KARACHI: Illegal wildlife trade continues unabated in the city as the wildlife department seems to lack the ‘muscles’ needed to take action against such activities, it emerged on Monday. The trade involves spiny-tailed lizards (locally called Sandha) and marine turtles, both species protected under the law; one was found on sale in Saddar while the […]
HYDERABAD: Writers, intellectuals and poets paid tribute to the late Sindh writer Agha Saleem for his literary services on Sunday. They also called upon the universities to initiate PhD research programmes on the scholar. “We can start at least 10 PhD [programmes] on the different facets of his works,” said former Sindh University vice-chancellor Ghulam […]
It is a race against time and time is running out fast. There may be those who still question that climate change is caused by human activity, but nobody anywhere in the world can deny that climate change is upon us, and its effects are going to vary from the merely inconvenient to the catastrophic […]
In the past 15 years or so, the electronic media in the country has seen exponential growth with countless TV channels now gracing the airwaves. The programming on the state-run PTV, however, appears to be unaffected by these changes and we continue to witness the same poor production quality, which has not changed in years. […]
The best approach to understand issues and seek solutions to problems, is scientific, analytical thinking and objectivity that helps focus on issues dispassionately- without involving personal prejudices and biases. In context of the Panama revelations and the impact it had world-wide, there is no need for anyone getting personal and showing a distasteful behavior. It […]
KP CM for indigenous solutions to global warming, climate change PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Monday asked the environmentalists to play a role in development of the province by focusing on the promotion of indigenous research to find out local, cost-effective and sustainable solutions to the environmental challenges being faced by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This […]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation will help the Lahore College for Women University to develop its premises into a green campus under a United Nations Environment Programme Project. The announcement came in a seminar on Monday by climatologist and hydrologist Shahbaz Khan. He is the Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific […]
ISLAMABAD: The PFUJ Unification Committee which met here on Saturday with M. Ziauddin in chair has decided to constitute a three-member sub-committee headed by Committee member Rahimullah Yousufzia to investigate the alleged irregularities or illegalities committed in election process of PFUJ for the year 2013 and give its finding. Committee members Sahidur Rehman and Khawar […]
ISLAMABAD: The PFUJ Unification Committee which met here on Saturday with M. Ziauddin in chair has decided to constitute a three-member sub-committee headed by Committee member Rahimullah Yousufzia to investigate the alleged irregularities or illegalities committed in election process of PFUJ for the year 2013 and give its finding. Committee members Sahidur Rehman and Khawar […]
Temperature in Karachi is likely to reach 39 degree Celsius as predicted by Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), reported on Sunday. According to PMD Office, hot weather is likely to prevail in Karachi during next two days. Day temperatures are expected to gradually increase from 38°C to 40°C and will start decreasing attaining the normal level […]
KARACHI: The Creative Karachi Festival is in a privileged position to plan sessions incorporating a much broader canvas while other festivals held in the city cannot. Did it in its second year manage to harness this very strength? The answer would be a resounding yes, despite major glitches and execution issues plaguing the festival on […]
ISLAMABAD: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is planning to enrol two million children in schools by the end of this year. This was stated by Minister of State and BISP Chairperson MNA Marvi Memon in a meeting with DFID delegation, development partner of BISP, headed by Country Head Joanna Reid. The other members of […]
HYDERABAD: Speakers paid rich tribute to fiction writer, novelist, short-story writer and poet Agha Saleem for his services in Sindhi literature. His death had left a vacuum in Sindhi language and literature which could not be filled for centuries, they said, adding that he had a multi-dimensional personality. They were speaking at a condolence reference […]
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan is strengthening its institutional structures to step up action to stave off the most drastic effects of climate change, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the international community here. Speaking after the signing of the Paris climate agreement at the UN General Assembly, he said Pakistan would establish a climate change […]
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