Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Palm, soybean oil import reduces by 5.40%, 6.82% in July

palm oil

ISLAMABAD: Imports of edible oil including palm and soybean into the country during the first month of the current financial year decreased by 5.40 percent and 6.82 percent respectively as compared to the imports of the corresponding month of the last year. During the month of July 2023, about 12,575 metric tons of soybean costing … Read more

Indonesia seizes tanker over palm oil export ban violation

Indonesia

The Indonesian Navy captured a tanker that was transporting palm oil out of the country in contravention of an export restriction according to a spokeswoman. Last week, Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of palm oil, banned its export to control surging domestic prices and shortages. An Indonesian warship intercepted the Singapore-flagged MV Mathu Bhum on … Read more

Federal, Sindh convene high-level meeting in wake of Keamari incident

Keamari

Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi and Provincial Minister for Local Government Sindh Nasir Hussain Shah co-chaired high level meeting in the wake of saddening Keamari Incident in Karachi. During the meeting, the participants expressed concerns over the situation that not only affected more than two hundred residents of Keamari and its adjoining areas, but … Read more

Poisonous gas in Kemari spreads from soybean emission

Kemari Gas

KARACHI: Pakistani scientist, Dr Atta ur Rahman said that the poisonous gas in the Kemari was produced by Soybean. Speaking exclusively to BOL News, the President of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Science and Technology Task Force, Dr Atta ur Rahman confirmed that many people died in Kemari because of the gas spreading from soybean compounds. … Read more