Tag: Food
Provinces asked to give proposals on Food Safety Authority
A sub-committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights has told all the provincial governments and the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration to...
9 ways to outsmart food cravings
The holiday season means temptation is everywhere, from chocolates at the office to cookies from the neighbours. If you’re prone to binge eating and...
Pakistan’s exports to Sri Lanka in jeopardy
Despite the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between Pakistan Sri Lanka, the export of commodities like fruit and vegetables from the former to the...
Capital’s Fruit and Vegetable Market needs ‘cleanup’
The Fruit and Vegetable Market (Sabzi Mandi) of the federal capital has become a hub of problems as the visitors are facing a number...
What is Lahore with a food street!
After the Gawalmandi Food Street debacle of 2009, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s dream to replace former military dictator General (r) Pervez Musharraf’s Food...
Eid over, Sunday Bazaar prices resume normalcy
With the end of Eid festivities, prices of vegetables and fruits have started decreasing at Sunday bazaars, to the relief of consumers.
The prices of...
Consumers decry high onion, tomato prices
Though the prices of most of the seasonal vegetables have witnessed a downward trend in the Sunday bazaars of the city, when compared to...
Poultry prices shoot up after Eid
The price of eggs has increased by Rs 15 per dozen over the last one week and reached Rs 90 per dozen on Saturday,...
Roadside dhabas and restaurants waiting to serve
The business for dhabas and small roadside restaurants in the federal capital is low these days since a large number of people have yet...
WFP providing food to 100,000 people in flood-hit areas daily
World Food Programme (WFP) is providing food ration to around 100,000 people daily in flood affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan. Talking to APP...
No food, health or education… but defence a priority?
The billions of dollars spent on purchase of arms and ammunition in countries that are member of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),...
Urea shortage to affect food security
Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has awarded contract for the import of 215,000 tonnes of urea even though the Economic Coordination Committee of the...
Low quality food
I want to discuss an important problem through your newspaper. This problem is related to the student health and inflation. In University of Karachi,...
Food inflation begins
It seems the government dose not subscribe to the ‘prevention is better than cure’ doctrine, at least not with regard to energy concerns. Despite...
Urea price hike causing food inflation
Skyrocketing increase in urea and DAP prices is leaving almost no option for the farmers. Hence, eventually, the crops grown would be sold at...
Athletes complain of substandard food in PSC hostel
Many athletes of various sports residing in the Allama Iqbal Hostel of Pakistan Sports Complex (PSC) on Monday complained against what they believe is...
Food security
The breakdown in food security monitoring following devolution at the ministry of food and agriculture is just another example of simple government neglect compromising...
