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
Pakistan is currently spending as low as 15 dollars per capita per year on health from both domestic public and private sources and from international development assistance, says a new study published by the Asian Development Bank.
The ministries of health and environment recognising the increasing risk of asthma in the country has launched a joint asthma control programme. The programme was launched at a ceremony held here Tuesday on the occasion of the World Asthma Day organised by the ministries and the Allergy and Asthma Institute, Pakistan.
The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has constituted a vigilance committee and entrusted it with the task of taking precautionary measures against swine flu and facilitating management of the virus if reported at any stage in the city.
The Sindh government plans to open 1,000 private schools in the first phase of a project it claims is designed to provide quality education to children in marginalised parts of the province.
The federal government will soon bring about changes in its deep-sea fishing policy to protect the interests of small local fishermen, Dawn has learnt. Accordingly, fishing zones will be separately reserved for local boats and for the operation of deep-sea trawlers. Between them, there will be an exclusive buffer zone.
Farmers are likely to face yet another crisis at the hands of fertiliser dealers who have increased the urea price from Rs680 to Rs825 per bag at the start of the season.
Speakers at a seminar here on Sunday said farmers in the country must switch to genetically modified cotton to obtain higher yields and better quality product. Titled
Getting a staggering mileage of over 3,800 kilometres per litre plus seems unlikely, but this is the standard of fuel economy the teams competing in the Shell Eco-marathon project will be trying to achieve. The three-day event begins at the Euro Speedway Lausitz
More than 56,000 children in Asia will die as a result of the economic crisis gripping the world economy, according to the Asian Development Bank. The sliding growth rate will bring
Underscoring the significance of individual measures that served as the first line of defence against any influenza virus, speakers at a discussion on swine flu said that though the virus seemed to be getting less virulent with time, there was a dire need to create awareness about it and take preventive measures since the disease had now become a global threat.