Sweet chaos: will the government blink? The sugar industry in Pakistan has long been a textbook case of market distortion. For decades, it has operated... Published 14 Feb, 2025 09:04am
BR Research Shakarganj Limited Shakarganj Limited (PSX: SML) was incorporated in Pakistan as a publicly listed company in 1967. The company is in... Published 13 Feb, 2025 08:24am
Pakistan 'KBP to protest if sugarcane support price not announced' LAHORE: The Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP) on Friday warned the provincial government to stage a protest if the support... Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am
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
Pakistan Two high-yielding GM sugarcane varieties approved FAISALABAD: The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of Pakistan under Environment Protection Agency (EPA), Islamabad... Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am
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
Pakistan PSMA clarification LAHORE: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Punjab Zone) has categorically denied a news report carried Business... Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am
Business & Finance PSMA seeks permission to export ‘expensively produced’ sugar ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has approached the Commerce Ministry to seek permission for... Updated 03 Apr, 2024 08:50am
Opinion In search of reasonable thinking Benjamin Franklin said, “Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.”... Published 06 Feb, 2024 05:00am
Markets ‘Agri crops benefitting from fog sheet throughout Punjab’ LAHORE: Agriculture crops are benefitting from the prevailing fog sheet throughout Punjab which is not letting the... Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am
Markets Farmers for increasing sugarcane support price to Rs500/maund LAHORE: Farmers have rejected the sugarcane support price of Rs400 per maund announced by the Punjab government for... Published 24 Nov, 2023 05:29am
Pakistan Sugarcane crushing: Punjab govt issues notification LAHORE: The Punjab government on Tuesday issued notification for starting the sugarcane crushing season across the... Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am
Pakistan Punjab, Sindh CMs discuss sugarcane pricing, other matters LAHORE: The caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Former Justice Maqbool Baqer held a meeting with caretaker Chief Minister... Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am
Pakistan Sindh govt fixes sugarcane support price at Rs425/40kg KARACHI (Nov 13): Caretaker government of Sindh has fixed a minimum sugarcane price at Rs425 per maund for crop... Published 14 Nov, 2023 05:08am
Markets Sugar crushing season to start on 20th: Punjab fixes wheat support price at Rs4,000 per maund LAHORE: The Punjab government has fixed the support price of wheat for the ongoing season at Rs 4000 per maund while... Published 09 Nov, 2023 05:38am
Print Rabi Season 2023-24: Wheat yield target set at 32.2m tons ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday set a wheat production target at 32.2 million tons for the Rabi Season... Updated 12 Oct, 2023 08:43am
Markets SCA demands Rs450 per maund sugarcane rate HYDERABAD: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA), a farmers’ lobbying group, on Sunday demanded at least Rs450 ... Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am
Print Sindh fixes sugarcane minimum price at Rs425/ maund KARACHI Agriculture, Supply & Prices Department, Government of Sindh, has fixed the minimum price of Sugarcane @... Updated 19 Aug, 2023 09:50am
Markets Brazil sugarcane crushing hits record SAO PAULO: Sugarcane crushing and sugar production in Brazil’s centre-south jumped in the second half of July to... Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am
Pakistan GDA asks Sindh govt to announce sugarcane support price KARACHI: The GDA on Thursday during the Sindh Assembly session asked the PPP government to announce sugarcane ... Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am
Markets Scanty rains diminish India’s sugar output SATARA/SANGLI/SOLAPUR, (India): Sugarcane growers in India’s top producing states are worried scanty rainfall... Published 12 Jul, 2023 06:39am
Markets Scanty rains diminish India’s sugar output, export prospects SATARA/SANGLI/SOLAPUR: Sugarcane growers in India’s top producing states are worried scanty rainfall during the... Published 11 Jul, 2023 02:29pm
Print Sugar retail price soars ISLAMABAD: Sugar price within the past three months registered an increase of Rs40 per kg in the retail market, ie,... Updated 11 Jul, 2023 08:57am
Print Wholesale market: Sugar price jumps to Rs6,000/50kg bag in a month ISLAMABAD: Sugar price is witnessing an unexpected increase as within a month sweetener price in the wholesale ... Updated 09 Apr, 2023 11:00am
Life & Style Cuban rum masters preserve a century-old tradition SANTO DOMINGO, Cuba: Rum-maker Cesar Marti says that even after 20 years he feels the same pleasure each morning... Published 22 Mar, 2023 01:44pm
Markets Brazil sugar cane SAO PAULO: Brazil’s center-south crushed 73,000 tonnes of sugarcane in the first half of February, industry group... Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am
Markets India’s sugar output up NEW DELHI: Indian mills have produced 25.4 million tonnes of sugar since the current season began on Oct 1, up 5.39%... Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:57am
Opinion Time for ‘radical’ and fast-paced economic reforms — II For more than a decade, the entire PSDP (Public Secotor Development Programme) is based on foreign loans, which... Updated 02 Feb, 2023 06:42am
Markets Brazil sugar cane crushing hits 440,000 tonnes SAO PAULO: Brazil’s center-south sugarcane crushing totaled 440,000 tonnes in the first half of January, industry... Published 27 Jan, 2023 07:13am
Business & Finance Ongoing crushing season in Punjab: Sugar mills have bought sugar cane worth Rs158bn LAHORE: Sugar mills of the province have so far purchased sugarcane worth Rs 158 billion during the ongoing crushing... Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am
