Of more than a thousand dengue patients reported at different hospitals in the province, 358 were tested positive.

This was stated by Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed on Tuesday while issuing latest figures about the prevalence of dengue fever in Sindh.

Several environmental and social impact reports pertaining to the installation of windmills in the Gharo-Keti Bander-Hyderabad Wind Corridor have been gathering dust at the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency offices due to a lack of interest of the officials and the authorities concerned.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah says water supply schemes in Khairpur, Nawabshah, Shirkapur, Ghotki and Larkana will be completed at cost of Rs 600 million with Asian Development Bank

The controversy surrounding the excavation and embankment raising work carried out in and around the Makli Hills necropolis by a powerful politician keeps cropping up every so often despite official efforts to settle the issue amicably.

Sindh Minister for Industries and Commerce, M.A. Rauf Siddiqui, told the business community that the government has decided to allocate 5000 acres of land, near Hyderabad for livestock development.

Sindh Minister for Health Dr Saghir Ahmed said on Monday that 18 new patients with suspected dengue virus were brought to various hospitals in city on Sunday night and Monday.

With the new arrivals, the number of such patients admitted to different hospitals had risen to 50, he said.

The Sindh Minister for Human Rights, Nadia Khan Gabol, urged the environment and transport departments and the traffic police to jointly evolve a comprehensive policy to combat environmental pollution.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, she said that smoke-emitting vehicles were the major sources of environmental pollution. Polluted environment, she said, not only affected the common citizens but also the traffic police personnel deployed all across the city.

With a view to extend the research facilities for the advancement of poultry science besides promoting the commercial and backyard poultry farming in the province, Sindh Minister for Livestock Abdul Haq Bhurt has asked the concerned authority to involve the academia in research activities.

The government on Tuesday announced that it would drag the recalcitrant Indian government into international arbitration if appropriate compensation in the shape of money, or water, was not given to Pakistan for the damage done to matured crops in Punjab due to stoppage of Chenab water in August.

In its latest survey on noise pollution, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has found the vehicular traffic-induced noise in the city at an alarmingly high level, necessitating some regulatory measures to reduce people