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...
Pakistan’s seventh agricultural census reveals expanded crop land use and higher seasonal reuse since 2010, driven by a population surge of 50...
Punjab’s wheat output fell 4.52% in 2024-25 to 22.05 MMT, with sowing down 6%. The government, continuing deregulation, avoided MSP and procurement,...