Tag Archives: Water
Overcoming water crisis
ACCORDING to a report (April 28), a sit-in by farmers for water disrupted the main line rail traffic between Karachi and Lahore. The farmers were protesting against shortage of water in Badin district which is creating drought-like conditions,...
Farmers block railway track in Hyderabad over water issue
The image shows a railway track in Pakistan. — File Photo HYDERABAD: Scores of farmers block Hyderabad railway track near Latifabad on Saturday evening to record their protest against non-availability of irrigation water for their farmlands. Resultantly,...
Govt wants to divert water project funds
South Asian reservoir — File Photo ISLAMABAD: Major water sector projects of strategic nature are facing serious bottlenecks because of cost overruns and financing constraints that could delay their targeted economic benefits to the nation....
Solar-Powered Proteins Filter Antibiotics from Water
These spheres represent solar-powered antibotic filters. Each sphere is smaller than the diamter of a human hair. One day, a collection of such filters could float downstream from urban or farming areas to capture harmful compounds in water....
Water and power ministry requests Nepra to reverse earlier decision
Transmission lines — File Photo ISLAMABAD: To benefit the influential industrialists by ensuring additional tariff for New Captive Power Plants (NCPPs) at the cost of power consumers, water & power ministry has now sought from the National...
More homeowners got back above water in fourth quarter: CoreLogic
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rising home prices last year helped more homeowners get back above water on their mortgages in the fourth quarter, a fresh sign of improvement in the housing market, data from CoreLogic showed on Tuesday. ...
Trend Watch: Water PSA’s
Last month, American Ad agency, The Shelton Group, released an ad campaign for their client ‘Wasting Water is Weird‘ Each of the three spots opens with an everyday scene depicting water wastage, timed perfectly with the introduction...
Hiring/Retaining Women – Challenges & Solutions
When the talent war went global, recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce became a competitive business issue, more so in the case of talent diversity which reflects the competitive landscape – a factor that company’s leverage in...