This study aims to understand how climate-related risks and hazards are reshaping traditional avenues of job entry and employment, particularly for young people in Pakistan. This brief is aimed at policymakers,
A debate on the sale of kidneys has thrown up the idea of a regulated system of compensation, but opponents have slammed it, saying such a system would not hold in poorer countries like India. Writing in the British Medical Journal, Mr Arthur Matas, of the University of Minnesota, suggested that regulated compensation systems for living donors may be the solution to the growing shortage of kidneys for transplantation.
The Sindh government has declared as calamity-hit areas 153 dehs of three talukas of Dadu district and five talukas of Qambar-Shahdadkot district which were hit by heavy rains, floods and breaches in different waterways during Kharif season of 2007.
): Senior Minister Punjab/Minister for Irrigation, Raja Riaz Ahmad has directed the irrigation officers to put together suitable shelters in the irrigation department offices, situated across the province, for the visiting farmers coming for the redressal of their problems. He was presiding over a high-level meeting of chief engineers and Xens at the irrigation headquarters' committee room. Raja Riaz observed that the farming community is the ultimate lynchpin in the agricultural economy as it is because of their efforts and hard work that the whole nation is getting agri products.
The district government, Sialkot has initiated a well-designed plan to modernise the agriculture sector scientifically to attain maximum output of crops in Sialkot, Daska, Pasrur and Sambrial tehsils of the district. Official sources told Business Recorder on Sunday that district government was making adequate efforts for introducing new agricultural technologies under its programme to increase per acre yield of crops in Sialkot district.
As many as 16 electricity supply schemes are underway while 91 projects in water supply sector were being implemented in various parts of Balochistan, official sources told APP here Sunday. The government would construct 54 more small dams in different districts aimed at resolving water scarcity problems in the province. They said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved Rs 640 million for launching electricity projects for Chaghi and Dalbandin towns. Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2008
Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) would provide financial and technical assistance to tackle environmental problems in Pakistan particularly to mitigate the affects of climate change, vehicular emissions, deteriorating sanitation conditions, glaciers melting and air pollution. This was agreed in a meeting between Resident Representative of Jica Takao Kaibara and Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi.
As scarcity of water is a major threat to the growth of agriculture in Potohar region, the Small Dams Organisation (SDO) has marked five potential sites for the construction of small dams, officials told Dawn. The government had tasked SDO to carry out feasibility studies to identify potential areas for the construction of 24 small dams in the Potohar region, and at the end of first year (2007-08) this month, SDO was able to identify only five areas where small dams could be built, officials said while seeking anonymity.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide $7.5 million loan to Pakistan for technical assistance in the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System (RMTS), it was officially learnt here on Thursday. The loan will help the Punjab Planning and Development Board to prepare a structured design for the project aimed at improving the urban rapid mass transport network in Lahore.
Dust storm followed by rain paralysed life in Khairpur city and other parts of the district on Wednesday night. In Khairpur city, dust storm followed by rain continued for more than one hour and broke heat spell. Youngsters and other people came out on roads and streets and enjoyed the change in the weather. However, vehicular traffic was affected on the National Highway and other roads. Signboards of shops and offices were uprooted. Telephone and electricity systems remained disturbed in the district.
: The Sindh Taraqi Passand Party Chairman, Dr Qadir Magsi has criticised budgetary allocation for controversial Greater Thal Canal and Diamer-Bhasha and Akhori dams. He said it was injustice with the people of Sindh. The resource distribution on old formula will inflict loss to Sindh in billions of rupees, he said during a meeting of the Central Committee at the Taraqi Pasand House, on Thursday.
