Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday ruled out any possibility of privatisation of Pakistan Steel Mills, saying the government had approved a Rs 14.8 billion bailout package to make the entity financially sound and profitable. He also announced a…
Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Department (L&DDD) Secretary Irfan Elahi has said that the L&DDD and the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore should work together for the development of livestock sector with focus on small farmers across…
Thailand runs the risk this year of losing its position as the world”s biggest exporter of rice because of high prices brought about by a government intervention scheme. Forecasts from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) show India could…
Pakistan has agreed a price for 1 million tonnes of wheat it will export to Iran in a barter deal, a senior Pakistani official involved in the negotiations said on Thursday. The deal, first proposed in March with Iran exporting…
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has withdrawn the cut-off date for the receipt of applications for sugar export and asked authorised dealers to receive applicaations till quota utilisation This step has been taken on the request of sugar exporters,…
Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) has urged the government to immediately convene a round-table conference of water and agriculture experts, politicians and defence experts to evolve a strategy for raising the Indian water aggression against Pakistan at international forums. This was…
Punjab government has started implementing its 5-year mega project “Punjab Irrigated – Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project” (PIPIP) costing Rs 36 billion to uplift the agriculture sector and better use of the available water resources, a spokesman of the agriculture department…
Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf will visit Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) on Thursday where he will be given a detailed briefing about the affairs of the mills which sustained Rs 21.343 billion losses in 2011-12, well informed sources in PSM…
Indian white sugar prices rose further this week after poor monsoon rains prompted exporters to hold back stocks, while neighbouring Pakistan may issue export licences soon, dealers said on Wednesday. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia was to release import permits for…
Director General Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Mujahid Sherdil has said that flood threat is over in certain rivers of the province and now all the rivers are flowing normally. He said that the persons affected due to breach in…
