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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Polio certificate must for travellers from June 1
Polio vaccination certificates will now be mandatory for all people travelling abroad from June 1, the government announced on Tuesday as traces of the poliovirus were found in samples taken from the sewers
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Over 5,000 teams to immunise children against measles, polio
The Sindh health department is going to launch a comprehensive measles-specific vaccination campaign in collaboration with Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) at a cost of over Rs400 million
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Gas reserves found in Sujawal
ISLAMABAD: The Mari Petroleum Company, a joint venture of the government and the Fauji Foundation, announced on Monday a ‘significant’ gas and condensate discovery with estimated reserves of about 20 billion
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US to provide $90m for Balochistan highway
The United States has pledged to provide $90 million for the construction of Kalat-Quetta-Chaman Highway (N-25), according to an agreement here signed on Monday. Federal Minister for Planning and Development
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Power plant launched without EIA study
The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency has not yet approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) study of a coal-fired power plant, ground-breaking of which was performed by Prime Minister Nawaz
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Fifth polio case in Karachi confirmed
While the World Health Organisation has recently put travel restrictions on the country for its high contribution to polio cases being detected across the world, the health authorities of Sindh on Monday
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Measles claims three more lives in Thatta
Measles stalked and hunted down three more children as the government made a belated admission of children’s deaths from the infectious disease in Sujawal and Thatta districts and announced on Monday a
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Finally capital’s dirty streams are to be cleaned - naturally
City managers have finally decided to stop talking and start cleaning the polluted waters of the natural streams of Islamabad - and do that the natural way. Top officials of the Capital Development
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Work begins on mass transit project feasibility
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has accelerated work on Peshawar Rapid Mass Transit System to ease the traffic pressure on the main thoroughfares in the provincial metropolis. The government has initiated
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Two new polio cases detected
Two new polio cases have been detected in the country. An 18-month-old girl of a family which had shifted to Karachi from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in recent months is the latest victim