Farmers

Fruit or football? Unusually strong watermelons ‘spring’ in China

Watermelons are one of the strongest fruits in strength, but not to a length to… Read More

Farmers in Punjab to get android mobile phones

LAHORE: Punjab government is contemplating to equip its six lakh small farmers with android mobiles… Read More

Qureshi calls on govt to end GST on agriculture

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader, Shah Mehmood Qureshi Monday demanded the government to end General… Read More

One dies at ongoing farmers’ protest in Lahore

LAHORE: An elderly farmer died of cardiac arrest at the ongoing farmers' protest outside the… Read More

Per sack cost of urea goes down by Rs. 60

ISLAMABAD: Farmers will have a sigh of relief as the fertilizer companies have slashed per… Read More

Punjab to procure 4m tonne wheat with federal consent

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Monday said his government will procure four million… Read More

South Punjab can be made separate province if people want: Bilawal

RAHIM YAR KHAN: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday said that… Read More

Group clash near Shahdadpur leaves 16 injured

SHAHDADPUR: Sixteen people including six women were injured in a group clash near Shahdadpur on… Read More

Delhi-bound Samjhota Express returns to Lahore

LAHORE: The Delhi-bound Samjhota Express returned to Lahore from Wagah after the Indian authorities warned… Read More

PM announces Rs 341bn relief package for peasants

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday announced a relief package of over Rs 340… Read More

Imran urges kisans to stand up for their rights

VEHARI: Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Saturday lamented that the rule of… Read More

Flattened by erratic rain, Pakistani farmers ditch crop farming

ISLAMABAD: In late April, after 28 hours of heavy rain, Noor Hussain and his two… Read More

PM Nawaz launches credit guarantee scheme for small farmers

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has launched a credit guarantee scheme for small… Read More

Nawaz should dissolve assemblies if rigging proves, says Qureshi

MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Prime Minister Nawaz… Read More

China eyes food safety, modern farms in 2015 rural policy

BEIJING: China has listed food safety and modernizing farms as among key priorities this year,… Read More

Japan’s ‘sacred’ rice farms rotting from inside

RYUGASAKI, JAPAN: Shuichi Yokota may be the future of Japan's struggling rice industry. Read More