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
Dawn (Pakistan)
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Court orders case against MNA, son: Toxic water by factory
An additional sessions judge from Bhalwal has directed the police to register a criminal case against the owners of a chemical factory located on Lahore-Sargodha Road for draining toxic water into a pond that killed five people of a family a few months ago.
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SHC issues notices to govt over contaminated water
The Sindh High Court issued notices to the federal, provincial and city governments in a writ petition seeking ban on supply of contaminated water by any means.
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Sindh's water share being stolen: AT
Expressing concern over acute shortage of water in Sindh, Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palijo has said that even drinking water is not available in the province but water is still being released in Chashma-Jehlum and Taunsa-Panjnad link canals and Thal Canal. In a statement faxed to Dawn here on Sunday, he alleged that through the canals 40,000 cusecs of Sindh's share was being stolen. Not only this, but Tarbela Dam was being filled while Sindh was crying hoarse for water, he said.
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Farmers oppose ban on rice export
The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) has opposed government's policy of banning export of coarse rice commonly known as IRRI-6 and feared it would cast negative impact on the future crop. Vice-president of SAB, Gada Hussain Mahesar, in a letter to the prime minister, federal ministers for finance, commerce, agriculture and food on Monday, criticised the government for ignoring the concerned stake holders while framing
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Enhanced govt support for organic farming sought
Experts from eight Asian countries have demanded more government support for organic farming to ensure an environmentally responsible approach to producing high quality food and fibre at a time when the world is faced with severe food crisis.
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Typhoid breaks out in Dir villages
Residents of different villages in Adenzai, Talash and Timergara localities of Lower Dir district have complained about the outbreak of waterborne diseases, especially typhoid, during the past 20 days. They alleged that health department was doing nothing to cope with the situation. Talking to Dawn on Monday they said that children and grown up people had been suffering from high fever with pain due to the said diseases. They said the number of victims was increasing with each passing day.
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Structural reforms in health sector urged
Health professionals stressing the need for structural reforms in the health care system of Pakistan called for a basic policy shift from treatment and cure-oriented system to the adoption of a prevention-based approach. They were speaking at an inaugural-cum-plenary session of the 45th annual medical symposium of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) held here on Monday. This year's theme of the moot is "Health for the underprivileged'. The health experts also explicitly discussed the co-relation between poverty and health.
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Dairy farmers under immense pressure
Identi-fying the factors that have greatly undermined Pakistan's potential as a major milk-producing country, a research suggests a thorough review of the laws empowering government to regulate milk prices. It argues that milk prices in the country are determined without taking into account rates of the essential inputs for dairy production.
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Fishermen's children dying of waterborne diseases
At least three children died of waterborne diseases in three days and on an average one person was losing life every fortnight in the villages on the embankment of Manchhar Lake because its water had become too toxic for human consumption, found a survey on Sunday. The survey conducted by Dawn found that people in the villages particularly women and children, suffered from waterborne diseases like gastroenteritis, tuberculosis, malaria etc.
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Govt fails to take action under plastic bags ban
Bureaucratic lethargy and the lack of political will have led to a situation where the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) and the city district government Karachi (CDGK) appear to have virtually lost the battle against polythene bags that was energetically launched over a year ago. Environmentalists accuse the environmental and health safety watchdogs of having made too many compromises.