ISLAMABAD-Minister for National Food Security Syed Fakhar Imam says the federal and provincial governments are making coordinated efforts to eliminate locusts from the country. Briefing the media at National Locust Control Center in Islamabad today (Friday), he said the presence of the crop ...

ISLAMABAD-Pakistan has acquired satellite and meteorological data from China that can be used to monitor desert locusts and early warnings.   According to China Meteorological Administration, it released special reports on remote sensing data of locust attacks in Pakistan. It said China's ...

ISLAMABAD-Pakistan has underlined strong regional and international cooperative mechanisms to address serious threat posed by Desert Locusts to food security. This was stressed at briefing to the diplomatic community by the National Locust Control Centre in Islamabad. The gathering was informed ...

ISLAMABAD-Minister for National Food Syed Fakhar Imam says 26 billion rupees are required for purchasing planes, vehicles, spray and other necessary material to wipe out locusts.  Talking to private news channel, he said federal government would provide an amount of 14 billion rupees while ...

ISLAMABAD-A swarm of locusts, about 3 km in length, has hit Gurugram and it is flying across the city in the NCR region from west to east, according to officials. The Gurugram administration is sounding sirens and blowing horns to make noises so that the locusts don’t settle on green ...

ISLAMABAD-Governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar and the Chief Minister Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar called on the Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore today [Saturday]. During the meetings, they discussed overall situation of the province with particular reference to the steps taken to check ...

Governor Balochistan Amanullah Khan Yasinzai has said that incumbent government is striving to eradicate locusts in different districts of the province. He said this while talking to a delegation of Kuchlak in Quetta today. The Governor said that provincial government gives priority in provision of ...