ISLAMABAD - Caretaker Federal Minister for Water and Power Dr Mussadiq Malik on Saturday said caretaker government was taking urgent measures to overcome electricity loadshedding across the country.The caretaker prime minister, he said, had called a meeting of the ministers of finance, petroleum ...

Lahore - The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) on Friday released production data of April, saying the domestic consumption of cement posted healthy rise of over 6 percent in first ten months of this fiscal. According to the latest statistics, the cement sector dispatched 27.664 ...

Lahore - Cement industry has been experiencing mixed fortunes and still faces dilemma how to utilize its idle capacity as it grapples with high domestic costs and erratic domestic and export markets.“We are in a fix as the healthy increase in exports in February and March was accompanied with ...

KARACHI - Pakistan has already achieved the current financial year's export target of 0.2 million tons of kinnow while the export still continues. Russia emerged the biggest buyer, where 40 percent of Pakistan kinnow was exported. Pakistan Fruit Exporters Association's chairman, Waheed Ahmad said ...

ISLAMABAD – Due to favourable climate conditions, sufficient availability of agricultural inputs and best management practices, bumper wheat crop production of 25 million tons is expected during the current year.Different crop measuring indicators have shown significant improvement that ...

The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet met here Thursday under the Chairmanship of Federal Minister for Finance & Economic Affairs, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and considered different summaries moved by Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources and Ministry of Industries. After due ...

KARACHI - All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association Chairman Aizaz Mansoor Shaikh has said that industry produced 17.94 million ton of cement in the first seven months of this fiscal year which is 3.94 percent higher than corresponding period of last fiscal year. The surge of 7.21 percent in ...

LAHORE The total cement dispatches are likely to remain flat at 12.42 million tons during 5MFY12 (July-Nov) compared to 12.54 million tons in corresponding period last year. According to industry sources, the trend was replicated in local dispatches which portrayed a meagre improvement to 8.67 ...

COLOMBO (AFP) - Australia captain Michael Clarke geared up for the forthcoming three-Test series against Sri Lanka with an impressive century in a warm-up match, which ended in a draw on Saturday. Clarke cracked one six and 12 fours in his 104 before retiring as the tourists were bowled out for 393 ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan produced about 937 thousand tons of fish in 2010-11. About 50 per cent of the total production was consumed locally. According to the official sources, 22pc of the total fish production is exported, whereas 28 percent is converted into the fish meal for poultry industry. ...

RAWALPINDI (PPI) - Chairman Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) Sheikh Anjum Bashir has said that TCP has stored 0.37 million tones of sugar to curb the shortage of sugar in the holy month of Ramazan. He was exchanging these views with the President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

LAHORE (PPI) - Pakistan Agricultural Storage & Services Corporation Limited (PASSCO) has completed its target of procuring 1.3 million tons of wheat, besides ensuring issue of bardana through proper monitoring and vigilance. However, the government has now enhanced the wheat procurement target of ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD - Horticulture contributes about 12pc to the national agricultural GDP of Pakistan, holding great potential to increase export of premium quality produce. CEO Harvest Tradings Pakistan Ahmad Jawad said that during the last decade, horticulture crop production has ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Mir Israrullah Zehri has said that Passco will procure 1.3 million tons of wheat this year and the preparations are on to ensure the provision of the announced support price (Rs 950 per 40 kg) and arrange bags and storage materials for the ...

LAHORE (APP) - Punjab Government purchased 57.81 lac metric tons wheat during previous year out of which 25 lac metric tons wheat was purchased for the federal government and stored in the godowns of Punjab Food Department. A spokesman of the Food Department here on Thursday said that the federal ...

LAHORE - House of Habib (HoH) and lndus Motor Company Ltd. (IMC) have distributed more than 150 tons of relief goods to more than 30,000 people affected by the floods. The relief activities, mobilised since August 14, are being carried out through various base camps with the assistance of Group ...

KARACHI - Oil sales volume during the first month of current financial year increased by 10 per cent to 1.9m tons. According to provisional data released on Monday, the YoY growth in oil sales for the industry was driven by rising demand for Furnace Oil (FO) sales, which soared by 7 per cent, from ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) has decided to construct storage capacity for 1.15 million tons of wheat, which also include steel silos having capacity of 6, 50,000 metric tons. These storages will be constructed at a cost of Rs 4.556 billion and eighty ...

KARACHI Saud Shakil and Zarnab Intizar smashed a century each as Zone VI (white) registered massive 315 runs win over Zone V Green in the opening match of the Touchme Trophy U-15 KCCA Inter-zonal cricket here the other day at the KCCA stadium. Saud hammered unbeaten 160 with the aid of 19 fours ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan will receive about 66,000 tonnes of white sugar in a weeks time that it has bought through tenders in past months, chief of the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) said on Thursday. Pakistan issued several tenders in the past four months to buy sugar from the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The province of Sindh has procured about 7,56,000 tons of wheat so far during the current crop procurement campaign to fulfill the domestic requirements of the country. Wheat Commissioner in Ministry of Food and Agriculture Dr. Shakeel told APP here on Saturday that wheat ...

KOLKATA (AFP) Debutant Alviro Petersen and Hashim Amla smashed fluent centuries for South Africa before India hit back in a dramatic start to the second and final cricket Test on Sunday. Petersen made 100 and Amla scored 114 to lift the Proteas to 218-1, before India ripped through the rest of the ...

KARACHI - Though the fertilizer sectors Calendar Year 2009 operational and financial performance turned out to be remarkable as the country achieved 6.4m ton off-take for the first time ever, yet such growth is expected to normalise during Calendar Year 2010. Moreover, add'l capacities during the ...

KARACHI - In the backdrop of the establishment of fast track rental power plants, the demand for furnace oil is likely to surge to 12 million tons in financial year 2013 from the existing 8 million tons (in 2009). According to a report, gas has been the most consumed fuel for power generation in ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Sugar Advisory Board here on Monday was informed by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture that approximately 3.4 million tons of sugar would be produced if due to good price for growers, 80pc of the sugarcane crop is crushed. The meeting discussed various measures to check ...

PESHAWAR (APP) - Pakistan requires import of 1.044 million tons edible oil. During year 2008-09 edible oil production in the country was 0.684 million ton against demand of 1.728 million ton. This was informed to Food and Agriculture, Nazar Mohammad Gondal Thursday at the second meeting of Board of ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) is to issue a tender to import 100,000 tonnes of sugar, probably this week, TCP Chairman Saeed Ahmed Khan said on Monday. Pakistan is already in the market for 75,000 tonnes of white sugar through a tender that will close on Aug 29, ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that government will come down hard on all those found involved in hoarding and creating artificial shortage of essential food items in the country. The Prime Minister said this while chairing a meeting of the committee on hoarding and ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The government is likely to import 300,000 tonnes of raw sugar later this year as the next sugar crop will provide considerably less of the sweetener than annual consumption of over 4 million tonnes, officials said on Wednesday. Countrys 2009/10 sugar crop is expected around 3 ...

KARACHI - Board of Investment (BoI) Chairman Saleem H Mandviwalla said Monday that Tuwairqi Steel Mills would definitely serve as the catalyst of industrial growth in Pakistan. He was addressing a press conference after visiting Tuwairqi Steel Mills (TSML) project at Bin Qasim. He expressed his ...