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165EnglishWheat to be sold in GB at previous rates, says minister
GILGIT: Wheat will be available in Gilgit-Baltistan at previous rates after the government reversed its move to raise prices, Home Minister Shams...
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168EnglishSugar mills causing difficulties for farmers
This was disclosed in a letter to the cane commissioner by the authorised growers’ representatives (AGRs), Jamil Nasir Chaudhry and Muhammad Irshad...
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166EnglishProtests erupt in Gilgit-Baltistan against increase in wheat price
GILGIT:Protest demonstrations and sit-ins started across Gilgit-Baltistan amid freezing temperatures against an increase in the price of subsidised wheat and other issues....
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204EnglishFertiliser crisis renders wheat sowing incomplete
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The fertiliser shortage crisis has intensified over the past 40 days in the district as a result many small...
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182EnglishWheat sown on 740,000 acres in Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR: The wheat has been sown on 740,000 acres in Bahawalpur district, in addition to about 600,000 acres cultivated in Cholisan’s greenbelt...
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165EnglishIrrigation dept stuns farmers with fivefold raise in abiana
LAHORE: The Punjab Irrigation Department has made a fivefold increase in water rates (abiana) and has also imposed the levy at different...
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165EnglishProtests in GB against wheat rate hike
GILGIT: A shutter-down strike was observed across Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday against an increase in the rate of subsidised wheat. The rate of...
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157EnglishUrea availability for wheat crop ordered
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research asked the Ministry of National Food Security to urgently address complaints...
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155EnglishPunjab hopes to achieve 90pc of wheat sowing target this month
LAHORE: Punjab has achieved 59pc of its wheat sowing target of 16 million acres by Wednesday and the provincial authorities hope to...
