Tag: Farmers
CM Buzdar assures farmers of agricultural support
--Govt will start agriculture credit card scheme and issue of canal water will be solved too
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar formally inaugurated...
Modi promises temple, farmer sops days before India poll
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sought to woo Hindu voters and farmers with an election manifesto he hopes will help...
Livestock Department fails to prepare database to facilitate farmers
--Project costing Rs 178.291m to maintain record of animals, diseases faces delay
--CNIC-based database of farmers to provide free service remains incomplete
LAHORE: The Punjab Livestock and...
Growers hold demo against Naundero Sugar Mill for not paying Rs14m...
NAUNDERO: Sugarcane growers of Kambar-Shahdadkot, Larkana, Khairpur districts held a protest demonstration against Naundero Sugar Mill here on Monday for not paying their outstanding...
Govt committed to facilitating farmers: CM Buzdar
--CM orders speedy establishment of delay-hit Children's Hospital in Bahawalpur
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Sunday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf provincial government was...
ABAD offers money for mini dams, ponds, storage tanks
DG Dr Ethasham Anwar says agency to provide up to Rs1.5m for mini dam construction, Rs0.1m for ponds, storage tanks, rooftop harvesting, lift...
Smog prevention: Farmers asked not to burn residue
LAHORE: Farmers have been advised not to burn the residue of paddy, cotton and other crops as it causes air pollution (smog).
A spokesman for the...
As many as 11 abducted farmers recovered from Rahim Yar Khan
LAHORE: Rahim Yar Khan Police and personnel of the Special Operation Unit recovered 11 abducted farmers in a successful operation in the Kachaa area...
Livestock ministry computerises data of 8 million farmers in Punjab
LAHORE: Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Minister Mian Nauman Kabeer on Friday announced that his department has computerised data pertaining to 8.7 million cattle farmers...
86 killed in central Nigeria as farmers, herders clash
LAGOS: Scores are dead after vicious weekend clashes in central Nigeria between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers, with one report citing police saying...
LHC warns plant breeders body against undue protection for MNCs
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday warned Plant Breeders Rights Registry (PBRR), a body said to have been made by the government to...
Sugar mill owners bent upon exploiting farmers, says CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday said that sugar mill owners are crushing farmers instead of sugarcane.
During the hearing of...
Farmers capacitated on latest techniques of rice cultivation
LAHORE: A number of capacity building workshops were conducted by Rice Partners Pvt Ltd (RPL) in collaboration with Swiss Intercooperation and MARS food within the...
Sugarcane growers threaten to go on hunger strike
FAISALABAD: Sugarcane growers on Tuesday threatened to go on a hunger strike if earliest payments for their production were not made at the government-fixed price.
Kissan...
Timely payments being made to sugarcane growers, PA told
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan told the Punjab Assembly session on Thursday that farmers were being paid Rs180 per 40-kg sugarcane crop...
PA asks sugar millers to purchase crop at officially fixed rate
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday directed the sugar millers of the province to purchase the commodity at a rate of Rs180 per 40 kilograms.
The...
Govt will leave no stone unturned for protection of rights of...
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Food Bilal Yaseen pledged on Saturday to continue surprise visits to sugar mills till the end of the crushing season....
