Hyderabad: After protesting for several months to bring their plight, caused by acute water shortage, to the notice of the provincial government, the farmers of Badin have finally knocked the door of the Sindh High Court (SHC). The Hyderabad Circuit Bench on the farmers’ petition, alleging a design fault in the Rs300 billion rehabilitation project of […]
Islamabad : Presence of leopards in the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) is healthy for ecological system and not a serious risk to human well-being. Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) Assistant Director, Sakhawat Ali told this agency that a research conducted by the Quaid-i-Azam University revealed these findings, which was conducted in the aftermath of […]
PESHAWAR – Wild boar, a species usually found in the sub-tropical regions of the country, has now started showing its presence in the temperate hilly terrains of Galliyat, surprising the environmentalists and locals as well. During the last one decade, wild boars have started appearing in Galliyat, upper areas of Margalla hills, Kashmir region and […]
Islamabad: The government has decided in principle to promote the use of electric vehicles in the country for warding off environmental hazards and reduction in oil consumption that involves foreign exchange on its import. A comprehensive policy is being framed in this regard. The decision was taken at a high echelon meeting on climate change […]
MIRPUR (AJK)-AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan on Friday said that his government has set a target of planting 540 million saplings across AJK under the mass nationwide Billion Tree Project of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. He was talking to media on Friday after attending a high level meeting in Islamabad chaired by […]
Lahore: Owing to their demonic representation in popular culture, people often think of bats as spooky, bloodsucking beings which only exist to harm and scare humans. In reality, however, they are fascinating nocturnal creatures that are relatively environmentally-friendly and have, quite literally, been hanging around alongside man for many years. Like various other cities of the […]
Haripur: Without taking even a day off from work, septuagenarian Fatema Bibi continues to return to work every day, toiling under the gruelling sun despite her aching limbs in the hope that she will be paid by the end of the day. But she goes back home empty-handed like the rest of the 80 to […]
Karachi: With constant changes in climate, Pakistan needs to adopt new techniques of farming as currently, it is not capable of dealing with the change due to obsolete agricultural practices. Considering this, the mango harvest is feared to drop 30% this season. “Global warming is the major reason behind this fall in production,” said Waheed Ahmad, […]
RAWALPINDI – Unchecked pumping of animal, poultry and toxic industrial waste into Chehan Dam poses serious health concerns to the citizens, river spices and the surrounding environment. Since the Chehan Dam has become the biggest hope of Punjab government and the City District Government for supplying six million gallons water daily to Rawalpindi district; during […]
MINGORA: Commissioner Malakand Division Riaz Khan Mehsud has ordered the closure of all seven steel mills operating in the built-up zones of the Malakand district for violating environmental laws. In his standby directives issued here the other day, the commissioner clarified that no steel mill could be operated in the seven districts of Malakand division […]
Climatic changes have posed serious challenge and leading to 30 percent reduction in mango production this year. Export season of mango would commence from 20th May 2019 and an export target of 100,000 metric tons has been fixed for this year. According to Waheed Ahmed, Patron-in-Chief of All Pakistan Fruit & Vegetable, Exporters, Importers and […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to allocate 1% of the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in the upcoming 2019-20 budget for the initiatives planned to be taken under the Green Clean Pakistan Movement to make the country environment-friendly. Prime Minister Imran Khan took the decision in a high-level meeting held to earmark funds for initiatives under […]
Around mid-April 2019, #extinctionrebellion made headlines globally and for all the right reasons by organizing demonstrations and sit-ins across London to highlight climate breakdown. This acted as a catalyst to rally support worldwide around a common cause of urgency to tackle the devastating impacts of climate change. Established in May 2018 in the United Kingdom […]
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Environmental Protection Muhammad Rizwan on Monday said pollution has become a great challenge. While chairing a meeting of all district officers of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to discuss the strategy for launching an effective campaign against environmental pollution at the EPA headquarters, he said the Punjab government was taking the pollution […]
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