Busy with whistles and keeping his hand clapping, Amanullah, a landowner from Sibbi district of Balochistan, tries to drive away a locust swarm. He used to get his family’s yearly revenue from agriculture on a 300-acre piece of land. But this year, even as the spring season is at its peak, the green lush farms […]
5SharesTwo people lost their lives after their pesticide-spraying aircraft crashed in Cholistan’s Sadiqabad tehsil on Sunday. According to a report in Dawn, the aircraft was spraying pesticides meant to eliminate locusts. The deceased were identified as the pilot, Shoaib Malik, and the aircraft engineer, Fawad Butt. Both the deceased belonged to the Federal Plant Protection […]
10SharesKARACHI: People in various districts of Sindh have reported a locust attack on agricultural crops across the province. As per the latest media reports, locusts have spread to areas including Nawabshah, Sanghar, Mirpur Khas, Jamshoro, Dadu and others. It may result in large scale crop devastation. As soon as the locusts’ spread caught media attention, […]