ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Monday released 261,600 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 268,300 …
Minister holds Pida, irrigation dept meeting
LAHORE – Irrigation Minister and Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) Chairman Sardar Mohsin Leghari has said that a strategic …
Cotton-picking training being imparted to farmers
LAHORE – Cotton-picking process has started in various parts of the province and training in this regard was being imparted. …
Agricultural pollutants worsen water crisis in Sindh
AGRICULTURAL pollutants pose a major threat to the surface water, farms and the health of the people living in Sindh. …
Commodities: Steady conditions on cotton market
KARACHI: Sustained buying orders from textile mills kept the cotton market steady on Monday. Increased flow of phutti (seed cotton) …
Chicago wheat futures plunge
CHICAGO – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural commodities closed lower over the trading week ending Aug. 24, with wheat …
Dam Equivalents: The solution to Pakistan’s water crisis
There’s a general rhetoric that, one, Pakistan is soon going to run out of water; and, two, building more dams …
From a “political nobody who would never amount to much” to the prime minister of Pakistan
Twenty-two years ago, did I think this day would ever arrive? That in little more than 10 minutes, a visibly …
Byco distributes 2m Moringa tree seeds
KARACHI: Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited launched its ‘green campaign’ on the nation’s 71st Independence Day at a special tree plantation …
PPL discovers oil, gas in Gambat block
KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL), operator of exploratory well in Gambat South Block together with its joint venture partners Government …
LNG deal to be made public
ISLAMABAD: The LNG import deal with Qatar would be made public and would also be re-examined by experts to assess …