Edhi Foundation purchases a light aircraft for Edhi Air Ambulance service on November 24, 2018Pakistan’s largest charity, Edhi Foundation has purchased a new light aircraft which would be included in the Edhi air ambulance service which is currently suspended due to the outdated aircrafts and helicopters, Daily Times learnt on Friday. Talking to Daily Times on telephone from Milan, northern Italy, Faisal Edhi, head of the Edhi Foundation confirmed […]
‘Sindh to eradicate open defecation by 2025’ on November 20, 2018KARACHI: “Sindh government will eradicate open defecation from the province by year 2025,” said Sindh Local government director Faheem Junejo while addressing a session organised to mark ‘World Toilet Day’ which was observed on Monday. Junejo claimed that 70 percent of rural households in high priority districts would achieve complete Open Defecation Free (ODF) status […]
Minors at greater risk as open defecation poses health threats: report on November 19, 2018KARACHI: Despite significant progress on poverty reduction and reducing open defecation, the alarming state of water supply and sanitation in Pakistan still poses health hazards. Minors are particularly at risk, disclosed a new World Bank report released ahead of the World Toilet Day. World Toilet Day is observed every year to emphasise on actions to […]
‘Human activity undermining nature’s ability to support humanity’ on October 31, 2018KARACHI: The way we feed, fuel and finance our societies and economies is pushing nature and the services that power and sustain us to the brink, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2018. The report, released on Tuesday, presents a sobering picture of the impact of human activity on the world’s wildlife, forests, oceans, rivers […]
Sindh Wildlife Dept recovers pangolin and turtle remains from a shop in Lyari on October 28, 2018KARACHI: A Sindh Wildlife Department team raided a shop in Khadda Market, Lyari later on Friday evening and seized 150 kilograms (kgs) of meat and dried body parts of freshwater turtles and 200 kgs of pangolin scales from the premise. According to Sindh Wildlife Department’s officials, the value of confiscated meat, scales and body parts […]
Fisher community stages sit-in to protest construction of dams on River Indus on October 26, 2018Fishermen and fisherwomen from deltaic regions staged a sit-in to protest against the construction of dams on River Indus outside the Sindh Governor House on Thursday. The deltaic fisher community had begun their foot march from Kharo Chhan town in Thatta district on October 10. They reached the metropolis on Thursday and set a protest […]
Karachi fishermen safely release Pantropical spotted dolphin into sea on October 25, 2018KARACHI: World Wildlife Fund-Pakistan (WWF) trained fishermen safely released a 2-metre long Pantropical spotted dolphin back into the sea. The dolphin had gotten entangled in their gillnet while operating in the Indus Canyon on Tuesday. The fishermen team was led by Ameer Badshah, the captain of a tuna fishing boat. Ameer Badshah and his crew […]
Karachi fishermen release Pan-tropical spotted dolphin caught in fishing net on October 24, 2018A team of Karachi fishermen led by captain Ameer Badshah safely released a 2-metre long Pan-tropical spotted dolphin into the sea after finding it in their fishing net. The fishermen found the cetacean while operating in the Indus Canyon about 176 km southeast of Karachi. WWF in a statement appreciated efforts of the fishermen and emphasised […]
Global Environment Facility to plant 20m Moringa trees across province on October 16, 2018The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced to plant 20 million (m) saplings of Moringa plant in cities, towns, major highways and villages in Sindh. “We have established nurseries in different cities and, by the end of November, all 20 million plants will be read to be given to communities for […]
Careem supports Rs 3.6m to WWF-Pakistan for plantation of 180,000 mangrove plants on October 13, 2018KARACHI: Careem, an App-based transportation network company has joined hands with World Wildlife Fund-Pakistan (WWF) to plant 180,000 mangrove plants along Sindh and Balochistan coast to mitigate the impacts of climate change. With this initiative, Careem became part of WWF-Pakistan’s recently launched ‘Rang Do Pakistan’ campaign. Officials of Careem and WWF jointly planted 50 mangrove […]