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THE water requirements of Pakistan’s agriculture sector, which consumes nearly 90 per cent of the nation’s water, continue to rise due to multiple...
The federal government recently unveiled the country’s economic performance for the first quarter (July–September) of fiscal year 2024-25. Sadly,...
Pakistan is currently grappling with interconnected challenges of rising poverty, growing food insecurity, escalating undernutrition, and increasing...
Last month, the Punjab Assembly took the lead in amending its agricultural income tax (AIT) law, increasing the maximum tax rate from 15 per cent...
Pakistan has the world’s highest number of out-of-school children, exceeding 26 million — one-third of the total child population aged five to 16....
The most pressing challenge facing Pakistan’s agriculture sector today is the high cost of crop production, which has increased manifold in recent...
To achieve higher crop yields and boost overall productivity in Pakistan’s agriculture sector, which currently lags behind comparable countries, it...
Building on the success of the 100-acre pilot shrimp farming, the Punjab Government has committed to scaling up the initiative to 100,000 acres,...
Water has become the most crucial limiting factor for Pakistan’s agricultural growth. Despite the availability of millions of acres of barren land,...
Just recently, under the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) introduced a new condition that requires...
Given Pakistan’s huge population, currently growing at 2.55 per cent annually, as revealed by the 7th National Population and Housing Census 2023,...
Over the last three years, Pakistan’s agriculture sector has witnessed two important developments. The electricity tariff for agricultural tube...
The agriculture sector in Pakistan is experiencing excessive land fragmentation because of prevailing inheritance laws that divide land among...
Contrary to popular misconception, agricultural income in Pakistan is already taxed. However, it differs from other forms of income in two key...