Tag: Food

No getting away with over-charging anymore

Sindh Chief Secretary Raja Muhammad Abbas has directed commissioners, deputy commissioners and concerned departments to ensure the stability of prices of food items and...

Poisonous food kills six

Six people were killed by taking poisonous food and in road accidents here on Sunday night and Monday Morning. Three real sisters died while...

Unhygienic food selling in Cantt area

In connivance with the food department, sale of unhygienic food is on the rise in Cantonment Board area, posing health hazard to the citizens....

Action taken against sub-standard food

On the directions of District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) Noor-ul-Amin Mengal, action was taken against hotels, marriage halls, sweetmarts and bakeries for selling sub-standard food...

Kids should not consume more than 4g of salt a day

Children’s meals at some of the leading fast food chains contain more salt than they should eat in an entire day, a survey found. Consensus...

Kids should not consume more than 4g of salt a day

Children’s meals at some of the leading fast food chains contain more salt than they should eat in an entire day, a survey found. Consensus...

Govt’s PSDP reserves massive shares for agri, food sectors

The Federal Government in the Public Sector Development Programme 2012-13, has allocated Rs 495 million for ongoing and new projects of the of the...

Restaurant delivers food and dirty dishes to fake ‘cooks’

There are people too lazy to wash the dishes, and then there are people too lazy to even dirty them to begin with. The...

A journey from public to a nation

Resignation of Prime Minister, reopening of Bhutto reference case, demand for new provinces, judiciary-executive clashes, resumption of NATO supply, etc are not the issues...

UN food price index registers sharp drop in prices during May

The United Nations Friday reported a sharp drop in global food prices during May owing to generally favourable supplies, growing global economic uncertainties and...

Who’s going to take care of food security?

Speakers at a conference here on Tuesday urged upon the SAARC member countries to prioritise food security strategies and invest in their agricultural...

Hotels, bakeries fined for selling unhygienic food

Special monitoring teams of the district administration initiated a campaign against the food outlets selling adulterated and unhygienic food. The teams imposed fines of...

Prefabricated food storages being set-up in 8 districts: PDMA

Director General Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Mujahid Sherdil on Wednesday said that PDMA in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) had started...

Islamabad to have new food park

Paper work has been completed to build a new food park near Margalla Hills in the federal capital. CDA sources said all the...

Sale of unhygienic food, drinks on the rise at bus stands

Sale of unhygienic food and drinks at higher rates is on the rise at different bus stations, unchecked by the Food Quality Control Department,...

Pakistan to allow petrol imports from India

The Pakistani government is expected to bring out a notification next month allowing import of certain goods, including petrol and food items from India,...

Is Fort Road Food Street aggravating class divide?

Punjab Chief Minister would announce special package for women on March 8, said Punjab, Minister for Finance Kamran Michael on Tuesday during a Punjab...