Wheat procurement: Body formed to prepare plan as per IMF terms ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a committee headed by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb... Updated 16 Nov, 2024 03:03pm
Pakistan Effective wheat procurement system: UAF’s scientists developing policy recommendations FAISALABAD: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad’s scientists are developing policy recommendations for effective... Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am
Pakistan President underscores need for ‘reasonable’ price of wheat ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has called for providing a reasonable wheat price, making timely ... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Editorials Reducing public sector footprint in cash crops EDITORIAL: Wheat procurement, or the lack thereof, has recently become a significant political and economic issue,... Published 24 May, 2024 05:48am
Pakistan Farmers demand govt start wheat procurement LAHORE: Farmers while demonstrating in different cities, on the call of the Kissan Rabita Committee, demanded... Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am
Markets No restrictions on wheat transportation: PFD LAHORE: Punjab Food department issued a policy statement on the transportation of wheat. According to the... Published 20 May, 2024 05:44am
Pakistan Naqvi praises PM for farmer-friendly initiative LAHORE: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has paid tribute to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for increasing target of... Published 16 May, 2024 06:29am
Business & Finance Passco MD, GM Procurement suspended LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the suspension of Managing Director and General Manager... Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am
Markets Wheat crisis: PM suspends PASSCO higher-ups Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday ordered the suspension of the Managing Director and General Manager... Updated 13 May, 2024 11:12pm
Opinion The wheat woes I would love to live in the utopian world of the neoliberal economist, where the market determines the exchange... Updated 11 May, 2024 06:45am
Opinion ‘Wheat, wheat everywhere…’ BR op-ed writer Rashed Rahman deserves accolades for presenting the causes and reasons of ‘Pakistan’s Kissan... Published 08 May, 2024 07:14am
Business & Finance Wheat procurement: FPCCI body challenges Passco’s competence ISLAMABAD: Standing Committee on Agriculture of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has... Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am
Business & Finance Import of 200,000 MTs of urea fertiliser allowed: ECC increases Passco’s wheat procurement target ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has increased procurement of wheat target of... Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am
Opinion Wheat, wheat everywhere… The wheat crisis has thrown up a host of troubling questions that revolve around the persistent wisdom that in our... Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am
BR Research Wheat: executing a flawed policy poorly If you want to make a muck of something, entrust it to the government. Starting in 2019, this will be the fifth... Published 06 May, 2024 08:43am
Print Wheat procurement: PM vows to protect farmers LAHORE: Announcing that the federal government will procure 1.8 million metric tonnes of wheat through the Pakistan... Updated 05 May, 2024 01:52pm
Print Country faces the risk of decline in growth of cotton yield: FPCCI body demands Punjab govt start wheat procurement KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Standing Committee on Agriculture says the... Updated 05 May, 2024 09:24am
Print Wheat procurement: Farmers give ultimatum to Punjab govt LAHORE: Representatives of Pakistan Kissan Ittehad on Friday issued a one-week ultimatum, demanding the Punjab... Updated 04 May, 2024 03:36pm
Print PM forms body to probe wheat import matter ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed an inquiry committee regarding import of wheat under the... Updated 03 May, 2024 09:24am
Markets LHC seeks details of wheat procurement decision LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday called details of the Punjab cabinet decision on the wheat procurement... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am
Pakistan Farmers protesting delay in wheat procurement arrested ahead of sit-in in Lahore LAHORE: Lahore Police detained several farmers from the provincial metropolis on Monday, aiming to prevent them from... Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am
Pakistan Govt agencies: KBP holds protest demos against delay in wheat procurement LAHORE: Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) announced on Friday to stage demonstration at all the district headquarters of ... Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am
Markets Finance Division dismisses 'misleading' assertions on wheat procurement targets The Finance Division dismissed media reports suggesting that the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has “delayed... Updated 06 Apr, 2024 09:16pm
Business & Finance ECC clears Rs274bn CCL for wheat procurement ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of Cabinet approved a Rs274 billion Cash Credit Limit (CCL) for the... Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Print Wheat procurement: ECC directs ministry to submit action plan ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed Ministry of National Food Security... Updated 03 Nov, 2023 10:10am
Print Wheat procurement: ECC issues directives on issue of bank charges ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet has directed Secretaries of Finance and National... Updated 05 May, 2023 09:01am
Pakistan Sindh cabinet approves wheat procurement from March 15 KARACHI: The provincial cabinet has decided to start wheat procurement from March 15 at a rate of Rs4000 per 40 kg,... Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:07am
Print PM wants provinces to complete wheat procurement by June 1 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his dismay and displeasure over provinces for not meeting the... Updated 17 May, 2022 09:50am
Markets PM Shehbaz directs measures to curb wheat smuggling, theft Says construction of silos would help curb theft and corruption Published 06 May, 2022 09:26pm
BR Research Wheat procurement: hard choices As federal cabinet dithers in face of a storm, provincial governments have stepped up and showed initiative. Earlier... Published 03 Mar, 2022 10:01am