Pakistan: A land of migratory birds, wildlife
PESHAWAR: Known as land of Chakor, Pakistan's wetlands provide breeding ground for migratory birds arriving from the Central Asian Republics (CARs) and Siberia owing to an enlargement of forestry cover…
Chinese help for Flood Hit Pakistanis
Xinjiang dispatches fresh batch of flood relief material to Gwadar
BEIJING: China: Xinjiang Autonomous Region has sent a fresh flood relief material worth RMB 200,000 to flood-hit people in Gwadar. The first truck of aid materials including sleeping bags, tents…
Shehbaz Sharif on Wheat Seed Scheme
PM on Wheat Seed Scheme
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday urged the provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa to rise above politics as the country grappled with the impact of flash floods…
Wheat Seed
Wheat seeds to be provided to Sindh & Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security Tariq Bashir Cheema on Thursday (20th of October, 2022) informed the National Assembly that wheat seeds would be provided to the district administrations of…
Ocean Warming Rates
Ocean warming rates to quadruple by 2090
WELLINGTON: A new comprehensive review of global ocean temperature data has allowed researchers to paint a clear picture of ocean warming since the 1950s, and predict future warming scenarios. Researchers…
WHO
WHO provides essential health supplies to Sindh
ISLAMABAD: World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday provided medicines and essential health supplies to health department Sindh to support flood victims. WHO Representative in Pakistan, Dr Palitha Mahipala handed over…
Balochistan Floods
Floods: Pak Army/FC continue relief ops in Balochistan
QUETTA: According to ISPR Pak Army/FC along with the civil administration is carrying out relief activities in the calamity-stricken areas of the province. While giving details of the ongoing relief…
Floods: UK to provide additional £10M aid
ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom (UK) will provide an additional £10 million of life-saving humanitarian support for Pakistan’s flood relief efforts. The additional humanitarian aid was announced by Lord Tariq Ahmad…
Sherry on plastic Pollution
Sherry Rehman on Plastic Pollution
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said incentivisation of consumers was guarantee to end single-time use plastics pollution as South Asian states owing to their…
Free-Seeds-for-flood-affected
Free seeds to Flood-hit farmers
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema on Thursday informed the National Assembly (NA) that the government had allocated sufficient funds for the distribution of…
Diminishing World Life
Global wildlife population sees 69% decline since 1970: Study
ANKARA, Oct 13 AA/APP):Global wildlife population have declined an average of 69% since 1970, a newly published report revealed on Thursday. According to a study by the World Wildlife Fund…
Floods in Pakistan 2022
Digital solutions help rural Pakistan recover from floods
BEIJING: As the flash floods recede in Pakistan, the country welcomes the first smart IoT farm in Pakistan. Satellite navigation autopilot, robotic fertilizer applicator, agricultural UAV, climate and soil monitoring…
Sherry Rahman
Sherry Rehman on Floods
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday said the worst affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan due to torrential rains were still inundated whereas the country…
By polls in 11 constituencies on 16th Sept: ECP
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday announced that by-elections in eight National and three provincial assembly constituencies would be held as per schedule on October 16. A meeting…
UN United Nations
UN urges transformation of global energy system
KARACHI: Climate change risks undermining global energy security unless the use of renewables is dramatically scaled up, the UN warned Tuesday, suggesting the Ukraine conflict's ripple effects could speed up…
Air Pollution
PDMA bans all smog-causing activities
LAHORE: Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has banned all commercial activities across the province that cause of smog. Punjab Relief Commissioner and Senior Member board of Revenue (SMBR) Zahid Akhtar…
Sherry Rehman
Floods, biggest tragedy after 1971
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Monday (10th of October, 2022) said that recent floods in the country were the biggest tragedy after 1971 when the…
AJK Earthquake 8 Oct
Commemorating 8 Oct, 2005 earthquake
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the international community to help Pakistan in rehabilitation and reconstruction for millions of flood-affected people, and play a judicious role to improve resilience…
AJK Earthquake 8 Oct
Killer Earthquake Shook AJK On 8th Oct, 2005
MIRPUR: All is set to commemorate the 16th Anniversary of history’s worst killer earthquake of October 8, 2005 in Mirpur and other cities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday,…
Liver
Liver cancer cases, deaths estimated to rise by over 55% by 2040
ISLAMABAD: The number of people diagnosed with or dying from primary liver cancer per year could rise by more than 55 per cent by 2040, reveals a new analysis. According…
European Parliament debate Pak floods
Floods: EU Parliament holds debate
ISLAMABAD: The European Parliament during its plenary sessions in Strasbourg held a debate, regarding the humanitarian situation following the climate induced devastating floods in Pakistan. The debate, held on Wednesday…
River Dolphins
WWF Conference on River Dolphins
ISLAMABAD: The experts at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Pakistan) international conference to tackle fisheries threats to river dolphins in Asia on Wednesday pointed out that the ongoing and…
UN United Nations
Floods: UN hikes flash appeal to $816M
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations had upscaled its humanitarian appeal for the flood affected people of Pakistan to $816 million from the previous $160 million assistance. The appeal was upscaled considering…
Floods in Pakistan 2022
Floods: Rs. 62 Billion disbursed via BISP
ISLAMABAD: Continuing its mission to provide relief to the flood stricken people, Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) was ensuring transparency in disbursement of Rs.25,000 among affected families of Balochistan, Sindh,…