Poultry industry lays bare heavy handedness by FBR before Dar
The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) on Monday laid bare the highly unfair treatment meted out to the industry by the tax mandarins...
IRSA projects 38pc water shortage in coming Rabi season
ISLAMABAD: Food security crisis owing to water shortage in the upcoming Rabi sowing season is expected, as the Indus River System Authority’s (IRSA)...
Rice exports record $1,889b, up by 29.15pc from last year
ISLAMABAD: An increase of 29.15 per cent in rice exports was registered during 11 months of the current fiscal year as about...
Sugar industry, federal government at loggerheads over production price
ISLAMABAD: The sugar industry and the federal government are involved in a bitter dispute over sugar production price of Rs45.86 excluding taxes,...
APBF urges govt to adopt holistic approach toward agriculture, industry
KARACHI
All Pakistan Business Forum President Ibrahim Qureshi has asked the new government to adopt a holistic approach aimed at developing both the...
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...
Seafood exports increase 9.08 percent during first half of FY 2017-18
ISLAMABAD: The exports of fish and fish preparations from the country during first half of current financial year increased by 9.08 percent...
National food security ministry partners with USAID to enable agri-technology
KARACHI: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Pakistan Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFS&R) launched USAID’s...
UNIDO develops $3m proposal for Agro-Industry development programme
ISLAMABAD:Â United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) developed a project proposal on Agro-Industry Development Programme for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) targeting fresh...
Rice exports rose 16.87pc during July-October 2017
ISLAMABAD: Rice exports from the country during first four months (July-October) of current fiscal year increased by 16.87 per cent compared to...
FFC annual results reflect corporate professionalism
ISLAMABAD:Â Keeping up to the reputation of professionalism and dedication of its workforce and the foresight of the management, Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC)...
Right Bank Outfall Drain-II delays increase cost of project to Rs62b
Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reform was informed on Thursday that work on the 273km Right Bank Outfall...
Comprehensive policy being formulated to improve water storage capacity says: Govt
Islamabad: The government is pursuing a comprehensive plan to increase the water storage capacity and improve underground water recharge. In a statement,...
CDWP approves Hi-Tech Agri Technology Park at UAF
Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved the establishment of Pak-Korea Hi-Tech Agriculture Innovation Centre/Technology Park at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad...
Sindh govt-transporters dispute could harm mango exports
Due to dispute between the Sindh government and the transporters association, it is feared that the shipment of mango exports could get...