Punjab food dept seeks procurement of 1m tons of wheat from PASSCO LAHORE: To supplement its stocks and meet the future demand, the Punjab food department has sought procurement of ... Published 24 Jun, 2022 07:33am
Markets Ministry finalises modalities for import of 0.3 MMTs wheat ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFS&R) has finalized the modalities for import of ... Published 19 May, 2022 05:29am
Markets KP govt decides to increase wheat procurement PESHAWAR: “The KP government on Tuesday decided to procure 1.4 million metric tons of wheat instead of 1.2 million... Published 18 May, 2022 05:54am
Pakistan PM Shehbaz calls for achieving wheat procurement targets by June 1 Says federal government will supply commodity to public at low cost Updated 16 May, 2022 03:15pm
Pakistan ECC raises question why Sindh allowed to buy additional wheat ISLAMABAD: Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed Ministry of National Food Security ... Published 11 May, 2022 04:58am
Pakistan Punjab, PASSCO: Cabinet likely to enhance wheat procurement targets today ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet that is scheduled to meet on Tuesday (today) will discuss the country’s political... Published 10 May, 2022 05:10am
Print Govt decides to enhance wheat buying targets ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has decided to enhance wheat procurement targets for Punjab and Pakistan... Updated 09 May, 2022 09:41am
Print PM for providing cash credit facilities to PASSCO ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed Finance Minister Miftah Ismail for providing cash credit ... Updated 07 May, 2022 10:09am
Pakistan PASSCO all set to achieve procurement target by 29th LAHORE: The Pakistan Agricultural Storage & Services Corporation (PASSCO) is all set to achieve its procurement... Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am
Print Ministry proposes 3MMT of wheat import ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Food Security & Research (MoNFS&R) has proposed import of three million... Updated 19 Mar, 2022 10:27am
Print Tarin for reconciling wheat stock position ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin has directed the Ministry of National Food ... Updated 26 Nov, 2021 09:37am
Print Two consignments of wheat, sugar arrive KARACHI: Two shipments of wheat and sugar imported by the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) reached Pakistan to... Updated 28 Sep, 2021 11:55pm
Print Afghanistan: Islamabad likely to provide WFP with wheat ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to provide 40,000 metric tons (MT) of imported wheat for World Food Programme... Updated 23 Sep, 2021 11:43am
Print RLNG allocation to fertiliser plants approved by ECC Islamabad: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved allocation of 70 MMcfd... Updated 16 Sep, 2021 11:12am
BR Research Flour prices: trouble beckons? Over the past 2 weeks, national average flour price has increased by nearly 5 percent, sending jitters in a market... Published 15 Sep, 2021 07:25am
Markets First tranche: Ship carrying 57,000 metric tons of wheat arrives LAHORE: A ship carrying 57,000 metric tons of wheat, first tranche of the 300,000 metric tons for the Pakistan... Published 15 Aug, 2021 04:47am
Pakistan Punjab will provide 100,000mt of wheat to KP LAHORE: Punjab will provide 100,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to meet its grain requirements... Published 17 Jul, 2021 04:21am
Markets TCP inks MoU with PASSCO for importing 1.5m metric tons of wheat LAHORE: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the... Published 14 Jul, 2021 03:59am
BR Research Wheat output: overstated? Six weeks ago, BR Research had argued that claims of highest ever wheat production would make it impossible to... Published 05 Jul, 2021 07:57am
Markets PASSCO to receive 300,000 metric tons of wheat by July 2021 LAHORE: The Pakistan Agricultural Services & Storage Corporation (PASSCO) will be receiving 300,000 metric tons... Published 22 Jun, 2021 04:46am
Markets Farmers, growers seek Rs5,000-5,500/maund MSP for cotton ISLAMABAD: Farmers association and cotton growers Thursday proposed to the government to fix minimum support price... Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am
Print AGP to carry out special audit of PASSCO ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel, on Wednesday, directed the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) to carry out a ... Published 20 May, 2021 04:26am
Pakistan PFMA-Punjab warns of flour shortage during Eid holidays LAHORE: Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA-Punjab Zone) has warned of flour shortage during Eid holidays because... Updated 09 May, 2021 10:30am
Markets PFD, PASSCO achieve 76pc and 50pc wheat procurement targets LAHORE: The Punjab Food Department and the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) have so... Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am
Markets Sindh, B’tan: Passco may not meet wheat procurement targets LAHORE: The Pakistan Agricultural Services and Supplies Corporation (PASSCO) may not be able to meet its procurement... Published 25 Apr, 2021 03:13am
BR Research Real beneficiaries of public sector wheat procurement? Fresh financing required for nationwide procurement operations during the ongoing wheat harvest season may exceed Rs... Published 16 Apr, 2021 07:25am
BR Research The murky origins of commodity operations debt Yesterday, this section highlighted that SBP’s wheat procurement financing framework perversely favours public... Published 08 Apr, 2021 07:25am
BR Research Credit roots of wheat crisis The central bank has announced revisions to its framework for bank financing for private sector wheat procurement.... Published 07 Apr, 2021 07:30am
Markets Punjab to initiate wheat procurement drive from April 1 LAHORE: The Punjab food department will launch wheat procurement drive 2021 across the province from April 01 and ... Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am
BR Research Wheat MSP: t’was politicking all along “Underlying price pressures from the demand-side should remain contained,” noted SBP in its monetary policy... Published 22 Mar, 2021 07:25am
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