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...
Pakistan’s sugar prices remain about Rs30/kg above global levels, the FBR told a parliamentary panel. Imported sugar costs Rs197.50/kg with GST (Rs167.50...
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...
Pakistan’s federal food security minister Rana Tanveer Hussain said Rs100 billion is being invested to modernize agriculture, ensure wheat availability, and stabilize...
Pakistan’s Competition Commission has urged the government to lift its long-standing ban on new sugar mills, deregulate pricing, and encourage competition to...
Punjab has banned inter-provincial movement of wheat, flour, and related products after prices soared from Rs 2,100 to Rs 3,200 per 40...
Sugar prices in Pakistan have surged, with Karachi residents paying up to Rs 195 per kg — the highest in the country....
Wheat prices in Punjab have surged to Rs 3,100 per maund as official caps of Rs 2,900 for wheat and Rs 1,750...