Fertiliser hoarding impeding food security

KARACHI, Aug 23 (Online): Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Tuesday said food self-sufficiency is impossible in the presence of repeated fertilizer crisis. The hoarding mafia […]

Girl commits suicide over domestic pressures

FAISALABAD – August 22 (ONLINE) A young girl from Faisalabad on Sunday engulfed toxic pills amidst domestic pressures, which eventually took her life. According to Online, Amina, 17, a resident of Faisalabad’s Peoples’ colony had a violent disagreement with her family and she was scolded […]

38 bids to smuggle wheat, flour foiled

RAWALPINDI, Aug 21 (APP):The Food Department Rawalpindi and district police while foiling 38 bids to smuggle wheat and flour seized 18,667 bags during last seven days. According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities of the food department along with police conducted raids in different […]

Campaign in full swing against pesticides adulteration

FAISALABAD, Aug 21 (APP): Deputy Director (DD) Agriculture (Pest Warning) Dr Amir Rasool said on Sunday that a campaign against pesticides’ adulteration was in full swing and teams of the Agriculture Department were regularly visiting the pesticide dealer shops to ensure sale of genuine pesticides. […]

Hindus celebrates Raksha Bandhan in Sukkur

SUKKUR, Aug 16 (APP): The Hindu community observed the ‘Rakhsha Bandhan’ festival at main temple here on Tuesday. Wearing colorful clothes the participants observed their religious festival by tying the protection bands to their brothers and distributed sweets. They said that they celebrated the festival […]