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Daily Archives: June 28, 2015

US appreciates independent media in Pakistan

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LAHORE The American Consul General Lahore is pleased to see a vibrant and independent media playing vanguard for sustained democracy and to create national unity in Pakistan. “It is exciting to see an energetic, vibrant and independent media as essential to sustain democracy, is in place in Pakistan,” US Consul General Zachary Harkenrider said while […]


It’s in the air: Local climatic shift, a global trickle-down effect

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PESHAWAR: A mini-cyclone ripped through Peshawar division in April – at least 49 people were killed within hours in a phenomenon not even remotely common to the region. As unpredictability of weather becomes a constant, the province is beginning to feel climate change. As a noun, the phrase becomes contentious and is arguably one of […]


Weather experts call for action plan on climate change

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ISLAMABAD: As residents of Sindh and Karachi, in particular, continue to reel from a deadly heatwave that has claimed more than a thousand lives, weather experts have called for devising a policy or a national action plan on an immediate basis that focuses on dealing with the impact of climate change on people’s health. A […]