LAHORE - The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association has appreciated the PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif over his overwhelming victory in the elections 2013 in centre as well as in Punjab, hoping the new government will work for increasing exports particularly of sugar, which has great potential in the ...
ISLAMABAD - Until now, blood was used in diabetes testing machines to evaluate the blood sugar level of patients. Latest studies have now shown that tears can also used be effectively to evaluate blood sugar levels. The study was conducted by University of Michigan researchers and the study was ...
karachi - Five members of an industrialist’s family were gunned down mysteriously in Defence Housing Authority on Tuesday.Initial investigation revealed that the major shareholder of Sanghar sugar mills first shot dead his wife and three children and later committed suicide. They were the ...
LAHORE – Mohsin Anwar clinched the 2nd Ashraf Sugar Golf Tournament gross trophy with the score of gross 73, one over par here on Sunday at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course. The runner-up in the gross section was Sardar Murad with a gross score of 77. In the race for net honours, Raza Ali Khan ...
LAHORE - The 2nd Ashraf Sugar Golf Tournament commenced here at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course on Saturday. Ladies event and the event for veterans concluded on Saturday while the events for amateurs and the seniors will be held today (Sunday) at 11:30 am. A total of 85 amateurs and 35 seniors ...
LAHORE – The sugar mills have paid about 86 per cent of total amount to Rs77.18 billion to cane growers in Punjab while rest of about Rs13 billion will be paid to the farmers by mid of this month, industry sources said.They said that mills were able to make this payment due to sugar export ...
ISLAMABAD – Reducing sugar intake has a small but significant effect on body weight in adults, researchers say.Although the effect is relatively small, the findings provide some support for international guidelines to cut sugar intake to less than 10 percent of total energy to help reduce the ...
LAHORE - Majority of Punjab sugar mills are flouting the new sugarcane purchase payment system, devised recently by the provincial government on directives of the Lahore High Court, delinking recovery of cane with its minimum support price.The new system asks the millers to pay at least Rs 170 for ...
LAHORE - The sugar export has not been feasible for the millers due to very late decision of the government as the international market rates have dragged down to the domestic level of $518 per ton, industry sources said. Though the Sate Bank of Pakistan, following the decision of the Economic ...
ISLAMABAD - The Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan (USC) has reduced sugar price by Rs 3 per kg at all outlets across the country as compared the open market in order to provide relief to the people.The spokesman of the Corporation told APP here on Thursday that sugar price was reduced ...
NANKANA SAHIB - The exploitation of sugarcane growers has been continued unabated in the district despite tall claims of the Punjab government regarding farmer-friendly policies and good governance.The sugarcane growers alleged that sugar mills mafia, including Hasib Waqas Sugar Mills, owned by the ...
KARACHI - The price of sugar in the province of Sindh is on the rise despite 1.2 million tons of available sugar stocks in the country.The ex-mill sugar price across Sindh has recorded an increase of Rs5 per kilo during the last five days. Industry sources said that following government ...
A delegation of Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) led by Chairman PSMA Mr. Javed A. Kayani called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Thursday. The delegation included Mr. Iskander M Khan, Mr. Riaz Qadeer Butt and Mr. Deoomal A. Essarani. Ch. Pervaiz Elahi, Senior Minister for ...
ISLAMABAD - The government has increased the sugar prices by Rs 6 per kg at Utility Stores Corporation (USC) outlets to cause unprecedented suffering to the common man.The government on Saturday directed increasing the sugar price by Rs 6 per kg at state-run corporation (USC) following the ...
ISLAMABAD - The Sugar Advisory Board (SAB) on Monday showed satisfaction over the commodity stocks in the country, as it observed that sugar stocks would reach 5.2 million tons by the end of crushing season 2011-2012.Meeting of the Sugar Advisory Board was held in the Ministry of Industries, which ...
ISLAMABAD - While the sugar millers are exploiting farmers in terms of paying lesser price of their produce, the government is all silent and not securing the rights of the growers.Sugar millers are paying the sugarcane growers Rs 110-120 per 40 kg against the announced procurement price of Rs 150 ...
LAHORE - Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited announced the commencement of trading in the Sugar Futures Contract this week. Trading started in the February contract. PMEX has currently three contracts at the months of March, April and May.The sugar contract launch marks a big step forward in the ...
ISLAMABAD : Utility Stores Corporation (USC) has revised the sugar prices with the increase of Rs 3 from Rs. 42 to Rs 45. Talking to APP here on Monday, the official of USC said that the notification has been issued in this regard. It is pertinent to mention here that owing to decrease in sugar ...
LAHORE – Shahpur, having half goal handicap advantage, defeated Master Paints by 9½-6 in the ECU Line Aibak Polo Cup here at Lahore Polo Club on Wednesday. Ahmed Ali Tiwana scored four goals for Shahpur while Atif Yar Tiwana managed three Ignacio Del Tour though hammered five ...
LAHORE – Amidst the bumper crop of sugarcane in the province, the cane growers have accused the millers of not accepting their yield on the excuse of non-variety product.The farmers have alleged that management of some sugar mills in district Faisalabad was extorting around 5,000 from each ...
LAHORE – The Punjab government has asked Islamabad to revise the decision of exporting sugar, saying that lifting of ban amidst the crushing season is dangerous as it is likely to create shortage of the white sweetener in the country.Official sources told The Nation that after the recent ...
ISLAMABAD/DUBAI – The government has approved the export of sugar for the first time in nearly three years, spurred by an expected surplus of more than 1 million tons, but the move is unlikely to affect the global market, which has priced in rising output in other countries.Pakistan was ...
ISLAMABAD - The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Tuesday has decided to allow exporting 100,000 tonnes of sugar due to expected bumper production of the commodity after a period of ban for nearly three years.The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, which met ...
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Under the special directives of Senior Federal Minister for Industries Ch.Pervaiz Ellahi, the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) has further decreased the prices of sugar from Rs.52 per kg to Rs.42 per kg, giving relief of Rs 10 per kg to its consumers.“Decision to this effect ...
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) The millers are seeking permission from the government to export up to 500,000 tonnes of refined sugar as they are expecting bumper production, the countrys top sugar body said on Friday. Pakistans annual sugar consumption is about 4.2 million tonnes, and export of the ...
KHANEWAL (APP) The administration of Haq Bahu sugar mills, 18 Hazari, Khanewal, has announced the start of cane crushing from Nov 23. The general manager (cane) of the sugar mills said in a meeting with a growers delegation here Monday that they would start the process of crushing sugarcane from ...
Our Staff reporter SARGODHA - The Punjab Cane Commissioner has imposed Rs8 million fined on National Sugar Mills, owned by Federal Production Minister Ch Anwar Ali Cheema, for non-payment of due the growers. It has been learnt that the sugar mills is owed Rs80 million to sugarcane growers. Besides ...
LAHORE The sugar mafia has become active once again and trying to thwart the federal governments move to provide relief to poor masses by keeping the sugar rates under check. It is to be noted that the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet the other day decided to allow the import ...
OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE The wholesale price of sugar on Tuesday increased by Rs155 per 50kg bag to reach Rs3580 in the provincial capital. Consequently, the retail rate of the sweetener jumped to Rs75 per kg from Rs72, though the shopkeepers were already selling it for Rs75 per kg at retail ...
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Trade and Investment Makhdoom Amin Fahim Sunday said that Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) had nothing to do with provision of Sugar to the provinces. He was responding to a statement by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif that Punjab government will purchase ...






