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Posts tagged Wheat
Govt to ensure timely payments to farmers
May 6th
A comprehensive mechanism has been devised to achieve the target of purchasing four million tons of wheat.
Provisional report: Floods, power outages drag growth rate down to 2.4%
May 5th
Major push came from services sector, industrial sector contracted.
Wheat buying : ‘I sold 65,000 bags to connected men but was still suspended’
May 4th
Suspended employee concedes compulsion in obliging elected representatives, such as senators, MNAs, MPAs and advisers.
Welfare of labour is our top priority: Iftikhar
May 3rd
concerns of labour community would be addressed under the 18th Amendment.
Truckers’ strike: Strike threatens to starve G-B
May 3rd
Increase in fares, removal of ‘Kanta’ system and expediting repair on KKH demanded.
Wheat: Punjab increases procurement target
May 3rd
Punjab has increased its wheat procurement target from 3.5 million tons to four million tons for the year 2011-12.
Farmer friendly: Two wheat buying centres set up
May 2nd
Wheat will be purchased at Rs950 per 40 kg and farmers have been advised to directly approach purchasing centres.
Honour killings : Human rights groups plead with authorities for protection of young couple
May 2nd
Girl’s father, in cahoots with police, is threatening to kill the two to save family’s ‘honour’.
Murder: 11-year-old’s body found in field
May 1st
The body of an 11-year-old Asif Nawaz, who was kidnapped 45 days ago from his house in Chak No253-RB, was recovered.
The woeful state of education in K-P, FATA
May 1st
Over 792 govt schools throughout Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas are non-functional.
