ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Tuesday received the geographical indicator (GI) tag for its Basmati. The country has obtained the geographical indicator tag for its Basmati through inter-provincial and public-private cooperation which will strengthen its case against India in the European ...

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: The exports of basmati rice from the country during the month of March, 2017 increased by 154.28 percent as compared the exports of the corresponding month of last year. During month of March, about 45,745 metric tons of basmati rice worth US$ 43.976 million were exported as ...

NEW DELHI: India is likely to lose out basmati rice exports to Pakistan after Iran fixed its import price at $850 per tonne, which is not viable for Indian suppliers due to higher freight cost, reported foreign media.As Iran is all set to resume issuance of permits, the Indian exporters have sought ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): The country earned US$ 1.860 billion by exporting rice during financial year 2015-16 as compared to the exports of corresponding period of last year.About 4,262,216 metric tons of rice exported during the period from July-June, 2015-16, according to latest data of Pakistan Bureau ...

LAHORE: (APP) Rice growers have been advised to take timely measures to protect their crop from insects attack.A spokesman of the Punjab Agriculture department said on Thursday, that stem worm and leaffolder are among those insects which severely harm the crop.Stem worm usually attacks on Basmati ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): The country earned US$ 1.860 billion by exporting rice during financial year 2015-16 as compared to the exports of corresponding period of last year.About 4,262,216 metric tons of rice exported during the period from July-June, 2015-16, according the data of Pakistan Bureau of ...