Pakistan certifies first organic cotton bale
Balochistan on Wednesday marked the certification of Pakistan's first organic cotton bale at a ceremony held at Kot Sabzal. Balochistan's Minister for Agriculture Engineer Zamrak Khan said the provincial
Balochistan on Wednesday marked the certification of Pakistan's first organic cotton bale at a ceremony held at Kot Sabzal. Balochistan's Minister for Agriculture Engineer Zamrak Khan said the provincial
Overfishing and pollution continue to threaten marine resources and the livelihood of thousands of fishermen in the country as a weak surveillance network allows the owners of deep-sea trawlers to violate the relevant laws.
Cholera had broken out among up to 300,000 Pakistanis who fled the fighting between government forces and militants, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday. The situation in the Bajaur region remains
Emergency centres have been set up at the Civil Hospital Mirpurkhas, Taluka hospitals, and five Basic health Units of the district to deal with dengue fever, said EDO Health Dr Khadim Hussain Lakhair in a handout. He said awareness campaign had also been launched through handbills and lady health workers. He said a dengue fever patient, Mukesh s/o Bhalyo, resident of village Suleiman Rajar, near 78 Mori, was brought to the Civil Hospital Mirpurkhas who later was shifted to Liaquat Medical University Hospital Hyderabad for further treatment.
The Sindh High Court on Friday gave the provincial government, the city district government, the traffic police and the regional transport authority two months to curb the air and noise pollution. Additional Advocate-General Sarwar Khan and CDGK counsel Manzoor Ahmed submitted before a division bench comprising Justices Munib Ahmed Khan and Rana Mohammad Shamim that measures had been taken to improve the situation created by traffic congestion and defective vehicles, including rickshaws, but they would take time to yield results.
The Flood Warning System installed at Rawal Town Municipal Administration (RTMA) offices three months ago by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) went out of order during heavy rain on Friday. According to the sources, the equipment was provided by the JICA to record water flow at Leh Nullah and set off alarm if the water level reached dangerous level, but on Friday, the system failed to record flow of water due to software problem. When contacted, District Emergency Officer Dr Tanveer said the system was fully functional at RTMA offices.
Flour millers have complained that the quality of wheat recently imported for the NWFP is
World Bank (WB) consultants on Monday offered their services to the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) for reducing water losses in the city to ensure round-the-clock supply of drinking water while utilising the available sources. The WB experts on a three-day visit to Rawalpindi would come up with a methodology for Wasa to reduce line losses by identifying faults in the water supply networks, replacement of pipelines, unaccountable water and water theft in various areas of Rawalpindi.
The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board is supplying unfit drinking water
The Pai Forest is facing a drought-like situation due to acute shortage of water and its wildlife is in danger due to vanishing flora and fauna and excessive hunting in the area. The WWF Programme Coordinator, Nasir Panhwar, has said this while briefing a team of journalists from different parts of Sindh at the Pai Forest lodge, some 10km away from the National Highway near Sakrand.
The Senate was told on Friday that Sindh, Northern Areas and Fata had became virtual nurseries of polio posing a serious threat to the country. Holding local governments responsible for the failure of polio eradication programme, Minis-ter for Health Sherry Rehman said during the question hour that vaccines became ineffective because immunisation teams did not keep them at the required temperature. She said that lack of checks along the border with Afghanistan also contributed to a dramatic increase in polio cases.