Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Saturday assured the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) of the assistance to complete the projects halted in the province due to lack of funds.

Former finance minister Dr Salman Shah on Saturday said availability of water was the key to poverty alleviation as insolvency was rampant in the country's water scarce areas.

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Saturday assured the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) of the assistance on behalf of the provincial government to complete the projects halted in the province due to lack of funds.

The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) on Saturday demanded the provincial government to provide Rs one billion subsidy for sowing sunflower, a less water-intensive crop, on 200,000 acres of land.

Sindh Minister for Mines and Mineral Development, Mir Shabbir Ali Bijarani Friday announced that visits to mines for the Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) students would be arranged for their observance of mineral resources located in Tharparkar, Jamshoro and other areas of the province.

Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah on Friday was informed in a meeting that as many as 617 Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants were functional in Tharparkar while work on 217 RO plants would be completed by December 15 in addition to water supply schemes.