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 Lahore High Court on Friday sought a report from the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) about cutting of trees from a green belt in Shadbagh Scheme-II area after Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) denied having any role in the matter. PHA counsel Ziaur Rehman informed the court that it was not setting up any food street in the area by removing green belt or trees rather it promoted plan
The manufacturing and use of inefficient electrical appliances, equipment and machinery could become a cognisable offence if parliament passes the energy conservation bill, said a former environment minister. Former minister Hameedullah Jan Afridi, who is also the chairman of the Intellectual Property Rights Organisation (IPO), said this at the
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, will conduct public hearings in Swat on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports of Matiltan Hydro Power Project (MHPP) and rehabilitation of Chakdara-Madyan Road. According to a notice issued by the EPA Director General Dr Basher Khan, the public hearing of the EIA report of the hydro power project would be held on May 23
Pakistan and China would jointly launch a communication satellite on August 14 to replace the SAT-1 which is on the verge of expiry, officials said. The satellite would be sent into the orbit on the Independence Day of Pakistan as a mark of the Sino-Pak friendship, an official said after Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani`s visit to China`s Academy of Space Technology (CAST) here on Friday.
<p>Speakers on Thursday warned against increasing food insecurity in Balochistan because of water shortages, problems around landholdings, and smuggling of essential commodities to Afghanistan. The roundtable on `State of Food Insecurity in Balochistan` was organised by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) and ActionAid Pakistan.
A committee of growers and officials of irrigation and revenue departments will be constituted to look into water shortage at the tail-end of Veeho wah, Pandhro wah, Ali Nawaz wah and Faiz Ganj wah. The formation of the committee was decided by the DCO Khairpur in a meeting held with the officials of Irrigation and Revenue departments and affected growers of Pakka Chang on Wednesday over water
Water technologist Dr Mohammad Ahsan Siddiqui assured Hyderabad townspeople on Thursday that water being supplied to them by WASA was not injurious to health as reported by some newspapers.Speaking at a news conference at the press club here, Dr Siddiqui said that only 300 cusecs of water from Manchhar Lake was being released into the Indus and samples were being taken from eight places every four
Sarhad Awami Forestry Ittehad (Safi) has asked the government to take steps for protection of forests and provide alternative energy sources to people at cheaper rates so that they will stop cutting trees. These views were expressed during a conference here on Wednesday and those who spoke on the occasion included MPA Jaffar Shah, Ameer Mohammad, Riaz Mohammad, Jamshid Khan and Javaid Akhtar.
Syed Yahya Shah, Ali Ijaz, Dr Khalil and Nilofer were awarded the Syed Asad Ali Conservation Award and Living Planet Award at a ceremony held here on Wednesday. Syed Yahya Shah from Gilgit Baltistan got Syed Asad Ali Award for working tirelessly to promote sustainable utilisation of natural resources in his area of influence with great success. The same award was given to Ali Ijaz`s document
With a resolution of the energy crisis not in sight, the government has developed a