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LAHORE: Though Punjab is mobilising all its resources to ensure on-time wheat sowing, the pace is still slow and the farmers count two main reasons — weather, which is still too hot to facilitate germination, and price uncertainty. “In the last 24 hours, for the first time night-time chill has set in that could help germinate wheat seed,” explains grower …

GENEVA: The United Nations warned on Wednesday that weather-related disasters have skyrocketed over the past half-century, causing far more damage even as better warning systems have meant fewer deaths. A report from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) examined mortality and economic losses from weather, climate and water extremes between 1970 and 2019. It found that such disasters have increased …

  ISLAMABAD: Attributing the prevailing price hike to suspension of trade with India, failure of provinces in keeping administrative control over the middleman and seasonal factors, the government’s economic team has forecast easing out the inflationary pressure in the next two months. Speaking at a news conference after a meeting of the federal cabinet on Tuesday, Prime Minister’s Adviser on …