To prevent a fertiliser shortfall, Rana Tanveer Hussain, the federal minister for national food security, has ordered the immediate purchase of two lac metric tonnes of urea.

According to the minister, there will be a 3.6% increase in urea consumption in Kharif compared to previous year. “For the country to have food security, fertiliser imports are required,” stated Rana Tanveer.

It will help to increase farm productivity, he claimed. “Timely urea imports will stabilise the local urea market and lower fertiliser prices,” the minister stated.

The local urea fertiliser facilities will all continue to operate at maximum efficiency, according to the minister of food security.

“For the benefit of farmers, the government is guaranteeing gas supply to the fertiliser industry,” stated the federal minister.

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) will make a definitive decision regarding the import of urea fertiliser during its upcoming meeting, according to a ministry official.

The only elephant at the Karachi Zoo will be moved to the Safari Park next month, where she will join Sonia and Malika, two other elephants, according to the zoo administration. The relocation plans have already been finalized.

The KMC administration said that the elephants have finished their training on how to enter and exit the container and that, with Four Paws’ help, a new sanctuary for the species is becoming ready.

In May, the Madhubala elephant will be moved to Safari Park once the sanctuary is finished, according to the KMC. This will happen in 15 to 20 days.

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At Safari Park, there would be three elephants after the arrival of Madhubala.

Four Paws, a global animal welfare nonprofit, sent an eight-person team to Karachi in 2022 to cure four African elephants, including Madhubala.

Years passed while the elephant endured discomfort from a fractured tusk and a tooth illness.

Kaavan, an elephant known as the loneliest in the world, was also moved by The Four Paws from Islamabad to Cambodia in 2020.

Anwarul Haq, who is leaving, is anticipated to be replaced by Muhammad Ali Randhawa, a Grade 20 Pakistan Administrative Service officer.

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali Randhawa, a BPS-20 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, has reportedly been placed under contract by the Ministry of Interior to work as a commissioner in Lahore. Randhawa will be assigned to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) or the Chief Commissioner Office in Islamabad.

There were official sources stating that the senior bureaucrat would become the top commissioner of federal capital with the prime minister’s assent.