Posted on May 20, 2016 The Express Tribune, May 20th, 2016 Shahzad Anwar ISLAMABAD: Commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) seeds, which could cause cancer according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), has been approved without consultation with key stakeholders such as farmers, environmentalists and consumers. The National Bio-safety Committee (NBC), which examines seed varieties for approval, gave the go-ahead to GM seeds …
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Farmers Reject GM Cotton/BT Cotton
Posted on September 1, 2016 Press Release August 31, 2016 Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity had organized a protest rejecting the promotion of Bt/GM in Punjab, Pakistan in front of Lahore Press Club. Farmers from various districts from Punjab participated in the protest. Addressing to the protest PKMT secretary Wali Haider told that government is pursuing policies …
FOREIGN FIRMS BEING INVITED TO OVERCOME COTTON SEED SHORTAGE
Posted on November 30, 2016 Business Recorder, 30 November 2016 Tahir Amin ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to invite foreign seed companies to overcome cotton seed shortage and increase yield after getting legal protection through proposed “Plant Breeders’ Right Bill.” The Senate last week passed the ‘Plant Breeders’ Right Bill’ and with the adoption of the bill by both Houses of …
LHC issues notices to federal govt over unconstitutional legislature
Posted on January 11, 2017 The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the federal and Punjab governments in writ petitions challenging the Seed (Amendment) Act, 2015 and the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2016. The petitions, filed by a Multan-based NGO Sojhla for Social Change through environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam, were presented before Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah. The …
THREAT TO STOP SELLING BT COTTON SEEDS IRRESPONSIBLE: MAHYCO MONSANTO
Posted on January 22, 2018 17 January 2017 The war of words between Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Private Limited (MMBL) and the National Seed Association of India (NSAI) continues with MMBL issuing a rebuttal to the allegation made by the latter on the failure of Bollgard II and its consequences. MMBL has contended that it is not responsible for development of resistance in pink bollworm and …
First International Rural Youth Assembly
Posted on March 28, 2018 In every generation, the scope and depth of the youth’s participation has always been decisive in the building of a better future. It is among the youth wherein the best bits of today’s society are kept alongside the seeds of fundamental social change blooming within them too. Azra Talat Sayeed, International Women’s Alliance (IWA) giving a …
ہفتہ وار زرعی خبریں 2018
Posted on November 9, 2018 نومبر 1 تا 7 نومبر، 2018 گندم پنجاب کی آٹا ملوں نے گندم برآمدکرنے کی مخالفت کرتے ہوئے گندم سے تیار شدہ اشیاء برآمد کرنے کا مطالبہ کیا ہے۔ حبیب الرحمن لغاری کی قیادت میں ہونے والے پاکستان فلور ملز ایسوسی ایشن، پنجاب کے اجلاس میں مطالبہ کیا گیا ہے کہ گندم برآمد کرنے کے بجائے …
SLAVERY INC: HOW LEGISLATORS REINFORCE BONDED LABOUR IN SINDH
Posted on November 5, 2018 Mohammad Hussain Khan Updated October 01, 2018 The hari-landlord relationship remains undocumented in Sindh. This makes peasants vulnerable to all forms of exploitation. Weaker laws and regulatory framework deprive haris of legal protection. In many cases, they survive in subhuman conditions and fall prey to slavery. Sindh Tenancy Act (STA) 1950 seeks to protect their rights, thanks …
WORLD FOODLESS DAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018
Posted on October 16, 2018 PRESS RELEASE The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrates the World Food Day on October 16 every year. This year FAOs slogan is “A#ZeroHunger World by 2030 is possible.” But across the world, small and landless farmers, labour organizations commemorate the day as “World Hunger Day”. Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT), Roots for Equity, PAN AP, …
Peaceful Lifestyle of a Monk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decided to dedicate his life to serving all other living beings, or to be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is …