RAWALPINDI – Due to the water reservoirs and soil erosion controlling structures over 45,000 acres land was made cultivable in Potohar …
Political harmony key to boosting agriculture
As growth in agriculture sector tanked to 0.85pc in the current fiscal year against the target of 3.8pc, the PTI …
Mango harvest in Pakistan is likely to drop 30 per cent this season
Mango harvest in Pakistan is likely to drop 30 per cent this season because agricultural practices currently employed in Pakistan …
Agriculture: A sad story of agricultural input pricing
The rupee lost 16 per cent value against the dollar last fiscal year. It has lost another 16.4pc so far …
PTI govt rejects proposal of banning wheat export
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has turned down a proposal for an immediate ban on the export of wheat despite damage to …
Fruits export up by 6.3pc in 10 months
ISLAMABAD – The export of fruits from the country witnessed an increase of 6.37 percent during the first …
BRI states reject West’s China ‘debt trap’ theory
BEIJING – Pakistan and other member countries of Belt and Road Initiative have rejected the West’s conspiracy theory …
Govt mulls tax levy on Agriculture middlemen’s income
ISLAMABAD: The government plans to slap tax on the income earned by middlemen from farm produce to capture their Rs1-trillion …
FAO strengthening institutional capacities for sustainable water management
Strengthening institutional capacities for sustainable management of solar powered irrigation systems (SPIS) workshop took place in Islamabad on 24 April …
Second unit of CPEC power plant connected to grid
KARACHI: The second unit of the 660-megawatt China Power Hub Generation Company (CPHGC) coal-fired power plant was synchronised with the national …
Engro Fertilizers, DFAT successfully train over 4,000 smallholder farmers
LAHORE (PR) Engro Fertilizers Limited, Engro Foundation and the Department of Foreign Aid and Trade (DFAT), Government of Australia have …