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
One person was killed and six others including two minors were hospitalised after inhailing ammonia gas leaked from a broken pipe at an ice factory in Arjun Nagar (Gunjmandi) on Tuesday.The gas leakage in the ice factory located in the residential area at 12.30pm forced hundreds of residents to run in panic.
Peasant leader Ghulam Rasool Sehto has urged the Sindh government to help end water shortage, waterlogging and salinity in Khairpur district, particularly in Faiz Gunj taluka.
GLACIAL meltdown, global warming, devastating floods, soil erosion, rise in the sea level, salinity, waterlogging, famine, and heavy rainfall are the direct catastrophic consequences of deforestation. It is estimated that Himalayan glaciers are receding by 30 to 50 metres a year and in another 50 years they could be gone altogether.
A committee comprising representatives of different political parties and NGOs has demanded that release of polluted water from the Punjab into Sindh be stopped in order to save rich agriculture lands from further destruction.
The ministry of environment on Wednesday announced Green Journalist Award for working mediapersons to encourage them to play active role in raising awareness on environmental issues and promote healthy competition.
Thar Rural Environment and Economic Society, an NGO has urged the authorities to take measures for saving trees in Thar. Directors of the NGO arranged a press conference on Wednesday for creating awareness among people to protect this valuable asset of the area.
Experts speaking at a seminar on Saturday said that swine flu (A H1N1) virus, if at all entered the city, would have little chance to survive or surge owing to the hot and humid environment here. However, they warned, health providers were required to remain alert till the advent of winter.
Heads have finally begun to roll in the Lahore Zoo
The federal health ministry has put plans for the introduction of a national thalassaemia prevention and control programme on the back burner on the pretext of a
The high rate of maternal death has been arrested in the district and mothers enjoy comfortable healthcare, claims a medical expert. Dr Abdul Karim while talking to Dawn, on the occasion of the World Mother