KARACHI - Pakistan faces massive reduction in cotton production this year, media report had revealed. Cotton production fell 27 percent to 2.93 million bales till September 30 as pest attacks adversely affected production of the industrial crop, industry’s data showed on Thursday. According ...

Punjab Government has issued an order restraining farmers from sowing cotton crop before 15th of next month.The order has been issued by the Provincial Home Department under Section-144 as a precautionary measure to save the cotton crop from sustaining damage from Pink Bollworm.It says sowing of ...

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) Senior Vice Chairman Suhail Mehmood Haral, Ginners Group Chairman Haji Muhammad Akram and former PCGA chairman Shehzad Ali Khan revealed that more than 2 million bales of cotton were lying unsold in ginning ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): Production of up to 11.2 millions bales of cotton was expected this season as compared to 10 million bales produced in the previous year.Cotton exports worth $ 11 registered in FY 2015-16According to a top official in the Ministry of Textile Industry, the selling price of cotton ...

MULTAN: (APP) Record cotton production is expected this year in Punjab as the current crop situation is very good.The Agriculture Department has set target to produce 95 lakh bales. The crop was cultivated in an area of 4.4 million acres, which is less area as compared to last year's 5.7 million ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) The Senate Standing Committee on Textile Sector here on Tuesday expressed its concern over the downward trend of cotton production in the country."The export oriented cotton crop, 80 per cent of which is being used for the value added products to be exported, has seen sharp decline ...

ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) senior vice president Shahid Mazhar expressed his grief over the record reduction in cotton production and said that Pakistan will have to face loss of Rs. 160 billion due to low cotton production this year. On the other hand, Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD: Cotton production has seen 15 year low after a 34% plunge owing to humidity, rains and intense temperature.Cotton Ginners Forum Chairman Ahsanul Haq said that 92 lakh bales of cotton have been produced during the season while textile industry purchased 41 lakh bales in season due to ...