Tag: Rice

Sindh becoming hub of ‘wealthy’ beggars: report

KARACHI: Sindh is becoming the hub of ‘wealthy’ beggars as the rice harvest season approaches the province, according to a report by The Express...

Rice exporters seek extension for ERF adjustment

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) invited the attention of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to the difficulties faced by the...

China shows interest in importing more rice from Pakistan

  China has shown an interest in increasing rice imports from Pakistan, provided it meets specified import formula quarantine standard. China welcomes Pakistan rice exporters, said...

Indonesia to import rice from Pakistan

  The Indonesian government is sounding out the possibility of importing rice from Pakistan amid low rice stocks following a prolonged dry season. "We are negotiating...

US to support expansion of Indo-Pak commercial ties: Rice

The US strongly supports efforts by India and Pakistan to expand bilateral trade and commercial ties as it will help in broadening support base...

Terrorism threat to Pakistan: Condoleezza Rice

Terrorism is a threat to Pakistan and turning a "blind eye" to the problem is no solution, former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice...

India’s move on rice to hurt Pakistan

Ahead of the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting, India has begun aggressive lobbying to get legal shelter for subsidy on rice exports...

Targets set for wheat, rice production in 2013-14

The government has set the wheat production target at 25.5 million and rice production target at 6.2 million during the current fiscal year 2013-14....

Target for wheat and rice set for 2013-14

The government has set the wheat production target at 25.5 million and rice production target at 6.2 million during the current fiscal year 2013-14. About...

Indian economic diplomacy to hit Pakistani rice in Iranian market: Jawad

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Harvest Tradings, Ahmad Jawad has said that our local banks are no more opening letter of credits (LC) for export...

Pakistan exports record volume of rice to China

Pakistan has exported a record volume of non-basmati rice (72,623 metric tons) to China worth $30 million in just one month (January 2013) of...

NIBGE to hold 3-day training workshop on Rice

A three-day training workshop on ‘DNA Testing for Basmati Rice Authenticity’ will start at National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) here on...

Susan Rice withdraws from US secretary of state bid

Susan Rice Thursday withdrew her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state, after becoming a lightning rod for the White House's...

Govt to provide maximum facilities to REA: Bader

Leader of the House Senator Jahangir Bader, Wednesday, said that the government was making sincere efforts to provide maximum facilities to the Rice Exporters...

Rice remains under fire for Benghazi comments

The White House has condemned Republicans’ “obsession” over comments made by UN Ambassador Susan Rice following the September 11 attack on the US embassy...

Obama considering John Kerry for defense secretary, Rice for Foreign Secretary:...

President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his...

It’s going down!

The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) of the lowest income group up to Rs 8,000 for the week ended on August 30, registered a decrease...