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Pakistan

Govt official abducted from mosque in South Waziristan

Imran Wazir is Deputy Director of the Agriculture Department

Published 17 May, 2025 01:27pm

Pakistan

No new regulations or taxes imposed on tobacco crop or landowners: Azam Nazeer

There is an estimated tax gap of Rs200–Rs300 billion in the tobacco sector: minister

Published 16 May, 2025 03:02pm

Pakistan

PM for sustainable agro-industry policy to promote forestry, counter climate change

PM instructs formulation of coordinated strategy to develop agriculture sector

Published 15 May, 2025 12:11pm

Pakistan

CM Punjab approves wheat support price for 600,000 farmers

Maryam Nawaz reveals that farmers have already utilised Rs36 billion for agricultural input

Published 12 May, 2025 10:44pm

Pakistan

Punjab government announces Kisan Package for wheat farmers, official launch tomorrow

CM Maryam Nawaz reaffirms her commitment to protecting farmers’ interests

Published 15 Apr, 2025 04:41pm

Pakistan

PDMA warns of drought risk in Punjab, threatening key crops

Limited rainfall could impact the Rabi season, with farmers facing financial losses amid lower rice production

Published 26 Mar, 2025 08:13pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz: Providing quality seeds can bring an agricultural revolution

Says Pakistan grateful to South Korea for potato seed research institute

Published 24 Mar, 2025 07:00pm

Business & Economy

Reasonable tax will be imposed on wholesalers, retailers, traders: adviser to finance minister

Khurram Schehzad says there were many irregularities in pensions

Updated 09 Feb, 2025 11:43pm

Pakistan

Sindh Agricultural Income Tax slabs revealed as cabinet okays the bill

Tax will now be managed by Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) instead of Board of Revenue (BOR)

Updated 03 Feb, 2025 12:30pm

Pakistan

Sindh prepares draft of Sindh agricultural income tax law

Agricultural income tax law expected to be approved in Sindh Assembly session on Monday

Updated 03 Feb, 2025 12:06am

Business & Economy

Second phase of CPEC launched with new agricultural and industrial agreements

MoU was established to promote digital transformation

Published 05 Oct, 2024 04:09pm

Pakistan

IMF stops government from setting support price for commodities

The latest bailout is yet to be approved by the Fund's board

Published 05 Sep, 2024 11:47am

Business & Economy

Govt considering increase in tax on tractors

The tax could be increased from 10% to 14%

Published 04 Aug, 2024 10:18am

Business & Economy

IMF suggests Pakistan to impose 45% tax on agriculture income: report

Agriculture sector contributes meagre 0.1% to total tax collection

Updated 11 Jul, 2024 11:39am

Pakistan

Temperatures lowered by scattered rains in some parts of country

The precipitation has been advantageous for the sugarcane crop

Published 22 Jun, 2024 10:23am

Business & Economy

Pakistan GDP grows 2.09% in Q3, supported by agriculture

Estimates provisional growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the financial year ending June 2024 is 2.38%

Published 21 May, 2024 03:30pm

World

What did humans eat before agriculture?

Edible plants may have been stored by the hunter-gatherers year-round

Published 30 Apr, 2024 01:56pm

Business & Economy

Govt to spend Rs337 billion on solar energy for tube-wells

ECNEC approves several solarisation projects for provinces

Published 11 Jul, 2023 06:51pm

Business & Economy

Soaring prices pressure Morocco’s agriculture model

protesters gathered outside parliament in the capital Rabat

Published 18 Apr, 2023 12:07pm

Pakistan

Kissan Ittehad calls on army chief to ‘save agriculture’

Farmers have been struggling due to rising cost of input

Published 02 Apr, 2023 05:53pm

Technology

Cow manure fuels French tractors

bioNGV is a renewable natural gas for vehicles

Published 28 Feb, 2023 12:35pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz announces Rs1800 billion mega Kissan Package

Says a flat rate of Rs13 per unit will be charged on agricultural tube wells

Published 31 Oct, 2022 07:48pm

Pakistan

Pakistan needs over $16b for post flood reconstruction: report

Sindh worst affected province with close to 70 percent of total damages and losses

Published 28 Oct, 2022 10:29pm

Business & Economy

Best to grow sugarcane in September, Pakistan farmers told

Water-intensive crop will grow well after floods

Published 31 Aug, 2022 04:55pm

Business & Economy

World Bank approves $200mn for Pakistan’s agricultural sector

Funding to be used to support transforming agricultural sector by adopting climate-smart technologies

Published 16 Jul, 2022 05:04pm

Pakistan

Pakistani, Chinese institutions sign MoU to boost agricultural cooperation

Agreement is extension of 2014 cooperation between Pakistani and Chinese organisations

Updated 18 Jun, 2022 03:16pm

Life & Style

Type one to eight, the many personalities of Swat’s peaches

The cultivation of the fruit only lasts two and a half to three months but maintaining the orchard is a year-round job

Published 02 Jun, 2022 03:03pm

World

India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar

Ban can push global wheat prices to new peaks as India was aiming to export 10 million Tonnes of wheat before ban

Published 14 May, 2022 02:23pm

Technology

Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the Moon

The ground-breaking experiment has given researchers hope that it may be possible to one day grow plants directly on the Moon.

Published 13 May, 2022 09:12am

Life & Style

‘Nachange saari raat’ singer Taz of Stereo Nation passes away

The singer was suffering from a hernia, surgery for which had to be postponed for over two years due to the pandemic

Published 30 Apr, 2022 02:46pm