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
Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) officials have criticised the government
Pakistan has received a request from a Japanese rice company for growing Japonica rice in Pakistan under a buy-back arrangement amid fears that the tsunami-hit rice fields may take too long to recover from the salt water. The samples of Japonica, a short variety of rice, are expected to be received in a few days which would be grown on a trial basis in Sindh and Punjab rice fields. This may
Loose earth and pebbles left over from recent construction of roads in the town and persisting hot and dry weather often make air dust-laden, causing throat, eye and nose infections.
Modern medical treatment has helped a majority of asthma patients to live a perfectly normal and healthy life, said the head of the department of Chest Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, on Wednesday. He was speaking at a seminar organised by the department of Chest Medicine in JPMC in collaboration with the Pakistan Chest Society to mark World Asthma Day 2011. The programme was l
The total generation capacity of the Tarbela Hydropower Station will go up to 4,828 megawatt after the installation of 1,350MW units as part of 4th extension project. This was stated by Water and Power Development Authority Chairman Shakil Durrani during his visit to the project. The Tarbela Dam project general manager, project director and other officers concerned were also present during t
The United Kingdom (UK) environment authorities have served three show-cause notices on PIA for violating noise limits by its three flights. The Environment Services Officer issued a show-cause notice to the PIA station manager at Manchester Airport, stating that on March 10, 2011, flight PK-702, from Manchester to Islamabad, exceeded its
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan has said a pre-feasibility study initiated by the previous government in 2006 had given the estimated cost of the Lahore Metro System at about $2.4 billion whereas the initial agreement signed by the present government with the Chinese company is for about $1.7 billion and this cost may further be reduced after proper investigation and feasibility report.
The government should rationalise taxation measures and exempt the 93 per cent of farmers whose sustenance is only on farming and hold talks with them and other stakeholders in regard to levy of tax on agriculture income. This was demanded by the President Sindh Abadgar Board Abdul Majeed Nizamani in a press conference on Monday. He said new taxes would result in low production as hike in in
The Khanpur Dam authorities are mulling to cut the irrigation water supply to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab owing to fast decreasing water level in the lake mainly due to dry weather, official sources told Dawn here on Monday.
The residents of Pind Dadan Khan and the adjoining areas have no other option but to consume highly contaminated rain water which gets accumulated in the dirty ponds. The only water sources for the people of the area have been polluted by the human wastes that drain into the ponds during rains as these ponds lie in the proximity of the thickly populated areas.