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
After failing to use the funds for development projects in the current fiscal year, authorities in Rawalpindi have started spending money on
The Crop Insurance Policy launched by the federal government and State Bank of Pakistan was benefiting only big landlords as there was no chance for the small growers to get their crops insured under this policy. Accountant-General of Balochistan Mahfooz Ali Khan while delivering his key note address on Tuesday at a seminar on
<p>Federal Minister for Science and Technology Changez Khan Jamali has said that only 20 per cent of drinking water is clean in the country while 80 per cent is not up to the standard which is an alarming situation.
The government of Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday released Rs315 million to be disbursed among the internally displaced people of Hunza who were affected by the formation of an artificial lake on Hunza river after a devastating landslide. This was stated by Speaker Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Wazir Baig while talking to this correspondent. He said 457 families which had lost their home
Scientists at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) here have developed three varieties of high-value grapes having ability to mature before the monsoon season. The recent introduction and evaluation of the varieties under the fruit and vegetable development programme has discovered that
Highlighting the importance of alternative energy efficient technologies, experts on Monday called for more awareness on how the climate change is going to affect every aspect of life. Speaking at a seminar on climate change, they also sought more information on use of energy efficient devices, cut in fossil fuel consumption, and reduction in greenhouse emission.
The giant freshwater prawn and monsoon river prawn face threat of extinction because of high levels of pollution in the Indus waters and an acute shortage of water downstream Kotri Barrage, according to a study conducted by Prof Dr Wazir Ali Baloch of the Department of Freshwater Biology and Fisheries, University of Sindh. Dr Baloch, who was on a visit to Thatta, told this correspondent that th
The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency chief has said that cases of 16 industrial units have been sent to the environmental tribunal for violating environmental laws over the past six months, while cases of 10 other industries are being processed and will soon be sent to the tribunal. Notices had also been sent to as many as 3,000 industrial units over the six months directing them to follow
The Punjab government has not yet taken steps to repair or replace the only incinerator installed at Holy Family Hospital which stopped functioning about two months back, forcing three government hospitals in the city to dispose of their infectious waste manually. Sources told Dawn on Sunday that since the incinerator developed faults, its management did not lift waste from District Headquarter
The 18th Amendment Implementation Commission seems hesitant to oblige environmentalists` proposal to transform the Ministry of Environment into Sustainable Development and Renewable Resource Management Division, Dawn has learnt.