Tag: Forest Department

Poor villagers request PM to not demolish their houses

ISLAMABAD: The residents of village Rak Mara Nilhad, district Attock, requested Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan that their houses should not be demolished as...

SHC seeks NAB, anti-corruption inquiries against forest department officials

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday sought the details of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Anti-Corruption Department inquiries against officials of the...

Forest officials distribute saplings for tree plantation drive

Conservator says trend of planting saplings is increasing due to effective awareness campaigns RAWALPINDI: The Forests Department has distributed over 200,000 saplings while nearly 1.6...

NAB forms committee to probe alleged corruption in BTT project

PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter on Thursday formed a four-member committee to probe into the alleged corruption in the Billion Tree Tsunami (BTT)...

CM Murad orders development of forest blocks near Karachi, Hyderabad

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the forest department to develop two separate blocks of forests – each one spreading over...

SC to focus on health, education in 2018, says CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday said that the apex court will keep itself focused on health and education throughout 2018. The...

Sindh CM for effective strategy to save peacocks

KARACHI: After news reports surfaced that 27 peacocks have died in Thar, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took the forest department to task. According...