Tag: Vegetables
Fruit & vegetable prices skyrocket as hoarders step in ahead of Eid
--Market Committee inspector blames problems in cultivation, supply for price hike
LAHORE: With Eidul Azha approaching, the prices of fruits and vegetables have registered an unprecedented...
Global warming will affect supply of vegetables
Global warming is expected to make vegetables significantly scarcer around the world unless new growing practices and resilient crop varieties are adopted, researchers warned...
ICT teams impose over Rs1.6 million fine on profiteers in three...
ISLAMABAD: The checking teams of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration, formed to check prices of fruits and vegetables and display of rate list at...
Drop in vegetable prices cause relief for consumers
LAHORE: Low prices of vegetables have stopped to cause a hole in the consumers’ pockets except for cauliflower, owing to better supply in the...
Vegetable prices reduced in the markets
LAHORE: The prices of the winter vegetables reduced in the retail market and Sunday bazaars as the supply of the vegetables improved in the...
Chicken price hits Rs 234/kg, tomato surges by Rs 22/kg
LAHORE: Prices of tomatoes and chicken have hiked up owing to plummeting temperatures in winter.
According to the details, the price for a kilogram of chicken...
Prices of vegetables soar up, citizens displeased in Lahore
‘Radish becomes rare commodity in Shadman Sunday bazaar’
LAHORE: High prices of vegetables are heating up winter season this year and are causing a hole in...
Prices of winter vegetables rise as fog, smog hit supplies
Vegetable prices in Lahore rocketed on Sunday as the smog coupled with fog hindered their supply from other provinces.
The early footfall of winter season...
T20 match causes fruit and vegetable prices to drop
LAHORE: In an unusual development, the T20 cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka caused a drop in retail prices of fruits and vegetables...
PFA ploughs 5,600 kanal of crops irrigated with untreated waste water
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has kicked off a crackdown against vegetable crops irrigated with untreated waste water, discarding 5,600 kanal of vegetables across...
Minister rules out import of food items from India
Opposition leader terms minister ‘a changed person’ after getting ministry
LAHORE: Provincial minister for Industries, Commerce and Investment Sheikh Allauddin on Monday ruled out any import...
High prices of vegetables, fruits irk citizens
LAHORE: High prices of vegetables and fruits created havoc for citizens this week while most of the supply was short in the makeshift markets due...
Eating vegetables not a poor man’s domain
Vegetables prices at Sunday bazaars shoot up to 100%
Mixed price trend was witnessed at Sunday bazaars of the city with the complaints of overcharging...
Pakistan hopes for $1b exports to UAE
Pakistani exporters can easily double their food exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from a present $ 500 million to $ 1 billion...
Chinese astronauts may grow vegetables on moon
Chinese astronauts may get fresh vegetables and oxygen supplies by gardening in extraterrestrial bases in the future, an official said after a just-concluded lab...
Spying devices hidden in Indian vegetables consignment
Pakistan border security on Friday seized a vegetable consignment from India and recovered spying equipment during screening at the Wahga border. Security sources said...
Trader says selling Indian vegetables at stores could prove beneficial
Chairman Pak India Business Council Noor Muhammad Kasuri suggested on Sunday that the sale of imported vegetables and other consumer goods at special counters...
