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Quaid-i-Azam Industrial Estate: ‘Notices to polluting units won’t be withdrawn’
254 of 378 units were issued notice for dumping untreated waste in the drain.
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Health and hygiene: A dip in the Canal, then a trip to the hospital
Rise in skin infections, stomach ailments among summer swimmers.
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River clean-up: Report commissioned on sources of pollution in Ravi
WASA, EPD asked to report on resources needed to implement clean-up strategy.
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Moral policing: Cigarettes not a concern for anti-smoking campaign
Is concern about public health the real motive for the ban on sheesha?
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Intangible heritage: ‘Preserve Cholistani music, dances’
28 govt officials to be trained in identification, restoration of threatened cultural practices at four-day workshop.
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Pollution control: Environment again given low priority
Budget is less than a third of what is was before devolution five years ago.
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International Day: Environment remains ‘a low government priority’
About three fourth of the development funds allocated to the EPD this year have been returned to the Finance Dept.
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Environmental tribunal: Only 15% of cases decided, 20% of fines recovered
For 10 years, the tribunal has been ineffective at deterring polluters.
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Budget 2012-13: EPD to get Rs350m for development projects
P&D rejects EPD proposal for incinerators in all public hospitals.
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Enter the artists’ mind: Of (revealing) art as process
Exhibit at the Drawing Room uses the work of other artists to tell own story.