Pakistan’s rice sector faces mixed assessments after Punjab floods. The Pakistan Business Forum reported severe losses—60% of rice and 30% of sugarcane...
Flash floods in Punjab, Pakistan’s key food producer, have destroyed 60% of rice and 30% of sugarcane crops, with cotton output expected...
Flour millers have warned of price hikes, blaming Punjab’s ban on inter-provincial wheat movement under Section 144. The PFMA says this violates...
The IMF has approved tax exemptions on sugar imports by Pakistan’s state-run Trading Corporation, reducing levies from 47.5% to just 5%, while...
The Lahore High Court ruled that an FIR under the Sugar Factories (Control) Act cannot be filed on a private complaint but...
Pakistan attributes the sugar price surge to climate-driven yield losses, not profiteering. Haroon Akhtar cites a 20% crop decline causing a 1.4...
Flour mill owners in Lahore have raised the price of a 20kg wheat flour bag by Rs50, from Rs1,350 to Rs1,400, citing...
Pakistan’s TCP received bids for 100,000 tonnes of white sugar, with ED\&F Man offering the lowest at \$539/tonne c\&f. The tender follows...
Pakistan’s Competition Commission told Finance Minister Aurangzeb that sugar millers have long submitted false data to win export approvals, causing shortages. The...