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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311 Thar children died in 11 months: report
KARACHI: A latest report prepared by the provincial government vis-à-vis the drought situation in Thar shows that 311 children under five years of age have died between December, 2013 and November this
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WWF launches report on Lahore water resources
LAHORE: WWF-Pakistan hosted the official launch of the report Situation Analysis of the Water Resources of Lahore and a dialogue on city-wide partnership on water stewardship on Tuesday at a hotel, in
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Two more polio cases reported
ISLAMABAD: With confirmation of two new polio cases in the country on Monday, the toll for this year has climbed to 262. The Polio Virology Laboratory said one case each was reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Water in 57 areas declared ‘unfit for human consumption’
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Environment Protection Agency (Punjab-EPA) has asked Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa), Rawalpindi Municipal Waste Company and six town municipal administrations in the district to
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Study of melting glaciers worries meteorologists
ISLAMABAD: Meteorologists worried at the depletion of glaciers in Pakistan studied six glaciers in the Karakorum Range recently, and the results have made them worry even more. “All of them were found
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KP to lift ban on cutting forests
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Monday decided to lift the over two decades long ban on forest harvesting besides managing forests along scientific lines in line with a working plan made by
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KPT coal terminal violating environmental laws, SHC told
KARACHI: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency informed a two-judge bench of the Sindh High Court on Monday that the Karachi Port Trust was operating a coal handling terminal in Shireen Jinnah Colony
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Genetically-modified seeds come back to haunt agriculturists
ISLAMABAD: With a parliamentary committee approving an amendment to the Seed Act 1976, fear of foreign ‘genetically modified’ (GM) seeds has returned to haunt the agriculturists of the country after 10
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Jail term being introduced in new law on illegal tree felling
KARACHI: More than 30,220 trees have been felled illegally in Sindh with over Rs5.1 million fine recovered from the culprits involved in the practice between 2009 and 2013, the provincial assembly was
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Eight water brands declared unsafe for consumption
ISLAMABAD: A report compiled by the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has found eight mineral water brands unsafe for human consumption as they contain chemicals and germs. The