ISLAMABAD: The environment wing of the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) in alleged connivance with a contractor got several rare sheesham trees (rosewood) chopped in Sector 1-8 last week.

Scientists have finally identified the disease that kills the precious sheesham trees at its most productive age. HT Image Sheesham, known for its costly and durable wood, dies at the most productive ...

oadsides and riverbanks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, particularly in Peshawar, Mardan, Charsadda, Nowshera, Swabi, Malakand, Upper Dir, Lower Dir and Swat districts used to have rosewood trees, also known ...

BATHINDA: The trees kikar (Acacia Nilotica) and sheesham (Dalbergia Sissoo) are wilting to death at an alarming rate in Punjab. <div class="section1"><div class ...

AMRITSAR: Sheesham (tahli) and Kikkar (babool) trees, the rich but scarce natural wealth of Punjab, are drying out, giving a serious jolt to the state’s foreign aided plantation drive even as the ...

A team of scientists at the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) have developed a new drug that is believed to heal fractured bones and reduce impact of age-related osteoporosis. The drug named ...

ISLAMABAD: Sheesham is dying and efforts to save this sensitive species of trees for over 15 years have failed. While some experts argue that Sheesham is dying as a consequence of climate change, ...