ISLAMABAD : The imports of agriculture machinery into the country during first 8 months of current financial year increased by …
Chinese companies ink agreement to invest in textile sector
LAHORE ( PR) Recognising Pakistan’s potential as the world’s 4th largest cotton producer, Chinese investors have signed a cooperation …
Experts stress salt export policy to regularise trade
ISLAMABAD – Mining experts Friday called for evolving a comprehensive annual ‘Salt Export Policy ‘(SEP) to regularize country’s salt trade …
Provinces likely to face 14pc water shortage in early Kharif season
ISLAMABAD – The provinces are likely to face 14 percent water shortage in early Kharif season and 6 percent shortfall …
Kissan Movement for continuing sugar export
LAHORE (PR) A meeting of Pakistan Kissan Movement (PKM) was held during which farmers criticised Provincial Minister for Industries, Commerce …
No licence issued for fishing in last five years
ISLAMABAD – The Marine Fisheries Department, Karachi did not issue any licence for fishing beyond the territorial water in the …
‘China sees CPEC as a way of creating free market’
KARACHI: “Eight years ago when I had entered the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies at the University of …
IMF bailout package likely by mid-May, says finance minister
KARACHI: Pakistan is likely to secure a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of between $6 billion and …
Cotton growers for reasonable support price
LAHORE: Cotton growers say the government’s dream of getting 15 million bales of cotton may not materialise until it reduces …
Pakistan moves to recapture Afghanistan’s wheat market
Pakistan is making efforts to open up a potential 2-million-ton wheat export market in Afghanistan and has begun taking special …
Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture Conference opens
LAHORE: The inaugural ceremony of international conference on Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture organised by School of Life Sciences of FC …