Poultry Industry News: Pakistan
18 January 2019

PAKISTAN (Reuters) - Food and agriculture group Cargill Inc will invest some $200 million in Pakistan over the coming three to five years in sectors ranging from dairy, to edible oils and animal feed, the prime minister's office in Islamabad said on Thursday,...
13 December 2018

PAKISTAN, 13 December 2018 - The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Wednesday lauded the move of Prime Minister Imran Khan to help the poor combat poverty through poultry business...
30 November 2018

Comparison of natural mating and artificial insemination on laying performance, egg quality and welfare of fast-feathering Huainan partridge chickens...
29 December 2017

PAKISTAN - The price of chicken meat has gone up by Rs170 per kilogram in one week. Now it is being sold at Rs340 per kilogram, which was available at Rs170 seven days ago....
28 December 2017

PAKISTAN - Chicken prices have almost come at par with veal and beef rates owing to the city government’s frequent increases in official prices, thus giving a free hand to stakeholders to fix prices at their whims....
06 November 2017

PAKISTAN - Rawalpindi Poultry Research Institute (PRI) Director Dr Abdul Rehman and Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) Chairman Dr Muhammad Aslam have said that no hormones are used in the country's poultry feed....
26 September 2017

PAKISTAN - The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said that the poultry industry should not be burdened with additional taxes so that it can progress....
07 September 2017

PAKISTAN - The government is exploring new markets for export of meat and dairy products with a focus on Global Halal Food Trade....
22 August 2017

PAKISTAN - Pakistan has decided to boost exports of poultry and poultry products to the United Arab Emirate (UAE). ...
06 July 2017

PAKISTAN - The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) on Wednesday sealed poultry slaughterhouse besides imposing a Rs. 80,000 fine on two food catering services for making food in unhygienic conditions and has served notices to five marriage halls....
26 June 2017

PAKISTAN - In order to address the concerns of general public regarding the adverse effects of poultry on human health, the Punjab food Authority has decided to bring poultry farms under its licensed network....
07 June 2017

PAKISTAN - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Monday urged the Ministry of Water and Power to exempt poultry sector from load shedding....
01 June 2017

PAKISTAN - The Punjab Food Authority has recovered at least 10,000 dead chickens during a raid in Begum Kot and arrested a shopkeeper. As per police reports, the suspects were running a food outlet under the name of Hafiz Chargha....
31 May 2017

PAKISTAN - In a big blow to the poultry industry, which has recently been given a lot of incentives in the federal budget 2017/18, customs authorities have denied clearance to imported chicken feed ingredients like vitamins and amino acid premixes, terming...
29 May 2017

PAKISTAN - The federal government in the budget for the year 2017-18 has announced many relief measures for the agricultural and poultry farming sector....
23 May 2017

PAKISTAN - Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said Monday that the poultry sector had a significant contribution in the economy in terms of revenue generation and that the government would facilitate this sector to the fullest possible extent....
02 May 2017

PAKISTAN - Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Abdul Basit has urged the government to develop supportive policies for the livestock sector, which has the potential to lead the process of economic revival....
18 April 2017

PAKISTAN - The price of broiler chicken has started shooting up. According to the Sindh Essential Commodities Price Control and Prevention and Profiteering and Hording Act 2005, which chicken is at serial number 5, which clearly indicates it as an essential...
30 March 2017

PAKISTAN - The Pakistan Poultry Association has announced that poultry prices will be reduced to Rs 20-25 within the next few days....
08 June 2016

PAKISTAN - The prices of poultry products are likely to increase after the government, through the budget for 2016-17, proposed enhancing sales tax from 5 to 10 per cent on certain ingredients used for poultry feed....
03 March 2016

PAKISTAN - A fine of 100 million Pakistani Rupees has been handed down to the Pakistan Poultry Association for alleged price fixing of poultry products....
11 January 2016

PAKISTAN - Quality Poultry Breeders sponsored a successful Arbor Acres® seminar which attracted more than 70 customers and 40 local chicken production companies in Pakistan in early November....
23 June 2015

PAKISTAN - Pakistan's government has withdrawn a proposal to impose a 5 per cent tax on poultry feed sales....
04 June 2015

PAKISTAN - Pakistan's government has been criticised by the Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) recently for allowing cheap imports of poultry products, but placing high duties on feed ingredients used by local poultry producers....
05 February 2015

PAKISTAN - An oversupply in the market is being blamed for falling prices of poultry meat and eggs, while the sector is made vulnerable due to political instability and high power costs....