Posts By DAWN
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293EnglishProtests 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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349EnglishFertiliser 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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340EnglishWheat 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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288EnglishIrrigation 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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236EnglishProtests 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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274EnglishUrea 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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335EnglishPunjab 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...
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338EnglishSugar, rice godowns sealed in Mansehra
MANSEHRA: The district administration and food department launched a crackdown on sugar and rice hoarders and sealed several godowns in Thakra and...
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264EnglishPakistan’s wheat import needs will decline: FAO
ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has forecast that Pakistan’s wheat import requirements would decline significantly in...
