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
Hundreds of growers of Tandojam, Detha, Usman Shah, Tando Qaiser and adjoining areas staged a protest demonstration on Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road in Tandojam on Wednesday. As a result, the road remained blocked for vehicular traffic for more than two hours.
The sewage treating capacity of the KWSB treatment plants has shrunk to a mere 60 million gallons a day as one of its treatment plants has abruptly stopped functioning.
A special fund of Rs20 million allocated for preparedness and relief initiatives about the mosquito-borne dengue fever is unlikely to be utilised during the prevailing peak season of the disease, said sources in the provincial health department on Saturday.
Pay water charges or water supply to your house will be disconnected and sewerage system will be blocked, threatens a notice issued by the City Development and Municipal Department (CD&MD) in a desperate move to recover outstanding dues in the provincial capital.
The National Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases (NICVD) is facing an acute shortage of potable water, causing hardship to patients and their attendants, doctors, paramedics and other staff. The problems is also creating trouble in the smooth functioning of the prime health-care facility where five to eight surgeries are performed on a daily basis.
The poorest one-fifth of the country
The government on Thursday imposed petroleum development levy on diesel and kerosene and increased its ratio on petrol and high octane blending component (HOBC). A source told Dawn that the decision would help the government earn an additional amount of Rs3.5 billion a month.
A newer vaccine that targets the most common form of the polio virus works up to four times better than the conventional vaccine that tries to protect against all three types of the crippling disease, researchers said on Wednesday.
A three-day anti-polio campaign kicked off across Sindh on Monday to meet the target of immunising over 2.24 million children under the age of five.
Several environmental and social impact reports pertaining to the installation of windmills in the Gharo-Keti Bander-Hyderabad Wind Corridor have been gathering dust at the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency offices due to a lack of interest of the officials and the authorities concerned.