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Punjab: upsetting the apple cart
No one knows for sure how the Rs7bn ADP will be spent.
Ahmad Fraz Khan
Water scarcity to hit Rabi crops next
Country has started the season with the second lowest storage ever.
Gearing up for chicken exports
The poultry industry has to deal with 33 different departments to stay compliant.
Commercial farmers consume major chunk of animal sales
The role of massive cash transfer is restricted to poor farmers’ temporary and basic poverty alleviation.
Lack of coordination mars opposition’s protest
A few dozen activists make it to EC office to agitate against ‘rigging’
Is the plant protection body responsible for failing exports?
THE Department of Plant Protection (DPP) has taken an administrative plunge as the federal government yet again...
Big cars lead the charge
While it is hard to quantify the boom as estimates differ among dealers, a general agreement hints at an increase of
Proper facilities given to Sharifs inside jail, says Punjab minister
Senator requests govt to allow PML-N workers to meet their leaders in prison
Lifeless election campaign worries PML-N supporters in Khushab
Banners and streamers don’t dominate the skyline and the sight of vehicles adorned with slogans is uncommon.
With shallow reserves, the next govt is in deep water
The current water scenario is so alarming that it can change the very scope of agriculture, wreaking havoc on...
Jhara’s wife enters fight as MML nominee
Begum Saira Bano is expected to add vigour to the electioneering here for two reasons: her choice of the party to...
Unchecked GM seed imports could hurt rice exports
The country now produces 7.4m tonnes of rice — a record unto itself.
ECP again rejects Milli Muslim League’s plea for registration
Cites interior ministry’s letter regarding MML’s links with banned JuD
No one to blame but ourselves for water woes
Currently, the country’s entire water supplies are only enough to meet human consumption demand leaving crops...
Prospect of delayed cotton sowing unnerves farmers
Pakistan may be the first country in the world that has seen its local cotton varieties infected.
Moving away from a subsidy-driven approach
AS expected, the federal budget has left everything as it was on the agricultural subsidies front. Finance Minister...
JI reviewing its role in KP govt, says Sirajul Haq
Siraj says JI doesn't want to "weaken the KP government" few days before the budget.
Govt in a bind over subsidies
The government does not appear to have the fiscal space to expand the subsidy regime or change the taxation regime.
PTI voted for Sanjrani on ‘order from top’: Sirajul Haq
KP government spokesman rejects JI chief’s claim.
Reviving dairy sector
The import of milk and whey powder at low customs duty has adversely affected the growth of the local dairy sector in...