Sindh CM announces to turn 20,000 acres of land into forests on January 20, 2018KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed forest department to develop two separate blocks of forests each one spreading over an area of 10,000 acres near Karachi and Hyderabad, this would help to control environmental pollution and improve overall environmental condition in both the big cities of the province. He issued these […]
After Astola Island, Indus River Canyon becomes Pakistan’s second Marine Protected Area on January 7, 2018KARACHI: The Indus River Canyon, about 150 kilometres southeast of Karachi, was on Saturday declared a Marine Protected Area (MPA) by the federal Ministry of Climate Change. The only other MPA in the country is the Astola Island in Balochistan. It was notified in June last year. The Indus River Canyon is a deep fissure […]
Fisherfolk accuse minister of kidnapping PFF chair on December 26, 2017KARACHI: Renowned civil right activists and chairman Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) Muhammad Ali Shah was kidnapped and tortured by the henchmen of PPP leader and Sindh Minister for Livestock & Fisheries Muhammad Ali Malkani, claimed PFF spokesperson Jamil Junjo. However, Malkani denied kidnapping or tutoring Shah and said some of his local opponents are using […]
Killer whale pod sighted off Churna Island on November 21, 2017KARACHI: While fishing for tuna, fisherman Muhammad Muneeb recorded a pod of killer whales about 50 kilometres southwest of Churna Island and according to WWF-Pakistan it is the first ever recorded sighting of the animal in Pakistani waters. The killer whale, also known as orca, is considered the most powerful predator on earth and has […]
Two stranded dolphins released into Indus River on November 17, 2017KARACHI: A joint team of World Wildlife Fund Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) and Sindh Wildlife Department, with support of local community, safely rescued and released two stranded adult female Indus River dolphins on Thursday in the Indus River. One dolphin was about 7.6 feet long and weighed 110kg and the other one was 7.2 feet long and […]
To return the compliment of ‘goodwill gesture’, India to release 9 Pakistani fishermen on November 2, 2017 KARACHI – Followed by the release of 68 Indian fishermen from Karachi’s District Jail Malir on last Sunday as a ‘goodwill gesture’, India announced to release first lot 9 Pakistani fishermen to return the compliment, Daily Times learnt on Wednesday. “Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) received the information of their release from India and we came […]
A year after shipyard explosion, Gadani workers await authorities to deliver on November 1, 2017GADANI: Soomri Khan, 50, was at her ramshackle hut in a village near Gadani Mor when she heard the explosion that took away the lives 29 workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yard on November 1 last year. A little later she found out that her two sons – Ghulam Hyder, 18, and Alam Khan, 32 […]
One year on, Gadani workers wait for authorities to deliver on commitments on November 1, 2017GADANI: Soomri Khan, 50, was at her ramshackle hut in a village near Gadani Mor when she heard the explosion that took away the lives 29 workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yard on November 1 last year. A little later she found out that her two sons – Ghulam Hyder, 18, and Alam Khan, 32 […]
Indus Delta’s unique ‘Kharai’ camels on verge of extinction on October 29, 2017THATTA: Saleh Muhammad Jatt, in his early 40s, is busy tending a herd of around two dozen camels. The medium-sized camels, with comparatively thinner necks and a well-developed hump, are lazily grazing outside Kharo Chhan, a village in the Indus Delta in southern Sindh’s Thatta district. This unique breed is known as Kharai. It is […]
In trying times, Thatha women learn new skills to provide for families on October 24, 2017Thatta: For almost a year now, Haleema Bibi, 24, has been spending most of her daytime in the creek near her small hamlet in Indus River delta. Every morning, she takes a small boat that can barely stay afloat in water, as its wood has deteriorated over the years, and hunts small fish using a […]