NEPRA determines the FCA to accommodate changes in fuel prices and generation mix
As per agreement, Section 153A of Income Tax Act will not apply to flour mills
A man busy in preparation of handmade carpets with the help of traditional machine to earn his livelihood for support his family, at workplace in...
Labourers can be seen transferring the wheat sacks in Islamabad. — Online/file LAHORE : Punjab has bound flour mill owners to be part of the...
Pakistani workers process freshly picked cotton at a factory on February 24, 2016. — AFPLAHORE: A new report by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners’...
This image shows workers installing a solar panel. — Reuters/file LAHORE: Solar net-metering now accounts for 15 per cent of the Lahore Electric...
Tandoor owners in the provincial metropolis warned that they were facing scarcity of flour
A farmer can be seen in a cotton field. — AFP FileLAHORE: The projected cotton production for the 2024-25 crop season may fall below last year’s...
Provincial government fixed the district-wise maximum retail price of whole meal wheat flour for 10-kg and 20-kg flour bags to Rs900 and Rs1,800
Workers prepare sugar bags at a warehouse in Islamabad. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Following permission granted by the government, sugar mill owners have...
Against allocation of 3,900MW of electricity by the National Grid, the power utility could hardly sell 3,250MW Friday morning
A general view of the high voltage lines. — AFP/FileLAHORE:The feeble power distribution system of Lahore Electric Supply Company has failed to...
A labour is pictured carrying a sugar bag with a large number of sugar bags stacked behind him. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Sugar exports become a yearly...
Government of Punjab issued a quota for exporting 96,000 tons of sugar to 41 sugar mills in the province
Dairy farmer selling milk at milk market in Karachi's Lyari neighbourhood on November 7, 2021. — PPILAHORE: Raw milk sellers in the formal dairy...
Engro Fertilizers' Enven, the world’s largest single-train, ammonia-urea plant. — APP FileLAHORE: Engro Fertilizers has completed it...
As many as 5.860 million animals, including 2.0 million cows, 3.0 million goats, 0.8 million sheep and 0.06 million camels, have been scarified as...
Latest official statistics on power supply and demand show that there is typically a power deficit of 5,000 MW throughout the summer
In the first nine months of fiscal year 2023-24, rice exports already broke all the previous records
TAC granted its approval under the chairpersonship of Dr. Farzana Altaf Shah, Director General of EPA, at its 34th meeting
This file photo shows farmers working in a wheat field. — AFP/FileLAHORE:The Punjab government has enhanced target for Agriculture Income Tax for...
A farmer checks crops damaged following heavy rains. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Farmers organizations have expressed dismay over what they call a complete...
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaking at the Pre-Budget Conference 2024-25 in Lahore on May 12, 2024. — Screengrab/YouTube/GeoNewsLAHORE:...
Power losses, mainly comprising commercial losses or theft of units, were significantly lower in March 2024. According to the official data
This image shows a tubewell powered by solar panels. — APP FileLAHORE: The Punjab government has initiated a plan worth Rs12 billion to convert...
Vehicle lights cause light streaks on the road along a market, during power outages in Pakistan. — Reuters/FileLAHORE:In the absence of Helpline...
A farmer harvests cotton in his field. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: Punjab has missed the cotton sowing target set for the 2024-25 season and failed to...
Most adversely affected crops due to blistering weather include sesame, maize, cotton, mango orchards, lemon trees, vegetables and fodders
Analysis of the dispatch summary revealed a significant disparity in power generation between the north and south regions
LESCO on other hand believed that power failure in the city was caused by NTDC’s 220kv grid station
Power minister says government would not tarnish its repute by revising solar net-metering policy for existing users neither they intend to hurt...
Although provincial government did not officially announce about discontinuation of wheat procurement, it gives various reasons for not initiating...
Labourers seen busy in construction work of wall of a water canal in Hyderabad city on March 18, 2024. — APPLAHORE: Pakistan will continue to...
A mound of chickpeas is seen as they are packaged to sell at a wholesale market in Karachi. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: The gram chickpea production has...
In order to initiate wheat imports, the minster MNFS&R of PDM government drafted and approved a summary for the import of wheat in 2023
The Kissan Board Pakistan also claimed arrests and high-handedness of police against protesting farmers
Punjab Food Minister Bilal Yasin said in an interview that all important decisions would be taken on Monday on the instructions of Chief Minister...
Standing Committee of Cabinet on wheat would be empowered to reduce or increase the procurement target depending upon the market conditions
According to the official calculation of cost of production at market/procurement center level, farmers have to spend Rs3,304 on 40-kg grains
This representational image shows a man holding urea in his hand. — PexelsLAHORE: The government has missed out on a potential revenue of up to Rs...
Punjab Food Department has not initiated the wheat procurement campaign 2024-25
A poultry worker checks chicken at a poultry farm. — AFP/FileLAHORE : Wholesale poultry traders in the metropolis are selling chicken to retailers...
Pakistani workers process freshly picked cotton at a factory at Khanewal, Punjab. — AFP/FileLAHORE Punjab’s contribution to the national cotton...
Labourers unload cotton from a tractor-trolley at the Ghalla Mandi in Bahawalpur. — APP/FileLAHORE: Cotton farmers are losing their appetite in...
Social media platforms have been flooded with complaints about the abrupt transfer of their votes to different constituencies
In its latest manifesto, the PPP, known for opposing construction of large dams
LAHORE: The fuel tax revenue is expected to exceed its annual target for the fiscal year 2023-24, despite a 13 percent drop in sales of petroleum...
LAHORE: Punjab government has approved a plan to divert floodwater from the Sutlej river to irrigate a drought-prone desert region of Smaller...