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
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) signed on Friday a financing package of $227 million with Pakistan to fund polio eradication activities in the country. Under the arrangement, Pakistan will repay
More than four million South Sudanese, a third of the African country’s population, may go hungry at some point in 2013 despite a higher harvest last year, the United Nations said on Friday. South Sudan’s
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the chief secretary, the secretaries of forest and irrigation departments and other provincial authorities to file their respective replies in a petition against
Eight people were killed and several others wounded when heavy rain coupled with hailstorm hit parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas on Wednesday. The rains started on Monday evening in Peshawar
The Federal Cabinet approved on Wednesday a policy framework for exploitation of Shale Gas deposits, roughly estimated at 51 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and constituted a committee, led by law minister Farooq
The draft of National Food and Nutrition Security Policy (NF&NSP), intending to counter food insecurity in the country and with the objective to reduce the current food insecurity situation by 50 per cent
An acute skin disease is affecting people in south Punjab, it is learnt. An official told Dawn that more than 1,000 cases of ‘leishmaniasis’ had been reported in seven districts of south Punjab from
Arsenic and lead poisoning is taking its toll on human health and has caused silent epidemics in the province but not a single intervention has yet been introduced by the government to address the issue,
Encroachment and deforestation over the years has reduced the Chhor reserve forest, which used to cover an area of 3,000 acres, to a mere fraction of its original size. Declared as a protected site
The Japanese government will provide Rs3.49 billion for supply of drinking water to Mansehra city and its adjoining areas. According to Mohammad Jamil, the head of the municipal committee’s audit department,