BEIJING: Police in western China detained 11 people after a crowd of angry customers in early May smashed a halal shop suspected of mishandling food prepared according to Islamic custom, state media said...
A group of “law-breakers” in Xining, the capital of Qinghai province, broke into a store on May 1 and vandalised it after discovering that non-halal foods had been transported along with halal products, a violation of...
ISLAMABAD: The government introduced a bill in the National Assembly on Thursday to set up an authority to help Pakistan take a due share in what a minister put at trillions of dollars worth of world trade in halal food and other products...
The Pakistan Halal Authority Bill envisions the establishment of an Islamabad-based authority, with a high-powered board of governors, headed by the minister for science and technology, to develop...
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology approved on Monday the ‘Pakistan Halal Authority Bill, 2015’, paving way for the up-gradation of food laws in the country...
He emphasised the need for a strong body to keep vigil on food items...
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority’s expansion to 15 districts of the province has hit a roadblock as its management puts the hiring of over 200 staff on indefinite hold...
The authority, which was established under the KP Food Safety and Halal Food Authority Act, 2014, began operation in March 2018 and is currently working in the provincial capital and seven divisional headquarters, Kohat, Mardan,...
Jurin Laksanawisit, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Commerce Minister of Thailand, recently stated that by 2050 the world population will be around 10 billion, and the key issue faced by the residents globally will be the “future of food: halal food and organic food...
”He stressed the need to explore these areas to find business opportunities and called upon the food industry to further its expertise in halal food as it remains a...
ISLAMABAD: This summer’s climbing season came to a close with relatively few successful attempts, none of which took place on K2, the world’s second highest peak...
According to the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP), over a hundred climbers attempted to ascend the 8,611 metre high peak, but a massive avalanche high up on the mountain blew away all the summit push gear, tents, ropes and food deposited by the climbers...
ISLAMABAD: Fruity sweets and packets of chicken soup that fall foul of halal laws are disappearing from shop counters as Pakistan looks to clean up its Islamic food credentials to boost exports to Gulf states...
At the start of the year the government published a list of around 20 imported food products it said were not halal, or permitted under Islamic law...
ISLAMABAD: Fruity sweets and packets of chicken soup that fall foul of halal laws are disappearing from Pakistan's shop counters as the country looks to clean up its Islamic food credentials to boost exports to rich Gulf states...
At the start of the year the government published a list of around 20 imported food products it said were not halal, or permitted under Islamic law...
LAHORE: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has allowed transportation of halal products from Pakistan via sea which would bring down freight cost by one third, Punjab Halal Development Agency (PHDA) Chairman Justice (retired) Khalil-ur-Reman Khan said on Tuesday...
He was addressing foreign delegates and local businessmen in the 6th International Halal Conference held at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)...
LAHORE: Malaysia wants to increase the volume of halal business with Pakistan with the help of local business community, said senior Malaysian educationist Dr Syed Jalaludin bin Syed Salim on Friday...
He was addressing the ‘Halal Business Projection’ seminar organised by the Punjab Halal Development Agency (PHDA)...
ISLAMABAD: After a delay of almost five years, the federal cabinet has finally approved operational rules for Pakistan Halal Authority (PHA)...
The mandate of the authority is to promote trade and commerce in ‘Halal’ food items, stamping halal status of the edible and certain non-edible products...
ISLAMABAD: The China Culture Centre hosted an exhibition of traditional Chinese clothes on Sunday at the National Art Gallery...
“The clothes are bright and jubilant in colours with much attention to detail...
Besides showcasing our creations on three of the finest muses a designer can have, we have understood that he does not want mere clothes but clothes express the character’s nuances and bring out the emotional journeys these characters undertake as they make their way through the narrative...
American designer Cone Denim for its part has blended its denims with technical textile fibres from equipment used on motorcycles ? this to better tout the sturdiness of its clothes...
Post-independence, this is the world the newly-formed Pakistan found itself in...
That message is not only about cultural identity but in recent years in Pakistan it has taken on a polarising political message...