Karez Irrigation in Balochistan

Posted on September 20, 2006
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Guest Post by S A J Shirazi The Karez system on irrigation is one of the traditional engineering wonders of Pakistan. West of Indus Plains and out of monsoon zone is Balochistan – the largest landmass in Pakistan with an area of 343,000 square kilometres. Balochistan is scarcely populated, mainly due to its daunting arid […]

Smoke emitting vehicles fined

Posted on September 7, 2006
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Bilal Zuberi Cars, trucks and other vehicles that are heavy emitters of smoke, also called super-emitters, are really a menace to environment and urban air quality. The really old vehicles, which are not kept well burn a lot of oil with the fuel and emit tons of smoke and other dangerous criteria pollutants. These pollutants, […]

Is the blog ban back on?

Posted on August 28, 2006
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Adil Najam This news is not yet confirmed so I want to be careful about how I phrase it. Careful, but not silent. Reportedly, the official ban on blogspot.com blog sites that had originally been imposed after the Danish cartoon controversy and was reportedly lifted earlier this month, is now back on and blogspot sites […]

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