Tag: farmers
Engro join hands with JS Bank to boost farmers
News Analysis | Engro Foods Limited has entered into a collaboration with JS Bank under the banner of Prime Minister’s Youth Business Loan (PMYBL) programme...
Hungry Indian farmers arrive in shiny glitzy Mumbai to protest
News Analysis | More than 30,000 farmers have converged in India's financial capital, Mumbai, after walking 167km (103 miles) from Nashik district to demand loan...
PPP’s guarded approach to Nawaz’s confrontation with judiciary
News Analysis | Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari accused ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of creating deliberate confrontation between judiciary and...
Now Pakistani Pet Lovers get an International Brand Locally for their...
News Desk | Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company has launched yet another innovative consumer product in Pakistan – Purina pet food! Nestle has...
Poultry, meat and eggs may contain harmful drugs, NA committee told
News Analysis | To a parliamentary committee’s shock, a report was presented that said that there were chances of citizens consuming harmful drug residues along...
Government finally addresses woes of sugar cane farmers
News Analysis | The Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has sent out his message to the provincial governments...
Sugarcane farmers call off protest after Shehbaz assurance
News Analysis | Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on 24th December ordered to ensure that sugarcane is purchased for Rs. 180 per 40kg from farmers. Addressing...
World Bank grants $300 million to improve Punjab’s agriculture
News Analysis | In what analysts are calling an appeasement bid, the World Bank sanctioned $300 million on Friday to upgrade agriculture in Punjab to raise farmers’...
Woes of the sugarcane sector rise as farmers protest government rates
News Analysis | The Sargodha district administration has directed the sugar mill owners to ensure payment of sugarcane to growers within forty days and no tolerance would...
Why is Pakistan helping Indian farmers?
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has accused the ruling government of helping the Indian farmers by importing their products. Continuing his pressure on...
Urbanization and declining agriculture: How to balance them off?
Shanzay Asim | The process of urbanization in Pakistan has an immense impact on the society and economy. It has both positive and negative consequences...
Farmers threaten agitation if burden of taxes is not eased
On 26th May, hours before Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the government’s budget proposal to the National Assembly for the fiscal year of 2017-2018,...
Police search forests in India after 21 Maoist rebels killed
NEW DELHI — Security forces were hunting through forests in southeast India Monday for Maoist rebels after a fierce gunfight left 21 rebels dead...
