SIALKOT: A five-year programme costing Rs 6.63 billion has been launched under Agriculture Emergency a National Programme for enhancing profitability through increasing rice yield in 15 rice growing districts of Punjab.
Agriculture Department sources told on Sunday that under the programme, special attention would be focused on the promotion of mechanized farming in these districts. Under the programme, efforts would be made for timely sowing of identified ecological best verities through the promotion of direct seedling of rice drill in these districts. The mechanized transplanting of rice nurseries would replace the outdated manual transplanting. The project was being carried out in Sialkot, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Okara, Hafizabad, Nankana Sahib, Bahawalnager, Jhang, Narowal, Kasur, Mandi Bahauddin, Chiniot, Gujrat, Lahore and Faisalabad districts where area under rice both Basmati and course verities would be brought under cultivation on 70,000 acres land.
Cases against Shibli Faraz have been registered at Margalla, Tarnol, Aabpara, and Kohsar police stations
Court issued stay order restricting Election Tribunal from further action over Mughal’s petition
Petitioner had challenged results of the PP-182 constituency in Kasur
Main accused in case, Ghuffaran alias Haroon, has been sent to Lahore for DNA tests
Tribunal rules that the petitioner failed to provide adequate proof to support his claims of rigging
Cabinet Division issued a notification containing the complete list of holidays to be observed next year
