ISLAMABAD:A four-day Chilam Joshi festival would be concluded on May 16 (Monday) which was started from May 13 in Kalash Valley. The festival commemorates the arrival of summer and celebrates the abundance of dairy products during the season. The people of Kalash partake in dancing festivities, where they make circles and enjoy the sound of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Inter Islamic Network on Space Sciences and Technology (ISNET) Secretariat in collaboration with SUPARCO is organizing distance training course on “Advanced Remote Sensing Applications in Forestry” from May 23-27. The course aims to provide the advanced understanding of GIS and Remote Sensing and their applications in forestry. The course progresses from digital image processing for […]
Read MoreMULTAN:Mango production declined by nearly 60 percent in the ongoing season due to climate change and lack of resources including closure of canals, electricity loadshedding, diesel shortage at very crucial time for the crop. Severe temperature variation from March 11 to March 17 from 37 degree centigrade to 42 degrees centigrade, contrary to 34 degree […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood Sunday said that as many as 16 FIRs had been registered on violations of anti-dengue SOPs from January 1 to May 14 2022. Giving details of the punitive actions, the health officer told reporter that the district health authority had sealed 42 premises, Challaned 141, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has initiated 10 new projects which would provide about 35,000 job opportunities during the construction. The project would also be enhanced hydel generation capacity to cross 18,000 MW with an addition of 9,000 MW, a Wapda source said. Wapda has initiated 10 projects aimed to enhance the gross […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:World Information Society Day will be marked on May 17 across the globe including Pakistan to remind the world of the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society to build “a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented information society” based on fundamental human rights. World Information Society Day aims to alert people about how information […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Chairman United Business Group in the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and former President Lahore Chamber Shahzad Ali Malik here Sunday said that the current political upheaval, rupee depreciation, yawning trade deficit inflicting heavy losses to economy. While talking to a delegation of traders led by Momin Ali Malik Executive Committee member […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The increasing volume of pollutants in our environment especially, the groundwater is exposing citizens to serious health hazards in terms of stomach, intestine, kidney and liver diseases. Repeated studies and researches have revealed presence of multiple pollutants in water and air due to continued flow of pollutants from industrial units and use of pesticides and […]
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