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Garden dedicated to US-Pakistan friendship We are investing in the health and well-being of the Karachi community
FILE
The US Consul General in Karachi Robert Silberstein broke ground on a US-Pakistan Friendship Garden at Clifton Urban Forest on Friday, in celebration of Arbor Day, said a press release issued on the day.
The US-Pakistan Friendship Garden was made possible by a $4,000 grant and the efforts of a corps of US diplomats assigned to the US Consulate in Karachi, the press release said.
Located in the heart of Karachi, the addition to the urban forest will be a sustainable symbol of the United States partnership with Pakistan to tackle the climate crisis, it added.
Oil palm farming attracts investors
Delegation expresses satisfaction over quality, production environment
APP
December 22, 2020
Domestic and foreign investors have started showing interest in oil palm farming following satisfactory results from trial production of the oil palm fruit in Thatta.
Besides a domestic edible oil company, a delegation of local traders and the Malaysian embassy visited a 50-acre oil palm fruit orchard in Kathore, Thatta to assess quality of the fruit and suitability of soil.
The delegation along with Sindh Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development (ECCCD) Secretary Muhammad Aslam Ghauri also visited a palm oil producing mill set up by the provincial government and inspected its production process, said an ECCCD spokesperson on Monday.