Tag: Food
Science-based agri key to ensuring food security: Dr Iftikhar
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Chairman Dr Iftikhar Ahmad has said that science based agriculture key to ensure food security in the country.
He expressed...
Soaring food prices badly affect common man: ICCI President
Food inflation has emerged as a major source of concern for general masses with the rise in the fuel prices. Back-breaking food inflation is...
Sales decline as vegetable, fruit prices rise
The increase in prices of vegetables and fruits at the Sunday bazaars caused a slight decline in the sales of vendors.
The prices of most...
Fruit and vegetable prices slightly increase
The price of tomatoes witnessed an increase of Rs 6 per kilogramme at the Sunday bazaars of the city, compared to the last week’s...
UNICEF appeals for $1.28 billion to feed children in Africa, Pakistan
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday launched an appeal for $1.28 billion (947 million euros) this year, with a third of the...
Stagnant agri sector threatening food security
Agricultural productivity of the country remained stagnant for the last decade, raising a question mark over food security amid the ever-increasing population. This was...
‘Calm down, there can’t be a food street everywhere!’
Despite the enthusiastic inauguration of the Fort Road Food Street, four food streets proposed at different locations in the city are on a choppy...
Political or not, Lahoris get a new food spot
The curtain was finally raised on Sharifs’ food street officially named the ‘Fort Road Food Street’ with massive publicity blitz and pump and show...
Oil tankers on strike: supply suspended from Karachi
An acute shortage of edible oil is looming in the country as the supply has been suspended from Karachi terminals for the last 9...
In flood-hit zones, health & nutrition status ALARMING
The health status of the population hit by monsoon rains and flooding in Sindh is deteriorating and outbreaks of malaria, diarrhoea, respiratory infections, cholera,...
Fine imposed over poor sanitation
Islamabad Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Ali conducted a surprise checking on Thursday of hotels and restaurants in the Sector F-6 markets and imposed fines amounting...
Food prices hit record highs in 2011: UN agency
The price of basic foodstuffs hit a record high in 2011, with the cost of cereals surging by more than a third over the...
N Korea says US offered food for nuke shutdown
North Korea said Wednesday that the United States had offered food aid and a suspension of sanctions if it halted its uranium enrichment programme....
Hotels, bakeries fined for poor hygiene
The Islamabad Capital Territory administration on Tuesday fined four hotels and two bakeries for poor sanitation and unhygienic conditions in their kitchens.
According to...
Sindh’s 70 percent people underfed
Despite being an agricultural province, Sindh is the poorest and the most food-deprived province of the country with 70 percent of its total population...
Science and Technology minister directs halal board development
Federal minister for science and technology (S&T) Mir Changez Khan Jamali said work on Pakistan Halal Product Development Board (PHPDB) would be expedited and...
Profiteers booked, fined
Islamabad Secretariat Assistant Commissioner Nauman Yousuf conducted raids at hotels and snack shops at Rawal Lake and its adjoining areas and fined shopkeepers for...
