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ISLAMABAD: The water shortages for Sindh and Punjab went up to 32 per cent on Friday as river flows continued to drop and storages at both Mangla and Tarbela dams neared dead level. The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) said it reviewed the overall water situation on Friday and decided to apply 32pc shortages to the two larger provinces instead …

HYDERABAD: The Sindh irrigation department and the Water and Power Develop­ment Authority (Wapda) are at loggerheads over the construction of the Rs125 billion Sindh barrage, approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan in August 2019. A couple of months back Wapda sent its inception report for a feasibility study of the project. Sindh irrigation experts responded to it and raised technical …

KARACHI: Sindh completed a swift demolition of Balochistan on Monday to maintain their top slot in the Pakistan Cup, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are fractionally behind the leaders on net run rate after the sixth-round action. Both Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa now have eight points apiece since Northern lost their third straight fixture — against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — to remain stuck …

KARACHI: The Sindh and federal governments on Saturday agreed to start trial runs of local trains within 12 kilometres during the next two months and then plan how to sync it with the modern circular railway system in the next phase. This decision was taken here in a meeting between Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Federal Minister for …

MULTAN/KANDHKOT/MUZAFFARGARH: Locusts dealt a severe blow to mango, cotton and other crops on Monday, sparking fears of a looming food shortage in case the government fails to act soon. The locust attack took place in different areas of Multan, Rajanpur, district Muzaffargarh and Kandhkot. Mango, cotton crops and rice saplings were severely damaged by the attack. In Multan, locusts attacked …

QUETTA: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and his Balochistan counterpart Jam Kamal Khan Alyani on Friday decided to adopt a joint strategy for exchanging information about cooperation, prevention, safety and precautionary measures against coronavirus. In a meeting, they discussed coronavirus safety measures taken by the two province, including screening of pilgrims coming from Iran. They termed coronavirus a national …

KARACHI: After Islamabad again rejected Sindh’s claim to the gas it produces, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government at the centre may face another challenge in the shape of a likely partnership between the Pakistan Peoples Party government in Sindh and the Balochistan government over gas shortage in the two provinces. Both governments are mulling over a joint strategy over the gas …

KARACHI: After Islamabad again rejected Sindh’s claim to the gas it produces, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government at the centre may face another challenge in the shape of a likely partnership between the Pakistan Peoples Party government in Sindh and the Balochistan government over gas shortage in the two provinces. Both governments are mulling over a joint strategy over the gas …

ISLAMABAD: A new model of non-formal education that combines literacy and labour and market skills for illiterate children and youth is being developed and will be piloted in selected districts of Punjab and Sindh provinces with World Bank assistance. The World Bank has agreed to provide $2.73 million for the pilot project, which is expected to be implemented in partnership …

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday directed the Ministry of National Food Security to take practical measures to arrest the current spike in food inflation. With a view to fixing the wheat procurement targets and financial requirements to this effect, the food ministry had convened a meeting of the Wheat Review Committee in February, which …