Farmers

Unseasonal rains and hail damage crops in India

Unseasonal rains and hailstorms have damaged ripening, winter-planted crops such as wheat in India's fertile… Read More

Farmers who lost crops in Pakistan floods struggle without compensation

Most farmers in Pakistan whose crops were destroyed in last year’s devastating floods do not… Read More

Farmers announce protest outside Punjab Assembly

LAHORE: Farmers, under the banner of Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, have announced to protest against the… Read More

Mechanism for seed amount to farmers in final stage: Sindh CM

KARACHI: Sindh government will soon provide Rs 5000 per acre to farmers for cultivation of… Read More

PM Shehbaz Sharif says govt to provide Rs1,800bn loans to farmers

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has unveiled Kissan package for farmers after heavy rains and… Read More

‘Farmers in flood-affected areas to get free-of-cost seeds’

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema informed the National… Read More

Farmers threaten to block nationwide roads if demands not met by Monday

ISLAMABAD: Farmers led by the Kissan Ittehad staging sit-in in Islamabad have threatened to block… Read More

Deadlock persists as talks between govt, farmers yield no result

ISLAMABAD: The deadlock between the government and the protesting farmers continued as another round of… Read More

Farmers’ protest in Islamabad enters third day

ISLAMABAD: The protest of farmers in Islamabad who have gathered under the umbrella of Pakistan… Read More

Farmers warn of country-wide blockade, give 2-hour ultimatum

ISLAMABAD: The protesting farmers, under the umbrella of Kissan Ittehad, have warned of ‘jamming’ the… Read More

Farmers stage sit-in in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Farmers led by Kissan Ittehad on Wednesday staged a sit-in at Blue Area in… Read More

Farmers stage sit-in at Sukkur Barrage against water shortage

SUKKUR: Farmers on Thursday staged a sit-in protest at Sukkur Barrage against irrigation water shortage,… Read More

Son of India govt minister arrested for ‘killing farmers’

LUCKNOW: Ashish Mishra, son of junior home minister Ajay Mishra Teni, has been arrested on… Read More

Farmers should get international profit rates for crop: Shaukat Tarin

We are not passing on the interational commodity rates to consumers in Pakistan, said federal… Read More

As Pakistan bans water-guzzling rice, one farmer has an alternative

Both Pakistan and India regularly forbid rice cultivation to conserve water and prevent land degradation.… Read More

Sindh farmers suffer acute water crisis in Khareef season, CM Sindh dreads

KARACHI: Farmers and crop growers in Sindh facing an acute crisis due to shortage of… Read More

PM Imran Khan wants to double income of 8.4mn farmers

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that there are 8.4 million farmers in… Read More

Angry Indian farmers to protest near parliament

NEW DELHI: Indian farmers, protesting over three new farm laws they say threaten their livelihoods,… Read More

Farmers to get direct subsidy through Kissan Cards: PM Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that farmers across the country will get the… Read More

Govt to acquire modern farm technology to develop agriculture sector: PM

While talking to the farmers' delegation, the premier said that he has no business and… Read More