Locusts may reinvade Thar, Cholistan: minister
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: The swarms of desert locust, which moved to summer breeding areas along both sides of the India-Pakistan border, would re-enter Pakistan via Rajasthan and concentrate in Punjab and Sindh during the upcoming monsoon rains, Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhr Imam said on Friday. The desert locust population will enter the Cholistan area as these have already entered the areas of Tharparkar and Nara, he said. This would be the second threat of invasion by the swarms as this year the situation aggravated for the first time in many decades. The desert locust would resurface in Balochistan when the swarms would enter the province...