Tag: Food

KFC outlet sealed on use of substandard edibles, vegetables

A local outlet of world famous fast food brand KFC, situated near Garrison Park under the limits of Cantt Police Station was sealed by...

Pope says ‘selfish’ food speculation causing hunger

Pope Benedict on Friday said financial trading based on “selfish attitudes” is spreading poverty and hunger and called for more regulation of food commodity...

UN cuts food assistance to Afghans

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is reducing food assistance to millions of Afghans due to a shortage of donor funds, according to...

G20 faces food commodities fight

The world's top economies aim to overcome their differences and honour pledges to crack down on food price spikes which are again hitting consumers...

Pakistan feels the pinch of surging food prices

The primary concern of more than half of all Pakistanis when buying food is its cost while 44 per cent say they can no...

Cheap food not in sight, warns UN

The international community will face higher food prices and volatility in commodity markets for some time, according to a new report by the UN...

Rising food prices changing eating habits

People across the world are changing their eating habits because of the rising cost of food, according to a survey of 17 countries carried...

Rising food prices create difficulties for common man: Oxfam

A global food survey Wednesday raveled that due to high food prices in Pakistan most people do not always have enough food to eat...

South East Asian food festival from 17th

“Hotel One brings The South East Asian Buffet (Thai, Indonesian & Chinese cuisine) by renowned Chef Lambok Tambanan from Indonesia at their China One...

LHC reprimands Shalimar TMO on food street plans

Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Thursday reprimanding the Shalimar town municipal officer (TMO) on giving ambiguous statements on the plan...

‘Commercial food system broken’

Food prices could double in the next 20 years and demand in 2050 will be 70 percent higher than now, UK charity Oxfam said...

The danger that lurks in cafes, restaurants and food courts

Smoking in developing countries like Pakistan is on the rise and has turned into global epidemic that the World Health Organisation estimates has already...

UN warns of food riots in developing world

Food prices are expected to hit new highs in the coming weeks, potentially triggering further unrest in developing countries unless there is heavy rainfall...

TMO summoned for planning food street on Shadbagh green belt

Justice Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court on Friday summoned Shalamar Town municipal officer (TMO) on a petition challenging a project for establishing...

Food exports surge by 29.07pc

The export of food products during the last ten months of current financial year registered an increase of 29.07 percent as compared to the...

275 sasta tandoors are functional

Sasti Roti Authority Chairman and MNA Hanif Abbasi met Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif at Chief Minister’s Secretariat, here today and presented a...

Food streets plan headed to the scrap yard?

Due to a lack of planning and half-backed strategy, the Punjab government’s mega plan to establish nine food streets hit a stumbling block after...