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
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Earthquake tremors felt in parts of northwestern Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Earthquake tremors were felt in the northern parts of Pakistan on Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, officials said. The epicentre of the 5.1 magnitude earthquake
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KP govt releases Rs2.3bn for Swat Expressway
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has released Rs2.3 billion for starting construction work of the Swat Expressway. In this regard, Chief Minister Pervez Khattak chaired a meeting at the CM
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0.29m children inaccessible to polio teams
A Unicef report disclosed that inaccessibility to some 290,000 (0.29 million) children to immunise them against poliovirus has turned to be a major challenge due to insecurity in Gadap Town of Karachi,
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Clean drinking water project turns sour for KP
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local government and rural development department has approached the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to launch a probe against a contractor, who allegedly siphoned off millions
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People protest as Ecnec drops Chakwal-Sohawa Road project
The recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec), which approved 12 mega projects worth Rs440 billion, left people of Chakwal shocked after it dropped the Chakwal-Sohawa
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Sepa ignores environmental concerns, approves coal power projects
The Sindh Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has approved at least three projects of coal-fired power plants along the coast, ignoring reservations of experts over their construction, it emerged on Sunday.
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Retaining the Ravi water a big challenge: report
LAHORE: A foreign consultancy firm has declared retaining water in the Ravi during winters as one of the biggest challenges to the launch and accomplishment of the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project,
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Waterborne diseases take their toll in Vehari
Twenty people, most of them children, had died of gastroenteritis and other waterborne diseases at DHQ Hospital in June. An official told Dawn on Thursday that 15 patients died at children’s ward and
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KP’s first mineral policy on 7th
PESHAWAR: The first mines and mineral policy of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will be formally launched during a ceremony on Monday (July 7) in Peshawar where Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran
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Karachi to Lahore motorway project approved
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved on Thursday 12 development projects with an estimated cost of over Rs440 billion, including Rs310bn for the Karachi-Lahore