BEIJING: China lifted quarantine requirements for inbound travelers on Sunday, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation even as the country battles a surge in Covid cases.The first people to…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would place a comprehensive post-disaster framework plan for recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction before development partners and friendly countries at the International Conference on Resilient Pakistan in Geneva on…
DEHRADUN (India): Authorities in one of the holiest towns in the Indian Himalayas were evacuating panicked residents Sunday (8th of January, 2023) after hundreds of houses began developing yawning cracks…
PESHAWAR: The traffic flow is slow in Peshawar city with heavy fog gripping the entire surroundings and the visibility is very low, an official of the Met Office said. According…
ISLAMABAD: PM Shehbaz Sharif Friday (6th Jan 2023) in an oped piece on floods for Guardian lamented that the "International attention has receded, but the waters have not". PM held…
SOHBATPUR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday (4th of Jan 2023) expressed the hope that civilized societies would come forward to support the reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-hit Pakistan at…
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday held a meeting at National Emergencies Operations Centre (NEOC) here which was presided by Chairman NDMA, Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik.…
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Tuesday clarified that no case of sub-variant BF.7 of Omicron is detected in Pakistan so far. According to the spokesperson of NIH,…
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday (2nd of January, 2023) issued instructions to the authorities concerned to ensure mass public awareness about the novel coronavirus variant that…
KARACHI: Experts on Sunday (1st of January, 2022) demanded the quarters concerned to come forward for a collective effort to form a technical forum to gather scientific evidence in order…
ISLAMABAD: The biodiversity-rich Margalla Hills National Park's Trail-5 has emerged as a new tourist and healthy activity destination for avid nature lovers, hikers, and fitness freaks of the twin cities…
BAKHMUT (Ukraine): Lisa Shtanko, 8, stood on the side of a muddy road watching Ukrainian soldiers pass by, one of only a few children left in a town hit hard…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said they had devised a plan to immediately convert all the Federal Government entities’ buildings on solar power by April next year…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has advised travelers to remain cautious in wake of dense foggy conditions engulfing plain areas of the country in the coming days. The PMD indicated…
WASHINGTON: At least 32 people were killed and about one and half million were left without power as a massive winter storm hit the United States and Canada. Over 250…
UN: From extreme floods like those in Pakistan to heat and drought, weather and climate-related disasters have affected millions and cost billions this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a…
BERLIN: German activists chopped the top off a X-Mas tree next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Wednesday, their latest protest pushing for greater action to combat the climate…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed five Financing Agreements worth $775 Million to support recovery and reconstruction efforts in the flood-affected areas of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and…
NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a meeting with UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed here has sought international support for Pakistan’s long-term post-flood rehabilitation and reconstruction…
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik on Tuesday (13th of Dec 2022) underscored the importance of data usage and actionable intelligence’s availability to forewarn…
KARACHI: The Sindh government and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have agreed on initiating Green Cooperation Program in the province. The agreement was reached at a meeting between…
MANHTTAN: With the arrival of winter, the humanitarian needs of the flood-affected people of Pakistan have intensified and more resources are urgently needed to deal with the situation, a UN…
BRUSSELS: The EU reached an agreement Tuesday (6th Dec 2022) to ban the import of several products considered the "main drivers of deforestation," including coffee, cocoa and soy, the European…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, calling the Loss and Damage Fund a realization of climate challenge by the global north, said it was however a must to practically…
