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ArchiveCotton prices rise to seasonal high
KARACHI: Relentless buying from spinners pushed cotton prices on Friday to a seasonal high on growing concern over short crop and expected surge in cotton yarn demand after the imposition of 10 per cent regulatory duty on imports from next month...
The sustained buying from spinners kept pushing lint prices higher and ultimately touched seasonal high level...
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ArchiveCotton prices touch seasonal high
KARACHI: Cotton prices soared on Tuesday as buyers booked deals by offering higher bids to ginners who had been reluctant to dispose of their stocks anticipating higher rates...
On ready deals, prices went as high as Rs5,600 per maund -
ArchiveSeasonal woes of sugarcane growers
MUZAFFARGARH: Farmers continue to face agony as sugar mills deny them payments for sugarcane produce...
Hundreds of farmers of Sanawan, Mahmoodkot, Kot Addu and Qasba Gujrat have been waiting for their payments but officials prevaricate on the issue -
ArchiveCotton prices hit seasonal high
KARACHI: Cotton prices touched record seasonal high on Saturday as spinners moved in to replenish their stocks amid sellers’ reluctance...
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ArchiveCotton prices soar to seasonal high
KARACHI: Relentless buying from spinners and some exporters surged cotton prices on Saturday to a new seasonal high...
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ArchiveCanal — the seasonal refuge
LAHORE: As unscheduled outages continued for the third consecutive day amid sultry weather conditions on Sunday, a number of people turned to the canal to while away fasting hours...
Scores of youngsters and many families thronged the canal and gathered at various spots like Thokar Niaz Baig, Doctors’ Hospital, Ferozepur Road, Jail Road, Dharampura, Mughalpura and Harbanspura -
ArchiveCotton price at seasonal high
KARACHI: The rising demand for cotton in front of short supply pushed cotton prices higher on Saturday to touch a new high this season...
The overnight rising trend in cotton prices intensified on reports that current spell of rains would continue and many cotton-growing areas in Sindh and Punjab have already received substantial rains -
PakistanSeasonal influenza not ‘swine flu’, say health officials
“Seasonal Awareness and Alert Letters (SAAL) are also circulated to raise awareness among the public, and updated guidelines have been posted on the NIH website...
Pakistan has been experiencing an influenza epidemic since November 2015, particularly in parts of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the federal capital...
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ArchiveCotton price hits seasonal high
KARACHI: Cotton prices on Wednesday hit to a new seasonal high on sustained demand from needy spinners...
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PakistanAs climate impacts hit, Pakistan faces migration surge: experts
THATTA: Fisherman Muhammad Yusuf's family has been living on the island of Hajamaro, just over three miles off the coast of southern Pakistan, for generations...
Across Pakistan, families are struggling against rising sea level, droughts, floods and other climate-change related pressures...
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PakistanPakistan calls for urgent action to deal with forced migration
UNITED NATIONS: Ambassador to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi on Wednesday urged the world community for urgent action to deal with the growing crisis of forced migration...
Pakistan’s permanent representative also said that the post-2015 agenda of the UN seeks to end extreme poverty, promote prosperity and well-being for the people, besides protecting environment for ourselves and future generations...
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ArchiveEU mulls migration ‘brake’ for Britain
BRUSSELS: The European Union is examining a possible “emergency brake” on migration into Britain as an alternative to David Cameron’s unpopular demands for limits to migrant benefits, diplomatic sources said on Thursday...
The clause would allow Britain to put limits on migration from the other 27 EU countries if its public services are overwhelmed or its welfare system is being abused, the sources said...
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ArchiveFootprints: The high price of migration
ATHENS: Nasima, 32, has just finished wrangling with her two daughters and one son, when a foreign journalist comes asking Afghan refugees what they plan to do after reports that the border of Macedonia is closed to all non-Syrians...
“What did he say?” she asks in panic -
ArchiveFrance holds migration summit after backtracking on asylum hotspots
”Leaders at the meeting will seek accord on a migration action plan, notably on tackling the economic model of people traffickers...
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