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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Malout villagers protest land acquisition
ISLAMABAD: Residents of Malout village held a protest against planned acquisition of land in their village and demanded that they not be displaced from their ancestral land. The protesters gathered
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Landslides damage roads, houses in Murree
MURREE: Landslides caused recent rains have damaged roads and houses at the hill station. Rain in March is not an unusual phenomenon but this year the amount of rainfall was so heavy that it caused
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Rs350m to save Sialkot from floods
SIALKOT: Gujranwala Division Commissioner Shamail Ahmed says the government plans to spend Rs350 million to save the export-oriented city of Sialkot from recurring flood threats and disasters caused by
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NDMA issues flood warning for areas in Punjab
SIALKOT: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a weather advisory on Wednesday warning that the area around Punjab's Chenab River could be hit with a flood within a day's span (April
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Study finds killing of over 1,800 marine turtles last year
KARACHI: An interview-based survey whose findings were shared during the proceedings of a regional symposium on Tuesday showed a massive bycatch problem in Pakistan with the shrimp fishery and turtles
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Rs50 million released for Dinga water scheme
GUJRAT: The Punjab government has approved a sum of Rs200 million for water supply and drainage scheme in Dinga city, the second major town of Kharian Tehsil. The initial fund of Rs50 million has also
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Increasing polio cases in northern Sindh perturb govt
KARACHI: The Sindh government is extremely perturbed over the increase in polio cases from districts other than Karachi as the number was significantly smaller than that of the metropolis in the past two
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More than 40m Pakistanis defecate openly: Unicef
ISLAMABAD: More than 40 million people in Pakistan do not have access to a toilet, forcing them to defecate in the open, which in turn is a major contributor to stunting in the country, a top Unicef official
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Punjab-EPA approves Karot Hydropower Project
RAWALPINDI: The Environmental Protection Agency-Punjab (Punjab-EPA) has approved the 720 megawatt (MW) Karot Hydropower Project worth $1.4 billion. The project is proposed to be built on the Jhelum
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High court scraps elevated expressway project
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday scrapped the project envisaging an elevated expressway from Gulberg to Motorway-II after the Punjab government failed to justify the urgency being shown in acquiring