{"id":71135,"date":"2020-10-04T13:19:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T08:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=71135"},"modified":"2020-10-04T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T08:20:00","slug":"locust-attack-threats-in-pakistan-under-complete-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/locust-attack-threats-in-pakistan-under-complete-control.html","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Locust attack threats in Pakistan under complete control\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: United Nations\u2019 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Coordinator for Locust Control Operation in Pakistan Dr Mubarak Ahmed on Friday (October 2) revealed that the menace of locust swarms in Pakistan has been \u2018completely brought under control\u2019, a news source reported. The organisation has termed the control operations launched in the country as \u2018ideal\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ndma-launches-helpline-for-farmers-to-register-locust-related-complaints.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NDMA launches helpline for farmers to register locust-related complaints<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to news media, Dr Ahmed said that District Jamshoro\u2019s Thana Bulla Khan Taluka \u2013 last affected area in the country \u2013 would be cleared by Saturday (October 3). He also mentioned that Balochistan\u2019s District Lasbela has already been cleared. \u201cThere is no threat of desert locust attacks in Pakistan in the near future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the monsoon season ending, the overall situation is improving due to unconducive breeding environment, said Ahmed, while insisting that the focus be on monitoring that swarms do not form groups again. As per the details, the National Locust Control Centre surveyed a total of 12,514 square kilometres of area to check the situation \u2013 during the last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ndma-conducts-survey-aerial-spray-drive-underway-deal-locusts-attack.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NDMA conducts survey, aerial spray drive underway to deal with locusts attack<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, the reports from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Balochistan also confirmed that there has lately been no incidents of locust attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: United Nations\u2019 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Coordinator for Locust Control Operation in Pakistan Dr Mubarak Ahmed on Friday (October 2) revealed that the menace of locust swarms in Pakistan has been \u2018completely brought under control\u2019, a news source reported. The organisation has termed the control operations launched in the country as \u2018ideal\u2019. Read: NDMA launches helpline for farmers to register locust-related complaints Speaking to news media, Dr Ahmed said that District Jamshoro\u2019s Thana Bulla Khan Taluka \u2013 last affected area in the country \u2013 would be cleared by Saturday (October 3). He also mentioned that Balochistan\u2019s District Lasbela has already been cleared. \u201cThere is no threat of desert locust attacks in Pakistan in the near future,\u201d he added. With the monsoon season ending, the overall situation is improving due to unconducive breeding environment, said Ahmed, while insisting that the focus be on monitoring that swarms do not form groups again. As per the details, the National Locust Control Centre surveyed a total of 12,514 square kilometres of area to check the situation \u2013 during the last week. Read: NDMA conducts survey, aerial spray drive underway to deal with locusts attack Moreover, the reports from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":65942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[40772,40771,40769,40770],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-71135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-developments","tag-locust-attack-threats-in-pakistan-under-complete-control","tag-pakistan-locust-attack-threats","tag-pakistan-locust-control-operations","tag-pakistan-operation-against-locusts","cat-15016-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Locust attack threats in Pakistan under complete control - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Speaking to news media, Dr Ahmed said that District Jamshoro\u2019s Thana Bulla Khan Taluka \u2013 last affected area in the country \u2013 would be cleared by Saturday...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/locust-attack-threats-in-pakistan-under-complete-control.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Locust attack threats in Pakistan under complete control - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Speaking to news media, Dr Ahmed said that District Jamshoro\u2019s Thana Bulla Khan Taluka \u2013 last affected area in the country \u2013 would be cleared by Saturday...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/locust-attack-threats-in-pakistan-under-complete-control.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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