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Pakistan’s export target set at 200,000 tonnes as country looks to beat last year’s volumes, which hit 150,000 tonnes. Total orange export volumes from Pakistan are expected to increase this year after the All-Pakistan Fruits and Vegetable Exporters and Importers Association set the seasonal target at 200,000 tonnes. [Continue]
Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has fixed the ex-mill price of sugar at Rs. 45/kg inclusive of all taxes for the period of three months starting from first of Ramadan throughout the country, while General Sales Tax on sugar has been reduced by 50 percent during this period. The Prime Minister has directed the [Continue]
by Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD, July 11: Inflation jumped to an all-time high of 12 per cent during the outgoing fiscal year (2007-08) from 7.7 per cent in the previous year on the back of spiralling food and energy prices. [Continue]
The 168 million strong Pakistan is facing a serious shortage of electricity. To worsen the crisis, the external factors like global hike in petroleum prices have massively jacked up food inflation, afflicting nearly 37 million citizens living below the poverty line. But the government seems to be clueless about how to deal with this monstrous [Continue]
