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 city is being supplied with contaminated water as the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board is mixing over 200 million gallons of unfiltered water with filtered water daily, it has been reliably learnt. The capacity of all filter plants of the KWSB has been reduced drastically, forcing utility officials to mix raw water with filtered water before supplying it to consumers.
An outcry and strong condemnation was witnessed on Thursday during the 10th session of Punjab Assembly from treasury and opposition benches unanimously over the plan of the government in regard to levy income tax on agriculture that was termed as anti-farmer move, which would obliterate the already stressed agriculture sector.
The fate of the long-awaited solid waste management project hangs in the balance as the city government is considering reviewing the agreement that gave the responsibility of disposal of garbage from the city to a Chinese firm, which has not initiated even the groundwork despite the passage of over 10 months.
The fate of the long-awaited solid waste management project hangs in the balance as the city government is considering reviewing the agreement that gave the responsibility of disposal of garbage from the city to a Chinese firm, which has not initiated even the groundwork despite the passage of over 10 months.
: Despite the fact that the provincial capital is in grip of pollution, the forest department has started cutting hundreds of valuable trees on both sides of the Warsak road.
Acute water shortage in Digri and Jhuddo talukas may not allow growers to sow wheat crop, said Jhuddo Taluka Nazim Jhuddo Haji Mohammad Hassan Leghari. He said that even drinking water was not being provided in distributaries and minor canals of two talukas.
The economic stabilization programme of the government is expected to send approximately 8 to 10 million more households below the poverty line with addition of 1 million to the number of unemployed in 2008-09.
People of Zamanabad in Landhi No.4 have complained that they have been supplied with contaminated water for the past one month which is causing spread of abdominal diseases in the area.They said that residents of at least 50 houses were affected by the supply of contaminated water.
Lush green land nurturing decades-old trees in Badin forests have gone barren because of illegal deforestation with the concerned authorities least bothered. Chopping of trees and trading these at a throwaway price never caught the attention of concerned officials thus defacing the scenic beauty of the area.
The Rs87 million Overhead Water Tanks Improvement Project has entered the slow lane and is likely to be completed two months behind the schedule, it