Sugar export to Tajikistan: SBP asks banks to process transactions KARACHI: Pakistan is set to export 40,000 tons of sugar to Tajikistan under bilateral trade arrangements on a... Updated 19 Oct, 2024 02:55pm
BR Research De-regulating the sugar industry: do not drop the ball again The sugar industry is in trouble, but it need not morph into a crisis. Last week, the industry association wrote a... Updated 30 Sep, 2024 01:24pm
Print Cabinet bodies asked to strictly comply with directives ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has directed that Cabinet Committees strictly comply with its directions and that any... Updated 26 Sep, 2024 09:17am
BR Research Don’t let the industry use free trade as a ruse! Come late, come safe. Following a clarion call by the IMF to liberalize Pakistan’s farm commodity markets and remove... Updated 25 Sep, 2024 11:23am
Pakistan Implementation of sugar policy Punjab Governor to meet Zardari LAHORE: Governor Punjab Sardar Saleem Haider Khan said on Monday that he is going to meet the President of Pakistan... Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am
Print ECC grants conditional approval to sugar export to Tajikistan ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet granted conditional approval for export of... Updated 21 Sep, 2024 02:46pm
Print Extension given in sugar export shipment KARACHI: Following the directives of the federal government, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed 15 days... Updated 07 Sep, 2024 08:50am
BR Research Sugar: let exporters make some hay? After a slow takeoff by sugar exports during July 2024, the policymakers are back to repeating errors of the past.... Published 30 Aug, 2024 08:52am
Business & Finance Taxpayers challenge random selection of returns for audit LAHORE: Taxpayers from sugar industry have challenged the power of Commissioner Inland Revenue (CIR) to make a ... Published 05 Jul, 2024 03:17am
Business & Finance ‘Sugar industry is facing challenges that impact its efficiency, profitability’ ISLAMABAD: Experts on Saturday said the sugar industry is facing several challenges that impact its efficiency and... Published 23 Jun, 2024 02:50am
BR Research Sugar industry: political affiliation isn’t helping The sugar industry is in the news again. The industry wants a license to export surplus stocks; the government wants... Published 04 Jun, 2024 08:58am
Markets Robusta coffee hits 3-week high, arabica also up LONDON: Robusta coffee futures on ICE rose to a three-week high on Wednesday as forecasts for largely dry weather in... Published 22 May, 2024 03:46pm
Supplements Overregulation hurts sugar industry of Pakistan TEXT: Sugar industry is the 2nd largest agro-based industry in Pakistan after textiles. Pakistan is an important... Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am
Print PSMA concerned at ‘unsustainable’ production costs LAHORE: Sugar millers have claimed that production and sale of sugar below its costs of production has become... Updated 08 Dec, 2023 10:04am
Business & Finance Experts for Chinese help in promotion of sugar industry ISLAMABAD: Amid the urgent need for adoption of modern technology, agriculture experts urged for joining hands with... Published 19 Nov, 2023 03:14am
Print CCP struggling to recover Rs44bn penalty amount ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) is facing a prolonged delay in the recovery of Rs 44 billion... Updated 14 Nov, 2023 08:16am
Editorials The complicated truth about sugar EDITORIAL: Finally, the story of long simmering tensions between the Punjab government and sugar mills has a happy... Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am
Print Last six months: Sugar moguls pocketed Rs260bn in profit: PTI ISLAMABAD: Lashing out at the former Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government for opening the floodgate of... Updated 01 Sep, 2023 09:09am
BR Research ‘You say you want exports’ No, this is no plea insisting how sugar industry has been wronged by the latest ban on exports. In fact, chances are... Published 31 Aug, 2023 07:53am
BR Research Banking’s most eligible borrower? If you had three guesses to answer that question, your answer would probably be government, power, and textile... Published 15 Jun, 2023 08:42am
Opinion The bitter truth about sugar industry Sugar is an essential commodity in the consumption basket of all segments of society. Its production and ... Published 31 May, 2023 03:57am
Business & Finance Industry intimated: No non-budgeted subsidy on sugar export: MoF ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has conveyed to the country’s sugar industry that no non-budgeted subsidy... Published 23 Mar, 2023 05:47am
BR Research Sugar industry: time to pivot During the past five years, the retail price of a regular cola bottle has increased by 55 percent. A kilogram of... Published 24 Feb, 2023 09:15am
Print Industry yet to export any amount of sugar ISLAMABAD: The country’s sugar industry has not yet been able to export any amount of sugar out of 250,000 tons... Updated 04 Feb, 2023 09:29am
BR Research TICL: tide turning? PTI governments’ bad blood with the sugar industry is no secret. Yet, surprisingly, the industry may have been one... Published 30 Dec, 2022 09:32am
Business & Finance PSMA again offers to sell surplus sugar at Rs115/kg LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Punjab Zone) has once again offered the federal government to buy the... Published 29 Dec, 2022 05:59am
Business & Finance Export of refined sugar: govt, PSMA fail to reach decision ISLAMABAD: Pakistan sugar industry is eyeing earning an estimated profit of Rs35 billion by exporting one million... Updated 30 Nov, 2022 09:54am
BR Research Sugar export: get a demand assessment first Last Friday, Punjab government notified the official beginning of crushing season in the province. This follows a... Published 28 Nov, 2022 08:41am
Business & Finance Stock position: Sugar industry asked to provide verified data ISLAMABAD: The government has asked the sugar industry to provide verified and authentic data on sugar stocks in the... Published 22 Nov, 2022 03:23am
Markets PSMA lobbying for sugar export ISLAMABAD: The sugar industry has requested the government to allow the export of surplus sugar keeping in view the... Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:59am
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points