News & views from Chitral
(Web Desk) ISLAMABAD: A ministerial panel on Wednesday called for major reform in the sugar sector, suggesting a shift in sugarcane pricing on the basis of sucrose content without any government role, freedom to import sugar but controlled export in case of surplus and imposition of heavy penalties for delayed sugarcane crushing and cartelisation by […]
ISLAMABAD: Micro-nutrient deficiencies are widespread in Pakistan and have profound effects on immunity, growth and mental development of children. Every year, more than 177,000 Pakistani children die before their fifth birthday due to malnutrition. This was highlighted by Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam while addressing participants of a workshop titled […]
(Web Desk) ISLAMABAD: To protect people especially youth from the harmful effects of smoking, New Zealand government says it will ban sale of tobacco to its future generations. In a statement, Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verall said that the ban will be effective on those born after 2008. They will not be able to purchase […]
(Web Desk) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, launched the country’s first plastic waste-paved road. The project, which was accomplished with the help of a public-private collaboration (Capital Development Authority, Coca-Cola, and National Incubation Centre), intends to address the country’s massively mismanaged plastic trash problem, which is the worst in South Asia (in terms […]
CHITRAL: A community-managed business center was inaugurated at Arandu in Lower Chitral district. The business center is established by Sarhad Rural Support Programme with the financial assistance of PATRIP foundation. The border town of Arandu in district Chitral connects Kunar and Nuristan provinces of Afghanistan with Pakistan. The business center comprises of 20 shops, offices, […]