Deteriorated aquatic habitat at Margalla hills due to municipal and industrial effluent from Rawalpindi and Islamabad are a potential threat for upstream migration and breeding of Fish ‘Tor Putitor
In order to fulfill the needs of water for agricultural and other purposes, the Punjab government has decided to construct nine mini dams in Rawalpindi Division (Pothohar).The government has alloca
Gastroenteritis is out of control across district Rawalpindi as 1243 patients have been brought to three hospitals of the garrison city since the advent of the holy month of Ramazan.
RAWALPINDI, June 13: The measles cases in the garrison city are on the rise but the provincial health department is not taking any preventive measures to check the spread of the infectious disease.
Poor sanitation and presence of cattle farms in different residential areas in the jurisdiction of Chaklala Cantonment Board are polluting the environment, making lives of the residents miserable.
Fifty-nine per cent of water samples collected from rural areas in Islamabad are found unsafe for drinking and situation is even worse in Rawalpindi, with 83 per cent of the samples collected from
Holy Family Hospital (HFH) Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Javed Hayat said on Wednesday that 21 patients suffering from measles had been admitted to the hospital this year.
A Technical Assessment Survey of water supply schemes concluded that around 80 percent of water supply schemes in Rawalpindi are providing contaminated water, which makes people prone to serious di