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Cement sales rise in July

KARACHI: Despite a drop in exports, the country’s total cement despatches increased by 6 per cent to 4.476 million tonnes in July from 4.222m tonnes in the corresponding month last year.

Cotton production jumps 32 per cent

Textile mills have become reliant on imports amid falling cotton output.—PPI/file LAHORE: Phutti (seed-cotton) arrivals at ginning factories rose by more than 32 per cent year-on-year by July 31…

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