River Indus

Saturday, July 20, 2013  By:  Baqar Shah Mouth Arabian Sea Location Indus River Delta, Pakistan Length 3,200 km (1,988 mi) Basin 1,165,000 km2 (449,809 sq mi) Discharge - average 6,600 m3/s (233,077 cu ft/s) The Indus River provides key water resources for the economy of Pakistan - especially the Breadbasket of Punjab province, which accounts for most of the nation's agricultural production, and Sindh. The word Punjab means "water...

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Punjab govt, Canadian firm ink MoU for biogas project

Saturday, July 20, 2013 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Punjab government and a renowned Canadian Company High Mark Bio-Gas at Chief Minister’s Office on Friday for setting up bio-gas project. Chief Executive Officer Evan Chrapko on behalf of High Mark Biogas Company while Secretary Energy Usman Bajwa on behalf of Punjab government signed the MoU. According to the agreement, High Mark Bio-Gas Company will set up...

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Chenab, Jhelum likely to attain medium to high flood levels

Saturday, July 20, 2013 By M RAFIQUE GORAYA The Flood Forecasting Centre has cautioned that the River Chenab at Marala and River Jhelum at Mangla may attain medium to high flood level on Saturday and Sunday. Nullahs of River Ravi & Chenab may also attain medium to high flood level after 36-hours. It said moderate to heavy thunder showers with very heavy thunder showers at one or two places is expected over the upper catchments of River...

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Major GM food company Monsanto 'pulls out of Europe'

By Christopher Hope, Senior Political Correspondent Monsanto, one of the world's biggest and best known genetically modified crops companies, is effectively pulling out of Europe, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. The news is a major blow to the nascent British GM industry which ministers have been championing this year as fears grow about food security. Monsanto, whose name is synonymous with GM crops, confirmed that it is withdrawing all of...

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