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Daily Archives: July 13, 2016

Honey production suffers as climate change causes sharp decline in bee population

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PESHAWAR: The rising temperatures and erratic pattern of rains have led to a drastic decline in the population of honey bees in Khyber-Paktunkhwa. This has subsequently had deleterious consequences on revenue generation of the province since K-P is the leading exporter of honey. This change in weather has destroyed the livelihood of thousands of honey […]


Govt decides to set up climate change authority

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ISLAMABAD – The federal government has decided to establish Climate Change Authority to tackle climate related challenges in the country.The authority would be headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, The Nation learnt reliably yesterday. The sources said that the Ministry of Climate Change has completed the draft of “Pakistan Climate Change Act 2016”, which will […]


Content Monitoring Report from July 4 to July 10

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) monitored different newspapers and television channels from July 4 to July 10 from which following media related stories were highlighted PEMRA approached Supreme Court for ban on Geo TV’s show, harassment case against director news of PTV, unethical reporting by television channels, tax relief to electronic media, responsible role of print […]


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Eminent broadcaster Agha Nasir is no more

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ISLAMABAD: Broadcaster, producer, playwright and writer Agha Nasir, who was a living encyclopedia of the broadcasting history of this country, passed away on Tuesday morning at the age of 79. “He was unwell mainly because of old age and weakness. His condition deteriorated at midnight and he left us for his eternal abode at around […]