ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health’s Polio Virology Laboratory confirmed another five polio cases on Tuesday night, taking the number of cases reported this year to 171.

GUJRAT: Out of 1,114 flood-hit houses in the district’s villages, some 600 have been declared the ‘worst-hit’ in a survey conducted by the Urban Unit of the Punjab government.

GUJRAT: The Punjab government has introduced a policy which entitles families of at least 73 flood-hit villages in Gujrat for the cash compensation.

NOWSHERA: The Umma Welfare Trust has announced Rs150 million for rehabilitation of the flood affected people of Punjab.

GUJRAT: The potable water in two union councils of the flood-hit areas has been declared unfit for the human consumption after the district government had sent water samples of at least 77 places o

LARKANA/SUKKUR: Some 12,000 acres of forest land in Larkana district and over 5,000 acres in Sukkur district is under the occupation of unauthorised people and the forest department is unable to re

KARACHI: Speakers at a one-day workshop held here on Monday underlined the need for a national action plan for the conservation of sharks whose numbers have declined by 80 per cent over 15 years.

KARACHI: The Sindh Environ­mental Protection Agency (Sepa) is yet to take action on a last year report that highlights high levels of pollution being caused by sugar mills.

LAHORE: Though turtles are resilient specie and they are considered living fossils for their adaptability to their environment, they are facing imminent threat to their survival in Pakistan because

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Thursday said flood-related death toll in Punjab mainly in Sialkot district had increased to 264.