Munawar Hasan

LAHORE: Wheat procurement being carried out by aggregators on behalf of the Punjab Food Directorate is facing serious shortfalls, raising questions about the provincial government’s planning...

LAHORE: The area under cotton cultivation in Punjab during the 2026–27 season has fallen to one of the lowest levels since 1967, due to multiple challenges, including what has been described...

LAHORE: The federal budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 exposes a critical disconnect between political rhetoric and fiscal commitment regarding agriculture sector.Despite finance minister explicitly...

Farmers will continue to suffer on account of high input costs and uncertain returns until agriculture commands policy focus

LAHORE: Just a year after navigating massive summer floods, the Indus Basin is staring at an ‘artificial’ water scarcity crisis driven by an inability to optimise storage and integrated...

LAHORE: The National Seed Development and Regulatory Authority was created to build a merit-based, technical seed sector but the evidence so far suggests otherwise.The body faces serious questions...

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association has warned that surplus stocks and low prices threaten the sugarcane value chain.The issue was raised in a PSMA general body meeting held here on...

LAHORE: The country is heading into monsoon season after record pre-monsoon heat and the power sector is already showing signs of strain.According to Met office, extreme ‘feels like’...

LAHORE: With no prior intimation from upper-riparian India, water levels in the trans-boundary Chenab, Jhelum and Ravi rivers have spiked sharply to medium to high floods, leaving downstream...

LAHORE: Following extensive deliberations, the federal government has decided to go ahead with import of one million tonnes of wheat.Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research Rana...