I was never a big mango fan when I was younger (blasphemous, I know!)...
While iced tea with lemon is great on its own, flavouring it with fresh mango puree makes it extra special...
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah said on Monday there were nurseries of terrorism in Punjab which were also involved in attacks inside Sindh...
He called for action against such ‘nurseries’ and said the Sindh government was trying to fight the menace with limited resources and it needed the federal government’s cooperation to finish it off...
UPPER DIR: In a clear violation of the laws against child labour, scores of minors work in nurseries across Upper Dir to earn livelihood for families...
Also among such nurseries are those operated by the forest department in Sundrawal area, away from Dir Khas, the district headquarters of Upper Dir...
KARACHI: Driving down a road lined with plant nurseries feels like moving along a path strewn with flowers, especially during this time of the year when Karachi is enjoying winter as well as spring seasons both at the same time...
“Roadside plant nurseries contribute towards beautifying the city,” says Mohammad Akhtar, the owner of Al Makkah nursery on University Road...
Moving from Peshawar Mor along 9th Avenue, colourful flowers and exotic plants displayed by nurseries call out to Islamabad’s citizens...
People – including children and seniors – can be seen at various nurseries in the city year round – taking a keen interest in the wide variety of plants available...
Day and night, gardeners work to take care of plants and flowers grown at nurseries that dot the roads of Rawalpindi, from Rewat to Saddar, Peshawar Road and Motorway Chowk...
These nurseries provide plants for people’s homes, public and private offices and for agricultural use...
Mango marketing is in private hands and the role of the public sector is to provide an enabling environment: provision of physical infrastructure, regulatory measures, market intelligence and market promotion...
However, the high end markets procure mango from the traditional sources such as wholesale fruit and vegetable market...
MIRPURKHAS: Sindh Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Environment Dr Sikandar Mandhro has stressed the need for use of modern technology and latest farming techniques to increase mango export...
He said at a seminar during the second day of the national annual mango and summer fruit festival on Friday the new technology could not only help enhance production and profits but it could also save the harvest from unforeseen damage... ...
MIRPURKHAS: Overshadowed by a ban on the entry of the general public to the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Hall where an exhibition of mango varieties was under way on Saturday, the golden jubilee National Mangoes and Summer Fruits Festival drew to an end with Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah presiding over the concluding ceremony...
Later, most of the people held a demonstration on Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas Road, away from the...
Mango exporters are set to start foreign sales with hope of earnings this season exceeding that of last year...
Pakistan has set this season’s mango export target at 120,000 tonnes, up from last year’s less than 91,000 tonnes...
MIRPURKHAS: The three-day annual National Mango and Summer Fruit Festival which was celebrating its golden jubilee this year opened here on Thursday, with 183 varieties of mangoes and a number of other summer fruits on display...
Sindh Minister for Education Nisar Ahmed Khuhro who inaugurated the festival said that the country earned Rs39 billion from its mango exports to about 45 countries...
Pakistan is a place where I have my roots and some very dear friends...
Also read: Pakistani mango growers slice in to India marketWhat annoys me further is that there are Pakistanis who claimed to have tasted Indian mangoes and still think Pakistani mangoes are better...
All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchant Association’s (PFVA) Research and Development Chairman Waheed Ahmed said mango was being exported to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iran, Afghanistan, CIS countries and Oman, among others...
Mango exports to Iran would rise further if plants are approved during the visit, he added...
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A three-day 11th Annual Mango Show began at the Sheikh Zayed Public School auditorium here on Sunday...
More than 45 mango orchard owners displayed at least 40 different varieties of the ‘king of fruits’, including Langra, Saroli, Dasehri, Chaunsa, Sindhri, Anwar Ratol, Neelum, Tota Pari, Samar Bahisht, Sensation, Fajri, Saharni, Begum Pali, Moon Bhog, Malda, Sanglakhi, Kela Aki, Gulab, Ameer Gola, Surkha, Rab Di...
Last year’s mango exports were worth $68 million (128,000 tonnes)...
“I think mango exports this year should be equal to, or even greater than, last year’s on higher demand from the Far East in addition to our traditional Middle Eastern and western markets,” says an official of the Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association...