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
Dawn (Pakistan)
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Farmers urged to get cattle vaccinated
The provincial directorate of Animal Husbandry has advised livestock owners and farmers to get their animals vaccinated against black quarter, foot-and-mouth, enterotoxemia and sheep pox diseases that usually surface during April and June. Talking about the risks of the diseases, Dr Hafeez Shaikh, in-charge of the Government Veterinary Hospital, Landhi, told Dawn that all the four diseases were quite common and posed serious threats to the animals' health, at times resulting in a low milk production.
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PFF plans drive against eviction of fishermen
The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), an organisation representing the fishermen community, has announced launching of a protest campaign on April 21 against the "excesses committed by the Defence Housing Authority to evict fishermen from their ancestral villages and deprive hundreds of them of their livelihood.' Speaking at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday, PFF general secretary Saeed Baloch and other leaders said that the DHA administration was forcing the fishermen's community to abandon the make-shift jetty in Gizri Creek.
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Chief minister urged to regularise 27 villages
The elected representatives of people and civil society leaders appealed to Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday to regularise 27 old villages in the limits of Makli, which had been excluded from Gothabad Scheme due to lack of some official requirements.
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Substandard flour being supplied to markets
The consumers on Thursday complained that substandard wheat flour (atta) was being supplied to the local markets. During a visit to various
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Court orders water quality check
The Sindh High Court Sukkur bench has directed the Sindh Environment Department to test the quality of drinking water being supplied in Sukkur and submit a report within a week. The bench, comprising Justice Dr Rana Mohammad Shamim and Justice Farrukh Zia G. Shaikh, issued these directives on Wednesday, on a petition filed by a Sukkur-based journalist, Lala Asad Pathan, through his lawyer, Ghulam Shabbir Shar, stating that the water being supplied in Sukkur was contaminated and unfit for human consumption.
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Pollution speeding up climate change
Climatic change is not a myth but a real threat and urgent action is needed to take corrective measures. This was stated by speakers at a seminar on "Health Protection and Climate Changes' to mark the World Health Day here on Monday. The faculty of Community Medicines and Public Health Sciences, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, has organised the seminar.
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Dairy farmers start indefinite strike
The city is likely to face an acute shortage of milk following the decision taken by all associations of dairy farmers to observe an indefinite strike from Monday evening in protest against the city government's drive to ensure observance of the official rates of milk. The city government has fixed the milk rate at Rs34 per litre at the retail level but the retailers have been charging Rs40-42 per litre in different parts of the city since April 1.
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Contaminated water blamed for fish death
An initial probe into the causes of the death of a large number of fish found on Sunday revealed that a high concentration of toxics in the backwaters of the Karachi harbour was responsible for the killing thousands of fish. The investigation was carried out by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) and the results of a chemical analysis will be released within 10 days. No evidence has been found to support the idea that the fish
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Anti-polio drive begins in Sindh today
: With the detection of polio virus prevalence in the environs of a couple of towns, health workers in the city will undertake their polio eradication efforts during a three-day immunisation drive being launched across the province on Tuesday.
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World Health Day today
: The World Health Day is being observed on Monday with an objective to raise awareness and public understanding of the global and locally relevant health consequences of climate change. The World Health Organization (WHO) has dedicated 2008 to the theme "Protecting health from climate change' in recognition of the fact that climate change was posing ever-growing threats to global public health security.