Posts By DAWN
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103EnglishCotton farmers battling whitefly infestation
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Cotton farmers in the district of Rahim Yar Khan say they are helpless against the worst attack of whitefly...
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105EnglishSugar price fuels weekly inflation above 26pc
ISLAMABAD: The short-term inflation witnessed a year-on-year increase of 26.32 per cent for the week ending on Aug 7 mainly due to...
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122EnglishPrices seen falling after arrival of imported wheat
KARACHI: Stakeholders expect a Rs5-7 per kg decline in wheat prices after a private sector consortium finalised a deal for the import...
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137EnglishSugar prices swell to Rs185 per kg
KARACHI: A direction of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday to the relevant agencies to check the hoarding and smuggling of...
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114EnglishAnother increase in sugar, flour prices shocks consumers
KARACHI: Already struggling to find ways to pay inflated electricity bills, consumers suffered another shock due to a further hike in the...
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114EnglishThere are ways to face wheat crisis
PAKISTAN harvested a record 27.5 million tonnes of wheat in 2023, but it still needs to import wheat to meet its domestic...
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138EnglishBan on inter-district movement of wheat lifted, SHC told
KARACHI: The Sindh food department on Monday informed the Sindh High Court (SHC) that the ban on the inter-district movement of wheat...
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106EnglishAgriculture: Election year boon for sugarcane growers
The outgoing Sindh government has fixed the sugarcane rate at Rs425 per 40kg for 2023-24 and announced November 15 as the commencement...
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118EnglishCrackdown on wheat hoarders fails to yield results
LAHORE: The official strategy of raiding the premises of wheat hoarders and forcing them to sell their stocks to ease the market...
