ISLAMABAD: Contaminated bottled water continues to be sold in the market, despite efforts to ensure the provision of safe drinking water, the Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) said in its report for the months of April through to June, 2017...
The government has tasked the council with monitoring bottled and mineral water brands and it publicises its results every quarter...
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday took suo motu notice of the exploitation of water resources by mineral water companies operating in the country, and sought data regarding water usage by these companies from concerned departments...
CJP Nisar also directed the attorney general and all advocate generals to convey his directives to mineral water companies...
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday directed mineral water companies to pay the price of ground water and fix the quality of their water by next Monday, warning them that the companies would otherwise be shut downWhile hearing a case regarding the use of ground water by mineral water companies at the Supreme Court, the top judge said that the judicial commission's report was inconclusive, adding that mineral water companies...
The Supreme Court on Saturday ordered the chief executive officers of all major mineral water companies to appear before it on Sunday in a case regarding the alleged exploitation of water resources in the country...
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, who was heading the two-member bench, had taken suo motu notice of the issue on Friday and sought data regarding water usage by the companies from concerned departments...
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday ordered a forensic audit of Nestle's mineral water operations and directed that samples from all major mineral water companies be checked...
The chief justice passed the order while hearing a suo motu case pertaining to the alleged exploitation of water resources by mineral water companies operating in the country...
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the owners of 11 mineral water companies to present themselves in court on November 20 (tomorrow)...
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, while hearing a suo motu case against bottled water companies, warned that the failure of the owners of the companies to present themselves in court will result in their names being put on the Exit Control List...
Punjab government spokesperson Ata Tarar on Friday upbraided former prime minister Imran Khan, claiming his entire lifestyle — even the bottles of mineral water he drinks — are being paid for by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government...
“The very bottle of mineral water he drinks in Peshawar, too, is paid for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government...
SIALKOT: Almost 100 top international sports and leisurewear brands procure their products from the highly industrialised city of Sialkot, allowing the country to earn $2 billion foreign exchange annually, President Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Zahid Latif Malik said on Wednesday...
Addressing a meeting of exporters and trade bodies at the SCCI, Mr Malik said leading brands including Adidas, Nike, Select, Puma,...
PARIS: The world’s top food and drink companies have promised to halve the food they waste by 2025, seeking to pre-empt government regulation prompted by concern about the environmental, economic and social costs of such inefficiency...
”The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has said that a third of all food produced worldwide — worth $750bn — is thrown out each year, squandering as much water as three times that contained in Lake...
SYDNEY: China is transferring tens of thousands of Uighur detainees out of internment camps and into factories that supply some of the world’s leading brands, an Australian think tank said on Monday...
Top global brands such as Apple, BMW and Sony have been accused of getting supplies from factories using the forced labour, an explosive allegation that could reverberate in boardrooms across the world...
ISLAMABAD: The lack of drinkable water has forced many citizens to turn to bottled water, causing a mushroom growth of the bottled water industry over the last few years...
However, the Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) on Wednesday revealed that many companies have been found selling contaminated water...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Council for Research and Water Resources (PCRWR) warned consumers against 100 brands of bottled water which were found unsafe...
In the quarterly report April-June 2015 issued on Thursday, the PCRWR notes that the poor quality of tap water has increased the demand for bottled water, leading to a mushroom growth of new brands of bottled water...
ISLAMABAD: More than a 100 brands of bottled water have been identified as unsafe for human consumption in the Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources’ (PCRWR) quarterly report...
PCRWR has been tasked by the government through the Ministry of Science and Technology to monitor the quality of bottled water and publish its results in an attempt to improve the quality of bottled drinking water...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Council for Research on Water Resources (PCRWR) on Thursday issued another list of water bottles that are unsafe for human consumption...
In its statement, PCRWR explained how the poor quality of drinking water had forced a large section of citizens to buy bottled water...
The world's leading brands of bottled water are contaminated with tiny plastic particles that are likely seeping in during the packaging process, according to a major study across nine countries published Wednesday...
Researchers tested 250 bottles of water in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Thailand, and the United States...