KARACHI: Experts have advised picnickers to observe caution while visiting beaches after some people were reportedly stung by ‘bluebottles’ at Seaview a day earlier. Since there are no officially declared ‘safe beach areas’, they have suggested that people avoid going into the seawater that has become rough these days. “The present problem relates to the […]
Syed Bachal Shah Jillani alias Nizamuddin Shah died on July 19, 2015 in Village Jamal Shah Jillani, Qadirpur, Ghotki after a brief illness. He was 76. Shah Saheb was a born environmentalist, as he loved nature. He never went to any high school or university, but always pushed for environment protection and planted thousands of […]
Islamabad: The experts have said that if melting of glaciers in the country’s north, which are vital to sustainability of country’s agro-based economy, picked up the pace then flow in rivers would swell and could lead to devastating floods in the coming years. They urged the provincial governments to increase budgetary allocations to strengthen irrigation […]
ISLAMABAD: A World Bank (WB) analysis estimates that 45,000 people died prematurely in 2009 in Sindh from major environmental health hazards, and its economic impact in terms of GDP was 15 per cent of Sindh’s GDP, with an annual cost of about Rs372 billion. The analysis is contained in a new publication ‘Sustainability and Poverty […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Environmental Tribunal, set up to hear complaints about pollution, has yet to start functioning even though the much-delayed appointment of its chairman and members had been made over three months ago, it emerged on Tuesday. Since the environment has become a provincial subject after the 18th constitutional amendment, the Sindh government set […]
LAHORE: “Missions like New Horizons – the first reconnaissance of an unknown planet for the very first time – inspire the youth and raise their curiosity about the solar system,” said Usman Maqsood Mirza, a member of The Lahore Astronomical Society (LAST). He was speaking to The Express Tribune about the NASA mission to explore […]
LAHORE: As the coal-powered plants in Rajasthan, India, have been ascribed as main source behind the recent deadly Karachi heat wave, the fears have risen for the impact of Thar coal projects on environment. According to Greenpeace International, a global enjoinment watchdog, coal-fired power plants are the biggest source of man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, […]
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahidullah Khan has directed Pakistan Environmental Protection Ageny (Pak-EPA) to address the environmental compliance of the Islamabad Expressway expansion project, which was inaugurated recently by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The minister took serious notice of the alleged violation of Section 12 of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act-1997 (PEPA-1997) […]
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change has so far failed to enforce the National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) requiring it to introduce Euro-II compliant vehicles and diesel in the country. The NEQS for motor vehicles were notified in 2009 and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources had committed to ensuring supply of Euro-II compliant […]
ISLAMABAD: Despite being one of the most susceptible countries to climate change, Pakistan is behind some of the least developed countries in the world in the submission of proposals and grants received from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Countries such as Ethiopia, Mali, and Rwanda have received funds for multiple environmental projects, while Pakistan has […]
ISLAMABAD: Japan will replace weather surveillance radar in Karachi with a grant of Rs1.6 billion. For this purpose, Hiroshi Inomata, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan signed and exchanged notes with Muhammad Saleem Sethi, Secretary of Economic Affairs Division (EAD) on Wednesday. Four stations including Islamabad, Karachi, Dera Ismail Khan and Rahimyar Khan out of seven […]
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Tuesday was informed that there is a 90% chance of another heatwave scorching Pakistan next year. The NA Standing Committee on Climate Change was informed of the probability by the Climate Change Ministry’s Secretary Arif Ahmed Khan. This was in response to member Imran Zafar Laghari’s allegation that the government […]
KARACHI: The loss city’s freshwater bodies over the past three decades has disturbed the port city’s overall natural atmosphere and beauty. “There were around 20 freshwater wetlands in different areas [of Karachi],” recalled World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan’s technical adviser Muhammad Moazzam Khan. There were different-sized lakes in parts of the city, such as Gulshan-e-Iqbal, […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has asked the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) to stop roads construction and repair at different sites and seek its approval for the work, sources told Dawn on Thursday. In case of non-compliance, legal action would be initiated against the authority, Sepa warned the DHA. In a recent letter […]
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