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 has joined the race to receive global funding to save its last remaining natural forests. The country became eligible to compete for the funding by implementing “Reducing emissions from deforestation
Pakistan ranks fourth among the 15 top countries which account for three quarters of childhood pneumonia cases worldwide. Quoting latest estimates and a study on ‘global pneumonia disease burden’, a
The Sindh government has decided to launch a six-year project with World Bank assistance to improve irrigation efficiency, leading to improved agricultural productivity in the province. According to
Punjab, which was earlier likely to get polio-free status in 2014, has again turned out to be the high-risk province after sewage samples taken from a drain of Multan traced wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1).
PESHAWAR: This year’s polio cases have surpassed the last year’s tally of 58 to 62 with the relevant officials blaming it on the country’s failure to ensure quality polio vaccination, address immunisation
Pneumonia claims an innocent child’s life every 30 seconds, making it the number one cause of childhood mortality in the world. In Pakistan too, it is responsible for the death of 92,000 children of
The Punjab government will launch a ‘Clean Water Project’ to provide potable water to every home in the next five years. Up to Rs10 billion will be spent on the project during the current financial
Glaciers in Pakistan are continuously melting because of rising temperature, and by the year 2035, the country will no longer have water reserves in the shape of glaciers. This was stated by Federal
The Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa) to take samples of drinking water from different parts of the city and get them examined from the PCSIR laboratory.
Seventy one more patients tested positive for the dengue virus in Punjab during the last 24 hours. Of them, 33 patients were reported in the provincial capital alone. The government hospitals of the