ISLAMABAD: A World Bank (WB) analysis estimates that 45,000 people died prematurely in 2009 in Sindh from major environmental health hazards, and its economic impact in terms of GDP was 15 per cent of Sindh’s GDP, with an annual cost of about Rs372 billion. The analysis is contained in a new publication ‘Sustainability and Poverty […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Environmental Tribunal, set up to hear complaints about pollution, has yet to start functioning even though the much-delayed appointment of its chairman and members had been made over three months ago, it emerged on Tuesday. Since the environment has become a provincial subject after the 18th constitutional amendment, the Sindh government set […]
Karachi: The federal government has decided to appoint veteran journalist Azfar Bukhari as an adviser to promote higher education and the official notification in this connection is likely to be issued after Eid holidays. Bukhari has received various national and international awards, and also been praised by the Sindh Assembly through a unanimously passed resolution […]
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