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 Sustainable Agriculture Action Group (Saag) has expressed concern over the government
The Sustainable Agriculture Action Group (Saag) has expressed concern over the government
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has lauded the Punjab Horticulture Authority for taking steps to preserve old trees as part of eco-culture in Lahore. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the WWF praised efforts of PHA director-general Dr Raheel Siddidui for disallowing the cutting of an old maple tree in the Civil Secretariat, as reported in a local press.
Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan inaugurated on Monday a CNG bus project, saying that it was a gift for the citizens of Karachi and would ease their transport and pollution problems. In the first phase, the city government will run 50 CNG-powered buses on two different routes
Threats of hazards are still not taken seriously in Pakistan to the extent of taking precautionary measures in an institutional form. The country has been facing socio-economic losses as hazards are converted into disasters. Earthquakes, floods, droughts, tsunamis and cyclones have occurred in different parts of the country in the recent past.
The third meeting of Pakistan-Tajikistan joint economic commission concluded here on Tuesday with the resolve to continue talks on all matters, including Casa-1,000 project which is meant to import electricity from Tajikistan to Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, the project is still in the planning phase despite three years of discussion.
Another clue has been found in the Case of the Shrinking Sheep, an animal mystery in which climate change features as the principal cause. The tale of scientific sleuthing is unfolding on two Scottish islands, Soay and Hirta, in the remote Outer Hebrides. Their sole inhabitants are wild sheep which probably arrived there with the first human settlers some 4,000 years ago.
The district administration of Qilla Abdullah has ordered closure of educational institutions for three days because of an outbreak of gastroenteritis. According to provincial Minister for Revenue Zamarak Khan Achakzai, more than 600 people, mostly women and children, have been affected and one woman has died.
The fourth nation-wide three-day polio campaign of this year was launched here on Monday with an aim to expand the collective efforts to eliminate polio from the country. The drive against the polio was inaugurated by Federal Minister for Health Mir Aijaz Hussaing Jhakrani.