The wheat crop will be cultivated over 8,893 thousand hectares of land during current Rabbi season (2013-14) to fulfil the domestic requirements as well as to export.

Pakistan is ranked 7th in the world, having around 186 billion tonnes of coal reserves, sufficient to meet the country's future power generation requirements.

A total of 46,756 houses have been damaged in the recent earthquake in Balochistan including 32,638 completely and 14,118 partially, says latest data released by National Disaster Management Author

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has expressed optimism to transform Sindh into a Polio- free province of Pakistan by 2014.

Total number of Dengue patients, within the province of Sindh, has reached to 1869 till Wednesday while 10 people lost their lives of this deadly disease.

Pakistan Monday emphasized that poverty eradication must remain the overarching objective of the post-2015 development agenda, saying it must be built on a solid foundation.

The Planning Commission of Pakistan has so far released Rs.98.215 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against the total allocations of Rs.540 billion f

There is no let-up in dengue spread, as over 60 dengue patients are under treatment in various hospitals across the province at present.

Efforts were afoot to bring over 1.75 lakh acres of land under oilseed providing Sunflower crop in various areas of Punjab, informed Agriculture department officials.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a report from the Secretary Water and Power in Manchar Lake water pollution case.