Both Pakistan and India regularly forbid rice cultivation to conserve water and prevent land degradation. But with the crop tied to farmers’ livelihoods, a blanket ban is a weak solution As Pakistan bans water-guzzling rice, one farmer has an...
Up to 40 percent of the population of Sindh – Pakistan’s second most populous province does not have access to drinking water, provincial budget document 2019-20 revealed. With 47.9 million people Sindh caters 23 percent Pakistan’s 207 million...
سندھ حکومت نے دعویٰ کیا کہ تھرپارکر ضلع میں 750 آر او پلانٹس لگا دیے گئے ہیں، جس کا ذکر پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کی قیادت ہر جگہ فخر سے کرتی نظر آتی ہے مگر ایک آڈٹ میں کہا گیا کہ کل 635 آر او پلانٹس ہی لگائے گئے ہیں۔
A sudden surge in the acute watery diarrhea cases in the early days of March came as a surprise for infectious disease experts at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Karachi. The winter season had just ended in...
PESHAWAR: The fast-losing commitment of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has started causing serious damage to efforts previously undertaken to eradicate polio from the province. Pakistan after a 14-month gap reported...
In the constituency of Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah, drinking water is a key issue Inside small water well, on a narrow road, a young man is busy digging a ditch. Using his spade, he loosens a lump of mud and...
ANEESA Abdul Sattar knows how to keep cool to reduce thermal stress — drink plenty of water and bathe. Yet both these measures are beyond her. She lives in that quarter of Lyari, in Karachi, where unannounced power...
SAMREEN Ijaz, studying in Class 8, joined the Noor Kubra Elementary School for girls in Muzaffargarh two years ago and what a relief it has been for her. “I don’t have to miss a single day of school because of my...
دنیا بھر میں آج بیت الخلا کا عالمی دن یعنی ورلڈ ٹوائلٹ ڈے منایا جا رہا ہے، پاکستان میں اس وقت 1 کروڑ 60 لاکھ سے زائد افراد بیت الخلا کی سہولت سے محروم اور کھلے میں رفع حاجت کرنے پر مجبور ہیں۔ ٹوائلٹ کا عالمی دن منانے کا...
آج 19 اکتوبر کو دنیا بھر کی طرح پاکستان میں بھی اقوام متحدہ کا اعلان کردہ ’ورلڈ ٹوائلٹ ڈے‘ یا ‘عالمی یوم بیت الخلا’ منایا جارہا ہے۔ اس دن کو منانے کا مقصد حکومتوں، میڈیا اور عوام الناس میں حفظانِ صحت سے...
KARACHI: During Pakistan’s fight against the deadly coronavirus, the country did little to protect an essential group working on the frontlines — sanitation workers. A report titled “Sanitation Workers: The Forgotten...
Islamabad : Increase in handwashing with soap trend has been driven by fear during the early stages of pandemic, but fear based changes are short lived. Therefore there is a need to sustain these handwashing habits...
Both Pakistan and India regularly forbid rice cultivation to conserve water and prevent land degradation. But with the crop tied to farmers’ livelihoods, a blanket ban is a weak solution As Pakistan bans water-guzzling...
سندھ حکومت نے دعویٰ کیا کہ تھرپارکر ضلع میں 750 آر او پلانٹس لگا دیے گئے ہیں، جس کا ذکر پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کی قیادت ہر جگہ فخر سے کرتی نظر آتی ہے مگر ایک آڈٹ میں کہا گیا کہ کل 635 آر او پلانٹس ہی لگائے گئے ہیں۔
MITHI, SINDH: Last year, two cousins who wanted to marry each other in a town hemmed in the rolling dunes of Pakistan’s Thar desert took their own lives by hanging themselves from a tree because they did not have the...
PESHAWAR: Rising polio cases in Pakistan, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year, is a question mark on the performance of national and international authorities who until now used to make tall claims of having...
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