MUZAFFARABAD / ISLAMABAD: The strategically important 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project achieved a major milestone as water filling in the reservoir began …
Green banking gets ready to take off in Pakistan
The State Bank of Pakistan has introduced Green Banking Guidelines (GBGs) and has given banks and development finance institutions a …
PM for expediting efforts for 2 mega dams construction
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday directed the Ministry of Water Resources to expedite efforts for construction …
Punjab approves three uplift schemes including Poverty Alleviation
LAHORE – The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party Tuesday approved three development schemes of Regional Planning, Education & Public Building …
Pakistan, China to fast track industrial coop under CPEC
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and China have agreed to fast track the industrial cooperation under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to …
Growing demand: Bosan for investment in rural areas
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan stressed on Monday the need for investing in rural …
World Food Day: Food security under threat due to heavy migration to cities
FAISALABAD: Experts at a seminar held in connection with the World Food Day on Monday said heavy migration from rural to …
Pakistan offers lowest bid for Iraq’s rice tender
HAMBURG: The lowest price offer in the tender from Iraq’s state grains buyer to purchase at least 30,000 tonnes of …
US: What Would 21 Million Cotton Bales Mean?
Take away hurricane losses in Georgia and Texas, and the cotton industry could still pull 21 million bales from U.S. …
Biodegradable miniature sensors a precision solution to agriculture’s variability problem
Disposable fingernail-sized sensors could one day be used as a measuring tool by farmers as they push to be more efficient and sustainable …
Country keeps focus on enhancing rice yield
ISLAMABAD: The government is fully focused on enhancing per acre yield of rice to boost exports of the commodity, said Minister …