekistan agree to enhance bilateral cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Uzbekistan on Wednesday agreed for enhancing bilateral cooperation and sharing each other’s expertise in the fields of agricultural and...