Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Condoleezza Rice added to Broncos proprietorship bunch

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The Walton-Penner family proprietorship bunch, which last month entered. A consent to buy the Broncos, reported the expansion of Rice. Who turned into the second female secretary of state in 2005. Under Republican President George W. Shrubbery. Condoleezza Rice has joined the proprietorship gathering of the National Football League’s Denver Broncos, the group said on … Read more

IMF urges Sri Lanka to raise taxes, devalue currency

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COLOMBO: The International Monetary Fund warned crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Thursday that its foreign debt was ‘unsustainable’, and called for devaluation and higher taxes to revive the almost bankrupt economy. The pandemic pushed the South Asian Island’s tourism sector, a key foreign-exchange earner, off a cliff, and the government in March 2020 imposed a broad … Read more

White on rice

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Karachi: Pakistan, a rice producing country, is under severe duress due to its plan to initiate barter trade of rice against the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with Iran, which is facing several sanctions from the US and other international donors due to its stand on nuclear issue. The donor agencies are also putting pressure on … Read more

Pakistan exports 3.6 million tonnes rice last year: Reap

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LAHORE: Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) chairman Ali Hussam Asghar has said that the commodity’s exports reached 3.6 million tonnes last year. Talking to a delegation of the Lahore Economic Journalists Association, he said, the country earned $2 billion from rice exports. Hussam suggested the use of technology for increasing rice production and urged … Read more

Rice necessary human food crop feeding millions: minister

ISLAMABAD: Rice is the most important human food crop in the world, directly feeding more people than any other crop, a government official said. Speaking as the chief guest at the seminar on “Public Private Partnership in Rice towards Crop Sustainability and Farmers Livelihood”, organised by the Rice Partners (Pvt) Limited, Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed … Read more

Science seeks ancient plants to save favourite foods

Science seeks ancient plants to save favourite foods

From a bowl of rice to a cup of coffee, experts say the foods we take for granted could become much scarcer unless we can make them resistant to climate change. For more than 10,000 years humans have been using selective breeding to adapt fruits and vegetables to specific growing conditions that today are changing … Read more

Guard starts trials for hybrid basmati seed

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LAHORE: Guard Agricultural Research and Services (Guard) has started open trials for its “Hybrid basmati” seed to provide disease-resistant, long grain aromatic traditional variety to paddy growers of Punjab with higher production per acre, compared with the prevailing varieties. “We have sown our hybrid basmati variety over 50 acres of land in the core basmati … Read more

PCJCCI keen to explore China for rice exports

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LAHORE: Considering the surplus after meeting domestic consumption of 2.5 million tonnes, Pakistan is ready to export 3.75 million tonnes rice annually to China, an official said on Tuesday. S M Naveed, president of the Pakistan-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI), said that China has emerged as one of the destinations for Pakistani … Read more

Dawood praises REAP for crossing $2 billion-mark in exports

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood has congratulated the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) and all its members for remarkable achievement of crossing $2 billion-mark in exports. In a tweet, the adviser said: “We are very proud of our rice exporters because despite all challenges like [the] Covid-19, … Read more

Pakistan among top 10 producers of wheat, rice, sugarcane

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is blessed with a rich natural resource base for agriculture and is among the top 10 producers of wheat, rice, sugarcane and certain fruits, a government official said on Wednesday. Addressing the participants of the international conference on “Best practices for building sustainable food systems in OIC Region”, held virtually, Federal Minister for … Read more

Chinese investment in Pakistan to expedite once Covid subsides: adviser

Chinese investment in Pakistan to expedite once Covid subsides: adviser

ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus pandemic had restricted the movement of investors, especially from China but it would pick pace once the Covid-19 subsided, a senior government official said. Addressing a conference, organised by the Pakistan-China Institute, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Razak Dawood said: “More Chinese investors will visit Pakistan to explore the existing … Read more