Speakers at a seminar held on Thursday have said that about 40,000 acres of land fall prey to salinity each year in Pakistan and 37 per cent of it in Sindh. The seminar on ‘management of salt affected soils’ was organised by Fauji Fertilizer Company.[...]
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March 19th, 2010 - 7:48 am § in Agriculture, Pakistan, Pakistan Economy, People, Punjab Government, Sindh Government
40,000 acres of land fall prey to salinity each year in Pakistan
March 19th, 2010 - 7:43 am § in Balochistan Govt
Balochistan’s Pakhtun lawmakers’ plea for rights
Pakhtun lawmakers from Balochistan made a strong plea for constitutional protection of their rights as the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms started the reading of the draft 18th amendment on Thursday.[...]
March 19th, 2010 - 7:41 am § in MQM, Punjab Government
Altaf criticises Shahbaz’s remarks about Taliban
Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has criticised Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for his appeal to the Taliban to spare his province from terror attacks and said his statement had disappointed the people of smaller provinces.[...]
March 19th, 2010 - 7:40 am § in Balochistan Govt
Five killed in Balochistan violence
In Quetta, gunmen on a motorcycle attacked a police van on the Samungli road, leaving a constable dead and two policemen and two passers-by injured.Five killed in Balochistan violence[...]
March 19th, 2010 - 7:38 am § in Central Government
US suspect in Mumbai siege, Danish plot pleads guilty
The Pakistani-American man accused of scouting out the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege and plotting to kill a Danish cartoonist pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in a Chicago court on Thursday.[...]
March 19th, 2010 - 7:23 am § in NWFP Government
PPP and ANP in NWFP
IN the NWFP, the Awami National Party and the Pakistan People’s Party share the government. A coalition government is also working in the province of Punjab. In both provinces, there is a lack of trust between the two ma- jor coalition partners. ANP and PPP ties in the NWFP have been marred by ten[...]
March 19th, 2010 - 7:19 am § in Punjab Government
Talibangate by Cyril Almeida
SHAHBAZ Sharif’s boo-boo had everyone up in arms. Even his party folks struggled to explain it away with a modicum of believability. But nobody wanted to talk about what he was really doing. Shahbaz is first and foremost a politician. Like all politicians, he’s always thinking about votes. An[...]
March 19th, 2010 - 7:16 am § in Punjab Government
Shahbaz Sharif’s asking Taliban not to attack Punjab
SHAHBAZ Sharif’s comments asking the Taliban not to attack Punjab have caused a furore in many parts of the country. In imploring the Taliban to not attack the PML-N-ruled Punjab since both had a common enemy in Pervez Musharraf, the Punjab chief minister is being accused of pleading for peace for[...]
March 19th, 2010 - 7:12 am § in MQM
Haqiqi killings
WEDNESDAY’S targeted killing of three members of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi in Karachi is not a good omen for a city already on the edge. The incident follows the recent killings of a cleric and the head of a proscribed sectarian outfit in separate incidents in the metropolis.[...]