Archive for November 4th, 2009

4 Nov

Cotton output may touch record 17 million bales

Posted by sappk in 2009, Poor Farmers.

Post Source: DAWN – Wednesday, 04 Nov, 2009 – By Parvaiz Ishfaq Rana

 
KARACHI: A record flow of phutti from fields into ginneries gives rise to hopes of harvesting a bumper cotton crop but it would be too early to reach any conclusion, cotton analysts said.
The official figures of phutti (seed cotton) issued on Tuesday [...]

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4 Nov

Marked increase in prices of commodities in October

Posted by sappk in 2009, Poor Farmers.

Post Source: DailyTimes – November 1, 2009 – By Tanveer Sher

KARACHI: Inflationary pressure continue taking its toll on poor segment of the population with a sharp decline registered in their purchasing powers with every passing day. The reason being that there is once again let up in the high prices of majority of essential [...]

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