‘Free wheat flour package’ in Ramazan: PM takes step to help Punjab’s underprivileged Directs authorities concerned to devise policy at earliest to provide free flour to poor families under Ramazan package Updated 08 Mar, 2023 09:52am
Markets Prices of essential kitchen items witness upward trend ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items as well as daily use items have witnessed an increase during this... Published 19 Feb, 2023 03:19am
Business & Finance Punjab flour millers announce strike LAHORE: The Punjab Flour Mills Association has announced to go on strike from Monday (today) against the suspension... Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am
Business & Finance Flour millers threaten to go on strike LAHORE: Flour millers of the province have threatened to stop supplying flour to the market from February 14, in ... Published 11 Feb, 2023 06:26am
Markets CBOT wheat may retest support at $7.52-1/2 SINGAPORE: CBOT March wheat may retest a support at $7.52-1/2 per bushel, a break below which could open the way... Published 06 Feb, 2023 11:47am
Pakistan Inspection of flour mills to continue: secy LAHORE :Secretary Food Punjab Muhammad Zaman Wattoo has made it clear in a statement that the inspection process of... Published 06 Feb, 2023 06:20am
Pakistan 8 shopkeepers arrested for selling flour at exorbitant rates KARACHI: A campaign to implement official rates of wheat flour in Karachi Division is underway, and around eight... Published 23 Jan, 2023 06:34am
Pakistan Five flour mills issued show-cause notices over less supply MULTAN: The Punjab Food Department has served show cause notices to five flour mills over less supply of government... Published 23 Jan, 2023 05:57am
Pakistan AJK to release Rs14bn to PASSCO for buying wheat ISLAMABAD: The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has decided to release Rs14 billion to the Pakistan... Published 17 Jan, 2023 06:02am
Editorials Wheat shortage EDITORIAL: It is gross incompetence and mismanagement by central and provincial governments alike, even more than... Updated 17 Jan, 2023 11:27pm
Pakistan CM’s cell orders strict action against flour hoarders LAHORE: Adviser and Chairman Chief Minister Punjab Grievance Cell Zubair Ahmed Khan said that on the instructions of... Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am
Pakistan PDM govt responsible for wheat flour crisis, says PTI LAHORE: Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Asad Umar has said the collation government of the Pakistan... Published 10 Jan, 2023 06:00am
Pakistan Prices of flour, chicken witness significant increase ISLAMABAD: The wheat flour and chicken prices have witnessed a significant increase during past week against the... Published 08 Jan, 2023 03:48am
Business & Finance Survey shows sharp increase in prices of wheat flour, chicken ISLAMABAD: The wheat flour and chicken prices have witnessed a significant increase during this week past against ... Published 01 Jan, 2023 03:14am
Pakistan Flour stalls set up in Tharparkar district for needy people HYDERABAD: Deputy Commissioner Tharparkar Hafeez Ahmed Siyal has said that to ensure the sale of wheat flour at ... Published 29 Sep, 2022 05:54am
Markets Jordan issues new tender to buy wheat HAMBURG: Jordan’s state grain buyer has issued an international tender to buy 120,000 tonnes of milling wheat ... Published 11 Aug, 2022 04:35am
Business & Finance SPI rises 0.01pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended July 14, recorded an increase of 0.01 percent due... Updated 16 Jul, 2022 11:53am
Pakistan Govt has fulfilled promise of providing cheaper wheat flour to people in KP: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the present government had fulfilled the... Published 10 Jun, 2022 06:16am
Markets Prices of essential kitchen items increase ISLAMABAD: Following another increase in fuel prices, the prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed an... Published 05 Jun, 2022 05:54am
Business & Finance SPI decreases 0.26pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended May 26, 2022, recorded a decrease of 0.26 percent... Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am
Business & Finance SPI surges 0.49pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended May 12, 2022 recorded an increase of 0.49 per cent... Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am
Pakistan USC outlets facing shortage of edible items due to rush of buyers: survey ISLAMABAD: Following the government decision to further cut sugar and wheat flour prices at the Utility Stores... Published 22 Apr, 2022 05:36am
Markets Wheat flour: 25 modern points of sale set up in Multan MULTAN: The district administration has set up 25 modern wheat flour sale points in the city to offer wheat flour on... Published 20 Mar, 2022 06:04am
BR Research Wheat target: is it unthinkable? According to a press release by Finance Ministry, the country has achieved highest ever sown area for wheat during... Published 31 Jan, 2022 08:05am
Business & Finance Packaging of wheat flour, cement: PPWSMA spells out losses being ‘caused by Kraft paper’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Polypropylene Woven Sack Manufactures Association (PPWSMA) has requested Prime Minister, Imran... Published 30 Jan, 2022 04:04am
BR Research Wheat: a case for higher intervention price? Pakistan’s best hope at putting an end to cyclical mismatches between wheat supply and demand is for government to... Published 24 Jan, 2022 07:59am
Print Pulses, rice, eggs, chicken: Hike in prices blamed on seasonal factors ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) has directed the Ministry of National Food... Updated 06 Jan, 2022 03:05pm
Print SPI down 0.67pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended November 25, recorded a decrease of 0.67 percent... Updated 27 Nov, 2021 12:33pm
Pakistan Pakistan supporting WFP operations in Afghanistan PESHAWAR: In order to assist people in Afghanistan on humanitarian basis, the Pakistan government is supporting... Updated 18 Nov, 2021 11:21am
Print Wheat flour in Sindh: Tarin concerned at price differential ISLAMABAD: The Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat Tarin, has directed the provincial governments to... Updated 28 Oct, 2021 09:37am