Posts By DAWN
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174EnglishAgriculture: 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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191EnglishCrackdown 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...
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204EnglishCrackdown on wheat hoarders ordered
LAHORE: In a bid to control the rising prices of wheat and flour, Punjab Food Secretary Muhammad Zaman Wattoo has ordered a...
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182EnglishPakistan can be self-sufficient in wheat, says agency
ISLAMABAD: The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) says self-sufficiency in wheat production is now more attainable for Pakistan with the...
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236EnglishRain: farmers expect salutary effect on crops
LAHORE: Farmers are a happy lot after rain in almost half of the province on Monday. They expect salutary effect on the...
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191EnglishSindh govt lifts ban on movement of wheat, enhances quota for mills
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Friday lifted a ban on inter-district movement of wheat but restricted daily supply of the commodity to...
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294EnglishRussia clears 15 more rice companies for imports
ISLAMABAD: Amid a declining trend in rice exports in the outgoing fiscal year, a ray of hope has emerged with the registration...
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222EnglishBulk exports push sugar prices up
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan exported a significant quantity of sugar during the February-April period of this fiscal year which pushed up domestic retail prices...
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275EnglishBlending for food security
The present wheat crisis, combined with a significant increase in twin deficits (fiscal and current account), indicates that the measures taken by...
