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Pak: New probe launched into import of 'substandard' wheat amid growing co
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif had previously formed a fact-finding committee on May 3 to investigate irregularities in wheat import decisions despite expectations of a bumper crop.
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Pakistan farmers announce nationwide protests from May 10 amid wheat crisi
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Kissan Ittehad Pakistan announced that thousands of farmers would participate in nationwide protests against the ongoing wheat crisis starting from May 10, reported Daily Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Farmers body announces nationwide protests from May 10
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Farmers body, Kissan Ittehad on Sunday announced to begin countrywide protests from May 10 amid the wheat crisis in the country, ARY News reported.
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PoK: Students' federation protests inflated power bills, flour shortage
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The protesters said despite producing around 4,000 megawatts of electricity, they are not given any benefits, instead they have to face prolonged power cuts and hefty bills.
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Pakistan govt negligent towards ongoing environmental crisis
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan suffered a major flooding event in 2022 which eventually caused a wheat crisis, massive civilian casualty and displacement, all of which the Shehbaz Sharif government has been using to evoke global sympathy and funding. The unprecedented food crisis requires long-term steps to incre
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Defaulting Pakistan takes the steam out of CPEC
Updated : 3 years ago IST
China's ambitious CPEC project launched in 2013 was flawed from the beginning when it was assumed that it would be able to generate jobs and growth in Pakistan.
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Amid wheat crisis, Pak farmers urge govt to impose 'agricultural emergency
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing wheat crisis in Pakistan, the farmer's body, Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) on Wednesday urged the authorities to impose an agricultural emergency in the country, The Express Tribune reported.
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Power Crisis, frequent load shedding continues to trigger protests in Gilg
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On December 31 and January 1, Gilgit Baltistan Youth Committee organised the protest as the people in the illegally occupied region of Gilgit-Baltistan have been facing a severe power crisis with up to 21 hours of power cuts, causing problems for all businesses and institutes.
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21 hours daily load-shedding in Gilgit-Baltistan's Skardu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan's Skardu town witnessed a severe power crisis for up to 21 hours, causing problems for all businesses.
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Wheat rots reportedly in government godowns in Balochistan amid dire food
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], October 8 (ANI): Amid the flour crisis for over the past three weeks in Pakistan, several pictures, which reportedly have emerged of a government food warehouse located on Band Road in Pishin district in Balochistan, depicting the possible wheat crisis in the country.
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Pakistan: After fuel and electricity crisis, wheat prices soar to all-time
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): Pakistan is staring at an unprecedented wheat crisis amid the ongoing political and economic instability as the harvest is expected to be over two metric tonnes less this year.
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China's uncertain wheat harvest engenders fear for global economy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Deluges and strict lockdowns in China have disrupted farming in a way that country's winter wheat harvest next month remains one of the big uncertainties in a global economy that is already struggling with high commodity prices.
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