Govt taking effective measures for protection of agricultural lands: Mahmood
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan says preserving green areas and agricultural lands is the topmost priority of the present government and Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Presiding over a meeting in Peshawar today (Tuesday), he said the provincial government is taking effective measures for protection of agricultural lands and stopping illegal constructions.
The Chief Minister directed presenting the final proposed draft of Land Use and Building Control Authority Act, 2021 in the cabinet meeting for approval.
Source: Radio Pakistan 2021-06-08
Tauktae to likely intensify further in 18-24 hours: PMD
Pakistan
Sun, May 16, 2021
Cyclone Tauktae is likely to intensify further during the next 18-24 hours, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said in its latest advisory on Saturday night.
In an advisory posted on its website, PMD said that Tauktae may transform into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) during next 18-24 hours.
It is expected to move further in the northwest direction and reach Indian Gujarat by the afternoon/evening of May 18.
It said the cyclonic storm has tracked northwestward at a speed of 18km and at 2100 PST it lay centered near latitude 14.5N and longitude 72.8E, at a distance of about 1,310km south-southeast of Karachi.
Cyclone Tauktae likely to intensify further in next 18-24 hours: Met dept
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Saturday May 15, 2021
Infrared satellite imagery released by the Pakistan Meteorological Department, showing the storm at 2040 PST, May 15, 2021. PMD
Tauktae may transform into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm in the next 18-24 hours, PMD warns.
Says the cyclone is expected to move further in the northwest direction and reach Indian Gujarat by the afternoon/evening of May 18.
Gusty winds and moderate to heavy rainfall and likely in Thatta, Sujawal, Badin, Tharparker, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot and Sanghar districts between May 17 and 20.
Similar conditions likely in Karachi, Hyderabad, Jamshoro and Shaeed- Banzirabad, between May 18 and 20.
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December 30, 2020
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that gangs and land grabbing mafias were operating in the city with the support of government officials besides the Sindh Building Control Authority’s unauthorized permission for scores of high-rise buildings that will subsequently turn the city into a graveyard.
Hearing the petitions against illegal encroachments on public parks and amenity lands in Karachi, the SC’s three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, directed the chief minster Sindh to submit a report about the steps being taken for remedying the state of affairs in Karachi.
At the outset of the proceedings, the chief justice inquired from the additional advocate general about the compliance of SC directions given to the CM Sindh to correct the state of affairs of Karachi as there was a total collapse of civic agencies in Karachi. The additional advocate general, Sindh, submitted that secretaries of concerned departments have