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  • Experts warn Indus basin may become ‘closing basin’ if more dams built

    HYDERABAD: Speakers at a programme warned that the Indus basin was fast approaching a stage where it would be considered a ‘closing basin’ if one or more dams were built; it was therefore need of the hour to adopt holistic approach to the developing problem and formulate a better strategy for water conservation, storage and efficient irrigation practices...

    Sindh Secretary for Irrigation Jamal Mustafa Syed said: “We are reaching a...

  • Indiscriminate riverbed mining destroying rivers in Jhelum basin

    Ecosystems of rivers in the Jhelum basin are typical of the Himalayan river systems in which the sediments support life in the river, and livelihoods of people in floodplains and deltas downstream that rely on ecosystem services provided by the rivers...

    Construction in the Jhelum basin – both in India and in Pakistan – has already irreversibly altered the flow and sediment regimes in the rivers...

  • Police say driver involved in Boat Basin accident arrested

    KARACHI: As the news about the death of a young man in an accident in Boat Basin went viral on social media last week, police on Friday said that they had arrested the alleged errant driver, son of a former provincial secretary, on the spot and seized the car, rejecting the rumours being circulated that a son of a feudal lord and politician was involved in it...

    The young man, Sikander Mumtaz, was killed when a car hit him in Clifton...

  • Irsa questions ‘closed basin’ description of Indus by lenders

    ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority has questioned the ‘closed basin’ description of the Indus Basin by international lenders, saying more than 22 million acre feet (MAF) of water in that system is still divisible among the provinces...

    In a written statement, Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Mohammad Asif conceded that international lenders like the World Bank and IMF had termed Pakistan a water-stressed country with the...

  • India speeding up Indus basin water plan: report

    NEW DELHI: India is stepping up efforts to maximise its use of the western rivers of the Indus basin, the BBC reported on Thursday quoting senior officials...

    The three rivers flow through India-held Kashmir but most of the water is allotted to Pakistan under an international treaty...

  • Green-top at Basin Reserve delights South Africa

    WELLINGTON: After four days of rain the covers were peeled off the Basin Reserve wicket on Tuesday and to South Africa’s delight it was green ahead of the second Test against New Zealand...

    But with the Basin Reserve having its traditional green cover, du Plessis said his seamers were looking forward to the second Test...

  • Call for cleaning Nehr-i-Khayyam, Boat Basin

    KARACHI: A group of civil society members gathered at the tip of the ‘ganda nala’ at Nehr-i-Khayyam in Boat Basin on Saturday evening to launch a campaign against the sewage, filth and negative impact it was having on children and the environment...

    Calls for a campaign to clean up Boat Basin had been doing rounds on electronic media, with the organisers saying: “Boat Basin is filled with sewage thrown into the sea...

  • FAO begins agriculture water accounting system for Indus Basin

    ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has launched a comprehensive agriculture water accounting system for the entire Indus Basin that will increase resilience to climate change among the most vulnerable farmers in the basin and strengthen government’s capacity to plan and support farming communities against future climate changes...

    The project will help shift Pakistan and Indus Basin...

  • Pakistan Railways move to wash major stations

    LAHORE: In collaboration with the Lahore Municipal Corporation and other civic agencies, the Pakistan Railways has started washing the Lahore Railway Station with chlorine-mixed (antiseptic) water...

    It also launched the drive to wash other major stations in the country under an identical arrangement...

  • UN says 27,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar as bodies wash up

    More than 27,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in Myanmar in recent days, the United Nations said, as corpses of people drowned in desperate attempts to cross the border river washed up on Bangladeshi soil Friday...

    A further 20,000 Rohingya have massed along the Bangladeshi frontier, the UN added in a statement late Thursday, but are barred from entry as they run from burning villages and Myanmar army operations
  • Rohingya boat toll nears 100 as bodies wash ashore

    Seven bodies believed to be those of Rohingya Muslims washed ashore in Bangladesh on Wednesday, officials said, highlighting the risks many of the persecuted group are taking to flee violence in neighbouring Myanmar...

    At least 99 Rohingya are now known to have died making the perilous crossing on flimsy boats since a crisis erupted on August 25 in Rakhine state
  • Students advised to wash hands properly

    MINGORA: Unicef Regional Director for South Asia Karin Hulshop advised the local students here on Wednesday to wash their hands properly to avoid diseases...

    On the occasion, the members of ‘Wash Club’ showed properly cleaning and washing of their hands...

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