KARBALA: An estimated 14 million pilgrims thronged Karbala on Friday to mark the annual Arbaeen commemoration, as Baghdad looks to wipe out the militant Islamic State group that has targeted their branch of Islam...
More than two million Iranian pilgrims also crossed the border into Iraq for Arbaeen, an Iranian official said...
TEHRAN: More than two million Iranian pilgrims have crossed the border into Iraq for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage to be celebrated on Thursday, an Iranian official said on state television...
Arbaeen marks the end of 40 days’ mourning by Shias in memory of the seventh century martyrdom of the Imam Hussain...
KARACHI: Faced with suspension of flights to many profitable destinations, the Pakistan International Airlines is attempting to explore new options and on Tuesday it announced a special flight operation for the people intending to observe Arbaeen in Iraq...
LAHORE: A two-day international workshop that concluded here on Tuesday provided laboratory equipment and training to eight public laboratories for testing fortified foods...
NEW YORK: The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday made good on its proposal to effectively ban artificial trans fats from a wide range of processed foods, from microwave popcorn to frozen pizza, saying they raise the risk of heart disease...
KARACHI: A Dutch dairy cooperative is set to buy out food giant Engro Foods Limited with an investment of around $460million, in what would amount to the largest private sector takeover by a foreign firm in the country's history...
FrieslandCampina International Holding BV intends to acquire a 51 per cent stake of Engro Foods Limited, one of the largest listed companies at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), a notification on the...
KARACHI: Engro Corporation has finally entered into an agreement with a Netherlands-based dairy cooperative to sell up to 51 per cent shares in its subsidiary Engro Foods at an estimated cost of $448 million...
Earlier on March 3, FrieslandCampina announced that it intended to acquire up to 51pc of voting shares of Engro Foods in line with local takeover laws...
KARACHI: Engro Foods posted a net profit of Rs2...
“We attribute the decline in revenue to a heated competition in the dairy segment owing to the entrance of new players (Dostea, CupShup etc), especially in the tea-whitening category, which has affected the sale of Engro Foods’ largest dairy brand Tarang,” according to Topline Securities...
8 million shares of Engro Foods Ltd held by the general public at a price of Rs151...
The announcement made in a statutory filing with the stock exchange on Friday was warmly greeted by the investors who carried the price of Engro Foods’ stock up by Rs6...
KARACHI: Cut down on deep-fried foods as they cause indigestion, heartburn, weight gain and make you feel bloated...
Try grilled, baked, steamed or shallow-fried foods...
KARACHI: The Chinese state-owned Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Ltd — the dairy manufacturing industry — has shown interest to acquire up to 51 per cent of voting shares and control of Fauji Foods Ltd (FFL)...
COPENHAGEN: Commercial baby foods often contain too much sugar and display confusing ingredient lists, according to a UN report that proposed new guidelines on Monday to improve infant diets...
The WHO noted that while foods that naturally contain sugars, such as fruits and vegetables, can be appropriate in young child diets, “the very high levels of sugars present in commercial products is a cause for concern”...
KARACHI: Fauji Foods will raise Rs7...
The share price of Fauji Foods decreased 0...
NEW DELHI: Apple said Thursday it will open a development office in Hyderabad, as its chief executive Tim Cook continued his India charm offensive with an investment boon to one of the country's top technology hubs...
It pits Apple against Google, which has made maps a key focus of its attempt to forge inroads in India, a vast but largely untapped Internet market where almost a billion people are still not online...