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
RAWALPINDI, May 8: Noise and air pollution is on the rise in the congested Rawalpindi city posing serious health hazards to the people, as the local environment authorities are virtually oblivious to the issue and even lack basic data.
The Punjab Environment Protection Tribunal on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants of chairman Rawal Lake Catchment Management Committee, who is the secretary federal ministry of interior, the CEO of PTV Housing Society and former town nazim Murree for failing to appear before the tribunal during the hearing of cases filed against them for allegedly polluting the Rawal Lake.
While the Sindh health department is likely to get a special fund of Rs200 million for the
THATTA, April 30: Hundreds of people, including women, carrying empty utensils, took out a procession here on Friday against the taluka municipal administration and slammed the persisting water shortage here on Friday.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Pakistan on Thursday signed an agreement to invest $40 million in energy-efficient and cost-effective compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). The agreement is part of $1.18 billion Energy Efficiency Investment Programme that underpins Pakistan
RAWALPINDI, April 30: The Punjab Environmental Protection Agency has asked eight industrial units in the city to stop polluting the environment and adopt environmental protection measures otherwise legal action would be taken against them.
The government has finalised a scheme to provide financing for the establishment of power projects using renewable energy with a capacity of up to 10MW. The project is aimed at promoting renewable energy in the country.
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A memorandum of understanding would be signed with an American seed company Monsanto in February, paving way for supply of certified bio-tech (BT) cotton seeds in the country, minister for food and agriculture Nazar Mohammad Gondal said here on Thursday. He was presiding over a meeting of all stakeholders before signing the deal with the seed company. The meeting was atten
A German company has expressed interest in setting up a 50 megawatt solar power plant in the Multan and Bahawalpur areas. A delegation of the AZUR Energy Group, Germany, informed the Board of Investment (BOI) Chairman Saleem H. Mandviwala here on Wednesday that the company had already prepared a feasibility report, while and a ground survey was being conducted in southern Punjab.
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The National Assembly standing committee on Food and Agriculture has proposed some amendments to the Agriculture Pesticides Bill, 2009 in the light of certain revision in specification of pesticides by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The committee, which met in Islamabad on Wednesday with MNA Javed Iqbal Warraich in the