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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Ordinance on child nutrition in final phase
LAHORE: Parliamentary Secretary on Health Khwaja Imran Nazir says the Punjab Protection of Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance 2012 is in the final phase and will soon be presented in the assembly.
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Road construction sets alarm bells ringing for urial population
A controversial road project has not only rung alarm bells for urial population in Chumbi-Surla Wildlife Sanctuary, the sole protected area in the Salt Range, but also brought different departments to
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Eight cases filed against illegal cutting of trees
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has registered eight cases against illegal cutting of trees in different sectors of the capital during the last four months. Talking to APP, the CDA spokesman,
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Students in eight colleges forced to drink ‘sewer water’
College students in the garrison city are being forced to drink water tainted with sewage, contaminated due to a faulty sewerage system which has been mixing effluent with the water supply lines in at
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Citizens rise against massive tree cutting
Citizens and environment conservation bodies have condemned the unprecedented destruction of 17,000 trees in the capital, which have been uprooted, damaged, or simply sold off. They have demanded to
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KP to unveil mineral policy next week
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government would announce its mineral policy next week, said Chief Minister Pervez Khattak here on Monday. Presiding over a meeting, he said that it would be first-ever mineral
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Sea turtles conservation
Assessment of sea turtles mortality in fishing operations, awareness raising exercises and enhancing the use of turtle excluder device (TED) in fishing nets are some of the activities planned under a project
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Sindh gets country’s first satellite remote-sensing lab for crops
The first ‘satellite remote-sensing laboratory’ of the country was inaugurated on Tuesday at the crop reporting services centre functioning in the agriculture extension division office. Agriculture
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Citizens raise voice against metro bus project
Many citizens gathered outside the National Press Club, on Sunday, to protest against the ongoing metro bus project. The protesters alleged that the project was a threat to the environment and asked
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CM approves PC-1 of Cholistan projects
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved the PC-1 of the two development projects worth Rs1.13 billion under the Cholistan Package. The PC-1 pertains to the desiltation of 1,100 water ponds (Rs465