Ahmad Fraz Khan
The district has fertile lands but has stuck to a two-crop (wheat-cotton) pattern for decades, if not centuries.
Updated 17 May, 2021 10:16am
Sindh’s procurement, price difference may put pressure on Punjab, rigging its calculations, miller warns.
Updated 13 May, 2021 09:15am
Slowly, but surely, the power of choosing work, its timing and cost, is shifting from farm owners to rural labour
Published 03 May, 2021 05:44am
Retailers still fleecing consumers in holy month.
Updated 02 May, 2021 09:10am
Cotton is a difficult crop — it takes 16 steps to mature; if one step is missed or mishandled, the yield suffers badly.
Updated 26 Apr, 2021 09:59am
The establishing of Ramazan Bazaars for provision of cheaper vegetables is proving inadequate.
Updated 22 Apr, 2021 09:30am
Says the TLP will have to approach the court of law for lifting the ban imposed by the govt.
Updated 21 Apr, 2021 10:32am
Price controls have a direct distortionary effect on the supply-demand equation.
Updated 19 Apr, 2021 10:08am
Allocates water share among provinces for early Kharif season on provisional basis.
Updated 17 Apr, 2021 07:51am
LAHORE: Ibn Abdur Rehman, Pakistan’s most prolific journalist and iconic human rights defender, passed away here ...
Published 13 Apr, 2021 07:38am
Agriculture in the Rawalpindi district has always had issues.
Updated 12 Apr, 2021 09:44am
Will the increase in the base wheat price from Rs1,400 to Rs1,800 de-incentivise greed or work the other way round?
Published 05 Apr, 2021 06:29am
Insists that the party that enjoys a majority in the Senate has the right to nominate the leader of the opposition.
Updated 23 Mar, 2021 09:32am
In the last 27 years (post-Water Accord period), the country has never met its entire Kharif demand.
Updated 19 Mar, 2021 07:43am
The potential for natural and religious tourism is immense and untapped.
Updated 15 Mar, 2021 09:29am
Punjab needs to levy taxes rather than pressing the entire mass transit system to wrong direction, says operations official.
Updated 15 Mar, 2021 07:37am
Despite proximity of several agricultural institutions, productivity averages of district are below that of provincial numbers.
Updated 01 Mar, 2021 09:17am
The Bookers winning novel, ‘The Discomfort of Evening’, was discussed at the Lahore Literary Festival by writer...
Published 21 Feb, 2021 07:02am
Says 20 presiding officers went ‘missing’ with polling bags; opposition ...
Published 21 Feb, 2021 07:01am
Says she will not leave country even if government removes her name from ECL
Published 16 Feb, 2021 07:00am
