Tag: sugarcane

Growers hold PPP responsible of farmers’ exploitation

HYDERABAD: The Sindh Abadgar Ittehad, a farmers' lobbying group, has alleged that Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Sindh Government has been creating harsh economic conditions...

Sugarcane growers stopped from marching towards Sindh Assembly

-Govt agreed to implement official sugarcane rate: SARC leader KARACHI: The sugarcane growers march, taken out from Hyderabad to Karachi against the non-implementation of sugarcane rate...

Sindh government fails to recover Rs87.504m from 19 sugar mills

KARACHI: Although there is a clash between the sugar mills’ mafia and the poor growers over the sugarcane rate, the Sindh government seems reluctant...

Timely payments being made to sugarcane growers, PA told

LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan told the Punjab Assembly session on Thursday that farmers were being paid Rs180 per 40-kg sugarcane crop...

Sindh cabinet discusses dispute over sugarcane prices, other key issues

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday chaired cabinet’s meeting here in Karachi. The cabinet discussed several issues including the dispute between...

PA asks sugar millers to purchase crop at officially fixed rate

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday directed the sugar millers of the province to purchase the commodity at a rate of Rs180 per 40 kilograms. The...

SHC lashes on Sindh govt for not resolving stand-off over sugarcane...

Sindh High Court's (SHC) two-member bench on Monday lashed out at the provincial government for not doing enough to resolve the stand-off over sugarcane...

PTI holds PML-N responsible for all woes of farmers

Aleem Khan says PM Abbasi fighting for interests of Sharif family instead of Pakistan LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Monday issued fact-sheet on agriculture and...

Steps afoot to get growers better sugarcane price: Sindh CM

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, said on Sunday that the sugarcane price in Sindh is low because sugarcane from Punjab is...

Thousands of vehicles stuck up as sugarcane farmer’s block national highway

GAMBAT: Hundreds of farmers blocked the national highway and caused a huge traffic jam on Saturday in Gambat by staging a sit-in against the...

CM orders action against mill owners involved in deduction of weight...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif has said that cases will be registered against the sugar mill owners and they will be arrested if...

Shutter-down strike observed in various cities against millers

KARACHI: The Sindh Taraqi Passand Party, announced a shutter-down strike in several cities and towns in Sindh against sugar mills for not providing the due...

Problems of the farmers will be solved on priority basis –...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that problems of the farmers were solved on a priority basis in the past and their...

Govt’s wrong policies delayed start of sugarcane crushing: Murad

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that due to the wrong policies of the federal government a dispute between the...