ISLAMABAD-Ambassador of Japna Matsuda Kuninori has showed keen interest for developing mutual agricultural research and importing Basmati rice from Pakistan in order to further strengthen bilateral trade between the two countries. He showed the interest during meeting with Minister for National ...

ISLAMABAD: Chairman CPEC Authority responds over media reports against Pak China Multi billion dollars mega project. Chairman China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Wednesday rejected baseless rumours regarding the slowing down of the CPEC projects ...

ISLAMABAD - Australia has announced new agricultural research projects for Pakistan in areas including salinity management and pulses production. The projects have been announced by Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) Professor Andrew ...

ISLAMABAD - Australia has approved development grant for Pakistan for Rural Areas of the country. Australia will provide grant worth 1.2 million dollars to Pakistan under Successful and Inclusive Rural Regional Transformation Programme. An MoU to this effect was signed by Acting Secretary, ...

ISLALABAD - Farmers Market to be established at National Agriculture Research Center. Pakistan Agriculture Research Council will establish farmers market at National Agriculture Research Center to directly sell their products to council's warehouse without any involvement. Chairman PARC, Dr ...

ISLAMABAD - China aims to link Pakistan's Gwadar with Central Asian states through Railways link. Chinese firms to execute dream project of linking Quetta, Chaman to Gwadar and Peshawar to Kabul and onwards to Kazakhstan through railway tracks. Furthermore the Chinese government has approved ...

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that river stem model of the Indus basin in Pakistan for modelling the 1991 Water Apportionment Accord would be useful for exploring different interpretations of provincial sharing arrangements as well as understanding the potential impacts ...

MULTAN - Pakistan is the third largest importer of tea in the world, spending almost Rs 54 billion per annum on the commodity, which is regarded as an essential hospitality drink in the country. According to the information received from Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), Pakistan imports tea ...

ISLAMABAD - Punjab government has decided to set up a date valley in south Punjab in order to enhance dates varieties and production. According to a spokesman of Agriculture department of Punjab, Ayub Agriculture Research Institute has also developed new date varieties which could be successfully ...

ISLAMABAD - The recent inclusion of agriculture sector in the Long Term Plan of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) provides Pakistan an opportunity to significantly reduce its huge trade deficit of around US$9 billion with China. In agriculture sector, out of China’s global food imports of ...