Author: PAR
Cotton futures edge higher
ICE cotton futures settled higher on Wednesday after slipping to a one-month low earlier in the session amid concerns over a trade dispute between the...
Textile exports up by 28.42 percent in May
Exports of textile group registered a growth of 28.42 percent in May 2018 and increased to US $1.204 billion from US $ 937.723 million for the same mo...
Cotton market: prices firm amid slow business
A kind of firmness prevailed on the cotton market on Wednesday in the process of slow trading activity, dealers said. The official spot rate was uncha...
Pakistan Market Price Bulletin, June 2018
In May 2018, the prices of wheat and wheat flour decreased by 3.8% and 3.4%, respectively, over April 2018; the price of rice Irri-6 increased by 1.5%...
Sindh falls short by 30 percent in cotton sowing
KARACHI: Due to acute water shortage, Sindh falls short of completing the cotton sowing target by at least 30 percent of its land, experts and growe...
Steps being taken for betterment of agri sector
Steps are being taken for betterment of agriculture sector in Balochistan for the sake of enhancing production of food grains in the province. A spoke...
Cotton futures tumble
ICE cotton futures traded limit down on Tuesday, sliding to their lowest in nearly four weeks as concerns about an escalating trade conflict between t...
Lean business on cotton market
Little business was seen on the cotton market on Tuesday amid post-holiday session, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 7,600, th...
Wheat and sugar remain neglected
In the past, the Pakistan Flour Mills Association has recommended to the federal and provincial governments to do away with this subsidy and instead l...
Thirsty Days Ahead: Pakistan’s Looming Water Crisis
Pakistan is currently facing an acute water shortage that is likely to wreck havoc in the country in the coming years. Recently, the Indus River Syste...
Re-thinking the national water policy
PAKISTAN approved its first National Water Policy on April 24, 2018. Following this, a recent wave of discussions on social media seems to have brough...
Slowdown on cotton market due to Eid holidays
Activities on the ready cotton market slowed on Thursday as Friday through next Monday, (15th to 18th June 2018) both days inclusive, are public holid...
No business witnessed
No business was witnessed on the cotton market on Thursday ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 7,6...
Climate changes in Pakistan
Pakistan is suffering from climate-changing effect. In 2010, we have witnessed a flood that still haunts us and those who suffered from it are still...
SC orders sugar millers to pay dues by today
LAHORE: Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Wednesday remarked that the people “eligible” to reside in government houses were kept waiting while “ineligible”...
