The Pakistan Army has initiated its inaugural agriculture venture within the framework of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) with the aim of transforming unproductive lands into arable ones in South Waziristan. In the Zarmalan district of South Waziristan, a pilot project has ...

Representatives from the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) have issued a pressing call for immediate government intervention to alleviate the plight of the common people. Their demands include imposing an agricultural tax on landowners possessing more than 50 acres and bringing the real estate ...

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) divi­sion bench on Monday suspend­ed a single bench order that struck down a decision of the interim government to hand over 45,000 acres of land in three districts of Punjab to Pakistan Army on a 20-year lease. The division bench, headed by Justice Ali ...

ISLAMABAD – The federal government has discontinued a subsidy on electricity bills to agriculture consumers in order to meet conditions placed laid forth by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revive the loan programme. A notification issued by the Power Division states, the “Federal ...

China says its unique bond of mutual trust with Pakistan will further thrive as the close coordination between the two countries has gone beyond the bilateral level to the multilateral and international arena. In an article, Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong said both countries are heading ...

Supreme Court on Tuesday hit back saying it has become a culture in Pakistan to blame the courts if the decisions announced by the judges are unfavourable. During a hearing of the case seeking interpretation of Article 63-A, the top court remarked that the courts are praised if the decisions ...

In India, farmers are observing Black Day on Wednesday to mark six months of agitation against three controversial agricultural laws introduced by the Modi government. A leader of Bharatiya Kisan Union leader, Rakesh Tikait said that people are protesting by putting black flags outside their ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan said that no attention was paid to the agricultural sector of the country after 1960 but now the development of agricultural sector is one of the top priorities and government will take all possible steps in this regard. The prime minister said while ...

MUMBAI - The protest of Indian farmers against the new agricultural laws has continued on 82nd day. The protesting farmers have demanded the Indian government to withdraw the new laws. Earlier, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged farmers to end their over two-month long protest against ...

BEIJING:Pakistan Ambassador Moin-ul Haque on Tuesday sought support of the Chinese government and enterprises to improve agriculture sector in Pakistan and expressed the confidence that both countries could turn a new page in agriculture and industrial modernization for shared benefits. “We are ...