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High concentration of urea in the Keenjhar Lake drain is believed to have caused death of aquatic species and animals recently in Jhimpir, a town in Thatta district, laboratory tests of the contaminated water samples have shown. It may be recalled that a large number of fish, a turtle, four...

Sahiwal police on Friday registered a criminal intimidation and breach of trust case against the administration of Chishtia'n Sugar Mills on directives of an additional session judge and an assistant commissioner. ASJ Chaudhry Jameel Ahmed and Assistant Commissioner Haq Nawaz Chauhan issued...

Pakistan, being an agro based economy, is primarily known for its aromatic Basmati rice in the world but it may lose the position in Middle East as Philippine is all set to introduce the same Variety of rice in the region. The foreign country which once itself was a rice importing country is...

There’s a new face on campus, standing on the north side of the Curtis Lecture Hall on Campus Walk at York’s Keele campus – and he could be a world first for York. A sculpture of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan and the country’s first governor general, was unveiled Tuesday...

“Many people do not believe that a car can be properly cleaned without using water. I keep my car dirty to show people who are reluctant about the products being applied to their cars for the first time,” says Muhammad Anas. “I give demonstrations to convince car owners that it’s possible to...

Last week, Abdul Razzaq hung up his boots, put away his kit and walked away from the sport after leading Pakistan Blind cricket team for a decade. He captained the side to two World Cup titles and 13 consecutive series-wins. His influence in the side could be judged from the fact that just...

Heroes of Pakistan: Pakistan Air force Veteran : Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry expires

The first US wheat shipment to Iran in nearly three years was about to set sail, US government data on Monday showed, in a resumption of agricultural trade between the two countries locked in a dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. The shipment from the US Gulf Coast totalling more than...

Complete Yeh Shehar by Ejaz Mangi

The inventor of the so-called red sea snake wave energy device has been awarded the Saltire Prize medal. Dr Richard Yemm founded Pelamis Wave Power in Edinburgh in 1998. The company uses giant wave machines to generate electricity by harnessing the power of the sea. Saltire Prize medal...

The state-owned Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (Passco) and the Punjab food department are planning to initiate the annual wheat procurement drive by the second week of April. The announcement was made by Punjab Food Director Najam Shah and Passco General Manager...

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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved the distribution of dates received as gift from the Government of Saudi Arabia among the four provinces and the regions including Azad Jammu and Kashmir at the ratio of 60:40 percent respectively. The division of the dates among the...

Following the increase in its support price, Pakistan's wheat has become very expensive as compared to benchmark international price while an amount of about Rs 6.045 billion will be required as subsidy to offload one million tons surplus stock. According to sources, the issue was discussed...